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Having Children.
In Sonnet 12, What is the only defense against time?
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To waves breaking on the shore
In Sonnet 60, what does the speaker compare the passing of time?
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He is trying to impose rationality on what sets itself forth plainly as irrational
According to brooks in The naked babe and the cloak of manliness, what is ironic about macbeth’s returning to the weird sisters for answers?
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N/A
What is the importance of time in our daily life?
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April 23, 1564
When was the birth date of William Shakespeare?
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That the poet's sonnets are the security that the youth needs to gain eternal worth OR that it will stay relevant throughout time.
In sonnet 60, what hope does the speaker express regarding his verse?
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Edmund Spenser
Apart from William Shakespeare, what other author made a different Sonnet 75?
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Innocence, Abuse, and Weakness
In brook’s anaylsis, what are some of the things that the child symbolizes in Macbeth?
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N/A
How does our past help us understand the present?
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He made gloves
What did William Shakespeare’s father do for a job?
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He is at an old age & dying.
In sonnet 73, what stage of life is the speaker of this poem?
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Mary Wroth
Apart from William Shakespeare, what other author made a different Sonnet 32?
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Macbeth puts all of his trust into this prophecy & It marks the foreshadowing of the climax of the story
In the Naked Babe and the Cloak of Manliness, How does brooks interpret the weird sister's last prophecy?
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N/A
Can it be harmful to dwell too much on our future or our past?
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Hamlet
What other major play was William a Shakespeare known for other than Romeo and Juliet & Macbeth?
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Time hurries in times of love and slows in times of sadness.
According to the speaker in sonnet 32, when does time hurry and when does it slow down?
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The hive for the bee.
In Sonnet 32, what does the speaker call herself in the couplet?
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In a world of nightmare, doubt, and decision making
In from Macbeth, How does Kermode define the "interim" of time in which much of Macbeth takes place?
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N/A
Is it okay to let go of your past mistakes?
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King Henry VI, 3 parts
What was the first play that William Shakespeare created? How many parts did this play have in total?
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The changing seasons and the beauty of the love ones ends up aging.
In sonnet 12, what connection does the speaker make between the change of seasons and the loved
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The young man is currently beautiful, but the parallels are his brown and it will become wrinkles because of age.
In line 10 of Sonnet 60, what does the speaker mean when he or she says that time "delves the parallels and beauty's brow"?
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He describes it like a seesaw
In from Macbeth, how does Kermode characterize the specific language patterns of Macbeth?
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N/A
What is the relationship between the study of history of people's everyday lives and that of society?
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When William Shakespeare began his career as a play writer, how old was he when he wrote it?
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