Literature
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Grigol Orbeliani – When I wake
Thy features every vision of my sleep adorn,And when I wake the eyelash of my eyes adorn.Thy willing slave, devoted…
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Grigol Orbeliani – Before the Fresco Painting of Queen Tamari in the church of Betania
Thy saintly faceIn beauteous graceDoth shine with virgin beauty sweet.I humbly prayAnd homage pay,O’erwhelmed by sorrow at thy feet.In joy…
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Shota Rustaveli – The Knight in the Tiger Skin
Translated by M.S.Wardrope 1 Introduction2 Story of Rostevan, King of the Arabians3 King Rostevan and Avt’handil Go Hunting 4…
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Shota Rustaveli – The Knight in the Panther’s Skin
INTRODUCTORY QUATRAINS1 HE who created the firmament, by that mighty power made beings inspired from on high with souls celestial;…
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Iakob Tsurtaveli – The Passion of Saint Shushanik
I.And it came about that in the time when the Persians reigned, a certain margrave of the land of Georgia…
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How to Analyze a Shakespearean Sonnet
Writing an essay on a Shakespearean sonnet can be quite a challenge. The following are a few tips to help…
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Shakespeare’s Writing Style
Shakespeare used a metrical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse. His plays were composed using…
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Going to a Play in Shakespeare’s London: Simon Forman’s Diary
Renaissance records of Shakespeare’s plays in performance are exceedingly scarce. However, those few contemporary accounts that have survived provide brief…
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Violence in Shakespeare: Suicide, Murder, and Combat in Shakespeare’s Plays
Introduction Elizabethan and Jacobean audiences reveled in shocking drama. While patrons liked a good comedy, they consistently packed the theatres…
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100 Famous Quote by William Shakespeare
To be, or not to be, that is the question. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise…
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