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  1. May 2016
  2. Apr 2016
    1. And soon to you

      As far as the rhythm : the patterns of accents heard in regularly recurring measures of stressed and unstressed beats at the frequency of the music's pulse. ( like singing sort of ). he builds up these musical dynamics to the grim conclusion.

    2. my unkindness shaken

      It's beneficial that the friend was mean to him before. But he did the same exact thing back. Now he feels guilty because he never apologized. He now believes that they are even. True love because: He was hurt. He did it back to his friend. More of a friendship type of relationship.

    3. O, that our night of woe might have remember'd My deepest sense, how hard true sorrow hits

      Basically, Shakespeare is saying that both parties have suffered. The pain that he caused on the other person, is eased because of what they did to him. They are sharing the pain. Thematic Statement, you ask? : Sometimes, when you hurt someone, it will become a double-edged sword and hurt you back.

    1. The revolution changed everything

      Did it really? I mean Les Misérables didn't go so well. Oh wait never mind I see. True true. Revolution. Slavery would not be abolished for another hundred years, but the Revolution saw the dawn of an organized abolitionist movement. English traditions such as land inheritance laws were swept away almost immediately. The Anglican Church in America could no longer survive. After all, the official head of the Church of England was the British monarch. States experimented with republican ideas when drafting their own constitutions during the war. All these major changes would be felt by Americans before the dawn of the nineteenth century.

      The American Revolution produced a new outlook among its people that would have ramifications long into the future. Groups excluded from immediate equality such as slaves and women would draw their later inspirations from revolutionary sentiments. Americans began to feel that their fight for liberty was a global fight. Future democracies would model their governments on ours. There are few events that would shake the world order like the success of the American patriotic cause. From slavery to women's rights, from religious life to voting, American attitudes would be forever changed.Interesting how Shakespeare was about part of that.