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Duke Vincentio's voluntary abdication: Duke Vincentio, the ruler of Vienna, was also unmarried despite...More
"The Tempest" begins with a ship caught in a fierce storm. Onboard are King...More
In the 1880s, the essay was first published as the general introduction to the...More
Marriage of Othello and Desdemona: The play begins in Venice, a strong and important...More
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In "The Prologue of the Nun's Priest's Tale," the Knight and the Host...More
The Epic poem, Troilus and Criseyde, is divided into five separate books. In the...More
In the opening of "The General Prologue," Chaucer describes the season of April. It...More
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