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2008-06-18 Literature - British Literature: Okay, a transcript of these lines would be this: "If thou wilt allow me to come down from this bench and without fault leave this table and stand by thee there, and if my liege lady likes it not ill...
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2008-06-03 Literature - Penelope-Odyssey: Laura: There are different versions about Penelope's background. Probably the most reliable [reported in Thomas Bulfinch's "Mythology"] is recounted by Carlos Parada in his "Genealogical Guide to Greek...
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2008-06-03 Literature - Penelope-Odyssey: Hello, In Homer's Odyssey Penelope was the daughter of Icarius of Sparta and a first cousin of Helen of Troy, since her father Icarius was brother of Tyndareus, Spartan king, father of Helen. So...
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2008-06-02 Literature - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Hi, John. Rime is just an ancient spelling/alteration of rhyme. In this case, it is used as "poem." You might say the Rimes of William Shakespeare as synonymous with the Poems of William Shakespeare...
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2008-06-01 Literature - Penelope-Odyssey: Hello, Leanna. We cannot be sure of her exact age, since it's not given. But we do know some things to put some clues together. Odysseus has been gone 20 years (ten in the Trojan War and ten in the...
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