DAVID O'CONNOR Most people don't root for it to rain, and with the awful destruction of a hurricane on Americans' minds, you don't want to hope for a massive storm. But with Lancaster County baking under dry conditions, and a record high temperature possible...

PAUL NOWELL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-13-2005 Waiting for Ophelia: Storm is downgraded -- The Carolina coast is taking no chances By PAUL NOWELL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 09-13-2005, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions WILMINGTON, N.C....

Justice Anthony Kennedy faced a problem he never had in his day job at the Supreme Court. The defendant has been dead for 400 years, ordinarily reason enough to dismiss criminal charges. But the show, as they say, must go on. So Kennedy had to...

A former lawmaker already indicted on bribery allegations has been charged with taking more than $800,000 in consulting fees from contractors working for a state Medicare program, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.Former state Sen. John Ford is accused of using his elected position to...

Kaara Peterson In her far-ranging study Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic, Elisabeth Bronfen elucidates Western culture's fascination with depictions of dead, beautiful women in literature and the visual arts respectively, concluding that because such images are so omnipresent we are scarcely aware of their status as a resolute cultural tradition. Likening portraits of dead women to Poe's famous purloined letter—so numerous as to be invisible to the viewer's...

Shakespeare, in the portrayal of Ophelia shows how men in a strong patriarchal society controlled women in the 1600s. The influence of men in Ophelia's life is evident throughout by the relationships with men in her life. It is interesting to note that Ophelia's first scene is in a very domestic setting. Her brother, Laertes, is stressing to Ophelia the fickleness of young love.

Discusses the William Shakespeare play, Hamlet. Provides a character analysis of Ophelia from Hamlet. Describes how she is the underlying backbone of the tragedy.