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, beautif...
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In William Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet, Ophelia is a beautiful and simple-minded maiden, easily molded by the more powerful opinions and desires of others. She seems to always do as she is told...
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In this essay I am going to explore the character of Ophelia. Even though Ophelia is not the central character in the play `Hamlet' she is still an important one, and I am going to investigate her cha...
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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 s...
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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 i...
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Former state Sen. John Ford, a prominent member of a politically powerful family, was convicted Friday of accepting $55,000 in bribes during a statewide corruption investigation.But the federal jur...
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Justices appeared skeptical of both sides in a state Supreme Court hearing on whether the brain, heart and other body parts removed during an autopsy should be returned to the relatives of the dece...
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Justices appeared skeptical of both sides in a state Supreme Court hearing on whether the brain, heart and other body parts removed during an autopsy should be returned to the relatives of the dece...
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With a new home in the expansive, $89 million Harman Center for the Arts, the city's popular Shakespeare Theatre Company is doubling the number of its actors and adding more performances.But city a...
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Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz is chalking up 2007 as an outstanding year for lots of reasons. He candidly tells us, "On a personal level, this year I've allowed myself to find happiness. In some bizarre ...
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The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom From My Father on How to Live, Love, and See, by Naomi Wolf. Simon and Schuster, 278 pages, $24.Naomi Wolf is one lucky lass. Oh, she's had her share of troubles-lik...
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Framing Ophelia: Representation and the Pictorial Tradition
Character Analysis of Ophelia
Kennedy presides over Hamlet trial
