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modern sources- use historians such as brennan and kagan. It was Brennan who mentioned the 'spartan mirage'.

Geographical Setting: · 4 villages of Sparta lie on the Eurotas River, which ran through their land. · Amyclae (5th village) 5km south of main town · Taygetus ranges isolate Sparta, along with other ranges · Sparta developed on the fertile and well watered plains...

Yeah, talk about the formation of the Delian League, but mention points like when Athens first began to intervene in her allies affairs, and how she made then sign oaths later on. Personally, I'd end it with when the Delian League was finally seen as the Athenian Empire- around the time they...

Well, it was due to the Persian War (around ...479 i think?) that the Delian League was created, to get compensation back and stuff. Of course, the Delain League became the Athenian Empire later on.

Microflora (I think they're also called microbiota) are the micro organisms that live inside you, and some of them speed up digestion and also some a re obviouslybad for you. (I just wiki it -shrugs-)

True, there are many reasons, but another main factor is that it is not in his nature to do so- it could be argued that this is the sole reason. Hamlet is portrayed as more of the scholar or thinker type. He is not 'manly' or 'hot-blooded', and even says himself that he is 'pigeon-liver'd, and...

All those thngs that you have questioned are just as they are- they are not followed through, they are left, they do not make sense. Gertrude laughed in the one I saw too. Basically all these things they added (including Ophelias speech) were added and played against the plays intent. This...

Features of Hamlets characterisation. Manliness Prorastination (to delay, to ponder, to consider) -He is bound to act- his fathers ghost has charged him to. -Political consequesnces- he cannot simply act (private v. public) he is a prince. Political situation is complicated and the state...

Hamlet delays because essentially- he is a coward. Hamlet is not portrayed as a manly person, instead he is a young boy who is more interested in his studies at uni than the brutality of war. He mourns his father long, something his uncle calls 'unmanly grief'. Hamlet himself says he is a...

Themes would be: uncertainty of death, procastination, pretty much the underlining thigs or the factors that make up the subplot of the play. Uncertainty of death is a big one in 'Hamlet', seen in the famous 'To be or not to be' speech. Also christianity and suicide- 'that the Everlasting had...

In the play this is never mentioned. In fact, Hamlet tells her to go to a nunnery- only virgins are nuns ( I believe? I might be wrong on this point though). The only time when pregnancy is mentioned in regards to Ophelia is when Hamlet is pretending to be mad and tells Polonius not to let her...

The play WAS utter shite, and Fortinbras wasn't in it. The guy who...acted (although he didn't really act) Horatio was the last person to speak. When the queen died she didn't even fall out of her chair. WTF?!?! And randomly a guy pulled out a vaccum cleaner and was smiling and stuff. In the...

I only hate plane food because it makes my ass explode. But other than that it's ok I guess.

One smell I always loved for a strange reason, was metal. Like, someones grinding metal, and I remember as a kid I'd even chew foil to taste it (although it was a bit strong). Then about...5 weeks ago I realised why I did, when a friends family member who was a mechanic sat with us. And I...

I completley agree! Hamlet brings quite a bit of misogyny into the play too, probably due to the behaivour of his mother.