You could learn more than just the Russian Alphabet from this. It’s a showcase of Russia, its history, culture, and its people. Each letter of the Russian Alphabet represents something of somebody great in Russia. Find out how many Russian things you could actually recognize.
If all of the world´s cultural heritage (sports, music, fashion, architecture, literature, painting, etc..) was contained in a time capsule, what would you include to demonstrate the legacy of your country?
1 William Shakespeare and John Donne .docxmercysuttle
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William Shakespeare and John Donne
Biography:
1564–1616, English dramatist and poet, b. Stratford-on-Avon. He is thought to be the greatest
English playwright who ever lived, even the best in the world. Browse through the biographical
information about Shakespeare at Shakespeare Online: http://www.shakespeare-
online.com/biography/
Reading Assignments:
1. Read through the following information before reading the poetry:
Introduction to Shakespeare's Sonnets:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetintroduction.html
Shakespearean Sonnet Basics: Iambic Pentameter and the English Sonnet
Style: http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetstyle.html
Shakespeare's Sonnet: A Scratch across the
Surface: http://www.slideshare.net/vlague/shakespeares-sonnets-30189587 (Prof.
Vicki Lague's SlideShare account)
2. Read three of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets. Read each one through two or three times
to get the feel of the language and the meaning of the sonnet. Then, click on the paraphrase
and analysis link below the sonnet to see if you “got it”! Only these sonnets are assigned in
this course:
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
William Shakespeare, attributed
to John Taylor, circa 1600-1610
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetintroduction.html
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetstyle.html
http://www.slideshare.net/vlague/shakespeares-sonnets-30189587
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http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html
"When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes"
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/29.html
“My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun"
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/130.html
You will find many sites on the Internet, including the materials for this course, that state
that the sonnets are divided into two groups, those written for a young man (Sonnets 1-
126) and those written for "the Dark Lady" (Sonnets 127- 154). No one knows definitively
who the man and woman were. In 2000, for example, Shakepeare scholar Dr. Duncan
Salkeld wrote in his article "Black Luce and the ‘curtizans’ of Shakespeare’s London" that
there may be evidence to suggest that [the Dark Lady] was a prominent courtesan Lucy
Negro, knows as Black Luce. Yet, the Dark Lady's true identity, if she actually existed, is still
unknown. However, scholars are looking at this again. Some scholars believe that the
sonnets are not a series of poems meant to be read together, but are instead a collection of
unrelated, occasional poems, meaning poems written for particular occasions, a birthday
for example. They also believe that the sonnets were written for many of Shakespeare’s
friends, not a Youth and a Dark Lady as is traditionally thought, and that we may never be
able to find out who those people were.
Read more about Black Luce (optional):
http ...
You could learn more than just the Russian Alphabet from this. It’s a showcase of Russia, its history, culture, and its people. Each letter of the Russian Alphabet represents something of somebody great in Russia. Find out how many Russian things you could actually recognize.
If all of the world´s cultural heritage (sports, music, fashion, architecture, literature, painting, etc..) was contained in a time capsule, what would you include to demonstrate the legacy of your country?
1 William Shakespeare and John Donne .docxmercysuttle
1
William Shakespeare and John Donne
Biography:
1564–1616, English dramatist and poet, b. Stratford-on-Avon. He is thought to be the greatest
English playwright who ever lived, even the best in the world. Browse through the biographical
information about Shakespeare at Shakespeare Online: http://www.shakespeare-
online.com/biography/
Reading Assignments:
1. Read through the following information before reading the poetry:
Introduction to Shakespeare's Sonnets:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetintroduction.html
Shakespearean Sonnet Basics: Iambic Pentameter and the English Sonnet
Style: http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetstyle.html
Shakespeare's Sonnet: A Scratch across the
Surface: http://www.slideshare.net/vlague/shakespeares-sonnets-30189587 (Prof.
Vicki Lague's SlideShare account)
2. Read three of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets. Read each one through two or three times
to get the feel of the language and the meaning of the sonnet. Then, click on the paraphrase
and analysis link below the sonnet to see if you “got it”! Only these sonnets are assigned in
this course:
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
William Shakespeare, attributed
to John Taylor, circa 1600-1610
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetintroduction.html
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetstyle.html
http://www.slideshare.net/vlague/shakespeares-sonnets-30189587
2
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html
"When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes"
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/29.html
“My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun"
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/130.html
You will find many sites on the Internet, including the materials for this course, that state
that the sonnets are divided into two groups, those written for a young man (Sonnets 1-
126) and those written for "the Dark Lady" (Sonnets 127- 154). No one knows definitively
who the man and woman were. In 2000, for example, Shakepeare scholar Dr. Duncan
Salkeld wrote in his article "Black Luce and the ‘curtizans’ of Shakespeare’s London" that
there may be evidence to suggest that [the Dark Lady] was a prominent courtesan Lucy
Negro, knows as Black Luce. Yet, the Dark Lady's true identity, if she actually existed, is still
unknown. However, scholars are looking at this again. Some scholars believe that the
sonnets are not a series of poems meant to be read together, but are instead a collection of
unrelated, occasional poems, meaning poems written for particular occasions, a birthday
for example. They also believe that the sonnets were written for many of Shakespeare’s
friends, not a Youth and a Dark Lady as is traditionally thought, and that we may never be
able to find out who those people were.
Read more about Black Luce (optional):
http ...
10. И
ee like beet
Русская Империя/
Russkaya Eempeeria
One of the largest empires in world history, in
existence from 1721 – 1917.
PassionForRussian.com
16. О
o like nose
Орбитальная станция/
Orbitalnaya stantsiya
The Soviet Union launched the first space
station in 1971. PassionForRussian.com
17. П
p like pie
Периодическая таблица/
Periodicheskaya tablitsa
Created by Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev.
PassionForRussian.com
18. Р
r like Russian
Русский балет/
Russkiy Balyet
Sergei Diaghilev established the Ballets Russes, a
world-renowned ballet company.
PassionForRussian.com
29. Ъ
hard sign
No sound of its own
Пушкин/
Pushkin
(Alexander) Russian author; considered to be the
father of Russian literature.
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