Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2007 September 26

The one that moves me most, though, is the speech given by Henry V on the eve of Agincourt, the one I have come to think of as the Band of Brothers speech; This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say To-morrow is Saint Crispian: Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars. And say These wounds I had on Crispin s day. Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he ll remember with advantages What feats he did that day: then shall our names. Familiar in his mouth as household words Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remember d. This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin s day. Great speech, great writer, great man. He was born at just the right time, when the Gothic world of Medieval Christianity had not quite given way, and when the the modern world had not fully taken shape.

But Shakespeare humanises and combines these attributes in the single individual; in a unique personality, expressed in both in forms of exterior action, and in moods of interior thought. Supreme.

Yet I cannot find where is once was. Clio the Muse 02:10, 27 September 2007 (UTC) Hello.

In translating the Bible into English William Tyndale began this process by introducing a whole new range of words and phrases. Clio the Muse 00:50, 27 September 2007 (UTC) Hello Wikipedians, Currently I am reading Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World by Avi Shlaim.

The century in which Shakespeare was born was one of profound change; of reformation in religion and reshaping of manners. I know they used brutal tactics against the people living there to keep control of Manchuria.

General histories of the Mandate like Christopher Sykes Crossroads to Israel explain how the refugees ships before 1948 became a political football. We are dealing, in the main, with character types , representing not so much the complexity of human action, but an attitude, either of virtue or of vice; of perfection or corruption; of salvation or damnation.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.241.224 (talk) 18:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Have a look at Everyday Stalinism-Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s by Shiela Fitzpatrick, especially Chapter 7, headed Conversations and Listeners. I will not be sorry for him. One nine-yeat old schoolboy said Down with Soviet power.

It was given to Shakespeare to create that world; to create its consciousness and to create its language. Think about the nature of drama before Shakespeare. He gives shape to new and more complex forms of human psychology; in weakness and in strength.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.5.136.234 (talk) 03:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC) My question deals with : how they arrived? , and how they managed to do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.5.136.234 (talk) 05:20, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Although it is not entirely the same question, David Hirst s The Gun and the Olive Branch has an amusing jingle sung by Iraqi Jewish immigrants to Israel after 1948 - perhaps including a younger Professor Avi S. Can I have some examples of what they uncovered? Thanx.

here, by the way. So what was the general experiance of female slaves in the classical world? --Jbs073 14:04, 26 September 2007 (UTC) If I ask what was the universe like before it was created (simple example) - it has no answer.. What is the name of this type of question? (Specifically one that is not covered by a priori knowledge)87.102.32.155 15:23, 26 September 2007 (UTC) (Also have I used the term a priori correctly here?)87.102.32.155 15:25, 26 September 2007 (UTC) There s also the term non-question .

His vocabulary is simply huge; the words he draws out, the combinations he makes astonishing in their range and power. Xn4 20:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Thank you for the great list.

Why is it worth so much? F 10:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC) I came across a tantalizing reference to some gun-boat diplomacy in South America early last century which seemingly involved the brother and nephew of the English writer Rider Haggard, the author of King Solomon s Mines. This Protestant England might even have brought about the complete triumph of Protestantism north of the Alps and the Pyrenees. Why is it that health insurance is tied to employment? I m thinking specifically about the U.S.

Stone s Underground to Palestine (And Reflections Thirty Years Later) describing his travels with Jewish immigrants on ships to Palestine. Illogical Programmer.

More seriously, you might want to look at I. He died young, I know, but do we have any indication from his attitudes, outlook or conduct what kind of king he might have made? I look forward to your replies.

It was a time when the old Medieval certainties were giving way to new ways of thinking; to a whole range of new attitudes about people and their place both in this world and in the world beyond. It s also worth saying that a lot of good 20th century drama was written for the screen and not the theatre.

They, and so many others of his creations, are prefectly inperfect , not bound by time of space, characters who are able to offer someting new, from generation to generation. Did you know, taking just a few at random, that into thin air , time-honoured , be-all and end all , breathed his last , crack of doom , dead as a doornail , good riddance and so many other like expressions, some which people have come to accept as proverbial , were all created or first used by Shakespeare? So, too, were words like addiction , cold-blooded , critic , denote , bedazzled , birthplace , belongings , eventful , full-grown , and zany , yes, zany.

I am thinking specifically here of John of Gaunt s This England speech from Richard II. However, it was the Jewish immigration in the next few years after 1948 and the Palestinian exodus that really turned the population ration in favor of the Jews.

The librarian Robert Hauptman quoted this and added: Not every question has an answer. Seems quite plausible that that would be Italianised as Silio.

There are too many others to mention here. Finally, and from a purely English point of view, he might be said to have created a popular sense of patriotism and love of country; a love that goes beyond mere loyalty to the monarch. Wrad 16:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Do you know, Flakture, there are sometimes rare moments in time and history, times of upheaval and transition, times of renewal; times that are given particular shape and meaning by the happy coincidence that they fall within the lifetime of an individual of rare genius.

Does anybody know anymore about this? Thank you! Thank you. That will keep me reading for some time! --S.dedalus 04:03, 28 September 2007 (UTC) Your page on Edward VI of England tells me little about him as a person.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.59.106.147 (talk) 23:07, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Silyum (Silio, Silyensis) is one of the seats of titular bishop (). One student said, The Fascists are constructing socialism in a peaceful way.

By the time of the Partition Plan in November 1947, Jews were 1/3 of all Palestine s population and a bit more than half of that of the proposed Jewish state of the plan. Any help would be appreciated.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  23:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC) I can t find it, but it sounds as if it might have been in Anatolia? Xn4 00:11, 27 September 2007 (UTC) Modern Patara is in Antalya Province, and was also in Pamphilia, so I wonder if it could be Serik? That article says there was a Pergamene colony called Sillion (in Greek I assume) near the site of the modern city.

I seem to be having some trouble finding information on the human rights violations of Japan while they were controlling Manchuria in the 1930 s. Dismas|(talk) 08:22, 26 September 2007 (UTC) So Microsoft is rumored to buy 5% of Facebook for $0.5 billion, meaning the whole thing is worth $10 billion.

Shakespeare was born on the cusp of history, when the focus of history was moving away from the ancient centres of civilization, towards a the new world of the Atlantic seaboard. Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:28, 27 September 2007 (UTC) .

F. Only Hitler can give life to the people. Anyway, 86.151, you will find all of this and more besides in Fitzpatrick s book.

He coined so many new words that it is difficult for me to know where to begin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.73 (talk) 22:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC) What was the policy of exclusivism? This policy is one in relation to the Arawaks/Ovando administration etc.

My question is how did the experiance vary? The women reduced to slavery included aristocrats, princesses and queens. But Shakespeare surpassed Tyndale as a miner of our language.

Why don t employers just drop health insurance and expect everyone to get their own insurance through some independant source? (Assuming of course that companies could get away with just getting rid of insurance as a benefit without pissing a bunch of people off) I can see the correlation between providing a 401k and your employer but not health insurance since it s not really tied directly to your pay check. How do I buy stocks? I may want to buy stocks in the future because I want be an investor (a shareholder).

Hector s wife for example eventually ended up Queen. In some accounts the women were basically concubines and were treated fairly well and bore children.

If I were to try to define the true greatness of Shakespeare it would be in this: it was he who invented what it means to be mortal, and to stand alone in that mortality. Shakespeare s time was also that in which the English language, as we understnd it today, is beginning to acquire its final shape and structure. With all her documentation and surveying of specific populations and their environments, is it safe to conclude that this amazing woman can be associated with having given birth and validation to the Survey? I realize the Philadelphia Survey is thought to be the most famous survey of its time, but, with all Hull House s documented surveys, is it reasonable for me to assume this? am trying to find the name of the first known person to take a photograph (daguerreotype or otherwise) in the Rocky Mountains or western United States.

There are people today, people who have never read Shakespeare, or seen a peformance of one of his plays, who quite unconsciously use words and phrases invented by the Bard. Let them kill Stalin.

No doubt I ll forget some I d have included if I d spent longer on this. His natural qualty may not have appealed to the mannered tastes in drama that gained favour after his death; but he was almost bound to speak anew to those who came after; to the Romantic sensibility which emerged in the eighteenth century, when notions of the human begin to acquire their definitive form.

Facebook s profit was $30 million, that makes a p/e of 300. If this can be believed-and remember we are dealing here with the NKVD-there was a lot of admiration for Hitler and the Nazis.

81.151.6.223 07:20, 26 September 2007 (UTC) In a refreshing change from the usual reanimations of Mary Tudor that sometimes appear in accounts of the English Reformation, Rex goes on to speculate counter-factually that if Edward VI had lived into his fifties like his father and grandfather, England would have become a staunchly Protestant nation of the Scottish variety. Hence it should be a real place.

Others like Cassandra for example were raped and reduced to essentially the status of sex slave. Of course this immigration had to be largely underground because of the restrictions imposed by the 1939 White Paper.John Z 06:21, 1 October 2007 (UTC) What are some of the most important works of twentieth century theatre? Thanks! --S.dedalus 06:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Here are a few suggestions, see very sketchy list below.

Xn4 08:59, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Afterthoughts: here are a few more.. I know this is a really vague background but can anyone fill me in here? Bel Carres 11:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Most wars in the ancient Greek and Roman world ended witht he defeated female population being enslaved.

One question which has been lingering on in my mind is : How did so many Jews from all over the world migrate and settle in Palestine (pre 1948 period) ? As mentioned in his book, Avi has pointed that the Jews were spread all over the world , in different countries, living in sort of ghettos after holocaust. The status varies from concubine and mistress to essentially legal wife.

Hitler and the Fascists are clever people. In the hungry winter of 1936-7, when there were serious bread shortages, admiration for Hitler increased all the more- If Hitler takes power, it will be better for Russia. At the time of the Kirov murder in 1934 a sailor was arrested for saying I am not sorry for Kirov.

Publilius Syrus said Not every question deserves an answer . So, metaphorically at least, Shlaim himself arrived on a speeding donkey.

Jet (talk) 00:13, 26 September 2007 (UTC) what was the name of the Chinese Minister who Perform over 3000 cermonies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.172.216.68 (talk) 02:46, 26 September 2007 (UTC) why shakespeare is popular, because of what reason he become the greatest? tell the thing that you got yourself.Flakture 03:12, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Another good point, he wrote for the masses, so he get as cryptic as he could have if he s catered completely to the educated. Some of the conversations overheard reveal a deep sense of hostility towards the regime.

Does anybody else know anything about this topic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.87.200.184 (talk) 03:31, 27 September 2007 (UTC) I have the extensive material you have on Jane Addams, her father, and her famous Hull House, along with all her amazing accomplishments. It was in Shakespeare that the old and the new were combined.

But nowhere has he mentioned how so many Jews from so many countries migrated to Palestine, and how they turned the population ratio in favour of Jews? Could anyone please help. Thanks & Regards, Nikhil. When I grow up I will kill Stalin. Some of the comments reported about international politics are also highly revealing.

As they were a very rich community dissatisfied by their displacement and their poverty and treatment in Israel, in it they curse Ben-Gurion as well as the donkey they rode to Israel on, wishing it had never arrived. It s really quite fascinating.

His greatest contribution is to shape charcters, like that of Hamlet, whose tragedy is one of indecision; or Othello, whose tragedy is one of manipulation; or King Lear, whose tragedy is one of blind pride. The unraveling of the non-question seems to be beyond many patrons and librarians. Xn4 19:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Thanks, to be honest I was searching for super specific industry jargon - trying to recall a phrase - it didn t come up, but that doesn t matter, thanks for all your responses.83.100.254.236 11:06, 27 September 2007 (UTC) Like the Gestapo in Germany the NKVD kept a close watch on public attitudes in the 1930s.