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Walt Whitman: You Felons on Trial in Courts

You Felons on Trial in CourtsYou felons on trial in courts, You convicts in prison-cells, you sentenced assassins chain'd and handcuff'd with iron, Who am I too that I am not on trial or…

How Well Do You Know Animal Names?

Have you ever wondered what the proper names are for male, female, and young animals? From a bull to a cow to a calf, animals can have different names depending on their gender and age. Test your…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act V, Scene V

Scene VCymbeline's tentEnter Cymbeline, Belarius, Guiderius, Arviragus, Pisanio, Lords, Officers, and AttendantsCymbelineStand by my side, you whom the gods have made Preservers of my throne…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: May-Day

May-DayDaughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Teaching Barren moors to smile, Painting pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths, Whence a…

superstition

(Encyclopedia) superstition, an irrational belief or practice resulting from ignorance or fear of the unknown. The validity of superstitions is based on belief in the power of magic and witchcraft…

Alexie, Sherman

(Encyclopedia) Alexie, Sherman (Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr.), 1966–, Native American writer, b. Wellpinit, Spokane Indian Reservation, E Wash., studied Gonzaga Univ. and Washington State Univ. (B.A.,…

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Director:Danny CannonWriter:Trey CallawayTrey Callaway; R; 96 minutesRelease:11/98Cast:Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy, Mekhi Phifer, Muse Watson, Bill Cobbs and Matthew…

The Iliad of Homer: The Embassy to Achilles

The Second Battle, and the Dis... The Night-Adventure of Diomed ... The Embassy to Achilles. Agamemnon, after the last day's defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and…