Translation of Beowulf into modern English
September 9, 2015
A passage from Beowulf in the original Old English and in four modern English translations. Old English: Gewat ða neosian, syþðan niht becom…
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Modern English Hamlet
May 24, 2015
At a few minutes before midnight Hamlet and Horatio went out into the cold night and climbed up to the watch platform and joined Marcellus. ‘It’s…
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Macbeth explanation
September 24, 2015
From Macbeth. Ed. Thomas Marc Parrott. New York: American Book Co. In order to enjoy to the full the poetry of such a play as Macbeth the student…
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English to modern Greek translation
July 14, 2015
She did her best in the way of flogging him while an infant - for duties to her well - regulated mind were always pleasures, and babies, like…
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Modern poems in English
August 28, 2015
Today is National Poetry Day, and we gently suggest that you celebrate by reading a poem or two. Not sure which poem to go for? Well, for those…
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Macbeth Act 4 modern English
April 21, 2015
In a dark cavern, a bubbling cauldron hisses and spits, and the three witches suddenly appear onstage. They circle the cauldron, chanting spells…
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