Modern to Middle English translation
March 9, 2014
The unique Middle English prose life of Alexander the Great (the prose Alexander) is the first item in Lincoln Cathedral Library MS. 91 (Lincoln…
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Modern King James version On Line
March 28, 2015
Subscribe to our Question of the Week: Question: What is the Modern King James Version (MKJV)? Answer: When people search for “modern King…
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Macbeth modern English translation
May 9, 2015
Read Macbeth’s “ Is this a dagger which I see before me ” soliloquy below with modern English translation & analysis. Spoken by Macbeth…
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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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