Quote: “It will have blood they say; blood will have blood.” (3.4.123) Speaker and Audience: Macbeth is speaking to his wife, Lady Macbeth Context: Prior to Macbeth saying this quote of key importance in the tragedy, he witnessed the ghost of Banquo, whom he murdered so that he wouldn’t be found guilty of Duncan’s murder.…
Defining Hiroshima No such warning fell on the people of Hiroshima: that was the site of the first of the two uses of the atomic bomb. Historians have debated the necessity, as have students in a classroom studying world history. Whether or not the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was necessary, on August…
The Life of Gibbon Born in England in 1737 Eldest and only surviving child of seven. Constantly sick as a child, considered a runt. Neglected by his mother, raised by her sister (his aunt) Raised as Protestant, then turned Catholic in his youth. Traveled around Europe much in his twenties and thirties Fell in love…