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126 I had given an opinion on reading vs. hearing Shakespeare's works saying I like lingering over the written words. I also was reading the poetry of e.e. cummings earlier this evening. I went to a website and found an award given to a boy of someone whom I care for. The article explained that poetry is not just meant to be written, but instead,to be heard. The article also mentioned Shakespeare. So there is Shakespeare, poetry, written vs. listening, surprise of an award, all within the same evening....
128 When i write a story about a lost chapter of Odysseus where he goes back from Hades to Circe's island, and in a moment of despair (in a huge storm on a ship), he says, "Son of Kronos, Zeus, why have you forsaken me?" as to quote Matthew 27:46 "About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli,[a] lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")" ? IS it humorous?...
129 In Hamlet, is it ironic when Polonius suggests Claudius should, "to England send [Hamlet]; or confine him where your wisdom best shall think."(3.1.182-183), when Hamlet already feels that "Denmark's a prison"(2.2.233)?...
130 Hercules killed a lion and died from a tunic?
131 Oedipus accuses Creon of trying to steal his crown when he himself did not think he was in line to receive the crown in the first place?...
132 in the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, a celebrated hunter with little respect for the animals he kills for sport, later becomes the hunted?...
133 Grumble at dust,she forgave faults in a man and child,but a dusty shelf would set her wild...
134 Someone reads an article on how to get sound sleep at nights while lying on their bed trying to sleep in the middle of the night....
135 We drive on the parkway but park on the driveway?
136 Is it ironic that I posted on Facebook: "I finished reading 'The Circle' (a book about the totalitarian distopia that social media leads to in a fictional future) and it makes me want to fast from Facebook."...
137 A Mage with a hydrophobia strongest elemental magic is water.
138 a selfish woman is associated with white when white often represents innocence and purity?...
139 In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus kills Julius and then he and his friends wash their hands in his blood as a sign of Peace, freedom, and liberty?...
140 Katniss from the Hunger Games is injured by getting burnt after becoming dubbed "the Girl on FIre"?...
141 Is it ironic that the word ironic is misused so much?
142 people can be lured into looking at a website that tries to define irony (ahem)?...
143 Felt was not the proper material...to provide shade from the hot sun,but my father must have seen and admired a picture of an Englishman wearing such a hat in England,... it caused him to wear the wrong hat for a hot climate most of his long life....
144 Is it ironic to have to read Mr Quiet (one of the Mr Men books)in a loud voice due to a childs temporary partial hearing loss?...
145 in many of Shakespeare's plays, the fool is really the wise character?...
146 Is it ironic to say that the reading if Green Eggs and Ham was rotten?
147 someone corrects someone else's spelling and makes a spelling mistake themselves in the process?...
148 Is it ironic that sarcasm is referred to as the lowest form of wit yet it may in fact be the most intelligent?...
149 the villain's considerable ability at crafting magical artifacts for his troops is the reason his generals (unknowingly) fail to completely destroy one of his artifacts, thus allowing the heroes to later repair and use this artifact against the generals and defeat them?...
150 I read Pride and prejudice on my Nook andrid app?