Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
PART II
It must be moving to watch at the stage the entrance of Caesar with his retinue, especially upon the scene where Cassius has been cursing him. There are Brutus and Cassius isolated from other people, and involved in a secret talked. And there appears Caesar with a crowd. However, the effect produced is contrary to the expected, such as magnificent Caesar walking nobly with his people hailing him … Read the rest
When Lazarus rose from the grave, after three days and nights in the
mysterious thraldom of death, and returned alive to his home, it was a
long time before any one noticed the evil peculiarities in him that
were later to make his very name terrible. His friends and relatives
were jubilant that he had come back to life. They surrounded him with
tenderness, they were lavish of their eager … Read the rest
THE STORY BEHIND AN INCOMPETENT KING
“Starved of affection during childhood, ignored by his father in adolescence, and confronted by unsolved problems at his accession, Edward II sought advice, friendship, even affection, from ambitious favourites.”(Morgan, 176) It is strange that a king should be seeking affection and be in need of friendship. In fact, what is strange is that such a man as Edward II should be a king. But … Read the rest