Word: thees
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...narrator and survivor of catastrophe: Herman Melville’s Ishmael, who lives to tell the tale in “Moby Dick.” Melville’s epilogue is taken from the book of Job: “And I only am escaped alone to tell thee.” Like Job, Rosero’s Ismael has no part in the processes governing the destruction of his life but is forced to take up the challenge to his faith. When the other inhabitants of San José flee in trucks, Ismael refuses to leave, choosing instead...
...relaxed program was built largely around music and talking points interspersed with a series of videos downloaded from YouTube. The audience sang a verse each of "America, the Beautiful," "My Country 'tis of Thee," and "God Bless America," then watched a video bit from the late comedian Red Skelton in which he invokes one of his former teachers who broke down the Pledge of Allegiance word by word. Pagano then asked the crowd to stand and led them in reciting the Pledge...
...imagine for a moment what the rallying cry of an English Ph.D student might be: "Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing...For how do I hold thee but by thy granting...
...like whistling at the end of the latter and a scything solo in the former. “Keep Me Down” also contains some of the most direct lyrics on the record. Attacking a lover, its angry and hostile lines—“I repudiate thee, thou venomous heartbeat”—could come off as immature if the song wasn’t delivered with such style.Less straight-forward but just as impressive is “Dorothy’s a Planet.” In constant transformation starting from its acoustic...
...secondary project concerns Shakespeare’s rap songs. One gem, obviously inspired by Shakespeare’s contemporary, notorious rhymester DJ Time, flows: “And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defense / Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.” My work in this field will be focused on unearthing the historical origins and literary manifestations of the feud between the DJ and the flow doctor...