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'Robinson Crusoe' is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. It is considered one of the first true novels in the English language.
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This quote is spoken by Hamlet to Horatio in Act 1, Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet', after seeing the Ghost.
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'Macbeth' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is one of his darkest and most powerful works, focusing on ambition and guilt.
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Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was a prominent Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher who was active primarily during the 18th century.
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'Macbeth' is a tragedy by Shakespeare. It details the rise and fall of a Scottish general who murders his king to seize the throne.
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Subjectivity (the expression of the poet's own feelings, imagination, and personal experience) is a defining characteristic of Romantic poetry, distinguishing it from the objective Neoclassical style.
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This quote is from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (Act 5, Scene 1). Lady Macbeth says it while sleepwalking, trying to wash the imaginary blood from her hands ('this little hand').
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Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories. 'Bourgeois drama' typically refers to a later genre (18th century) focusing on the middle class, which is not his primary category.
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Romanticism emphasized intense emotion, individual experience, and an appreciation for nature and beauty, often focusing on 'Love and beauty' as central themes.
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'Kubla Khan' is a famous poem (verse) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream.