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Epiphany means "manifestation", often of divine power. Christians celebrate 6 January as Epiphany because it's considered the day the three Wise men (Magi) visited Jesus in Bethlehem, with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The other reason it's called Epiphany is because it signified the revelation of God to mankind in human form.

According to the Bible, on the night when Christ was born, three kings (it is assumed there were three because there were three gifts, but it could have been any number) saw a bright star and followed it to Bethlehem where they found the Christ child. It is interesting to note that, by the time they found the child He was no longer a baby but probably aged between eighteen months and two years old, and he was found in a house, not as a newborn babe in a manger, as He is commonly depicted.

It's not known when January 6 was actually set as the day to celebrate Epiphany. It is thought to have been some time after the fourth century, after December 25 was adopted by the Western Christian Church as the date for celebrating Christ's birth. Epiphany then became the ending of the celebration of the Twelve Days of Christmas.

These days, the term "epiphany" has come to mean "realisation" or sudden insight or revelation, that is often a catalyst to change in a person's life or actions.

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Over 50 years.

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Find another lawyer!

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its awesomwe that every shark only eats one i live close in the beach

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He seeks revenge for the death of his friend Patroklus.

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Three musketeers from Alexancer Duma's novel

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a man had benn killed on the job

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The full quotation is:

Your honour's players, hearing your amendment,

Are come to play a pleasant comedy;

For so your doctors hold it very meet,

Seeing too much sadness hath congeal'd your blood,

And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy.

Therefore they thought it good you hear a play

And frame your mind to mirth and merriment,

Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.

In other words, watching a funny play is good for your health. To understand the medical theory going on here, you have to know something about the four humours, especially the black bile and blood. These two substances were supposed to regulate a person's temperament and behaviour: lots of blood made a person sanguine, happy, optimistic, but lots of black bile made a person melancholic, depressed and unhappy. The diagnosis is that "too much sadness hath congeal'd [Sly's] blood" which stops the blood from making him happy. His melancholy is taking over.

Psychiatry was easier then.

The messenger here employs a metaphor: he says melancholy is a nurse to frenzy. In the same way as a nurse helps a person grow strong and healthy, melancholy encourages and strengthens frenzied, desperate and erratic behaviour.

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Because they don't exsist. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte were both using fictional places, so instead of making up names and taking away from the reality of the books, they did as was the custom during that time and just ignored the first part of the name.

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His dad died and he had to support his family

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William Shakepeare wrote the story in 1590-1594. It is not based on any real life events.

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One day

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The classic story is about the lion and the mouse. Ah, yes, "The Mouse that Roared".

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Gatsby is nervous because he wants Nick to agree to his plan of inviting Daisy over for tea at first, Gatsby knocks Nick's clock over. After he leaves the two alone for half an hour, radiantly happy-Daisy shedding tears of joy and Gatsby glowing.

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Constancy. Something that can be relied upon. Something that isn't "phony".

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They are both mysterious because they are somewhat unknown. Mr Rochester dresses up as a gypsy and otherwise "hides" himself and his emotions. Jane does not know all of Rochester's past and he has very strong passions, both of which are considered dangerous in the novel. Similarly, Jane finds Grace strange and does not understand her. Also, Grace represents Bertha, Jane thinks Grace makes the strange noises that are actually Bertha, who is painted as a violent lunatic and a sexually deviant woman.

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Given that the yellow brick road is fictitious, you can answer anything you like!

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Othello, Desdemona, Roderigo and Emilia.

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Yes. It starred Jon Lithgow and Bob Hoskins as the eponymous Don and Sancho Panza respectively.

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War and Peace - Lev 'Leo' Tolstoy

Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife

The Pickwick Papers

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As is outlined in chapter six of Book II of Gulliver's Travels, the main conversation between Gulliver and the King consists of Gulliver relating the governmental and court structure of England, and the King remarking upon it. They debate this subject quite extensively during five separate conversations. They also discuss the social classes, habits, and affairs of the English people.

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