Invisible Man. Welcome to the Mark Twain House & Museum - Biography of Mark Twain. As Twain’s books provide insight into the past‚ the events of his personal life further demonstrate his role as an eyewitness to history.
During his lifetime‚ Sam Clemens watched a young United States evolve from a nation torn apart by internal conflicts to one of international power. He experienced America’s vast growth and change - from westward expansion to industrialization‚ the end of slavery‚ advancements in technology‚ big government and foreign wars. And along the way‚ he often had something to say about the changes happening in his country. The Early Years Samuel Clemens was born on November 30‚ 1835 in Florida‚ Missouri‚ the sixth of seven children.
Pearltrees Extension. -Folger Shakespeare Library. Introduction to the Characters in Hamlet. Introduction to the Characters in Hamlet Hamlet Although Hamlet himself desires to see Claudius pay for his crime, he realizes the evil in the deed of killing the king, prompted by both "heaven and hell" (II.ii.586).
The ghost has placed Hamlet in a most unnatural position by asking him to commit murder. William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Quote in Context O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.