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  2. Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship - Wikipedia

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    In August 1819 an anonymous writer for The Monthly Review, or Literary Journal suggested that 'Christopher Marlowe' might be a pseudonym assumed for a time by Shakespeare, [12] and this idea was developed further in the same journal in September 1820, [13] noting how Shakespeare "disappears from all biographical research just at the moment when Marlowe first comes on the stage; and who re ...

  3. Motivation - Wikipedia

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    For example, financial gain is a motive to commit a crime from which the perpetrator would financially benefit, like embezzlement. [162] As a technical term, motive is distinguished from intent. Intent is the mental state of the defendant and belongs to mens rea. A motive is a reason that tempts a person to form an intent.

  4. Criminal investigation - Wikipedia

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    means to commit the crime (including tools and physical capabilities) motive to commit the crime (for example, financial gain or to seek revenge) opportunity to commit the crime (including being at the crime scene at the time of the offence); persons presenting an alibi can be eliminated from suspicion

  5. Why I Write - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetic enthusiasm- Orwell explains that the present in writing is the desire to make one's writing look and sound good, having "pleasure in the impact of one sound on another, in the firmness of good prose or the rhythm of a good story." He says that this motive is "very feeble in a lot of writers" but still present in all works of writing.

  6. Essay - Wikipedia

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    The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other media beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary filmmaking styles and focuses more on the evolution of a theme or idea. A photographic essay covers a topic with a linked series of photographs that may have accompanying text or captions.

  7. Text types - Wikipedia

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    If so, consider educating people on this seemingly new occurrence through the use of a well-written essay. Example: Cultural and Historical Shifts. A topic close to your heart: It is easy much easier to defend a thesis if you find yourself passionately thinking about the topic.

  8. Opportunity Cost: Definition and Examples - AOL

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    Opportunity cost is a basic microeconomics concept, maybe one you learned in a long-ago and hazily recollected 8 a.m. Econ 101 lecture. If you need a refresher, opportunity cost is the benefit you ...

  9. Motif (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Another example from modern American literature is the green light found in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Narratives may include multiple motifs of varying types. In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, he uses a variety of narrative elements to create many different motifs. Imagistic references to blood and water are continually ...