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  2. Infinite Jest - Wikipedia

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    In one scene, Hal, on the phone with Orin, says that clipping his toenails into a wastebasket "now seems like an exercise in telemachry." Orin then asks whether Hal meant telemetry. Christopher Bartlett has argued that Hal's mistake is a direct reference to Telemachus, who for the first four books of the Odyssey believes that his father is dead ...

  3. Structure of Handel's Messiah - Wikipedia

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    Scene 2: "The prophecy of the coming of Messiah and the question, despite (1), of what this may portend for the World" (movements 5–7) Scene 3: "The prophecy of the Virgin Birth" (movements 8–12) Scene 4: "The appearance of the Angels to the Shepherds" (movements 13–17) Scene 5: "Christ's redemptive miracles on earth" (movements 18–21 ...

  4. The Shoemaker's Holiday - Wikipedia

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    The second attempt to exchange money for love comes in Act 5 Scene 2 and highlights a status distinction. Hammon attempts to pay Ralph 20 pounds in order to claim Jane for himself. [ 26 ] Hammon, like Otley, operates under the assumption that money can buy anything, even love, and approaches Jane not as a person but as a commodity. [ 27 ]

  5. The Rain It Raineth Every Day - Wikipedia

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    The title of the work refers to a line from either William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, where the fool, Feste, closes the play with a song having as its refrain "the rain It raineth every day" (Act 5, scene 1, line 415), or from King Lear, where an unnamed fool declares in Act 3, scene 2: "He that has and a little tiny wit / With heigh-ho, the ...

  6. The Battle of Alcazar - Wikipedia

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    Act 5, Scene 1: The battlefield at Alcazar As the battle begins, Abdelemec dies (apparently of grief) after receiving news that his army will likely lose. In an effort to maintain the soldiers’ morale, his officers prop up his corpse in order to make it appear as though he is still alive.

  7. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Wikipedia

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    Prelude, a meditative orchestral introduction using music from two key episodes to be heard in act 3: Sachs's scene 1 monologue "Wahn! Wahn!" and the "Wittenberg Nightingale" quasi-chorale sung by the townspeople to greet Sachs in scene 5. Act 3, painting by Ferdinand Leeke. Scene 1: Sachs's workshop. As morning dawns, Sachs is reading a large ...

  8. The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom - Wikipedia

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    Act 3, Scene 5: Room in a Small Cottage on the Poplar Farm Act 4, Scene 1: Interior of a Dungeon, likely the basement of Dr. Gaines's Estate Act 4, Scene 2: The Parlor of Dr. Gaines Act 4, Scene 3: In the Forest near Dr. Gaines's Property Act 5, Scene 1: Bar in the American Hotel Act 5, Scene 2: Forest at Night Act 5, Scene 3: A Street Act 5 ...

  9. The Changeling (play) - Wikipedia

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    The title page of the first edition of The Changeling attributes the play to Middleton and Rowley. The division of authorship between the two writers was first delineated by Pauline Wiggin in 1897, and is widely accepted. [3]