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When William Shakespeare was about twenty, his life changed forever. He left Stratford and walked to London, where he became the world's greatest playwright. He

How did it feel to hear Macbeth's witches chant of "double, double toil and trouble" at a time when magic and witchcraft were as real as anything science had to

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Crime has been present in all cultures and societies, since the beginning of time. This work focuses on the punishments common in England around the time of Sha