Before Romeo meets Juliet, he loves Rosaline, Capulet’s niece and Juliet’s cousin.The play centres on Rosaline, Juliet’s cousin and Romeo’s ex-flame. Rosaline appears in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, merely as a reference to her at the beginning of the play. Rosaline is not a character in Romeo and Juliet…
The first Mesopotamian ruler who declared himself divine was Naram-Sin of Akkad. Naram-Sin reigned sometime during the 23rd century BCE but the exact dates and duration of his reign are still subject to research. According to his own inscription the people of the city of Akkad wished him to be…
You probably already knew that Jack and Rose, the main characters in the 1997 movie Titanic, weren’t real. Like all films “based on a true story,” the movie added its own fictional elements to historical events. You probably already knew that Jack and Rose, the main characters in the 1997…
There was no question that Nebraska would be a free state, but the fate of its southern neighbor, Kansas, became a matter of fierce debate. Pro- and antislavery activists flooded into the new Kansas territory, each side seeking to turn popular sovereignty to their own advantage. There were initially slaves…
Agriculture was the foundation of the ancient Egyptian economy and vital to the lives of the people of the land. The territory in the north (between the rivers Tigris and the Great Zab) is called Assyria (Kreis, 2006). The alluvial plains of the Mesopotamia were very suitable for high food…
she loses her virginity to jack. Cal is furious that rose hasn’t slept with him yet. there’s a whole scene in the movie about this. That makes sense to me, but then I remember that some people believe Cal Hockley’s “I hoped you would come to me last night” comment…
Tracy and Hepburn never married—he was Roman Catholic and would not divorce his wife—but they remained close both personally and professionally until his death in 1967, just days after completing the filming of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Did Katherine Hepburn have a relationship with Spencer Tracy? Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003)…
Vartan and the Yes Day star’s chemistry moved from just on-screen as Sydney and Michael to off-screen in real life in 2003. According to US Magazine, “[Garner’s] rep confirmed to Us Weekly in August 2003 that the costars’ relationship turned romantic in real life.” Did Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan…
A close confidant of Washington, Madison helped the first president set up the new federal government by offering advice on a variety of issues, including personnel selection. Washington also frequently asked Madison to write important public addresses, including Washington’s first inaugural address. When he heard how James Madison was supporting…
Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts were engaged to be married in the ’90s. The actors had fallen in love with the set of the 1990 film Flatliners, and they got swept away from there. Roberts even broke off her engagement to her Steel Magnolias co-star Dylan McDermott to be with…