My Measure on Measure for Measure

Advantages: Thought-provoking with plenty of humour
Disadvantages: I doesn't say what happens next at the end

...forthcoming return in which they are requested to play a part. Act V sees the Duke fully back in control. He has planned his return and all the others play their roles either in line with his instructions or, in the case of Angelo and Lucio, quite unwittingly. There are very many twists and turns as each of the characters gets the opportunity to behave according to their nature, and gets to receive the Duke?s form of justice as a result. Handing out measure for measure, the Duke ensures that Angelo receives his come-uppance, that Mariana?s honour is restored, and that Claudio and Juliet get a chance to live happily ever after. As for the unfortunate Lucio who slandered the Duke while he was in disguise listening, there is a very humorous part where he switches to badmouthing the friar to the Duke still quite unaware of the friar?s identity...

Discerna 28.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Measure for Measure - William Shakespeare

How to Measure an Album?

Advantages: Releaxing, different (trip-rock?!) and if not classic certainly a very pleasant listen
Disadvantages: Lack of standout songs, some childish lyrics, perhaps too indulgent in places

...The chances are most people won't have heard of Holland's The Gathering. As far as categorising bands goes, it's probably right to file them under hard rock, but there's certainly no way I'd call 1998's How To Measure A Planet? (HTMAP?) that. In their early days, The Gathering had a male singer, and made goth/doom music in the style of My Dying Bride, Katatonia, Paradise Lost and Anathema. HTMAP? However is their third album since the addition of Anneke van Giersbergen, and it's a big progression away from their roots. If pushed to describe this album, I'd be tempted to use the phrase 'trip-rock' (which I've seen others use). Imagine the early sound alluded to above, and add in dollops of '70s prog-rock (Pink Floyd etc) and modern trip-hop (Massive Attack, Portishead). If you can imagine that, then I think you're somewhere in...

a-true-ben 02.09.2003 (28.08.2006) · Read review
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Measure for Measure

Advantages: Plot really capture the complexity of humanity
Disadvantages: Obscure language and text format doesn't show off the intricacies of the play

...Measure for Measure could perhaps best be described as a problem play. Indeed, many critics have seen it as such, and for this reason, it remains one of Shakespeare's relatively obscure works to those outside of literary circles. Measure for Measure is a tale of contrasts, exploring the differences between disguise and reality, justice and mercy, morality and normality amongst other themes. The text, as is typical of the works of Shakespeare, is far from straightforward and it is useful to use some form of companion in order to comprehend the full meaning, particularly if one is not well aquainted with Shakespearean language. A basic but worthwhile guide, particularly in terms of study would be York Notes, whilst any kind of dramatic or film interpretation of the play would make a worthwhile extra in order to facilitate a fuller...

Rik12345 04.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Measure for Measure - William Shakespeare

One of Shakespheres best

Advantages: Great plot
Disadvantages: None

...Another A-Level English Book! Measure for Measure was written in 1603 or 1604. The play was first published in 1623 in the First Folio. The earliest recorded performance of Measure for Measure took place on "St. Steven's night", December 26, 1604. During the Restoration, Measure was one of many Shakespearean plays adapted to the tastes of a new audience. Sir William Davenant inserted Benedick and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing into his adaptation, called The Law Against Lovers. Samuel Pepys saw the hybrid play on 18 February 1662; he describes it in his Diary as "a good play, and well performed"?he was especially impressed by the singing and dancing of the young actress who played Viola, Beatrice's sister (Davenant's creation, not Shakespeare's). John Rich presented a version closer to Shakespeare's original in 1720...

damob123 15.08.2007 · Read review
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Great action Great cast Great story Great movie

Advantages: Acting, Action and plot
Disadvantages: none

...Desperate Measures is a very good film that didn't do as well at the Box Office as I feel it deserved to. It has an original plot and some good action so is makes good entertainment. The plot involves Andy Garcias character Frank Connor trying to find a compatible bone marrow donor for his son. The problem is the only match is the very evil murderer Peter McCabe played by Michael Keaton. He makes a miraculous escape and runs round the hospital killing and injuring staff. The problem is Frank must capture him alive to save his son but as McCabe proves that it easier said than done. There is plenty action to keep the action fan happy. There are explosions and stunts galore that complement the plot rather than just having action for the sake of it. The acting is superb from all the actors. Michael Keaton really does seem truly...

elspeth334 23.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Desperate Measures (DVD)

Measuring Miles Made Easy!

Advantages: Easy To Use, Lightweight
Disadvantages: Not Waterproof

...Most weekends I can usually be found trudging across some remote part of the Countryside. I have done this week in, week out for many years but it only recently struck me how many miles I must cover on an average walk. It is of course reasonably easily to estimate the distance covered with the aid of a good map but these days there are a whole range of little gadgets available, which measure the distance that you walked. These gadgets are colloquially referred to as Pedometers. I have recently purchased a Eurohike Walking Pedometer which have I used for the past couple of months. I purchased this from a local Outdoors Shop for £9.99. Prior to my purchase I had virtually no knowledge of Pedometers, other than being aware that they existed. There were actually two different choices available in the Shop that I went to. My decision...

micksheff 07.04.2007 · Read review
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Action Packed

Advantages: action-packed, good story, good book in general
Disadvantages: not suited to everyone's tastes

...Decisive Measures - John Nichol (fiction) I had this book sitting on my shelf for almost two months before I eventually picked it up, but I was glad I did. Better late than never! Characters Jack Griffiths Jack is a helicopter pilot in the RAF. He is currently flying missions in Kosovo and doing it very well. Jack is the main character in the book. He moves to Sierra Leone to fly the Huey helicopter. Layla Layla is a medic working for Medicaid International in Sierra Leone. She is a skilled doctor and is trusted by local villagers. She is the secondary character but also very involved. Grizz Grizz is Jack's side-gunner on the Huey missions. He is an experienced door-gunner and soldier. He figures in the story quite a lot but is not a main character. Rudi Rudi is an experienced Sierra Leone fighter. He is based...

christopherj84 10.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Descisive Measures - John Nichol

Harry measures up

Advantages: Great story, better acting than last time and a darker theme
Disadvantages: Almost no direction evident at all, far too long for a children's movie

...The second film in the Harry Potter series has arrived. Everyone knows the phenomenal success that the books and the first film have enjoyed, so how does this new offering measure up? Not too badly as it happens. The film starts very well, parallel to the book with our hero Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) again locked up with his horrible adopted family, the Dursleys, who are once again making his life a misery. Harry is visited by a strange House Elf named Dobby, who warns him not to go back to Hogwarts because of an evil plot afoot at the school. Undaunted, Harry is rescued by his friend Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), and begins his second year at Hogwarts. All however, is not what it seems! Daniel Radcliffe makes a far better Harry than he did in the first film. The timing, and deliverence of his lines are much sharper than they...

Greenday 17.11.2002 (21.11.2002) · Read review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (DVD)

"measured my thing, it is now 12 centimetres"

Advantages: funny
Disadvantages: dated

...WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Adrian Mole is a typical teenage boy whose diary reveals him to be nervous, hormonal and struggling with the day to day events of teenage life. A fictional diary written by SUe Townsend, this is a light hearted, comic and touching book from the early 90s. IS IT ANY GOOD: Here's a book I read as a young boy and have just now finished again. I remember loving it as a kid, and it still holds a lot of charm, for a couple of reasons: 1) It's easy to relate to - the maladies of working class inner city family life are something many people will be able to understand, from parents overdoing it on the drink, to measuring your growing penis, this is so normal it's laughable. Looking at someone else going through the same thing you've been through helps show you how funny life really is. 2) It's accessible - for a teen...

bruffyboy 12.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged Thirteen and Three Quarters - Sue Townsend

Pleasure You Can't Measure

Advantages: Great Taste, Great price, Classic
Disadvantages: The new version is nothing close to the old one

...Didn't you like your Mars bars the way that they have been since the last 70 years. Why one earth have they given them a makeover. The reason to make them more suitable and popular with women. Well at least the new slogan "pleasure you can't measure" might appeal to women but in a different sort of way and surely not the intended one. LOL. This is the new slogan of Mars and replaces one of the most well known slogans ever in "A Mars a day helps you work rest and play". A Mars bar consists of a block of nougat, which is first covered in a thick layer of chewy and gooey caramel and then an even thicker layer of chocolate. The old and new Mars bars both contain the same ingredients but with the new one the nougat has been given an extra whip in order to make it lighter in texture and basically almost identical as a Milky Way...

vinodgm 22.06.2002 · Read review
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