Reread polonius's "farewell speech" to laertes in act i, scene iii of hamlet and then interpret, thought by thought, this "fatherly advice" to a son returning to college. you need not write a paragraph; instead, use complete sentences to make a numbered list of your interpretation of each thought as it occurs in the text. there are eleven proverb-like thoughts in this speech.

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When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.