Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882) was an English naturalist who postulated that all species of living things have evolved over time from a common ancestor through a process called natural selection. The evolution was accepted as fact by the scientific community and much of the public life of Darwin, while his theory of evolution by natural selection was not considered the primary explanation of the evolution process until the 1930s, and now forms the basis of the modern evolutionary synthesis. As amended, the scientific discoveries of Darwin still the founding act of biology as a science, since they constitute a logical explanation that unifies observations about the diversity of life.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, January 19, 1809 - Baltimore, October 7, 1849) was a writer, poet, critic and journalist romantic U.S., widely recognized as one of the masters of the universal story short, which was one of the early practitioners in the country. It was renovated in the Gothic novel, remembered especially for his tales of terror. Considered the inventor of the detective story, also contributed with several works to the emerging genre of science fiction. On the other hand, was the first writer who attempted to write his modus vivendi, which had disastrous consequences for him. Edgar Poe was christened in Boston, Massachusetts, and his parents died when he was a child. He was picked up by a wealthy marriage of Richmond, Virginia, John and Frances Allan, but was never officially adopted. He spent one academic year at the University of Virginia and later enlisted, also briefly, in the army. Their relations with Allan broke at that time, due to constant disagreements with his stepfather, who often ignored his pleas for help and ended up destitute. His literary career began with a book of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827). For economic reasons, soon directed its efforts to prose, writing short stories and literary criticism in some newspapers of the time, came to acquire a certain notoriety for his caustic style and elegance. Due to his work, lived in several cities: Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. In Baltimore, in 1835, he married his cousin Virginia Clemm, which the then 13 years old. In January 1845, published a poem that would make him famous: "The Raven." His wife died of tuberculosis two years later. The true story of the writer, to edit their own newspaper (which was renamed The Stylus), never met. He died on October 7, 1849, in Baltimore City, when only 40 years old. The exact cause of his death were never clarified. Was attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart failure, anger, suicide, tuberculosis and other causes. The figure of the writer, as his work profoundly influenced the literature of his country and can say that around the world. Exerted great influence on the French symbolist literature, and through it, and surrealism, but his imprint comes much further: they are all his debtors ghost Victorian literature and, to a greater or lesser extent, authors as varied and important as Charles Baudelaire, Fedor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Mann, Jorge Luis Borges, Clemente Palma, Julio Cortázar, and so on. The Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío devoted an essay in his book The rare. Poe also made inroads in fields as diverse as cosmology, cryptography and mesmerism. His work has been assimilated by popular culture through literature, music, both modern and classic films (eg, the many adaptations of his stories made by U.S. director Roger Corman), comic books, painting ( several works of Gustave Doré, v. gr.) and television (hundreds of adjustments, such as Spanish for Series Histories for not sleeping). (See Impact of Edgar Allan Poe.) In one of his letters, he wrote: My life has been whim, impulse, passion, desire for solitude, a mockery of the things of this world, an honest desire for the future.

Romeo y Julieta

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, which describes the relationship of two young lovers whose deaths undoing get the rivalry between their families. Is set in one of the most popular scene from Shakespeare, to be considered one of the representations that have been staged since its emergence, like Hamlet. Their players are regarded as the classic archetype of the "forbidden love." The screenplay is based on an Italian tale from 1562 written by Arthur Brooke, which would be translated into verse, entitled The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet and then adapted to prose, Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Since both descriptions, Shakespeare created and developed their own characters in order to extend the original story. Some sources who conceived and began writing between 1591 and 1595, being first published in 1597. In principle, the text of Brooke had a poor quality fiction, although this would be improved in later editions to be comparable to the works of Shakespeare. The dramatic action used by Shakespeare is especially noticeable in the mix of comedy and tragedy before the moment of greatest narrative tension, his expansion of minor arguments and the use of derivatives to give a sense of complexity to the story. This can be determined as one of the perceptions of his abilities as a dramatic writer. It also has a structure that allows its assessment from various poetic forms through different characters, sometimes changing its development as the story. An example of this is Romeo, whom you can identify by their sonnets. Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for theater, movies, musicals and opera. During the English Restoration, he was again taken up the interest in it, being revised by William Davenant. Results highlight the version of David Garrick, the s. XVIII, which contained several scenes and some modified removals deemed as "indecent," the operatic adaptation of Georg Benda, who failed several action sequences, in addition to having a happy ending, the realistic representation of Charlotte Cushman, the work John Gielgud in the musical West Side Story, and the eponymous 1936 film and the title film Romeo + Juliet.

William Shakespeare

Was a playwright, poet and English actor. Sometimes known as the Bard of Avon (or simply El Bardo), Shakespeare is considered the most important writer in English and one of the most famous of the literature [2]. The New Encyclopædia Britannica says that "many consider him the greatest dramatist of all time. [...] His pieces are represented more often and in more nations than those of any other writer." Shakespeare's plays have been translated into major languages and dramatic pieces remain worldwide. In addition, many quotations and neologisms of his works have become part of everyday use, both in English and other languages. Over time, it has been much speculation about her life, questioning his sexuality, religious affiliation, and even the authorship of their works.