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  2. Mark of Cornwall - Wikipedia

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    Mark of Cornwall (Latin: Marcus, Cornish: Margh, Welsh: March or Marchell, Breton: Marc'h) was a sixth-century King of Kernow , possibly identical with King Conomor. He is best known for his appearance in Arthurian legend as the uncle of Tristan and the husband of Iseult who engages with Tristan in a secret liaison, giving Mark the epithet ...

  3. Tristan and Iseult - Wikipedia

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    Mark loves Tristan as his son and Iseult as a wife. However, every night each has horrible dreams about the future. Simultaneous to the love triangle is the endangerment of a fragile kingdom and the end of the war between Ireland and Cornwall . King Mark eventually learns of the affair and seeks to entrap his nephew and wife.

  4. Tristram of Lyonesse - Wikipedia

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    IV. The Maiden Marriage Yet having married Iseult of the White Hands, Tristram's mind wanders back to his days in Cornwall with Iseult of Ireland, and we learn how by betrayal their adulterous love was finally discovered, upon which King Mark sent Tristram to the top of a cliff to be executed. Tristram, however, managed to escape from his bonds ...

  5. Mark 13 - Wikipedia

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    Mark 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It contains the "Markan Apocalypse": [ 1 ] Jesus ' predictions of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and disaster for Judea , as well as Mark's version of Jesus' eschatological discourse.

  6. CliffsNotes - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, CliffsNotes announced a joint venture with Mark Burnett, a TV producer, to create a series of 60-second video study guides of literary works. [4] In 2012, CliffsNotes was acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. [1] In 2021, CliffsNotes was acquired by Course Hero. [5]

  7. Cymbeline - Wikipedia

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    Imogen in her bedchamber in Act II, scene ii, when Iachimo witnesses the mole under her breast. Painting by Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon, 1872. Cymbeline (/ ˈ s ɪ m b ɪ l iː n /), also known as The Tragedie of Cymbeline or Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain (c. 10–14 AD) [a] and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain ...

  8. What Is Man? (Twain essay) - Wikipedia

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    Official portrait of Mark Twain in his DLitt (Doctor of Letters) academic dress, awarded by Oxford University. "What Is Man?" is a short story by American writer Mark Twain, published in 1906. It is a dialogue between a Young Man and an Old Man regarding the nature of man. The title refers to Psalm 8:4, which begins "what is man, that you are ...

  9. Le Morte d'Arthur - Wikipedia

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    Le Morte d'Arthur (originally written as le morte Darthur; Anglo-Norman French for "The Death of Arthur") [1] is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table, along with their respective folklore.