How does roper feel about nat

News News. Here is the gist of my presentation on July 24 to the board of equalization. From the bar chart using the area surrounding old town Frisco area 23, The average adjusted sales price increase 2. As suggested, I looked for sales in my neighborhood — Frisco Terrace. There were five, using the time-adjusted sales price per square foot of living area.

Since I am retired, my income resources are static, as discussed in my first letter of May 21, , and noting my inability to identify additional sources of income to cover the estimated increase in taxes.

Thus, the new land value is now less that the house value. While this is closer to the real world, I began to note some inconsistencies. She still used the original comparables, not those in my neighborhood. Comparing county properties to city properties is like comparing apples to oranges. Nat explains to Shakespeare how he lost both his parents, and Shakespeare offers him a shoulder to cry on. Shakespeare decides to take Nat in as an apprentice and Nat moves into Shakespeare's house.

Shortly after Nat moves in with Shakespeare, a nameless lord comes to visit Shakespeare, urging him to cancel the upcoming performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare refuses, and the man leaves.

Shakespeare tells Nat that Queen Elizabeth I specially requested the performance, and was planning to attend in secret. Nat is sworn to secrecy of her plans to come to the theatre.

At the theatre later that day, Roper chokes on an apple, and Nat performs the Heimlich maneuver to save him. The members of the company are shocked because the Heimlich maneuver has not yet been invented. Because of this, some of them begin to think Nat is a white witch. Later that night, Harry, one of the apprentices, tells Nat about the political climate of Elizabethan England.

Before Nat goes to bed that night, Shakespeare gives him a poem about the everlasting power of love. Shakespeare tells Nat that his father still loves him, even though he killed himself.

The next day is the performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and everyone is nervous with anticipation. Soldiers arrive to inspect the theatre, indicating that the Queen will in fact attend the performance.

The play commences and goes according to plan. At the end of the play, Shakespeare has decided to dress the character of Queen Hippolyta to look like Queen Elizabeth I. The audience loves the costume and cheers in support of the Queen, who they do not realize is at the theatre watching this. The Queen loves the performance, and asks to Chamberlain's Men to perform at her palace the following month.

After the successful performance, Nat joins the rest of the Chamberlain's Men to celebrate at the local tavern. Paul's School. Shakespeare tells him he must return to school, but that he will save him a place in the company for when he graduates.

Nat goes to sleep feeling hopeful, and wakes up back in , fully recovered from the plague. Nat is devastated to lose a second father figure, and becomes emotionally volatile. Nat returns to rehearsal for A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Company of Boys, but is dissatisfied with the contemporary production. Nat argues with Arby, the director of the production, and runs from the theatre in tears after the director speaks badly of Shakespeare. Nat tells his friends Gil and Rachel about his trip to , and they believe him.

Nick Tooley, an apprentice, asks if Nat's aunt is a wise woman. Not understanding the question, Nat answers yes. Harry explains Browse all BookRags Study Guides.

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