"Hamlet" by Shakespeare and "Once more to the lake" by E.B White.

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…is shown how in a time of crisis, even if we escape somehow, sooner or later we have to face the problem. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Toronto: Harcourt Canada Ltd, 1988. White, E.B. "Once More to the Lake." The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition. Ed. Thomas Cooley. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997, 403-409. BBC News (page consulted on November 10, 2002(. [On Line]. URL address: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/the_economy/375259.stm