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Having spent the day poring over an hot essay and reams of critical theory, I have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that critics rarely offer what they promise. I've been going over many of the critical works promising an examination of Byron's use of history, and discovered that very few of them can stay on topic long enough to offer a useful idea.

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Meanwhile, after ubergreenkat pointed out the obvious to me, I snagged some books from the Concordia library before my classmates could get to them, including one about homophobia in the poem. Along with Homophobia: A History (I always feel like using a snotty Hermione voice when I say that title -- like Hogwarts: A History), and Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality. I got these books from montrealais. I think I'll have enough evidence to prove my thesis.

In other news, I coined a new word today. The Woefare State -- the opposite of the Welfare state since "woe" is the tradional opposite of "weal" (which is where the word weal-fare comes from).