LIFE AND DEATH. During Shakespeare's time, people's lives were often short. As many as one-half of the children born never lived beyond fifteen years and, thus, never reached adulthood.Also, the average lifespan of an adult was only thirty years.uring Shakespeare's time, people's lives were often short. As many as one-half of the children born never lived beyond fifteen years and, thus, never reached adulthood. Also, the average lifespan of an adult was only thirty years.
Siren Song of the Counter Culture. Siren Song of the Counter Culture is the third album by American punk rock band Rise Against, released on August 10, 2004. It is the band's first release on a major label. It is also the first album not to feature guitarist Todd Mohney, being replaced by Chris Chasse.
Prominent examples of countercultures in Europe and North America include Romanticism (1790â1840), Bohemianism (1850â1910), the more fragmentary counterculture of the Beat Generation (1944â1964), and perhaps most prominently, the counterculture of the 1960s (1964â1974), usually associated with the hippie subculture.t became prominent in the news media amid the social revolution that swept North and South America, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand during the 1960s and early 1970s. Scholars differ in the characteristics and specificity they attribute to counterculture.