William Shakespeare is still relevant to modern students today as his poetry & particularly his plays‚ they are still among the greatest ever and always will be. His work will always be unmatched in the history of the English language. Even though Shakespeare’s sonnets were written over four-hundred years ago‚ they are still relevant today because all of the ideas and issues that Shakespeare addresses in his sonnets are still relevant to people today. Shakespeare had a very good understanding of
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The question many people today ask is‚ “Are William Shakespeare’s plays still relevant today?” The answer to that question is yes. One of the main reasons that William Shakespeare’s plays are still relevant today is because they show that things that were problems back then‚ are also problems in today’s times. Some examples of that are‚ how people sometimes make poor decisions when in love‚ how a relationship can cause conflict‚ and finally‚ how love still forms no matter the obstacle. The first
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Sophocles’ Antigone is still relevant in the world today. The characters in this play are very relatable. One characteristic that often shows up is hubris‚ which is also known as pride. Because many people can relate to Creon’s hubris‚ Sophocles’ Antigone is still relevant today. In Antigone‚ Creon’s hamartia is his pride‚ which can more accurately be called hubris. For example‚ Creon says‚ “Who is the man here‚ / She or I‚ if this crime goes unpunished?” (Sophocles Scene 2‚ 82-83) In this quote
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Over 500 years ago‚ Shakespeare was created and had became very popular. Shakespeare still exists today and is still very popular and is used almost every day in modern day time. I am going to be writing about the differences between shakespeare back then verses modern day Shakespeare and how similar and different they are from each other. Shakespeare is still important to this day and I am going to be talking about it. Shakespeare started in the 1500’s and was created by William Shakespeare. What
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Does Prejudice Still Exist Today? Cultural Diversity Does racism and prejudice still exist today? Officially there is no racism in the United States in the sense that all kinds of racial discriminations are prohibited by law. But racism still exists to some extent in the hearts of the people. In general‚ there is a reduction in the prejudices people have about others based on their race or other similar social background. But these prejudices have not completely died down. A large portion of
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The book 1984 depicts a utopia built on a world of fear and corrupted power. While the book seems like a false thing‚ 2016-17 has shown that objects of this book are in the world today. When it comes to power and people‚ 1984 is slowly becoming a reality. This is shown in today’s technology‚ in Trump’s Immigrant ban‚ and in the ‘sin taxes’. While 1984 seems like a weird book that most every highschooler reads‚ this fictional story is slowly becoming America’s reality. Everyday‚ little by little
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politically charged poems‚ these views were ahead of their time‚ and are now relevant or still relevant today. The reason that the poems are still relevant today is that a majority of the poems consist of common problems‚ emotions‚ and urges that mankind faces. John Donne’s "Holy Sonnet #10" discusses death and how it holds no power over people and is something that someone should not fear. This is especially prevalent today as most people fear not accomplishing enough before they pass‚ what is on the other
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Racism Racism is one of the world’s major issues today. "Nine out of ten people in society today believe that racism does not exist and is something that affects millions of people everyday" (Hutchinson 5). Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools‚ workforces‚ and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It is obvious that racism is bad as it was many decades ago‚ but it sure has not gone away. Racism very much exists and it is about time that people
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People today know more and are more involved in the government to allow an oppressive government to achieve this type of society. The Party in “1984” has achieved the power to control the minds and thoughts of the people‚ so much so that 2+2=5. This type of powerful‚ oppressive government is not achievable today because people are too aware of how technology works‚ and what the government is doing. In 1948‚ when Orwell wrote 1984 technology was just starting to advance and people were still worried
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“Miracles still happen today” Arguments against Arguments for Miracles are simply examples of the power of the mind to command the body The philosopher David Hume argues that the witnesses to the miracles were frequently uneducated people of doubtful reputation. He believes that it is part of human nature to exaggerate. None of the certified miracles at Lourdes had any limbs growing back or anything truly miraculous (Tony Gosling) Some miracle cures are claimed by individuals who had nothing
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