Would one die for love? Think about one losing their life over another loved one. Romeo and Juliet is a relevant work for a person in modern time due to it ways of teaching one about love‚hold a grudge and also push one to much. These are always ways that Romeo and Juliet are relevant to modern society. No matter how old and out dated works of art are they always find a way to teach one. Romeo and Juliet teaches one not to jump right into love. The Romeo states “Let me be taken‚ let me put to
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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
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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 point of how Shakespeare’s
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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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President Lincoln at Gettysburg in1863. The speech was influential and inspiring to many different kinds of people. The Gettysburg Address touched several topics such as human equality‚ peace and honoring soldiers. The Gettysburg Address is still relevant today due to its motivational words towards human equality and paying tribute to war veterans. To quote the speech‚ Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago‚ our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation‚ conceived in liberty and dedicated
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Foucault. His work is central to many of the Humanities and social science parts of life. He came up with idea that people govern themselves‚ and his Panopticism essay revolves basically around this central idea. There are many panoptic examples in society today that have both positive and negative connotation. Generally I believe the panoptic theory is associated with negative experiences. The panoptic idea was started by Jeremy Betham‚ who is a famous architect that created original panopticon. This
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his Lady Macbeth’s persuasions‚ the Three Witches prophecies‚ and his own actions. Macbeth was going to kill King Duncan‚ but she just could not do it. One who introduced the concept of murder to Macbeth. Macbeth’s downfall is attributed to a sense of over-confidence and unchecked ambition‚ and the impact of the witch’s prophesy all three seal Macbeth’s fate and his destruction. At the start of the play‚ Macbeth is a loyal‚ courageous servant of the King of Scotland‚ but he is a man who harbours
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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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Disease as Imagery in Macbeth plays a predominant role in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. This stylistic device appears in several different forms throughout the play. Imagery of animals‚ nature‚ and darkness help create a foreboding atmosphere. In particular‚ the imagery of disease acts as a metaphor for evil and corruption. The idea of corruption spreading in Macbeth like a disease first appears in Act 1‚ scene 3‚ in one of Macbeth’s first soliloquies. He states that the thought of murdering Duncan
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The book‚ ‘The Giver’‚ by Lois Lowry is a novel depicting a society where standards and rules are everything. Citizens of the community aren’t allowed to pick a single thing on their own: from the clothes they wear‚ to the assignments (jobs) they will work they rest of their lives. The community has been blindsided for years‚ and is highly unaware of the the pick-n-choose world they are missing out on. Consider that our current government had announced they were planning on recreating a population
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