is a book that was written in 1960. It focuses on a six year old girl named Scout who lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama in the 1930’s and her perspective about her father taking on a case to defend a black man in court in a racist town. You also get to see her perspective change as she gets older. To kill a Mockingbird must be taught in high schools so teenagers are exposed to important themes and ideas like racial injustices and parenting roles that are still relevant in today’s society. To kill a mockingbird
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Form and Structure Ibsen・s ．A Dolls House・ has two strands to the main plot; one being Nora and Torvald・s relationship (linking Krogstad) and the other‚ an underlining sub-plot involving Christine and Krogstad. With in the structure of the play Ibsen uses this parallel situation to highlight certain aspects of each character‚ for example the sobriety of Christine to the careless child like manner of Nora. Ibsen uses many different styles of from and structure to make sure the audience is grasped
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never thought about. Some may think that classics may be irrelevant to today’s society because of the timeline they were written in. Even though this is a common viewpoint‚ many books written in a different time era can change us and the way we think and live out everyday tasks. Even though the book Romeo and Juliet was written in a truly different time era than the one we live in it is still relevant in today’s society. Throughout the entire book many things have changed the way I view many people
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used today through live performances‚ film adaptions‚ or in the classroom. Through his influence on modern language and his use of stylistic devices‚ he shows that his work is still relevant in classrooms. Although some people might think otherwise‚ Shakespeare has made a big impact in modern society. A major influence he has made is on modern language. Speech today has evolved a lot from his time‚ but Shakespeare has made up words and phrases that are now commonly used. Words used today such
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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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miserably to realize that Nora is very materialistic. He has good intentions‚ but he’s a little dumb founded to what his wife is trying to do. He caves in and gives her money just like she wanted; he gave her forty dollars‚ not even ten minutes later she was asking for more. Torvald said to her “You’re always looking for ways to get money‚ but as soon as you do‚ it runs through your fingers and you can never say what you spent it for.” Yet he still continues to give her what she wants. I myself would have
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George Orwell’s ’1984’‚ I got to read it in sophomore year in high school. In its own day it was considered a ’visionary’ and ’futuristic’ novel‚ when it came out it was giving prediction on how the world would look 30 years later. Over 60 years after the novel came out‚ there are numerous ways that is still relevant. We can see how the ‘Big Brother’s’ society and contemporary societies around the world have some similarities. First‚ various states and governments still continue to exert increasing
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“Outcomes of Sublimation” In A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Othello by William Shakespeare women were treated as victims of their era due to male dominance. Women in the 16th‚ 18th and 19th centuries were considered inferior to man. They would tackle tasks such as taking care of the household and the children while men were out making the family income. Men did not believe that women were capable of thinking on the same level as them. However‚ the two plays mentioned give us examples of
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Freshman curriculum. The book published in the 1960’s is relevant to the youth of today. It speaks truths and facts of the past that can’t be taught in a textbook and the themes found in the pages of this novel are needed in the world today. To Kill a Mockingbird is relevant today and should be taught as young as appropriate. In chapter eleven‚ Mrs. Dubose is seen as a racist and ill-tempered old lady who yells at Jem and Scout as they pass by her house. She says that Atticus is no better than the “trash
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thirty years since it was written on the 17 of September‚ 1787. Since the constitution is over two hundred years old‚ is it still relevant to the people of the US today? Although the constitution is way older than the people living in the United States‚ it is still relevant because it has an affect on everyone in the United States each and every day. The constitution is important and still relevant today because without it‚ the United States would not be what it is today. The United States government
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