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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In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House‚ the personality of the protagonist Nora Helmer is developed and revealed through her interactions and conversations with the other characters in the play‚ including Mrs. Linde‚ Nils Krogstad‚ Dr. Rank and Ann-Marie. Ibsen also uses certain dramatic and literary techniques and styles‚ such as irony‚ juxtaposition and parallelism to further reveal interesting aspects of Nora’s personality. Mrs. Linde provides and interesting juxtaposition to Nora‚ while Krogstad
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The relationship between the two main characters of Nora and Helmer in "A Doll’s House" are established through the dialogue and stage directions which take place in Act One. The relationship is very representative of the time period in which it is set‚ Helmer‚ the husband is the head of the household and is the most important in the family status he controls the family’s lifestyle according to his own views. In order to convey Torvald’s authority in the relationship‚ Ibsen uses first person possessive
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World Lit Paper Word Count: 519 Significance of Freedom in “A Doll’s House” In Ibsen’s play ‘A Doll’s House’‚ Ibsen signifies the importance of freedom by later on allowing Nora to acknowledge the fact that she is restrained. Nora’s character‚ resembling that of to a doll‚ allows her to leave the domestic life of her husband’s home which is what keeps her from leaving her adolescence. Not only has Nora been freed by her puppet/doll ways‚ but so has Torvald by Nora divorcing him making him let go of
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The Gettysburg Address was a famous speech given by 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
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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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that doesn’t change the impression of our rebellion towards those older than us; The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger demonstrates that this novel can still discussed as relevant today. Holden is still trying to get a grip at maturity as he is regardless a rebellious teenager‚ just as shown though our adolescents today. This kind of behavior and attitude grasps onto most high schoolers as they are trying to grow up faster. Most are missing what’s behind them and aren’t realizing what they
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The society of America today is total different for most Americans then what it was during the 1950s ‚ 1960s ‚ 1970s and on into the 80s. America today is one were black people have the vote and have the same rites as white men and women. Today the leader of the free world is Black some thing that many though would never happen in there generation. But there are still inequality in America today. Urban ghettos are still mostly full of uneducated black people. Black men in America are four times more
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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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Men: • Both have the money and control over how it is spent • Are worried about their status in the community- their reputation is very important to them • Treat women like dolls-are playthings‚ decorative‚ add to the house with their beauty and charm. • Both patronize the women –use diminutives • Make all the decisions financial and otherwise for the family. • Males are dominant • Both regard their wives as intellectually inferior‚ don’t want a wife who is independent and free thinking
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