Othello Othello may have been relevant to the Elizabethans but it has little to say to a contemporary audience’. I believe Othello is still relevant to a contemporary audience‚ however modern individuals often view it on a different level to the people in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare wrote the play for an audience who accepted the racist stereotypes rampant in the play‚ oblivious to their own racism. Othello was a tragic hero‚ and Iago exploited his tragic flaw’‚ in this case being insecurity
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Essay Our world today‚ is very different from William Shakespeare’s world. He lived in the 1600’s and part of the 1700’s. Shakespeare lived in a time where babies‚ just after three days‚ they were baptized. The way that they acted was very different from how we act today. Shakespeare lived in London‚ England while he was writing plays and acting in them. Back in that time‚ only guys were allowed to act in plays. The women were often seen as insignificant. They were often pushed out of the way‚ and
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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 death” (Shakespeare 1106). It shows one to take their time with
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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 works because of the constitution and because
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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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perspective to show how these stereotypes were so abundant‚ and how terrible they were. To Kill a Mockingbird is very much still relevant today. Society does not take everyone in for who they are but they judge people if they don’t live up to certain expectations. Think about your environment and how others around you feel. Issues that happened a long time ago still happen today. People grow up with different beliefs‚ and moral education. For Instance‚ Walter Cunningham was poor and was isolated
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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 has themes of racial injustice that are still relevant today because today there are a growing number of act of hate crimes toward minorities and people of color in the judicial system and in society as a whole. “Your father is no better than the niggers and trash
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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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for ancient Greece‚ whose culture trickled down into the Western Roman Empire and even further into the Medieval Ages. Aspects of ancient Greek culture are even relevant today‚ thousands of years later. The reasoning behind why Greek culture continued to thrive after the nation’s decline can be attributed to many reasons‚ the most relevant being its large expansion. During the time period of Alexander the Great‚ Greece expanded tremendously and‚ by effect‚ exposed many other cultures to their own
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