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    A myriad of novels claim they are the greatest love story of all time. It is only in the case of this novel that that statement can be applied and be true. The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway in the roaring 1920’s in America. Nick moves to East egg‚ the smaller area in comparison to west egg but also where the mega-rich live. He moved into a little house and was the neighbor of Jay Gatsby’s huge mansion. Unlike Nick‚ Gatsby is a very famous and mega-rich person that likes to throw magnificent

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    Shakespeare uses both love and beauty in Romeo and Juliet in order to express the characters feelings and opinions towards each other and also to express their understanding of love and beauty relative to the Elizabethan time period; in the same way that he does in ’sonnet 130’‚ Carol Ann Duffy does in ’Havisham’ and ’Valentine’‚ Lord Byron in ’She walks in beauty’ and John Donne in ’The Flea.’ Although their poems all differ (whether it’s in choice of language‚ style or the overall focus of the

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    The Inescapability of Fate in Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby Regardless of the decision an individual makes in their life‚ the eventual outcome remains unchanging. The inevitability of fate is explored in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as the characters in both texts fail to escape their fate. The characters’ futile attempts to escape their fate highlight the shared theme that fate is the strongest force in determining the inevitable outcome

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    object. Well‚ as Shakespeare hints during the play - both Romeo and Juliet didn’t really have relationships with their parents. Children in those days (especially rich ones like Juliet) would often have Nurses (today‚ we call them nannies) and would be taken care of by them. It was unfashionable for mothers to breastfeed or really BOND with their children. Their relationship before Juliet met Romeo was basically just obedience. Juliet would have done anything her father had asked‚ because that’s

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    RomeoRomeo‚ wherefore are thou‚ Romeo?” These are word spoken by Juliet in both versions of the movie Romeo and Juliet Produced by Franco Zeffirilli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1966‚ Both the masquerade ball and the balcony scenes portray the characters of Romeo and Juliet very differently as well the overall production of the adopted versions of the plays. In the masquerade ball in both are having a good time‚ but in the one in the 1968 scene its older‚ obviously and in the 1996 its more modern

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    peak. Montague was the first to arrive. Even though he was slow to climb the steps‚ he was the closest to the room. Queen Olivia Volpi appeared at the tip of Montague’s shadow with Lord Alexandal Duncan‚ her betrothed and General of the armed forces‚ escorting her. The Queen had fallen in love only a

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    teach a lesson‚ have a moral. Romeo and Juliet is the perfect example of the moral even the most well-intentioned deception can be destructive. People’s best intentions can turn out harmful. Several characters in Romeo and Juliet serve as examples of well-intentioned deceptions secrets that all resulted in greater harm than good. Even well intended deceptions and secrets can be destructive.

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    Son of God that represents joy and all that is good in the universe. Jesus encouraged good in the world and was opposed by evil. In the story the Lord of the Flies‚ cruelty is presented on an isolated island with a group of boys. A boy named Simon‚ who is a character in the novel The Lord of the Flies‚ stands out from all the others and shows similarities in his actions and qualities with Jesus Christ. Simon is the name of one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. This helps support the idea that the boy‚ Simon

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    and destructive emotion in both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and Duffy’s poem ‘Miss Havisham’. Shakespeare frequently uses oxymorons to convey Romeo’s extreme and conflicting emotions to the audience‚ ‘feather of lead‚ bright smoke‚ cold fire‚ sick health’. These oxymorons imply that everything that Romeo thought he once understood has been reversed due to his love for Rosaline‚ leaving him confused and isolated. ‘Sick health’ in particular highlights the contrast between Romeo’s physical and emotional wellbeing

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    romantic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Baz Luhrmann effectively conveys the theme of love. The play follows Romeo and Juliet’s romance from love at first sight into the growth of true love‚ then into the downwards spiral of their parents’ disapproval and violence between the two families‚ concluding in the devastating death of the young couple. The theme of love is crucial in both the film and the play‚ and is exhibited repeatedly through different characters and events. Although Romeo and Juliet are critical

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