Romeo and Juliet was written about 400 years ago. Although it is old‚ Romeo and Juliet is still relevant and important to peoples’ lives. The themes used in it are the themes that people enjoy‚ Shakespeare invented a lot of words people use today‚ and good for education. Romeo and Juliet is still a great play‚ still has a impact and entertain contemporary audience. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there are many themes. Love‚ rivalry‚ arguing with parents‚ friendship‚ and fate and destiny. These themes are
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lead up to Christmas‚ while Meursault‚ the protagonist of Camus’ novel faces trial before a jury after committing the murder of an unnamed Arab man‚ in 1930’s Algeria. The question we must ask ourselves as readers is: are the stories of these two men still relevant to life in the twenty-first century‚ and if so‚ why? Meursault‚ the readers’ eyes and ears in ‘The Outsider’ appears unbelievably detached from anything or anyone around him. The opening line of ‘Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday‚
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article on “Interpreting The Day the Earth Stood Still for Contemporary Film Audiences” written in 2008‚ the Author‚ Joshua Pardon. He writes of messages which were sent to the American film audience of 1951 through the film The Day the Earth Stood Still‚ and was based on a short story by Harry Bates written in 1940s. The movie is set in the early 1950’s‚ when American’s showed displayed concern on Communism. As well “The Day The Earth Stood Still” is more of a science fiction themed film because
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automatically think of the colonization of the Americas‚ the triangular trade‚ or the civil war. What some forget to think about is the fact that slavery is still a huge epidemic occurring all around the world today. Many children from democratic countries develop an overall idea of what slavery is and that it has a negative connotation. So why does slavery still exist? Do the owners of slaves not understand ethics and do they not notice the psychologic and sociologic effects that resulted from the use of
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Angelou’s poem‚ Still I Rise‚ she encapsulated the determination and the drive that the African American has shown in that time period. Slavery is a giant part of America’s past. It was a main contributing factor leading to the Civil War. It was one of the main issues that lead to the
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This was far from the truth. Slavery spread to different forms‚ such as working for years to pay off a debt‚ and having to work for big time companies to support your family. Reasons why slavery is still here is because of the differences in the past and today’s slavery‚ debt bondage‚ and people are still being lured to work. Today’s slavery is ten times more different than the slavery from the past. In the past slavery was defined as owing someone and claiming them as your property. The slaves were
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Is America still the land of the free or is it just for some people? In the past few months there has been a lot of stories about black women and men‚ even children‚ who has been slaughtered by the police. And I say slaughtered‚ because that is how it was. For example Michael Brown‚ the police said Michael had attacked them‚ tried to grab an officer’s gun and hit him. They said the officer only acted in self defense. But here is the funny thing‚ there are no evidence at all that it happened. Witnesses
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“Rights of Man”‚ America is a place of diversity where everyone is different yet we are still equal which is still very true today. America is a place where you can be who you want to be since it is a place where you can be who you are without being unaccepted. While in today’s world this is true‚ there are still people out there that have their differences creating problems against this. However‚ we are still as diverse as ever and even with our differences like people who have money and those who
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Still I rise Written by Maya Angelou in 1978 Still I rise is a poem about second changes‚ redemption and integrity. It emphasises how people will manipulate others‚ push them around and talk about them‚ but still that person will get up and walk on with their head held high. The tone of the poem is strong and positive. The poem is filled with metaphors‚ similes and various language aspects that make the poem a great tool for teaching poetry within an English classroom context. The main theme
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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 this continent a new nation‚ conceived in liberty
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