Critical Lens Essay Somebody once said‚ “In literature‚ evil often triumphs but never conquers”. Both The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and The Color Purple by Alice Walker prove this quote true. Throughout The Lovely Bones‚ a family struggles with the dreadful murder and rape of a family member. The book demonstrates how the family only got stronger with the passage of time. Their success in moving forward in life regardless of their encounter with such an evil act emphasizes the victory of good
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story. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare uses multiple methods to portray Romeo’s impulsive character. Impulsive is acting or done without forethought. Romeo expresses his impulsiveness through how other characters view him in the play‚ the actions he takes‚ and his thoughts and feelings. Shakespeare commences to show this characteristic through Romeo’s thoughts and feelings. The author begins displaying Romeo’s impulsive character through his thoughts and feelings. At Capulet’s party‚ Romeo sees Juliet
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Love is also depicted in Romeo and Juliet as friendship. One of the main friendships in the play is that of Romeo and Mercutio. Whenever Romeo was feeling down and needed some cheering up or if he just needed to fool around‚ Mercutio was always there for him. After the night of the Capulet party‚ Tybalt‚ Juliet’s cousin‚ came after Romeo to start a fight with him. Without a second thought‚ Mercutio stood up for Romeo‚ fought Tybalt‚ and died. "Ask for me/ to-morrow‚ and you shall find me a grave
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Romeo and Juliet Motifs and Theme of Love One of the best known Shakespearean plays‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ has amazing motifs that develop the theme of love. This play was translated into 80 different languages over the past four centuries and is 416 years old and remains the best known love story of all time. When people come across forbidden love or star-crossed lovers‚ they usually think of Romeo and Juliet. There are so many versions of movies‚ books‚ and plays that are based on the story of Romeo
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet begins as a tale of lovers caught in the crossfire of their feuding families. Without analysis‚ the plot guides the mind‚ as the two lovers die and the families reconcile‚ but the audience does not consider the opposite end on the scale of emotions. Hate. The hate of the families‚ the hate in Mercutio as he dies‚ the hate in Tybalt‚ the hate of Romeo as he leaves Juliet‚ the hate of Juliet towards her parents. Hate. A hate so strong that even the purest love could not
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The Crucible Critical Lens Essay Dolly Parton once said …“The way I see it‚ if you want the rainbow‚ you gotta put up with the rain.” In other words you have to go through struggle to see success. I agree with this quote because in my opinion nothing in life is handed to you easily‚ you have to work through it and overcome many obstacles in order to get pleasing results .This idea is clearly established in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It is shown through the main characters; John
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In the love story of “Romeo and Juliet”‚ violence has an immense affect that determines certain outcomes in the story. Even today‚ a great deal of violence is going on everywhere for reasons that no one can explain. Many people can connect this violence that has been going on to the story of “Romeo and Juliet”. In their society violence pretty much destroyed everything‚ especially them. The story ends tragically and in the end the hatred and violence goes away‚ but the families had to learn a difficult
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Within Romeo and Juliet‚ if Romeo would have stayed in Mantua for the duration of Friar Lawrence’s plan‚ deaths and other issues could have been avoided. First‚ there would still be a grudge between the Capulets and Montagues. Second‚ Lady Montague and Count Paris would still be alive. Third‚ both Romeo and Juliet would not have died. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ it would have been beneficial to the plan for Romeo and Juliet to be together. First‚ if Romeo would have stayed put
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In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare‚ Nurse has a major role in the play. She is the messenger between Romeo and Juliet. Nurse planned the wedding of the Romeo and Juliet. Moreover‚ she was the one to figure out that Juliet is dead. She shows motivation in a lot of ways but most significantly in family obligation‚ loyalty and much more. The Nurse keeps the secret hidden from everyone about Juliet. Because of the Nurse‚ Juliet’s parents does not find out about her marriage and do not get
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I really liked Romeo and Juliet because of the amount of irony and foreshadowing in the text. For instance‚ Romeo says “I dreamt my lady came and found me dead. And breathed such life with kisses in my lips”(V.i.6-9). This is an obvious example of foreshadowing to the upcoming scene where Juliet believes that Romeo is dead‚ and tries to take the poison from his lips. This quote is also a reference to Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech about how dreamers usually see what they want to see in dreams. I like
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