Commercialism and materialism are major flaws inherent within modern society. Consequently‚ as satirical texts‚ Nick Hornby’s 1998 novel “About a Boy” and Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein’s episode of “The Simpsons: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy” written in 1994 critique this. Both texts are used as vehicles to demonstrate to the audience the detrimental impacts that commercialism and materialism have on society‚ through the use of a range of textual and satirical techniques. Through the juxtaposition of
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Capulet’s party. He sensed that something bad would begin by going to the party‚but he knows that he is not in control of his destiny. In Act 3‚ Scene 1‚ he claimed that he was “fortune’s fool” because he had contributed to his own downfall by killing Tybalt. When Balthazar tells him that Juliet is dead‚ Romeo once again speaks about the power of fate and said “Is it e’en so? Then I defy you‚ stars!(Act 5‚ Scene 1)” His plan to commit suicide in order to escape his fate instead fulfilled it. This is how
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The author William Shakespeare shows the theme‚ the course of true lover never does run smooth‚ in his play Romeo and Juliet. Juliet who is a Capulet fell in love with Romeo who is a Montague. Despite their deep love‚ everything seemed to pull them apart. Shakespeare shows this theme by introducing the hatred between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s‚ the banishment of Romeo‚ and the death of the two lovers. The hatred between these families is not as simple as it seems. From the very beginning of
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The first to blame for the young couples death is the Nurse‚ a trusted family servant to the Capulets. The Nurse had made minor problems but she was surely involved with this catastrophe. Romeo and his friends have decided to go to the Capulet’s party in masks because Rosaline was invited. It took a turn when Romeo met Juliet. They had instantly fallen in love‚ and then found out they are from rival families. They had loved each other so much‚ that at a point‚ they knew they were determined for each
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happened. After Juliet and Romeo died to be together it brought Capulet and Montague closer. In Verona‚ Italy‚ Juliet and Romeo fell in love. They couldn’t be together because of their families rivalry. One night after Romeo caused the death of Tybalt‚ he was banned from the town and had to leave. Juliet drank something that made her seem dead but it was in a deep sleep. The plan was for Romeo to come to Juliet’s tomb and wake her with a kiss and run off together and live a life that a husband
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ people notice the message “parents can’t control their children’s hearts”‚ and this theme embodies Juliet. A deeper meaning could be to take charge and make your own fate. Don’t let fate push you around‚ and keep no secret. This theme embodies Romeo‚ as secrets and coincidence tend to cause most of the mishaps in this story‚ and he causes majority of these. The first thing to take notice in are the secrets. Romeo and Juliet thought keeping their love and marriage secret was
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Everyone has an end at some point and Romeo and Juliet’s had to be at young age. I also blame fate for a different reason‚ it isn’t just the end for everyone‚ but it also gives you the lead up to your end. It was Romeo’s fate to be banished and kill Tybalt‚ it was his Fate to not get the letter and find Juliet ‘dead’ and it was Juliet’s fate to wake up from her sleep and find him
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delivered to Romeo leading up to the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet which causes the Capulets and the Montagues to end their feud because they suspected that it is their destructive feud that caused their children to die and caused the deaths of Tybalt‚ Mercutio‚ and
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Romeo and Juliet come from dysfunctional families. This is the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy. It is what lead to the death of both Romeo and Juliet. A dysfunctional family is a family with conflict‚ misbehaviour or neglect. Families should be close and understanding of each other. They should love one another and share their love and feelings. This is not the case with Romeo and Juliet’s families. Both their families had distant parents‚ the parents misunderstood their children and the
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develops tension for the reader. As Lord Capulet arranges a marriage for Paris and Juliet‚ he demands‚ “she shall be married to this noble earl” (3.5.21). Without Juliet’s consent‚ Lord Capulet impulsively sets up a marriage right after the death of Tybalt. In an effort to lose the feeling of heartache and anguish in the Capulet family‚ he takes advantage of his superiority to force Juliet to do what he desires. Juliet’s secret marriage with Romeo becomes a problem when her father sets another marriage
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