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    later on in the book Dr. Frankenstein does not follow through with his word. God answers all prayers according to his will as it says in the bible “Ask and it will be given to you” (Matthew 7:7). A loving father and creator take care of his creations and answer our prayers. God has also sacrificed his own son for our salvation. Many people often take for granted having God in their lives. Frankenstein taught many readers what it is like to have a creator that does not love his creation. Unlike the novel

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    to become a whole. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” he describes Romeo and Juliet’s obsession for each other. Since they are obsessed with one another‚ they always want to be together and this affects each of the relationship between the two families. Romeo and Juliet’s love isn’t true love because they were only together for three days and true love lasts forever. Spending time with your partner is a key part of true love and Romeo and Juliet’s relationship lacks this key element

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    In the 1920’s‚ America was changing very culturally diverse as a result of many different individuals from totally different areas living within the same country. Furthermore as cultural diversity there was conjointly religious diversity and though the majority of faith in America were Christians different denominations of faith were more and more common as time went on. The concept that the faith wasn’t as necessary as it used to be became rather common. Church attendance was drastically falling

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    that Shakespeare uses soliloquies to express the emotions of Romeo in the playRomeo and Juliet’ Shakespeare uses many literary devices such as imagery‚ personification‚ antithesis‚ dramatic irony as well as rich vibrant adjectives and nouns‚ to make the playRomeo and Juliet’ emotive and powerful. All of these are employed in the prologue as well as in soliloquies of Act 2 Scene 2 and Act 5 Scene 3 to express the emotions of Romeo. In the prologue the context of the story is set describing the

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    story‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Shakespeare uses a soliloquy to reveal Juliet’s affection in order to establish that people can get lost in feelings than reality. Romeo and Juliet are two unique individuals that come from different households that don’t get along well together. One ordinary day‚ Romeo was unexpectedly invited to Juliet’s house party and goes to the party in hope to meet Rosaline‚ his first love. At the party‚ Romeo goes to find Rosaline and suddenly he sees a girl named Juliet. They both

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    Banning of the Book/Play Romeo And Juliet 1. Brief Summary of the Play The story is happening in the city of Verona‚ where two respectful houses‚ Montague and Capulet‚ are in rage for many years. The sun of Montague‚ Romeo‚ is deeply in love with Rosaline. As a "cure" for his love‚ his friend‚ Benvolio‚ suggests that he will go under disguise to a party in Capulet house. Romeo arrives at the party‚ where he meets Juliet‚ the daughter of Capulet‚ and both fall in love immediately

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    world. What is love? Why do we love? Is who we love written in destiny? All these questions and more pop up when we think of the world of love. ’Romeo and Juliet ’ reveals many things we did not know in ourselves and make us think about love. There are many ways the theme of love is displayed in this play. The scenes I will be focusing on are Act1 Scene5 and Act2 Scene2. These scenes are where there is a predominant role of love. There are many types of love and many will be explained. ’Romeo and

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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare has been reinterpreted and performed globally on several occurrences and occasions. Each time there is something different and unique to it‚ such as leaving out a part or acting out a scene differently. One scene‚ in particular‚ that is interesting to watch with each reenactment‚ since it seems to be different each new time‚ is the final scene of the play with the tragic suicide of Romeo and Juliet. In Baz Luhrman’s making of this screenplay

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    just mere puppets to them. Most agree that the story of Romeo and Juliet was based on fate‚ but I disagree that it was fate that chose their lives‚ it was their fault that led this tragedy. In the movie Both Romeo and Juliet had a choice‚ Romeo could have chosen to not go to the party and Juliet‚ on the other hand‚ could have married Paris. It was their decisions that led everything at the end. Romeo could have not have killed Tybalt‚ Romeo could

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    Modernisation of Romeo and Juliet Intro: Romeo and Juliet is an original script by William Shakespeare. Baz Luhrmann modernised the script into a movie in 1996 to include a contemporary audience. Through the movie and script there are many differences and similarities. In this essay the setting‚ characters and symbolism will be examined and compared to talk about the similarities and difference. Para 1: Throughout Baz Luhrmann’s film and Shakespeare’s script there are similarities and differences

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