attraction to them or do you build that attraction by spending time with someone? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo claims to fall in love with Juliet within a few seconds of meeting her which spirals into the event of both their deaths. This tragedy could have been avoided with thought and time and that’s why there lives were lost. Some decisions from both Romeo and Juliet were too rash‚ sudden‚ and ill advised. Romeo’s love for Juliet was too rash since he didn’t even know her
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people from an terrible plague hanging on the Thebes. Astonishingly‚ the investigation shows that the murderer was Oedipus himself! What’s more terrible‚ the former king Laius was just Oedipus’ biological father. And‚ Jocasta‚ Oedipus’ wife and queen‚ who has born him four children‚ is his mother! Consequently‚ frustrated by the ruthless facts‚ Jocasta hangs herself while Oedipus blinds and exiles himself. From the same book‚ we also notice that‚ compared with Oedipus and her brother‚ Creon‚ Jocasta’s
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Mercutio: Mercutio‚ with his quick wit‚ clever mind‚ constant jokes and very likeable personality appears to be the jester of the play. However‚ with his savage words‚ Mercutio undermines the romance and self love within the play. He mocks everyone; Romeo’s self-indulgence as much as Tybalt’s arrogance and fashion-sense. His speeches are long and ridiculous‚ however they reveal ability to present a witty argument and entertain the audience with his language skills. The audience naturally loves
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Abandonment incites a feeling of hopelessness and torment that affects a person’s stability and foundation in life. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman is confronted with the absence of parental figures and misguided ambitions from childhood to adulthood. Cast aside from his parents and brother‚ Willy develops an unstable foundation for a proper lifestyle such as raising a child‚ or pursing an attainable dream. In truth‚ Willy abandons his own family in an attempt to deny his failures
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“The more we do to do‚ the less you seem to believe we are doing it‚” is a quote from Joseph Mengele‚ a doctor in the Auschwitz concentration camp (Joseph Mengele Quotes). Mengele was known as the “Angel of Death” because he would smile when people died ( Joseph Mengele). When other officers couldn’t kill someone‚ Mengele would be the one to kill them. Josef Mengele performed horrific experiments on a variety of inmates in Auschwitz‚ but the twins got the worst of his experiments because Mengele
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How far was Henry II to blame for Thomas Becket’s death? On the 29th of December 1170‚ Thomas Becket died‚ due to a murder‚ by the knights in the church. But about 8-9 years before he was murdered he was announced the Archbishop Canterbury by Henry II and loved his part of being top class. He was chosen the archbishop as the king didn’t feel the punishments were not harsh enough and wanted someone to reform the church courts‚ so the king announced Thomas Becket to be the archbishop of Canterbury
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“Who or what was to blame for the demise of the ill-fated lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet?” Romeo and Juliet is a story that is most renowned for the tragic end of its main characters; Romeo and Juliet. After believing his love‚ Juliet‚ to be dead‚ Romeo takes a potion that will end his life‚ as he cannot bear to live without her. The part that makes this story so tragic is the fact that Juliet is actually alive and only wakes up moments after Romeo has killed himself. Stricken with grief‚ Juliet ends
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I believe Biff’s theory about his father’s death. Willy Loman “didn’t know who he was” as perfectly stated by Biff. Willy Loman was unable to reconcile the truth about himself and that ultimately killed him. The inability to concede to the reality of himself was the catalyst that brought the necessity for Willy to end his life. Yet before he could he had to know that Biff loved him despite knowing the truth about him. Willy Loman lied so much to disguise the actuality of his existence to the
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school students. The clothes students wear are students’ way of self-expression‚ and school uniforms do not allow students to demonstrate their individuality. Research shows that students who were forced to wear school uniforms were more likely the ones that wore makeup earlier than their peers. But the ones who later in life to use more extreme accessories to alter their fashion such as short skirts‚ mohawk‚ piercing‚ and so on. Children look different to express different outlooks. It helps them
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Who was more to blame for the cold war‚ the USA or the USSR? This Cold War has affected the world from 1945 until now. The blame lies on one of these two countries. I believe it is these party’s leaders who should be blamed for the cold war‚ not the countries. At the time‚ these two countries were on very precarious political and military terms‚ which were ready to fluctuate at any moment. These two countries had lead Europe to a standstill. The two‚ were in a dangerous state of political tension
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