The Theme of love in Romeo and Juliet

“To be or not to be”, modern society still struggles with the everlasting debate of William Shakespeare’s intent in how he portrays his female characters. Was the greatest playwright a sexist? Many of his works such as Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet were excruciated by the audience due to its diminishing content towards women. Thus, by addressing Part 1: Language in Cultural Context of the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, the audience realizes that it’s no different. Once again,…

Who is Responsible for Gatsby’s Death? Love is a serious of complex chemical reactions that no one knows what will happen in next step. In Fitzgerald’s book ‘The Great Gatsby’, a snoopy man who tried to repeat the love in the past was killed. Gatsby is new money whose girlfriend married a man who owns a wealth family, because Gatsby didn 't return after he attended a war. In an accident, Daisy, the women who Gatsby loves driving a car and collide Daisy husband’s mistress, Myrtle. His furious…

sole purpose of encompassing individual themes into an overall arching category. Some of Shakespeare’s historic playwrights include: King John, Richard II and Richard III, and Pericles. He wrote several comedic plays such as: As You Like It, Midsummer Night’s Dream, All’s Well That’s Ends Well, and Merchant of Venice. His playwrights categorized as tragedies are perhaps the most adapted into films like his comedies were. Such plays include: Romeo + Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and Julius…

effects on the characters, instead fabricating a setting in which men who are ordered to behave in accordance with society’s values of rectitude are condemned. Incorporating the use of symbolism, the Faust Legend, and the theme of good vs. evil, the story illustrates a dichotomy of themes and ideals within the characters. Throughout The Picture…

screenwriter and producer best known for his movies Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Moulin rouge. The Great Gatsby follows the story of Nick Carraway, and his extraordinary neighbor Jay Gatsby. Nick talks about Jay Gatsby, describing him as the most hopeful man he had ever met. Nick Caraway narrates his encounters with Gatsby at the height of the Roaring Twenties There are many themes that are portrayed throughout the film such as love, hope, wealth, compassion, forgiveness, loyalty.…

some of these are often influenced by the most famous writer and playmaker, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has influenced quite a bit of today's modern culture through tragic, comical, and love filled writings and plays he wrote in the Renaissance period. We often see remakes of his romantic play, Romeo and Juliet, or his tragic play, Macbeth. Movies such as The Lion King and Men of Respect are based of Shakespeare plays like Hamlet and Macbeth. Although some could say that Shakespeare had…

couples love is threatened when the tribal warrior chief declares the girl a sacred virgin. The added beauty of this film, apart from the beautiful scenery of the South Pacific islands is the story of a struggle against fate. What we had was a tale of forbidden love, reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of the South Sea Island Bora-Bora. One interesting aspect of this film is the use of the word TABU and how it relates to the character of the young man, Matahi, in love with…

of farce and romance. While in Shakespearean times farce was comical and used a lot of physical contact, usually viewer friendly romance mostly revolved around tragedy and families reuniting. Throughout the play both farce the genre and romance the theme are used from the beating of the fromios to the family reuniting. The reader can be impacted in many ways ranging from his point of view throughout the whole play, weather he should take it as a serious play or shift more towards the side of the…

Shakespeare’s twelfe night is an early depiction of homosexuality in literature. Shakespeare approaches homosexuality with a comedic perspective as opposed to a politically charged perspective. This is a sign that this piece of theater’s point is to use these themes to create amusement rather than use them as a representation of the cultural attitude towards same-sex relations in the 16th century. The first indicator of same-sex attraction in this play is clear in Act 2, Scene 1. The…

being known for the most quoted writer in the history. Or like known for the greatest poet of all time. He was great at being a poet and a playwright. This is one of his quotes “The course of true love never did run smooth”. It means that true love always encounters problems or difficulties. It's a theme that William Shakespeare repeated several times in various plays. William earned a living as a playwright and an actor. Then he became a father. His first was Susanna born on May 26, 1563.…