Different Ways of Fighting for Love
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Outsiders by Susan Eloise Hinton and The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, these three stories were written by different authors; they talk about different time periods and talk about different issues. The first work is a classical romantic tragedy. Two young representatives of feuding Italian families loved each other after an accidental meeting. They married despite of families’ history and previous promises. The accident did not give Romeo an opportunity to find out Juliet’s death was false so he killed himself. The girl did the same thing after she saw his body. The Outsiders is a novel that tells a story of three brothers and their friends (Greasers) …show more content…
An accidental murder made Ponyboy and his friend Johnny to run from the town. This step triggers cascade of events that leads to Johnny’s death, a type of ceasefire between Socs and Greasers and improvement of relations in Curtis family. The Most Dangerous Game is a short story about an experienced hunter Sanger Rainsford. The man fell from the yacht and ended up on the island of his counterpart Zaroff. The owner hunts on people and Rainsford became his new prey. However, the man was able to survive and finish this cruel game.
It is obvious these stories have different plots. But there is one similar trait – all characters fight for something they love; and all of them resort to violence during this fighting. Romeo and Juliet love each other. They are ready to disown their families to be together: “deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet” (Shakespeare 21). Because of wish to be with Juliet even after her death Romeo kills Paris, a relative of his close friend Mercutio. Previous scenes showed the character valued this man too; he readily avenged his death by killing Tybalt. Characters of The …show more content…
While Romeo and Juliet died, their feelings stayed on their peak; so their love “survived” as it did not have an opportunity to fade over the course of time. Characters’ actions also led to indirect fight for their families’ welfare. Both Romeo and Juliet likely loved their parents and wanted to stop the conflict. Their death led to “glooming peace” (Shakespeare 71) between families. In The Outsiders Johnny’s last letter helped Ponyboy to put the problem into perspective and decide to start to restore previous educational achievements that he lost because of friends’ death and brain concussion. Johnny loved his friends and wanted to help them even at the face of own death. His attempts were partially successful as Ponuboy finally started to understand “it was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing” (Hinton 152). Rainsford’s fight was successful as he survived despite all Zaroff’s
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Outsiders by Susan Eloise Hinton and The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, these three stories were written by different authors; they talk about different time periods and talk about different issues. The first work is a classical romantic tragedy. Two young representatives of feuding Italian families loved each other after an accidental meeting. They married despite of families’ history and previous promises. The accident did not give Romeo an opportunity to find out Juliet’s death was false so he killed himself. The girl did the same thing after she saw his body. The Outsiders is a novel that tells a story of three brothers and their friends (Greasers) …show more content…
An accidental murder made Ponyboy and his friend Johnny to run from the town. This step triggers cascade of events that leads to Johnny’s death, a type of ceasefire between Socs and Greasers and improvement of relations in Curtis family. The Most Dangerous Game is a short story about an experienced hunter Sanger Rainsford. The man fell from the yacht and ended up on the island of his counterpart Zaroff. The owner hunts on people and Rainsford became his new prey. However, the man was able to survive and finish this cruel game.
It is obvious these stories have different plots. But there is one similar trait – all characters fight for something they love; and all of them resort to violence during this fighting. Romeo and Juliet love each other. They are ready to disown their families to be together: “deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet” (Shakespeare 21). Because of wish to be with Juliet even after her death Romeo kills Paris, a relative of his close friend Mercutio. Previous scenes showed the character valued this man too; he readily avenged his death by killing Tybalt. Characters of The …show more content…
While Romeo and Juliet died, their feelings stayed on their peak; so their love “survived” as it did not have an opportunity to fade over the course of time. Characters’ actions also led to indirect fight for their families’ welfare. Both Romeo and Juliet likely loved their parents and wanted to stop the conflict. Their death led to “glooming peace” (Shakespeare 71) between families. In The Outsiders Johnny’s last letter helped Ponyboy to put the problem into perspective and decide to start to restore previous educational achievements that he lost because of friends’ death and brain concussion. Johnny loved his friends and wanted to help them even at the face of own death. His attempts were partially successful as Ponuboy finally started to understand “it was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing” (Hinton 152). Rainsford’s fight was successful as he survived despite all Zaroff’s