Romeo and Juliet Essay Introduction

A parent’s most important goal should be the happiness of his or her child. Armand Aubingy’s parents, in “Désirée’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, are the perfect example of how far one’s mother and father should be willing to go to achieve the ultimate level of happiness for their child. On the other hand, Armand is the perfect example of how a parent’s skeletons can create horrible consequences for their child. As a result of this, Armand’s parents seem to be leading factors in his denial of his…

young age you cannot fully comprehend the emotion of love. Romeo and Juliet are a strong example of young love, for they may think they're in love. In reality, they were truly an example of being infatuated with each other, leading to their demise for each other. Between Juliet saying how she wishes to no longer be a Capulet or Romeo and Juliet getting married in the few hours they knew each other, this is young love. In Act I Romeo spots Juliet from across the room, describing her as a “Rich…

Hamlet is subversive at the beginning and middle of Shakespeare’s play because he pushes back on various intersectional forces, such as gender, class and religion. Although he is subversive for the majority of the play, he inevitably gives in to these intersectional forces and becomes subservient to them. Shakespeare shows us different characters such as Fortinbras and Laertes, who exemplify what the typical roles look like for their gender and social class. Observing these characters, we…

William Shakespeare is a writer from the 16th century and is to this day still seen as the greatest English poet of all time. His play Othello was written between 1601 and 1604, it was first performed by the King’s Men in 1604. Othello is a play about a general, named Othello, who is being manipulated into thinking that his wife, Desdemona, is unfaithful. The way that women are represented in this play, differs from the way women were viewed during Shakespeare’s time. During the Elizabethan era…

Comedy vs. Tragedy (An analysis of the differences and similarities between Shakespeare’s two plays, King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing) Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer of all time by many. He is brilliant in his development of plays, as well as his characterization and dramatic effect. Another element that makes his writing so incredible is the symbolism and themes that are hidden in the messages of his major works. After going back and reading a particular play two or three…

In the epic poem and movie Beowulf there are a lot of differences and similarities between the two. Can you spot some of the differences that happened in the movie and the book? Well here is some of the things that I spotted out during the movie that didn’t happened in the book. First, the battle between Beowulf and Grendel in the movie they were awake and partying during his attack; however, in the book they were sleep. Second, the battle against Grendel’s mother didn’t happened in the movie,…

Sometimes Laughter Really is the Best Medicine Baz Luhrmann takes on the terrifying task of attempting to modernize the classic Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. Considering, Shakespeare invokes feelings of anxiety and makes many students want to shudder in fear, this task was not to be taken lightly. A movie critic Mick LaSalle argues that the modern-day remake is a complete tragedy and eliminates all emotion that the play has to offer, I am going to argue that Baz Luhrmann's modernization…

In Shakespeare’s play Much Ado about Nothing, each character was developed perfectly in order to fully present the plot at hand. As an author, Shakespeare carefully planned the usage and characteristics of each character in his play. He used language, comedy, and the personal attributes of each character to really develop them in his writing. After continuing to read more of Shakespeare I see that he not only did this for Much Ado About Nothing, but he makes sure he develops his characters…

One actor that showed good head voice vs. chest voice was Dakota. Dakota played Fantine in Les Miserables. In the scene right before Docks Part 2, Dakota sings a line that says, “you let your foreman send me away…” As she sings this, she hits very high notes and not once do you hear breathiness or squeaky, airy notes. She sings with power without belting by singing in her head voice. I couldn’t not tell when she switched into her chest voice. Her sound was pure and smooth the entire time. They…

In The Dark Crystal, directed by Jim Henson and written by Henson and David Odell, the protagonist, Jen, directly follows the seventeen steps of “the Hero’s Journey,” initially popularized by Joseph Campbell in 1949 and later adapted by Christopher Vogel, with one slight deviation. Jim Henson intentionally created the story to follow the format laid out by Vogel. The steps of this journey fit neatly into three acts: departure, initiation, and return. This follows Jen all the way from his home in…