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Ponyboy Curtis is a 14 year old boy in the book The Outsiders. The story takes place in the 1960s and the main plot is the differences and rivalry between the south side (soc’s) and the North side (greasers) of the city. If you are born a soc you are blessed with wealth, nice cars, good schooling, and a future in society. But if you are a greaser you are condemned to a life of being poor, having to live of stealing working lousy jobs. Ponyboy and his two older brothers Sodapop and Darryl are…

Much Ado About Nothing is an intricate web weaved by William Shakespeare that encompasses many aspects of human nature and emotion. The play is thought to have been written between 1598 and 1589, and crafted towards the middle of Shakespeare 's career. (SparkNotes) Much Ado About Nothing is one of the several plays of his where, despite having some darker components, it ends in happiness and no one dies. Which when looking at the number of plays Shakespeare wrote and their stories, no one dying…

Comparative Literature Much Ado about Nothing and Life of an Amorous Woman are two texts whose authors have evidently used the element of true love to narrate the stories. Much Ado about Nothing is a play by Shakespeare that tells the story of two sets of lovers: Claudio and Hero, who fall in love and decide to get married, and Beatrice and Benedick, who are in constant war of witty insults and refuse to admit the love they have for each other. Life of an Amorous Woman is a story by Saikaku that…

“Violence is never the answer” is an expression every child is continuously told from childhood through adulthood to avoid conflict, and the same holds true in Shakespeare’s work in Romeo and Juliet. The drama between the forbidden pair is known by most, and it never fails to remain a classic tale of love despite the time period. The young star-crossed lovers are hindered by the bitter feud between their two households, forbidding them from pursuing a public and successful relationship. In Romeo…

correspond to those times, but rather he explores love as an imperfect part of the human nature. Love and troubled relationships are a typical part of nature that is sometimes effortless but most times uneasy and challenging to balance. In Much Ado About Nothing, Othello and Macbeth, themes and motifs of love and problematic relations are not necessarily the forefront but the backbone of Shakespearean plays. Shakespeare’s treatment…

and without them the book would lack quality and meaning. Any story can have characters, but what makes it stand out is when the character’s are different, and that is why Beatrice and Hero are the perfect character foil. The play, ”Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, starts with a group of soldiers visiting a small town in Italy, and in that group of soldiers lie Claudio and Benedick, the lovers of Hero and Beatrice. Right when Claudio sees Hero, he falls madly in love with her.…

Much Ado About Nothing has trickery and deceit as central themes. In a very peculiar way, Shakespeare discovers how to have trickery and deceit lead to love and romance. A good amount of characters uses deception as ways to get what they desire and to make other characters rue the day. Throughout this play there is a significant amount of scenes that show this deception. It seems that in this play by using deceit, it will have a great turnout for themselves or other characters in this play and…

Gossip in Much Ado about Nothing and in the Real World “They say the lady is fair. ‘Tis a truth, I can bear them witness. And virtuous—’tis so, I cannot reprove it. And wise, but for loving me. By my troth, it is no addition to her wit—nor no great argument of her folly, for I will be horribly in love with her.” Act 3 scene 2.Throughout the play everyone is either gossiping or overhearing someone else gossip. Gossip occurs frequently in the play. Most of the gossiping that occurs in the play is…

Steve: considers soda and pony his kid brothers and works at the gas station with soda Ponyboy: 14, the youngest greaser and loves to read which sets him apart from the others and lives with soda and darry Johnny: he’s 16 and considers the greasers as his real family and he is nervous and sensitive. Soda: Everyone thinks he’s good looking he works at the gas station Darry: nickname is superman, he’s the leader of the greasers he’s twenty-two and works two jobs and is pony and sodas older brother…

Love is a complex emotion and the idea of wanting someone can sometimes replace the feeling of true love. In Shakespeare's comedic tragedy Much Ado About Nothing, Hero and Claudio aren't in love, they don't ever get to know each other but only fall in love with each others looks and the idea of the other. They fall in love with the idea of having someone to care about. They fall apart easily and give up without fighting for each other. True love is caring and it is something worth fighting for…