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    constant and ever dependable in the midst of struggle or confusion in life. This constant he’s referring to, of course, is love. Love, which is generally vague and dazzling, turns out to be perfectly correct; it is possible that you have genuine romance or you don’t. The speaker then goes ahead to depict the perceptual quality of love, how nothing can decimate its permanence or power. It resembles the North Star, that all limbs of the trees twist towards. Love appears to be totally relentless…

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    illiam Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is a play about two star-crossed lovers who suffer a grisly fate, of happy never after. It is a story of rivalry, in the ancient Greek society and the tragic romances therein created. The existent rules of this highly patriarchal society prohibit these two lovers from being together. They are nevertheless determined to do everything in their power to be together, and by this, they go against the society. It is…

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    Time, culture, and Language have a great Effect on what we read. Shakespeare is known for writing the famous play, Romeo and Juliet in 1597, the story of two star crossed lovers. A recent author, Mary Chamberlin wrote The Dressmakers war, the story of a women’s trials faced during a war time. These two pieces were written during different British times that ultimately influence the writing style, plot points and major themes used by the authors to convey their fictional stories. Rome and…

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    their love is hindered by their quarreling parents. The play has not only been considered the most touching story of all time in the world but also hailed as a greatest love story ever told. That may be why the book is translated into so many other languages and has been read by many people. The story, for many, is taken as a role model in their real life of love, but it doesn’t mean the story get off without critical discussion. Based on that, this essay is going to analyze and answer if the…

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    which Shakespeare wrote of the love between his characters made these words enduring and words that anyone who has fallen madly in love can relate to. The power of love is undoubtedly one of the most popular universal themes, because people enjoy romance, the idea of soulmates, and they want to believe in the idea of a one true love for us all. The story is exciting, filled with drama, murder, tragedy and conflict. As such, it remains highly entertaining to modern audiences. It also teaches us…

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    One could presume that the quote, “Parting is such sweet sorrow” (2.2.184), from Romeo and Juliet, is one of the most well-known oxymorons in the world of literature, and is familiar to those who have read and understood the play. The playwright William Shakespeare expertly uses oxymorons and paradoxes in his plays, which helps to emphasize many of the literary elements present. Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare frequently uses paradoxes and oxymorons to effectively portray the adverse…

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    subject, pedophilia, Nabokov sustained a graceful flow and persuasive tone throughout the novel that at times, almost made me forget he was courting a twelve-year-old orphaned girl. To me, "Lolita" would be best described as an immoral unrequited romance and as a tragedy. A "quest" is what I see the narrator, Humbert, describing throughout the novel. After he has Dolores all to himself, he shows how much he cares for her, providing her with clothes and shelter. He goes along with her…

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    of the greatest English poets and playwrights of Elizabethan era. His various contributions to the field of English literature include tragedies or tragic plays and tragicomedies, also known as romances. Even in 20th and 21st centuries, that is the present…

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    individuals further away from God with what Kierkegaard called Christendom, a contemporary society of self-righteous complacent Christians. In regards to Kierkegaard’s absurd faith “for in the temporal world God and I cannot talk together, we have no language in common” (Kierkegaard 30) and therefore the absurd thought of a relationship with the eternal is completely on…

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    states, Does Fetty Wap not invite his beloved into the spaces he claims to be most sacred? (I’ve had to explain what a “’Bando” is to many people in many discussions of this song. At this point, I will politely ask the uninformed to Google it.) The romance here is so overwhelming that much of America has turned a blind eye to the fact that the entire theme of this anthem is rooted in the creation and distribution of illegal drugs. The author uses his social aspects and evaluation of the music,…

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