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sight; a fantasy that emphasizes looks over personality and reflects Romeo’s immature worldview. This immature fantasy is so powerful that the star crossed lovers in Shakespeare’s work are found in many contemporary works of fiction and film such as Twilight, the zombie-human love story in the film Warm Bodies, the animated film Gnomio and Juliet and in such classic films as Bonnie and Clyde and West Side Story. Society seems obsessed with tragic romances. Romeo’s quest for immortal desire…

days is the Dunkin gift card they have stored on their phone. Finding the fix for the caffeinated sweet drink is apart of a ritual consisting of waiting in a line wrapping around the entirety of Harleysville, stretching longer than the line of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride at Disney World (Metaphor). You would be fooled if you believed that just because it was below freezing temperature out on some of these winter mornings,…

In the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses many different symbols to illustrate the subjection of women in marriage. Women of the 19th century felt restricted to the roles that they were expected to play in marriage. This short story really shows the distinction of the domestic functions of the wife and the active work of the husband. The author makes the narrator really fixate her attention to the yellow wallpaper that is in her room, and she gains a…

O’ Flaherty begins the story with “The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness…” and “Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war,” (1). This hints that the setting is somewhere in Dublin, Ireland in early June, during the civil war. It provides the reader with details…

In Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, he attempts to connect humans with the natural world, guiding individuals to think through nature. During the nineteenth century, America was in the midst of an industrial revolution. Consequently, Emerson felt there was a lack of appreciation for nature because individuals were rooted in the materialism of society. Through personal experiences, Emerson attempts to enlighten individuals by connecting humans with a spiritual understanding of nature. Emerson…

Anonymous sat at his former desk in his former office, confused about this unexpected turn of events. The environment around him was obviously a dream, but why did the dream seem fused with his memory? Not to mention how vivid the dream was. It was unnatural. The entity that hid out of Anon's sight was obnoxious, he could barely make out the shape, but it seemed so familiar. He couldn't move his eyes to see it. Even worse, he couldn't move any part of his body. He was stuck doing whatever he was…

Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Market” provokes vivid imagery and illustrates the cost and consequences of rash actions. The narrative poem tells of two women going about their daily lives, one woman being steadfast in denying forbidden or dangerous choices while the other willingly risks herself due to being unable to resist temptation. Lizzie and Laura are both innocent and virginal at the beginning of the poem, but Laura’s curiosity proves to be stronger than her sister’s warning. Rossetti…

In Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market the main character Lizzie is the moral compass of this passage and is not only a heroin but a symbol of the strength and courage of sensible women. Some readers may view Lizzie as a prude or tightly wound but she is wise enough to see temptation in her path and can rely on her sensibility and forethought to safely navigate her through perilous circumstances. She is a very logical woman and is not wavered by the promises of others. Lizzie is the definition of…

Cityscapes Over Time Cityscape photography has not been a stagnant process, but a dynamic art that has grown and morphed over time. There have been changes in both the technical details of taking such photos, and in the intents of the products. After the invention of photography in 1839, drastic changes in the approaches and techniques of cityscape photographers occurred multiple times and for a plethora of reasons. Not only did the process of taking photos become easier, but the whole purpose…