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Although Friar Lawrence’s intentions were good, his decisions and actions were the sole cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death. Do you agree? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the story of two young lovers who fall for one another only to realise that due to the feud their families’ share their love is destined for destruction. With all good intentions the minor character, Friar Lawrence was one of, but not the complete cause of their tragic end. There are three dominant aspects of their deaths, the feud between the two families, Friar Lawrence and most importantly, fate.
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“They’re a rotten crowd…You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” These words stated were the last words Nick Carraway said to Jay Gatsby before he met his demise. Nick Carraway, who said he was “inclined to reserve all judgments,” as stated in the beginning of the novel, finally makes discernment here. He called Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and all the upper class morally rotten. He knows and believes that Gatsby is worth more than them all. Gatsby’s heroism in the war, determination in the pursuit of his dreams, and his tenacious devotion to the love of Daisy forms Nick’s final opinion which leads him to give him the compliment.
Even though he had the affair, we see John tell Abigail that he had made a mistake. This shows that John Proctor recognized that he had done wrong, and he set out to rectify it. Not only did he try to rectify it, Elizabeth also admitted that it was partly her fault that John turned away from her. John Proctor does have problems with his wife Elizabeth, in both the book and movie. From this you could take that he is not honorable because he is troubling his spouse, but in the book it shows Proctor working
It is the same thing with the lottery; everyone wants to befriend the winner. Another negative effect generated from winning the lottery is your newfound trait of being insecure. Privacy becomes a thing of the past once you become a millionaire and you are now considered a local celebrity. A question that the lottery winner would be constantly asking themself is “Do people like me for me or my money?” All of these brand-new insecurities lead up to the winner losing their identity. They give up their old hobbies and interests that everyone once identified them by and they solely become “that one guy who won the lottery.” For most couples, a substantial lottery win is a dream come true.
Hamartia, or tragic flaw is an essential theme of Shakespearean tragedy as it can provide contrast to a previously successful life by contributing to a drastic change of events. Chris Wilton begins a jubilant life with a high paying, success job as well as his spouse Chloe that adores him dearly. However he wants more, sometime that his wife cannot provide, but Nola Rice can. The seventh rule in the Ten Commandments in Christianity states “Thou shall not commit adultery.” The act of adultery is given a poor and immoral outlook by society, as it is believed that marriage binds two indefinitely. However it is
Ryan Payne Literary Analysis English Alias Grace GUILTY! Throughout the whole story there are facts that point to the assumption that Grace is guilty. My biggest reason for believing that she is guilty is just logical reasoning. For example, she expresses her love for Mr. Kinner, a man married to coincidently to the other victim Nancy, in the text of the whole book. Through the whole book I think Grace does a terrible job of covering up the murder and showing people that she didn’t do it.
Schindler was a tall and handsome man who was adored by all of the young women he met, and he adored them as well. Although he was married, Schindler left his wife in their home town to prosper as a businessman in Poland during the Second World War. It was there that he truly gained the reputation as the playboy he was, as well as showed his opportunistic side. In the movie Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler says that in every business he tried, it was not him that failed, there was just something missing. He says that it “makes all the difference in the world between success and failure.” When his wife questions what he is talking about, he responds “War.” So what made Oskar Schindler change from being merely an opportunistic greedy man, to a respectable hero?
In this case, even when some readers might agree with the character’s perceptions, their reactions are thought of as too exaggerated and unnecessary. Angela tells the narrator that her mother beat her so hard that “[Angela] thought she was going to kill [her]” This type of reaction would have never been considered acceptable, to what most think of nowadays as a minor matter: losing one’s virginity before marriage. The reader’s perception to this conflict is that it is a conflict between ‘good’ and ‘good’, but through the character’s perception this is clearly a ‘good’ vs. ‘evil’ case. The town where the book is set has a strong Catholic culture and therefore