The effect of the long stanzas on responders reflects the passing of time and the flooding memories. Memories triggered by the meeting a childhood friend and the realisation that the person can transcend death because of memories, love, family and friendship. Love and friendships enshrined in memory will protect the persona against time and mortality. No change has occurred in the persona’s stubborn and determined nature — “I could walk on water” to “in airy defiance of nature”. However, she now realises that “no hand will save her”, but the poem ends in peace and acceptance, as death will be followed by eternity - “waters that bear me away forever”.
Hamlet trusts Horatio to keep this secret and that is exactly what Horatio does, he keeps his word with Hamlet and doesn’t tell a single soul, as he should. Towards the end of the play Hamlet is slowly dying and Horatio says “…I’m more like an ancient Roman than a corrupt modern Dane./Some of this liquor’s still left in the goblet” (Ham 5.2.307-308). Hamlet replies with, “As thou'rt a man,/Give me the cup. Let go! By heaven, I’ll have ’t./O God, Horatio, what a wounded name,/Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me!/If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart/Absent thee from felicity a while,/And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain/To tell my story” (Ham 5.2.308-315).
This shows that Romeo still has to mature mentally and that his level maturity will hinder him from becoming a good husband. Secondly, Romeo was having a very had time trying to forget Rosaline. He was quoted saying, “O, teach me how I should forget to think” in reply to Benvolio, who asked him to forget about Rosaline (1,1,221). Although Romeo could not stop thinking about Rosaline, he fell in love with Juliet upon first sight. When he saw Juliet for the first time at the feast, he said, “For I never saw true beauty till this night (1,5,53).” The fact that he was able to forget about Rosaline so quickly proves that he thinks similarly to typical teenagers and is yet to mature.
He avoids the fight at all costs and states that he loves Tybalt, but cannot give him a specific reason why because he is unable to disclose the love he has for Juliet. In addition to the wardrobe choice, Romeo was a very soft-spoken individual and attempted to avoid confrontation with Tybalt. When Mercutio dies, Romeo removed his cape and laid it over his friend’s dead body as a sign of respect. The setting and movement in the scene also emphasized Romeo’s character traits. The first trait portrayed by the setting was his serenity.
One of the most significant portrayals of loyalty is the faithfulness of Odysseus verses Penelope. As Odysseus slowly wanders back home to his wife he manages to flirt and sleep with countless woman. On the other hand Penelope protects all of Odysseus’s property from the greedy suitors who have taken over there home. Penelope never betrays her husband even while most believe he is dead. She refuses to even consider remarrying.
“Underneath” settles that we have Juliet on a balcony, just like in the original Shakespeare play, or at least a window. She refers to Romeo as her boyfriend, although he really is her ex, which we can se later in the song, and says: “You shouldn’t come around here singing up at people like that”, rejecting Romeo and denies connection between them by referring herself as “people”. She reinforces her rejection with the challenge: “Anyway what you gonna do about it?” She does not want him around, and that is the last we hear from Juliet in the song. “Juliet the dice were loaded from the start” indicates
Elle comes across another man who treats her well, supports her decisions and hopes for the best for her. Unfortunately Elle does not see this in him because her focus and dream is still her ex-boyfriend. Similarly, in Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, the American dream becoming impossible is depicted through two characters, Gatsby and Myrtle. Gatsby and Myrtle are both holding on to the dream of being with their lovers and do not update or modify their dreams. The lack of updating their dreams leads to disappointment when their dreams do not come true.
The “ghostly heart” means a lonely or dark heart. Gatsby has misplaced the love he once had in his heart with his new dreams of fortune. By saying “no amount of fire or freshness”, Nick means all the dreams that Gatsby has can’t be disrupted and nothing can get in the way of his dreams. Tom, Nick, Jordan, money, love, hate, jealousy, or even trust can’t stop what feelings are already present. Nothing can take the place of what is already in his heart and the feelings in his heart are so strong that nothing can even compete with
He wishes that he did not have to be in this position because, “Jay Gatsby is in love with Daisy, but is unable to pursue her…” (Thomson). Back when he was not as wealthy as he is now, Daisy left him and was not able to be with her. Gatsby has his mind set on living in the past, he says, “Can’t repeat the past…Why of course you can!” (Fitzgerald, 111). He thinks that meeting Daisy will set everything back in time, to when they were in love. Gatsby invites Daisy to one of his big party bashes and says to Nick, “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before.” (Fitzgerald 111).
Shakespeare uses juxtaposition to show love does not have a specific form in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare uses juxtaposition in the beginning of the play to show love does not have a specific form. In the beginning of the play Romeo is upset because a girl he likes has taken to a life of chastity. Many people argue Romeo is @#$% at the beginning of the play but he is not. If Romeo was @#$% then he would have forgotten about Rosaline right away and moved on, but he does not.