people today ask is‚ “Are William Shakespeare’s plays still relevant today?” The answer to that question is yes. One of the main reasons that William Shakespeare’s plays are still relevant today is because they show that things that were problems back then‚ are also problems in today’s times. Some examples of that are‚ how people sometimes make poor decisions when in love‚ how a relationship can cause conflict‚ and finally‚ how love still forms no matter the obstacle. The first point of how Shakespeare’s
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President Lincoln at Gettysburg in1863. The speech was influential and inspiring to many different kinds of people. The Gettysburg Address touched several topics such as human equality‚ peace and honoring soldiers. The Gettysburg Address is still relevant today due to its motivational words towards human equality and paying tribute to war veterans. To quote the speech‚ Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago‚ our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation‚ conceived in liberty and dedicated
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Orwell’s ’1984’‚ I got to read it in sophomore year in high school. In its own day it was considered a ’visionary’ and ’futuristic’ novel‚ when it came out it was giving prediction on how the world would look 30 years later. Over 60 years after the novel came out‚ there are numerous ways that is still relevant. We can see how the ‘Big Brother’s’ society and contemporary societies around the world have some similarities. First‚ various states and governments still continue to exert increasing vigilance
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I would say that traditional gender roles for men and women are not relevant today. Gender roles have been around for years and they have always been labeled a certain way‚ but I’d say now that those labels have been broken. They are not as relevant in today’s world as they were years way back. There is too much diversity and roles that men and women have both done. In today’s world women might do things that men are regularly stereotyped to do and vice versa. The time since now and way back then
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The literary work‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee should continue to be a part of the Freshman curriculum. The book published in the 1960’s is relevant to the youth of today. It speaks truths and facts of the past that can’t be taught in a textbook and the themes found in the pages of this novel are needed in the world today. To Kill a Mockingbird is relevant today and should be taught as young as appropriate. In chapter eleven‚ Mrs. Dubose is seen as a racist and ill-tempered old lady who
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is a common viewpoint‚ many books written in a different time era can change us and the way we think and live out everyday tasks. Even though the book Romeo and Juliet was written in a truly different time era than the one we live in it is still relevant in today’s society. Throughout the entire book many things have changed the way I view many people and my relationships with my family and friends. Looking at the way Romeo was overly dramatic about him and Juliet being unable to be together was
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Would one die for love? Think about one losing their life over another loved one. Romeo and Juliet is a relevant work for a person in modern time due to it ways of teaching one about love‚hold a grudge and also push one to much. These are always ways that Romeo and Juliet are relevant to modern society. No matter how old and out dated works of art are they always find a way to teach one. Romeo and Juliet teaches one not to jump right into love. The Romeo states “Let me be taken‚ let me put to
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Othello Othello may have been relevant to the Elizabethans but it has little to say to a contemporary audience’. I believe Othello is still relevant to a contemporary audience‚ however modern individuals often view it on a different level to the people in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare wrote the play for an audience who accepted the racist stereotypes rampant in the play‚ oblivious to their own racism. Othello was a tragic hero‚ and Iago exploited his tragic flaw’‚ in this case being insecurity
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The novel 1984 was written in 1944‚ by Orwell as a prediction of how the world is going to be like in the year 1984. The novel is about a character named Wiston‚ who lives in a society whose government controls every aspects and every instant of their citizens lives; including their thoughts. Although the year 1984‚ never became like the daunting reality portrayed in the novel; many still believe this prediction is still relevant and probable in today’s world. However‚ myself among many others believe
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Janaki Chadha Mrs. Ciarrocca AP English 3/ Block C 21 March 2012 Why Death of a Salesman Is Relevant Today On the surface‚ Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller does not seem to have much relation to modern day high school students. The story of the demise and ultimate death of Willy Loman‚ a failed salesman in his sixties‚ does not immediately come across as something high school juniors would be able to relate to. For the most part‚ it appears to be read as part of English curriculums across
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