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    is the undeniable power of love? Romeo and Juliet‚ a love story that couples use as a metaphor for love‚ or is it? In the story‚ the families the Montagues and the Capulets are in a long running feud. Both Romeo and JUliet are not even older than 14. The story by shakespeare‚ also features the both of their suicides in the end. Both of them could not live without the other‚ it seemed they would rather die. There are many people who agree to the message of undeniable love‚ but some people who don’t

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    The Book Thief‚ love can be seen throughout the book. Love by definition is “ an intense feeling of deep affection". However‚ love isn’t necessarily an intense feeling of deep endearment. There are conflicting types of love such as friendship love or family love. In “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak‚ the Nazi’s are in power at the time and the citizens of Germany have to withstand the austerity’s that come alongside with their position in power. The characters have to learn to love in the face of great

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    the types of love that she interacts with. In “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin‚ the author contrasts the three different men who love Edna with each other‚ revealing the different types of love that each of them represent‚ causing Edna to understand the type of love that she relates most too. The first man that Edna comes in contact with in the novel is her Husband‚ Mr. Pontellier. The author uses this father and husband figure to create the sense of commitment that comes from love‚ but nothing

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    Eudora Welty is praised as a prominent writer in the Modern Period of American literature. True to her specific writing style‚ "A Worn Path" incorporates the local color of the South‚ giving the short story a unique lovability and charm. Likewise‚ true to the idea of Realism‚ the story has no real action. Instead‚ it focuses on developing and revealing characters. In addition‚ the story alludes to the legend of the phoenix. Thus‚ "A Worn Path" is a perfect example of the concept of Realism in writing

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    How does love in Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream relate to the love today between teens in present day? Shakespeare uses many love tactics that are used even today between teens to show how love stays the same throughout the years and through time itself. “You have her father’s love‚ Demetrius. Let me have Hermia’s: do you marry him.” (1.1.95-96) “Before the time I did Lysander see Seem’d Athens as a paradise to me. O‚ then‚ what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven

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    others have to aspire to reach. It’s a way to show how people define something as a classic. One such “classic” is Shakespeare’s famous love story‚ Romeo and Juliet. Known as one of the best love stories of all time‚ it is a story about two “star-crossed lovers” whose fate was that they were never truly meant to be. But it doesn’t mean they couldn’t try. Many love stories written are compared to Romeo and Juliet‚ usually being told they aren’t as well written as this play. Known also for its beautiful

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    Shakespeare uses young love to suggest that young love can make you do foolish things. He establishes this message in Act I‚ Scene V‚ Act II Scene II‚ and Act II‚ Scene VI. In act Act I‚ Scene V Shakespeare states that young love can make you do foolish things.In this scene‚ Romeo and Juliet quickly fall for one another after they exchange a kiss.Romeo says “Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take. Thus from my lips‚ by thine my sin is purged.” and Juliet says “Oh my love sprung from my only

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    to his true love‚ a million end up running after a different lover.” (pg. 91) Shakespeare uses the comedy of Midsummer’s Night Dream to show the many complexities of love. For example‚ Egeus wants his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius‚ but she is in love with Lysander and him with her. Meanwhile Helena is in love with Demetrius‚ who obviously does not feel the same about her. Even the play that the rude mechanicals put on for Theseus is based around the humor and complexities of love. Hermia

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    “A Worn Path” was written by Eudora Welty and published in 1941. It can be found at www.theatlantic.com. This story is about the elderly Phoenix Jackson in December as she walks through the frozen Natchez woods to town. Along the way‚ she faces a variety of life such as the cur of a dog. Also‚ she is taking the selfless journey for her injured grandson. Phoenix Jackson encounters three conflicts in the story: woman vs. man‚ woman vs. self‚ and woman vs. nature. Phoenix Jackson encounters a hunter

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    Path" In "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty‚ the protagonist Phoenix Jackson helps portray the theme that people will do anything for whom they love. Everyday people are going out of their way to make either a theoretical or literal journey to help someone they love. In the movie "The Notebook" a man tells the story of his and his wife’s whole life every day to his wife because she has Alzheimer’s and can’t remember who she is. He does this not only because he loves her‚ but to see the faint glimmer

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