made such hasty decisions. These people most often can agree that the leaders of the Montague and Capulet families are the only ones left to punish in this situation. After all‚ they were the ones who put everyone in this situation. The parents do deserve a lot of blame‚ but they are not the only ones who deserve it‚ and the kids were not mere innocent
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Slips of Fate In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ the author uses irony to expand on a theme of traditions that continue although they are ludicrous and barbaric. “Like a lamb to slaughter” comes to mind for both the characters in this story and the reader. The characters are honoring a tradition that is handed down to them from former generations. The reader is led through the seemingly normal and quaint little village‚ and is taken on a ride of ironic
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An Inspector Calls is a play set in 1912. In the play‚ Gerald and Sheila are enjoying an engagement party when intrudes a ‘police inspector’ who reveals that a lower class woman drank disinfectant and died. The inspector gradually reveals that every member of the family plays a part in the girl’s death. What is important about this play‚ and at first seems irrelevant‚ is that it is set in 1912. What must be remembered is that today if a young woman was struggling with the dilemmas that Eva Smith
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of destiny in Conrad’s criticism of colonialism. We will avail ourselves of the two knitting women to explore the relationship between Marlow and destiny and‚ thus‚ discover the philosophical ideas through which Conrad achieves his purpose. The story that we are told in Heart of Darkness is actually a frame story full of symbolism that reveals some of the features by which modernist literature would come to be distinguished at the beginning of the 20th
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dreams are like a medium for fate to speak to him of his tragic death. While Romeo is in Mantua‚ he awakes from a dream of Juliet and his seemingly pleasurable future with her then joyfully says‚ “If I may trust the flattering truth of sheep‚ my dreams presage some joyful news at hand.” (5.1.1-2). The word ‘presage’ immediately hints that this is a dream about his fortune‚ and is a clear display of Shakespeare using foreshadowing to demonstrate the recurring theme of fate being in control of their lives
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Fate is responsible for many events‚ such as the tragedy of Oedipus. Although some people may lay the fault on others‚ they were really just part of fate’s plans all along. Jocasta and Laius‚ a queen and King from ancient Greece‚ found out they were to have a son. But they did not know from the moment Jocasta became pregnant‚ fate had plans for their son. Before he was even born Oedipus was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Despite his parent’s attempt to kill him as a baby
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to do all sorts of weird things in their lives‚ so I guess once could say that I was fascinated by the power it held over people. Thus‚ this ultimate factor of all life served as my inspiration for writing this piece. The structure of‚ “The Looming Fate”‚ is one that follows the ABC rhyme scheme for I believed that it would make the piece structured‚ but not overall forcing the rhyming factor in. I had a desire to structure the piece as three individual stanzas‚ each one telling its own story‚ a story
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Australian high school students are taking a well-deserved break and going on ‘schoolies’. Charlotte York contends in her opinion piece titled ‘“Blame the “Toolies”‚ not the “Schoolies”’ published in The Herald Sun on October 12th 2015‚ that schoolies is being misrepresented and blackened by childish and immature minorities. This opinion piece appeals to those who read the Herald Sun and/or are parents or graduated high school leavers. York begins by establishing a case for the value of schoolies‚ presenting
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would be a play that explains how fate is too powerful to conquer. Oedipus’s fate was what caused his downfall‚ there was nothing he could do. Depending on what religion their culture is fond of‚ the god/gods would have wanted Oedipus to kill his own father‚ marry his mother‚ and stab his eyes out. Oedipus couldn’t have done anything about it. Fate led Oedipus to the crossroads as said in the play‚ "Short work‚ by god-with one blow of the staff" (Sophocles 189). Fate was the one that decided all his
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Sophocles displays a topic that many people debate on: whether we believe in fate or freewill. Oedipus is king of Thebes. He came to his throne by killing his father and marrying his mother who abandoned him while he was young. The gods are all knowing and all powerful‚ so they had sealed the fate for Oedipus. Therefore‚ while Oedipus did make many mistakes‚ the gods are to blame because‚ because they control Oedipus’ fate and they put all the townspeople in Many mistakenly believe
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