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The value of money is important in today’s society, but the value of family should always come first. In the play written by Lorraine Hansberry, “A Raisin In The Sun”, an African American family of four (soon to be five) struggle financially to make ends meet. They let the greed of money get in the…

In this ever changing world, not much stays the same. What is constant is William Shakespeare’s stories and their connection to human nature. Not only are his plays well known for their exciting and intricate plot lines but for his ability to connect his characters to the audience; to allow the audience to feel like…

In Sophocles “Oedipus Rex” and in the Homer ” The Odyssey”, the two main characters Odysseus and Oedipus both have similar traits like temperament, hastyness, and a reckless behavior. Both Odysseus and Oedipus are both arrogant, which lead them to their own demise. Odysseus and Oedipus’s emotions are what usually cause them to be hasty…

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is a modern day tragedy, fitting Aristotle’s definition quite neatly. It possesses all the necessary elements: human sufferings with a certain sense of audience fulfillment, a sad story which represents a character with a tragic flaw leading to their downfall. In addition, in traditional tragedy, the main character…

I believe that the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Because of the feud, Romeo and Juliet could not be together as the two families despised one another. In the prologue Shakespeare wrote: “from ancient grudge”, this hyperbole implies that this feud has been…

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1997) both have an emphasised concept of civil disruption and chaos. Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s 16th century romantic tragedy play about two young star-crossed lovers whose untimely deaths reconcile their feuding families. It was written among Shakespeare’s most…

Mythology has been prevalent in various forms of writing, and still is to this day. Mythology affected how the Montagues and Capulets believed planets and the world around them worked because they had no other explanation for how the world worked. All throughout Romeo and Juliet there are either direct or subtle references back to…

In the quest for the American dream numerous things can be lost, this is reflected in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the play Death of a Salesman by Author Miller. Both of these works exhibit the lengths that a few people will go to so as to accomplish the cliché…

The protagonist, Othello is the head in the Venetian Amy. Throughout powerful and intense on the battlefield , Othello is transformed to the overwhelmed with Desdemona’s existence. Desdemona is Othello’s Partener and as fascinated by him. Desdemona and Othello’s love is polarized in some ways: She is Ventian woman from the upper class family, while…

Reading a play is quite different from watching a movie based on it. This is because, a play is meant to be performed on stage, in front of a live audience. The visual and audio aspects of the movie greatly separate it from its written form. Therefore, the perspective of a reader is quite different…