The scene of the trial is centrally related to the novel’s main themes, i.e. prejudice, and a courageous man’s lone battle to ensure justice and establish truth in a hate corrupted community. Here we see Atticus’s professional skill, his humility, decency and compassion. We see the two marginalized groups, the white trash, immoral, abusive and …
Destiny deals out a contextual role in the gradual formation of the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Before the play, readers are introduced to Romeo and Juliet as ‘star-cross’d lovers’, denoting that the two lovers were meant to fall in love and face such untimely death, as it was written in the stars. Astrology …
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I imagine this midnight moment’s forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock’s loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness: Cold, delicately as the dark snow, A fox’s nose touches twig, leaf; Two eyes …
Mother to Son BY LANGSTON HUGHES Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in …
Set in the city of Verona, “Romeo and Juliet” constantly alters between settings, specifically to construct the mood and enhance the use of sensory language in each scene. Shakespeare designs the atmosphere relative to the emotions presented in each scene which create an ambience that influences how each episode is carried out. In the first …
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The act of courage is played out by characters in different forms in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. It takes place with small acts such as Miss Maudie not complaining when her house is burned down, or acts which changes the entire way of a character is perceived, such as Mrs. Dubose’s fight against her addiction. …
Juliet’s relationship with her parents seems quite formal and undergoes drastic change during the play. The Capulets expect total obedience from her and force her to take extreme measures when she holds her own opinion. Juliet’s Relationship with the Nurse Juliet, the only daughter of the house of Capulet, does not have a close relationship …
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