This dramatic change in Juliet's character may leave the audience wondering about some aspects of the play: 'Was Juliet a victim of the feud?' ... At first he emphasises the fact that she is not yet fourteen and has not matured enough for marriage: 'She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;' Juliet is Capulet's only child, he does not want her to grow up and leave his household but at the same time because she is his only daughter he wants great things for her and her marrying Paris is a great opportunity for Capulet to improve his family name and have...

• Word Count: 4397
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

The Importance of Being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) Oscar Wilde said "We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." ... Jack and Algernon are characters who lie in order to be Ernest, but in doing so they are not being earnest. ... (Act 3 line 436), which says much of Gwendolen's true character. ... The implication is that the aristocracy do not understand the meaning of true love. ... Jack asks the Canon to Christen him if he has "nothing better to do" that afternoon. ...

• Word Count: 2564
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Once these psychological links go missing or get broken due to life changing events, it in turn causes a gap or break-down in one's subconscious and makes them lose who the notion of who they once were. ... The narrator thinks highly of his father and does not want to disappoint him in any way. ... During this violent raid, the brute American soldiers carried out unnecessary physical assaults on his whole family. ... The second step in an identity crisis is self-realization, where a character realizes they are becoming someone 'new', someone different then who they thought they...

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Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women's issues; they have a woman's perspective on the world. ... As soon as they are able to carry a water pot or whisk out the insects, their days are ever longer successions of toil. ... Only after the children are raised and married off does a woman begin to enjoy the fruits of love " from the children, now parents themselves, who gratefully realize what she gave them, and from a husband whose years if not his attitudes force him into co-dependence as his body gets frail and tired. ... She toils alongside him when they are faced ...

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However, it does not really mean the power of tradition contained in the old folk customs has faded away along with the change of ceremonial forms, some of the traditional rituals and folk customs have been preserved up till now. ... When a woman gets married, the Chinese character is "嫁". The character is composed of two radicals, from the left "女", which means "female", and to the right "家", which means "home", combining together it means a girl leaves the home of her parents when getting married. ... From that day on, her honor and dis...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School

The Romantics believe that society teaches conformity, and it dictates the way people see things. ... Edna is also free from the burdens of all labor, as she has servants to carry out any necessary tasks. ... Pontellier is punishing his wife for not being a more attentive mother, but he does so in a cruel and condescending manner. ... She does not smother her sons with affection, as the other mothers at Grand Isle do. ... Although she does not realize it yet, these feelings of freedom will drive her to break away from the evils of society. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

In One of Ours the main character, Claude, is confronted with life changing decisions in his social and personal lives. ... However, Claude's personal struggles do not reside strictly within the confines of his household. His troubles carry on through the story and become especially apparent in his sexual life. ... After the scene with the couple Claude's curiosity with the soldier does not die out. ... He can remember his father, but not his mother; doesn't know if he has sisters or not, -can remember seeing girls about the house, but thinks they may have been cousins" (Cather ...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School