From the start of the play to the finish the author (William Shakespeare) gives away little hints about Romeo and Juliet and how they are destined to die tragically. ... In the prologue line 6 it says, "A pair of start-crossed lovers take their life." ... It is evident that Juliet wishes that Romeo was not a Montague in Act 2 Scene 2 Line 40, "What's Montague? ... In Act 3 Scene 2 Line 21 Juliet imagines Romeo being dead and among the stars, she also cannot help what she is feeling. ... All through the play Romeo dreams of this, the last time he does is in Act 5 Scene 1 Line 6. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although the last line is abrupt, it finishes off the poem very profoundly. In the first part of the last line, the boy realizes how small the box is that his brother lies in "A four foot box." In the last part of the last line, the boy realizes how young his brother was to face death "a foot for every year."This last line sums up the poem and the realization of the speaker very well. ...

• Word Count: 564
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• Grade Level: High School

The passing between the various rooms communicates Dickinson's attitude that there is only a fine line that separates life from death for humans. ... "A blame that others could exist while she must finish quiet." ... This line speaks of the living people's jealousy that with her death, the friend no longer must deal with the emotions of life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Owen finishes this poem by saying to not tell children who want glory that to die for your country is not as sweet as it may seem. ... He ends with the line "Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori." rightfully. ...

• Word Count: 381
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• Grade Level: High School

The nurse says, "But she hates her children and feels no joy in seeing them"(line 36-7). This line causes us to believe that Medea hates her children as well as Jason. ... She never mentions her children on that line, meaning that she does not hate them directly. Medea, before killing her children, says, "go forward to where life's pain begins" (line 1245). The notes say that "where life's pain begins" is a "Greek metaphor of the post which marked both the start and the finish of a running race" (page 178 line 1245). ...

• Word Count: 1020
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The nurse says, "But she hates her children and feels no joy in seeing them"(line 36-7). This line causes us to believe that Medea hates her children as well as Jason. ... She never mentions her children on that line, meaning that she does not hate them directly. Medea, before killing her children, says, "go forward to where life's pain begins" (line 1245). The notes say that "where life's pain begins" is a "Greek metaphor of the post which marked both the start and the finish of a running race" (page 178 line 1245). ...

• Word Count: 999
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

He says, "Rage, rage against the dying of the light" (Thomas Line 3). ... In "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", Thomas feel angry at the prospect of his father's death, that's why he gives encouragement and persuasion to his father and telling him to fight against death "the dying of the light" (Thomas line 3). ... It appearance that Thomas advises all people to finish their task end of the day, means people should live a complete live before they die. ...

• Word Count: 1338
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

20.1 million Adults have been diagnosed with a terminal illness such as cancer (CDC). Terminal illness is a disease that cannot be cured or properly treated resulting in death of the patient within a short period of time. Coming from a family who has a long history of terminal cancer, I have experie...

• Word Count: 1042
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores many aspects of the conscious and unconscious mind. Shelley uses light and dark throughout the novel to symbolize the duality of the mind, a representation of Victor's conscious and unconscious mind. Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not s...

• Word Count: 2532
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate