Ezra Pounds poem "The Jewel Stairs' grievance" was a little confusing to me to be honest. ... This story resembles a lot of Disney movies to me where there's a prince and the entire story revolves where she's on a mission to find her prince charming. (REFERENCES CAN BE FOUND BELOW JOURNAL) Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 was also a little confusing to me as well from the old English language it used. ... There love should grow because of the little time he has left. ... The words he use from months to hours and then minutes demonstrates how sporadically time is going ...

• Word Count: 1745
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• Grade Level: High School

In the course of the play, the young lovers are driven to defy their entire social world: families ("Deny thy father and refuse thy name," Juliet asks, "Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, / And I'll no longer be a Capulet" II.ii. 34-35); friends (Romeo abandons Mercutio and Benvolio after the feast in order to go to Juliet's garden II.i); and ruler (Romeo returns to Verona for Juliet's sake after being exiled by the Prince on pain of death in II.i.76-78). ... Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, approached Lord Capulet with the intent of marrying his fair daughter, Juliet, bu...

• Word Count: 1908
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Little does Romeo realize that this force that is driving his sail is fate. ... In Act V, scene iii, The Prince says, "A glooming peace this morning with it brings..." after the two are discovered dead and their marriage revealed by the Friar. ... The Prince was fed up with them and their brawls, such as Act I, scene i, "...By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets...If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." ... After a little time had passed, Ulrich had an idea. ...

• Word Count: 2083
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• Grade Level: High School

Add in the little detail that Juliet is the daughter of his father's most hated enemy, and we have ourselves a nice juicy plot. What teenager can resist a little rebellion? ... The Prince admonishes them: "See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love....

• Word Count: 1508
• Approx Pages: 6
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They lived in an aural society where they needed little visual source to understand. ... Tassel-gentle means a bird of princes showing the respect Juliet has for Romeo Romeo calls Juliet "a niesse", which tells the audience what Romeo thinks about Juliet. ...

• Word Count: 1794
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School