This is the greatest conflict created in the story and is a base dispute to others in the rest of the play. ... This can be seen in the following quote. ... (prologue p.673) The quote contains phrases about the lovers taking their lives, and the fearful passage of death marked love. ... Romeo and Juliet's relationship is ill-fated by how the prologue suggests death, and how the developments of the story continue to suggest a dismal end to their lives and relationship. ...

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Doubt the truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love" (Shakespeare quotes hamlet). ... This story ends in a tragedy, unlike many others with makes it distinguishable and why it is also so well known, this isn't a love story, but a story of violence and tragedy.Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to portray Romeo and Juliet's fate which helps the reader understand the plot points that are to appear. ... The optimistic view on this play is that it is a love story of the two falling in love and sacrificing themselves for one another when it is really a tragedy fate has set up in which ...

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In dramas like Othello, there are certain things the author uses to add tension and suspense, hinting at events to come in the story. ... In other cases, foreshadowing is used to convey the overall theme of the story. ... In this quote, Othello is saying that If some lying, cheating villain acted like that, it would just be a trick, which foreshadows what Iago's plans for the future is. ... At first, he refused to believe the stories he was being told by Iago. ... I believe this quote foreshadows Othello's suicide, which they could only be happy together when they are both dead. ...

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Throughout the story, the characters that talk the most are Mel and Terri, talking about past events in their lives: As the couples tell their story, they both disagree on what they truly think love is and give their reasons on why they are right while Nick and Laura do not really say much: "He was dangerous. ... This quotes comes after Mel was telling about Terri's ex husband and the events that occurred during and after Terri and her ex husband's marriage.The memories that Mel and Terri converse about and how they explain what "love" really is, composes Carver's...

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The fact that the kids were Medea's also makes the whole story bizarre. Medea is quoted as saying to Jason, "I loathed you more than I loved them. ... The prosecution also quoted Medea saying, "I have subtle means, and more deadly cruel; I have my dark art that fools call witchcraft." The prosecution believes that this quote is referring to the garments that were sent to Cruesa. ...

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The marriages in this story consisted of people from the upper classes. ... Within the story there are smaller courtships: Mr. ... This is a quote from Charlotte Lucas, one of the female characters in Pride and Prejudice. It is a quote that I feel exemplifies the general feelings against marriage for this time period and the people in upper class England. ... These two stories outline different courtship rituals of Victorian life. ...

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This theory adds an interesting element to the story. It is not until one reaches the end of the story that the true ending of the story becomes clear. ... This led to the story being more interesting to the audience. ... The violence is easily seen in this quote when the son wishes the mother to be dead. ... The ending of the story best illustrates the interaction of love and violence. ...

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My child I sinned for thee-- in this quote I think the nurse is saying that she knows that shi did wrong but she did it in the best interests of her child. ... In some ways Lady Clare is a typical ballad because it : • Has a leading and strong character • Tells a story • Set in a historical setting And this is what most ballads have. ... It has a very easy to follow story. 2. ... And it has a very good story-line So over all the ballad is very good and interesting to read....

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George, her husband (whose name was mentioned throughout the story) is more content with life; he is relaxed and reading his novel. The only time his wife gets his full attention is when the story points out "he rests his eyes from his book." ... The American wife quotes, "If I can't have long hair or any fun I want a cat." ... The story mentions her of watching the hotelkeeper with a sense of admiration this caused her to revert to a youthful state of mind. ... When the hotelkeeper paid attention to her for a slight instant the story acknowledged she felt of supreme importance. ...

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Though other viewers may think differently of this quote, to me, in my opinion, I think it means, it is better to not know what is going on and be pretty then to know what is going on because you can not act on it. ... The point of this quote is that, that daughter, should grow up being beautiful because a lot of rich man will look at her appearance and marry her and she does not have to use a brain, that is all she needs in life is her appearance. ... Next, in this story, if there was a couple who I think was truly in love was Jay Gatsby and Daisy. ...

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Tita never feels a close mother-daughter bond, but instead believes that her mother "had repressed Tita her entire life." "(38) This quote summarizes Mama Elena's harsh and abusive relationship towards Tita. ... She turned away every one of Tita's delicious dishes, "[Mama Elena] absolutely refused to eat anything that Tita had cooked." " (133) This quote connects Mama's actions to Tita's maturity. ... Tita's triumphant story of escape from an abusive mother and breaking cultural traditions is something needed in our society. ...

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"When glided in Prophyria; straight/ She shut the cold out and the storm/ And kneeled and make the cheerless grate/ Blaze up, and all the cottage warm;/ Which done, she rose, and from her from/ Withdrew the dripping cloak and shawl/ And laid her soiled gloves by, united/ Her hat and let the damp hair fall/ And, last, she sat down by my side" This quote describes so much. ... The last line of this quote expresses how the man feels inferior to the woman's belongings. ... It is a very descriptive story that slowly helps the reader understand the mental and emotional status of the speaker....

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In The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne creates a story where every emotion is shown. The story shows who the characters really are and what they are all about. ... Both the story and the song show the pain, guilt, wondering, and love Hester, Pearl, Chillingworth, and Dimmesdale feel. ... The quote from the book that best describes the song and Hester is, "But Hester Prynne, with a mind of native courage and activity, and for so long a period not merely estranged, but outlawed, from society, had habituated herself to such latitude of speculation as was altogether foreign to the clergyman. ... The...

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Consequences In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story" In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story," there is a very specific idea presented. ... Hemingway quotes, "Living in the muddy, rainy town in the winter, the major of the battalion made love to Luz, and she had never known Italians before, and finally wrote back to the States that theirs had been only a boy and girl affair" (359). ... The story ends shortly after this deplorable news. ... On the contrary, if one were to look deeper into the story, he would find that the story has a main topic. ... "A Ve...

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Romeo and Juliet was an epic story. ... The story shows the hatred between two families, and the secret love of two lovers. ... Tybalt becomes appalled by Rome's nerve to come to a Capulet party, so e wants to kill him, I quote," Now by the stock and honor of my kin, To strike him dead I hold it not sin." ... This story brings out the themes of the hatred shared between two families, and the secret lovers caught in the middle. ...

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As I quoted, Landon said "It was, I remember, the most wonderful moment in my life". ... This story is not only a story about romance and drama but also about how faith - in ourselves and the belief of what the future holds for us -- can transform and define us and bring us truly alive. ... Overall, I found this story fascinating, intriguing and very meaningful. It's a simple story of redemption and the power of love, told from the point of view of teenagers. Personally, I found this story very inspiring. ...

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As a narrator, his vanity and unfamiliarity with the story occasionally lead him to misunderstand events. ... As is shown in the quote below Heathcliff didn't really want to let Lockwood in but had no choice really. ... She tells of the passionate love story of Heathcliff and Cathy. Lockwood's reaction to the story of Heathcliff and Cathy's story is too be expected from what we already know about him. ... In Wuthering Heights, stories are often told within stories, with much of the information being revealed second-handed. ...

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Andrew Leonard, a contributing editor for Newsweek and a senior technology correspondent of the online magazine Salon.com, is the author of the report "We've Got Mail-Always". In the report he describes the conveniences and inconveniences of e-mail. He opens the report by asking, "Is e-mail a bles...

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The narrative starts off with a quote that is utterly contradictory, "I am dead, but it's not so bad". ... The narrator of the novel is R, communicating the story through his point of view as a zombie. ... Alternatively, he encapsulates the story well and overall realistically portrays his character to its full extent. ... To conclude, overall the novel was an abnormally interesting and worthwhile read, incorporating humorous originality within the heartfelt story line. ... The novel provocatively incorporates different themes within the plot of the story. ...

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Conversely, Wuthering Heights, is most often described as one of the most tragic and heart breaking love stories ever told. However, revenge masked as justice and possessive jealousy parading as love are the central themes to a plot that thickens with hate and contempt as the story unfolds. ... At this early stage in the story, Cathy is still in love with the idea of Heathcliff's childhood devotion to her, not the reality of what their lives would really be like as an adult couple. ... Bronte reveals Heathcliff's true nature and intent with this infamous quote: "Treachery and ...

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Now doesn't that sound like a dreamy, inspirational story? ... Another stride came at one point in the week when I faced the inner me after spending countless hours feeding homeless people, and embossed into my brain a simple phrase that's slipped by me throughout the years as my father so unobtrusively loves to quotes: "Life isn't a fashion show!...

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The Effects of Ethan Frome's Dishonor to Responsibilities Ethan Frome by, Edith Wharton is a story of an ill-fated love, set during the winter of a rural New England town called Starkfield. ... "If she'd [Mattie'd] ha' died, Ethan might ha' lived" This has become one of the most meaningful quotes in the book. ...

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Romeo's quotes indicate his impracticality by falling in and out of love in about four to six hours. ... Romeo's navety leads to the climax of the story, without Romeo's navety there would be no "Romeo and Juliet-. ... Tybalt's death is the climax of the story. ...

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Prior to Harry's death, his attachments to life allow him to ruin his relations with his companions though symbolism In this story, Arrogance is the crisis of conscience that is the root of all evil. ... The duality of the quote is Harry expressing his love for Helen, as he truly does love her but he his emotionally afraid to love. ... Hemingway cleverly situated the story on Kilimanjaro to analyze a characters life. ...

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In Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane eyre, the main character Jane was put into tough positions throughout the story. ... Jane quoted "He bullied and punished me;not two or three times in the week,nor once or twice in a day, but continually: every nerve i feared him, and every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near".... Jane proved that since her miserable days during childhood, she was still driving herself to make improvements and they obviously paid off with the ending of the story. ...

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