Examples Of Sacrifice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Romeo and Juliet throughout the story, show an extreme sense of loyalty that goes along with their deep “love”. This loyalty leads them to kills themselves because they can not be with one another. Romeo is lamenting the “loss” of his wife when he says, “Beauty’s ensign yet/ Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, /And death’s pale flag is not advancèd there” (5.3.103-105). Romeo notices that Juliet does not even look dead. He says that “death’s pale flag is not advancèd” meaning the look of death has not come upon her yet. This makes his decision to kill himself even more rash because despite still seeing color in her, he drinks the poison anyways. He drinks the poison because of his loyalty and, dies unnecessarily because of the rashness his loyalty caused. Death had not “advancèd” on Juliet because moments after Romeo kills himself she wakes up. The Friar comes in and Juliet, distraught over Romeo’s death sends him away and says, “O, happy dagger,/ This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die” (5.3.174-175). Without even stopping to consider what has happened, she kills herself. She calls the dagger “happy” meaning it's good that she found it. She finds this dagger seconds after she learns Romeo is dead. Being so quick to kill herself is impulsive. Her use of the word “happy” shows that she wants to kill herself because she can not have Romeo. Her loyalty to Romeo gives her the incentive to commit suicide, a rash decision. To prove that people act rashly when they love someone Shakespeare uses Romeo and Juliet's tragic

“O happy dagger,/ This is thy sheath. There is rust, and let me die” (5.3.174-175). This may seem like a line that is only sad and depressing because Juliet is about to kill herself, but it goes much deeper. Juliet kills herself because it is part of human nature to want to escape any kind of pain. This is evident through many parts of the book and a reader may also notice that many of the characters are always seeking out pleasurable moments. Human nature has core motivations including pleasure-seeking and pain avoidance.

The suicide committed by both Juliet and Romeo demonstrates their blinding love and how they would rather love each other or not live at all. For example Romeo says,”Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe. That unsubstantial death is amorous, And that the lean abhorrèd monster keep. Thee here in dark to be his paramour? For fear of that, I still will stay with thee.” Romeo says that we would rather die with Juliet than live without her. This is a very powerful moment in the play, because it resembles that love is a poison that can kill. In reality, it is very unlikely to be able declare your love for someone only after three days. Truthfully, I believe that Romeo and Juliet didn’t love each other but fell in the love with the idea of each other, making both of them make ignorant decisions. Romeo and Juliet die because their young foolish love possessed them to do rash unintelligent things. In addition, this is another scene that demonstrates love's

“Then I’ll brief. [Finding Romeo’s dagger] O, happy dagger. This is thy sheath. [Stabs herself] there rust, and let me die.[Dies].” (Act 5 scene 3 page 82). Throughout, Romeo and Juliet take their relationship a little too fast, and they tend to make bad decisions. In the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, he ignites the idea that people should have more patience than haste. He exposes this by, having Romeo kill himself for Juliet and having Juliet kill herself for Romeo dying for her.

This can first be seen on page 404, line 50, where Shakespeare puts it,”Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized; Henceforth I will never be Romeo.” This shows how Romeo is willing to sacrifice his own name just to be called Juliet’s love. Also, this shows that Romeo will do anything for Juliet as long as they are in love. Another case where Romeo or Juliet makes a sacrifice for the other is on page 475, line 161, where Shakespeare wrote,”Go get thee hence, for I will not away. What’s here? A cup closed in my truelove’s hand? . . . This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” This clarifies how Juliet is unwilling to leave her true love, Romeo, and would rather sacrifice her life to be with his than to live without him. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet would be willing to do anything for each

Oftentimes, we must sacrifice the most important things in our lives for the greater good. This idea happens in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. In this novel, two migrant workers, Lennie and George, arrives at their new ranch to earn some money. Lennie is a mentally disabled man, who often gets into trouble. George takes care of Lennie, acting as a parent for him. Both have dreams of living together and owning private property. But their dream gets ruined when Lennie accidentally kills the owner’s daughter-in-law. Before anyone finds Lennie and torture him, George decides to kill Lennie himself. Here is the excerpt from this scene:

In Luhrmann’s film, Romeo’s love for Mercutio becomes prominent when Tybalt slays Mercutio at the abandoned theatre. Romeo’s compassion for his friend draws his fury; rage leading him to challenge Tybalt to a duel to the death. Romeo kills Tybalt at the monument in the streets of Verona Beach to avenge Mercutio. This exhibits his love towards his fallen friend. To add on, Romeo’s overwhelming love for Juliet allows him to fight his way through the police and the chaotic atmosphere to reach Capel's monument. This shows Romeo’s love to meet Juliet again is beyond his willingness to face death straight on. Additionally, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet’s mansion to speak of his love for Juliet. He states, “And but thou love me, let them find me here. / My life were better ended by their hate / Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (II.ii.75-77). He expresses that if Juliet’s love was not returned, he would rather die than live without Juliet’s love, thus showing love connects to the tragedy of death. In conclusion, Romeo’s compassion for Mercutio and his love for Juliet show that love guides people to make decisions that inevitably result in the outcome of

It's been four months, the doctors don't know what else they can do. You don't want to accept it but, she tells you to. Your daughter, your own flesh and blood, pride and joy, is begging you to stop the pain and suffering with her big cloudy doll eyes. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters, George, had come upon an unthinkable situation, where he best friend, Lennie, murders the wife of Curley. George faces the decision to weather let Lennie live, and suffer from Curley's vengeance, or to end Lennie's life permanently, and save him from suffering. The novel makes it clear that mercy killing, the act of putting an animal or human down painlessly without suffering, is a human way to show compassion towards

Have you ever felt compassionate towards someone or something? Maybe even had a dream you strived for? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck displays compassion through main character, George Milton, by having him take care of Lennie and being kind to him. George has dreams of being independent and having his own farm. George shares this dream with Lennie who is easily excited about the idea of tending the rabbits. George is happy when he can please Lennie and is nice to him rather than being cruel to him. Compassion is being fully present with someone no matter the circumstances of his or her life. George watches over Lennie, always stays with him even if he is slower and gets into trouble, and George takes care of him.

While friendships is one of their close features, loyalty is also an important trait that impacts their relationship. George and Lennie show great examples of being loyal to each other. Some examples George shows his loyalty to Lennie is by whenever they come across trouble, George still stays with him and never abandoning him. George makes the ultimate sacrifices for Lennie, he chooses to help Lennie escape from town. Lennie basically needs George to survive. Steinbeck shows that the loyalty and sacrifices between them will show people that no matter how much it it takes, you can do whatever it takes to help your friend. George stays with Lennie through thick and thin.

Some people have to face difficult decisions in their life. In fact, some people have to make decisions between life and death. In John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are best friends and migrant workers during the Great Depression. Many characters face discrimination in the story including Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. Lennie is a tall guy who has a mental disability which makes it hard to distinguish between right and wrong. Crooks faces racism everyday, while Candy deals with ageism. On the other hand, Curley is a small man who is very intimidated by men bigger and stronger than him. George acts as Lennie’s caretaker and best friend. But, George realizes he has to make a life-changing decision when Curley threatens to hunt

In the three text Of Mice And Men, Antigone and Death Of A Salesmen, the main characters all sacrifice their lives in some way or another. Lennie gets shot in the head, Antigone hangs herself and Willy drives off a bridge. In the three text, the characters sacrificed their lives they didn't really want.

In of Mice and Men, George makes sacrifices for Lennie every day that prove how much Lennie means to him. George does not owe anything to Lennie, yet he still makes sacrifices for Lennie that affect him personally. “…God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live

Shakespeare manifests the final scene of Romeo and Juliet to illustrate how love triumphs over the terror of death and depicts how the Capulet and Montague parents’ mutual love for their children dismisses the ancient feud. The protagonists, Romeo and Juliet’s preference of being killed rather than “death be prorogued, wanting thy love” (Page 91; Act 2, Scene 2), indicates they would rather die than death be delayed without the fulfilment of each other’s love. Romeo commits suicide as he is unaware that Juliet’s death is fiction, which results in Juliet finding his corpse when she awakens and stabs herself as they both do not wish to live with the absence of each other’s love. Again, Shakespeare portrays that love conquers the most feared prospect of life:

This quote exhibits two important qualities of love. One, it portrays the marvelous side of love that everyone strives to obtain. Two, it shows the lousy and often overlooked side of love. It does this by describing love as smoke. If the smoke clears, the lovers are entranced in each other’s love. If not, it leads to tears or in other words sadness. On a basic level, Shakespeare shows one that depending on how one treats love it will lead that person to either great happiness and prosperity, or despair and grief. Based on these conclusions, by putting this message so early in the book he foreshadows the later sadness throughout the book that Romeo and Juliet’s love will cause. In order for Romeo and Juliet’s love to conquer the hate, they have to watch for the unpleasant repercussions of their love that may strain their relationship. Moreover, another way Shakespeare demonstrates Romeo and Juliet’s heartwarming relationship is by showing some of the later consequences their relationship causes. Shakespeare shows some of these ramifications when Juliet’s closest family members find out that Juliet is dead, Lord Capulet states, “Death, that hath ta’en her hence to make me wail, Ties up my tongue and will not let me speak” (Shakespeare, 201) This quote displays the sadness that Juliet has caused to her family. Her dad overwhelmed with sadness, can’t cry because as a father, Lord Capulet’s only will to live was for Juliet. The reason Juliet fakes her death is to be with Romeo. In her mind, her love for Romeo is more important than anything else. Juliet’s disregard for how her actions may affect others demonstrates ignorance on her part. Her stupidity leaves everyone in her family hurting and begging for mercy. Despite overcoming the hate for her relationship by finding an otherwise ingenious solution to the problem. It leads to other problems. Consequently, everyone’s lives are now worse, because Juliet