Santha Rama Rau's By Any Other Name

In this essay, I will take a gander at the play of Romeo and Juliet. I will examine how Shakespeare has utilized dialect in the play for symbolic impact. I will also see how Shakespeare has displayed love and the path in which Romeo and Juliet converse with each other, I might choose whether their affection was genuine and discuss their parents differentiating perspectives and conclusions. I will likewise remark on the play's pertinence today and perceive how Shakespeare has utilized dramatic devices and structures to improve the discussion between the youthful lovers. All throughout the play, there is a consistent theme of love and destiny, I will be dissecting this subject and show how it influences Romeo and Juliet.

The character identity of Romeo is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet show the reader that when emotion and lust cloud the mind, it is hard to see through it to the other side. Romeo doesn’t even try to see through it, he just wants to live in the moment. Romeo could have been more responsible with Juliet and even though he didn’t have many trusting people surrounding him, it was still not a grand move on his part and it resulted in his and Juliet’s

In life, people are changing constantly. Sometimes it is for good and sometimes it is for bad. The same goes for Romeo in the play entitled Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Romeo makes many changes throughout the play, but none bigger than his love. He starts off loving Rosaline, but soon finds more love with Juliet. Because of his change in lovers, his emotions become entirely different from the beginning of the play. He starts off as depressed and melancholy, and then suddenly finds joy and happiness in life. Romeo gains maturity as the play continues. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. The plot is focused on a feud involving two royal families set in the late 1500’s. Romeo and Juliet are from the two different families and are stuck in the crossfire. Because of this feud, Romeo must adapt and make many changes throughout the play. Romeo makes many changes throughout the play that have good and bad consequences.

Whether if they are evil or good, kind or malicious, it is in no way related to their name. When Juliet calls off her balcony after the party, she states, “Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, thou not a Montague,” realizing that even though she's been told all her life that Montagues are to be loathed, that they are an abomination, that these things are insignificant to one's identity. That Montague “is nor hand, nor foot” (2.2.41-43). Likewise Romeo realizes that a name does not matter when he states that he “henceforth… never will be Romeo”(2.2.55). The two admit to the deception of their family feud, as they see each other separate from their family name. The collision of these two characters made them throw away their biased beliefs of their identity to join together as one in

Compare and contrast the ways Cisneros and Piercy feel about names in general and their own names in the Vignette “My Name” and the poem “’If I had been called Sabrina or Ann,’ she said.” Comment on the language and language techniques used.

The main idea of “My Name” was to specify that the narrator name was a huge burden on her, which she does not seem to like or want to be defined by. The text tells us that the effect of words can be a burden on individual, which leaves the lasting effect of negativity and drought. Sandra Cisneros purpose on writing “My Name” was to indicate how big of an impact a person's name can have on their reflection of the who they are and who they are bound to be, in others words a name is more than a word given to you the people who named you. This brings up issues mainly identity and sense of reassurance. The background of this excerpt is from the book The House on Mango Street (1984) by Sandra Cisneros. The story is organized in short paragraphs, which made the story much more effective by keeping it simple, but providing as much as information regarding identity, culture, and doubt. The tone of this story in very negative, because the narrator Esperanza is

The two sisters,Premila and Santha in the short story “By Any Other Name” shows on how people in their new school would mistreated them due to their ethnicity. Both Premila and Santha went to a Anglo-Indian day school in Zorinabad where a teacher decided to changed their names to Pamela and Cynthia. Pamela was Premila and Cynthia was Santha ,the teacher decided to change their names because they were too difficult for her to pronounce.The Indian children sat in the back of the classroom and the

" 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; / Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. / What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, / Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part / Belonging to a man.  O, be some other name! / What's in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet; / So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, / Retain that dear perfection which he owes /

Juliet is not unlike the typical young women constantly struggling to find happiness and acceptance from those who are closest to her. Young Juliet must confront the harsh reality that exists between her and those who profess to be her friends and family, which is they failed to support her, love her, and lift her up with she needed it most. In the timeless book, “Romeo & Juliet” William Shakespeare writes a moving story about the betrayal, disappointment, love, and eventual death of Romeo and Juliet. No reader can truly appreciate and understand the level of Juliet’s struggles without first understanding the roles the Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo, their betrayal and their role in her faithful decision.

Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, is a text that is read by a majority of students at some point in their experience of education. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two children, from feuding families, falling in love. Moreover,the families abhor each other, meaning that the two lovers must keep their romance secret. Consequently,the lovers end up committing suicide, after they think the other is dead, finally ending the feud between the families. In one scene, the lovers are close by and are talking about the other, and their love. One of the lovers, Juliet, says “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other word would smell as sweet.” (II, ii, 46-47) This quote by Juliet is exemplifying the message that a name, does not change who someone is. Her family had a prejudice against Romeo, her lover, solely because of who he was related to. In the case that Romeo was not judged in behalf of his family, he and Juliet would

Suppose we give you pretty English names wouldn’t that be more jolly”(Rau, Pg71). At that moment, Santha saw herself losing her self- belief on her ability to adjust into the school system. She felt that having to choose another name aside from her given name made her inferior and it felt like her real name was meaningless and lacked integrity.  Santha didn't last more than a week in the school, because Premila came into her class one day and told her to gather up her things because of they were going home for good, Premila couldn't take the degradation being passed to her.Premila explained to her Mother “She said it was because indians cheat”(Rau,Pg75).The generalizing and dehumanization of the Indian culture through language hurt santha and, her sister so much  hereby leaving a bad taste of the school to them. It made them feel like they did not belong there .This supports the Bosmajian theory that name can also be used to dehumanize: and separate human beings. Santha was just a child, but she did not fully understand how Indians was being treated in another society and, she was handed a first hand experience in the school. Santha’s sister acted  the exact way Bosmajian wishes more people would act. He wishes for those who will find themselves  in such situation to act upon it and not allow it to continue because with time it can turn into a norm.He also wanted  individuals  that are

In the story By any other name by Santha Rama Rau, Santha and her sister, Premila, move to a different school that changes them in ways that affect their culture. In the beginning, the headmistress says, “Suppose we give you pretty English names (35).” This creates the beginning of how the American culture is affecting Santha and Premila by changing their Indian names because it is too hard for everyone else to pronounce. The sisters are also starting to question their lunch: “Premila and I were the only ones who had Indian food (37).” This explains how their culture is conflicting with everyone else’s and how they are viewing themselves as different. Throughout these two quotes, it shows how both cultures, people from the school and Santha and Premila’s, are conflicting and changing one another while they are viewing each other differently.

A person’s heritage and cultural identity may be lost when moving to a new country where the culture is different and other cultures are not easily accepted. In the short story “Hindus”, Bharati Mukherjee uses setting, characters and the plot to discuss what it is like to lose your cultural identity while being a visible minority in America. Mukherjee uses the plot to describe the events that take place in the main characters life that lead her to realize how different the culture and life is in the America’s. She also uses the characters as a way of demonstrating how moving away from one’s culture and heritage can change a person’s perspective and ways of thinking. Mukerjee also uses setting in her story to identity the physical differences in culture between living in India and America. Alike the setting and characters, the plot helps describe the loss of culture with a sequence of events.

The meaning of names is a central focus of the novel, because names define people. Their worth and functions are summarized by the names. To some extent, the names also discourage originality. This occurs especially to

Juliet from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare says about Romeo, “‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy.” She claims that it is Romeo’s name, Montague, that is her enemy, and not Romeo himself, although Romeo’s name influenced who he was. Most of the time, names are given to people by their family members after they are born. However, there are also people who choose their own names. Most names have a meaning behind them. That meaning doesn’t always represent who we are. In my case, my name has a story behind it. Everyone’s names were chosen for a reason, even if that reason is insignificant.