William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

He describes the place full of “fine people and gay colours” (471) and “unimaginable splendour” (472) in comparison to the “cracked”, “dripping” and “grimy” house of his. Later, the story moves to New York, where he is able to experience all the luxuries he had dreamt of; “frock coat and dress clothes”, “silver mounted brushes” (480), “white linen” and “many-coloured wine glasses” (483). While the description Carnegie Hall presents a lavish fantasy world, New York is where everything that Paul had ever desired was reality. By moving to New York, Paul banishes his ‘dream’ at Carnegie, his real identity at Cornelia Street and steps into a fake-reality that truly expresses the insanity of bi-polarity.

SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.

In conclusion, the choices made by the fisher family in Tangerine affected Paul greatly by making him feel fear, unimportant and gave him a low self

Should one of Shakespeare 's most famous plays, Romeo, and Juliet, be removed from the freshman English curriculum? Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare and is a tragic play about two star-crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet, the two main character, deny their family’s feud and choose to fall in love, but the choices they let others and themselves make lead to their untimely death. The classic play was written in mostly sonnets, a form of poetry and contains most of the English literature devices like figurative language, foreshadowing, imagery, etc... Also, Romeo and Juliet has part of the English curriculum for decades. Romeo and Juliet should still be part of Niles West learning curriculum since it’s still relevant because

When Paul first moves to Tangerine, he is outcast, but as his confidence buildS, he learns to be a leader. He changed from being a shy kid to a brave boy who stands up for what he believes. As Paul struggles with relationship, he feel like a victim, but soon he learns confidence and he begins to stand up to his family.

Many, if not all, plays are written to evoke thoughts from people in the audience. Through their scripts, authors deliver messages about their opinions on various issues ranging from gender roles to class ranks. These messages are developed to provoke thoughts and questions from people who experience performances. In the play Rome Sweet Rome, the Q Brothers Collective use both new and old theatrical techniques to make parallels between the Roman and United States governments by addressing issues involving women’s roles in society, class rank, and homosexuality. The play uses methods both similar and different to other classic plays to deliver a message that is relatable to issues in today’s world. This message is enhanced through the use of acting styles, set design, costumes, music, and lighting.

The differences in styles of language truly brings alive the plays' various characters, from the lowliest drawer to the noblest knight. The playwright's audience would have been composed of a similarly diverse spectrum of society, from the groundlings at the foot of the stage, to the members of the court in attendance, and these disparate members of the audience might very well have come away from the plays with different interpretations of

Mr.Fisher’s choice to ignore others and focusing on Erik affected Paul by making him feel unwanted and that his feelings didn’t matter. When Mr.Fisher was ignoring his wife and Paul this choice was made because Mr.Fisher wanted Erik to focus on his dream, and not to let Erik and his grades slip, or to focus on the low lifes on Tangerine. “In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible.” Paul never reacted to his older brother Erik, or how his father never paid any attention to him. Another choice made by Mr.Fisher was, he kept secrets about Paul’s eyes, this affected Paul by knowing that his parents and even his brother were keeping secrets from him.

Imposed expectations, social pressures and uniformity are also thematic concerns paralleled in “Paul’s Case”. Paul, like the girl, is an aspiring individualist, trapped in the conformist-stricken city of Pittsburg. The setting, for one, is a time where wealth and industry ruled the nation. Paul is secluded to the “tepid waters” of Cordelia Street, a microcosm of the “commonness” of the world he despises. Cordelia is depicted as a “respectable street”, where “all the houses are exactly alike” and where “all of whom are exactly as their homes.” This young boy wishes to deviate from the “accepted” view that education is key and every son must follow in his father’s footsteps. Paul thrives on being a “model usher” at a local theatre as opposed to devoting himself to arithmetic and school. While his father wants him to be a “model man”, looked upon as a “man with a

He takes his obsession of proving to his peers how special he is by showing them “autographed pictures of all the members of the stock company…telling them of his familiarity with these people” (Cather 219). However, in actuality, his contact and similarities with the actors of Carnegie Hall is minimal, and he remains an outsider. He is removed from the actual life of these people, but feels he is engaged in it. By thinking of himself extraordinarily, but having no aspirations, Paul becomes “the adolescent longing for something-anything-different. Defiantly unproductive, he fails to “develop” himself” (Herring). Paul ignores his lack of talents and focuses his sense of superiority above the population of Pittsburgh to his interpersonal relations with the actors at Carnegie Hall in New York City. While Paul may have no talent, or desire for talent, he continues to exhibit his egocentrism behind a cover of arrogance and lack of empathy.

Paul’s defiance is a result of his love for his fantasies of the “high life”. He hates his life at home on Cordelia Street and he wishes to live the lives of performers; the life with money. In Elizabeth Hick’s criticism, she explains what “Paul’s case” exactly is. “His mannerisms at school, from his avoidance of being touched to his ‘dandy’ dressing

“He could not bear to have the other pupils think, for a moment, that he took these people seriously; he must convey to them that he considered it all trivial.” (238) Paul desperately wanted to portray himself as above everyone else, even at the beginning of the story when Paul was in the principal’s office he “entered the room suave and smiling” (231). There was an air of arrogance about him; he wore a red carnation and a tie to set himself apart from the other people in the room as if he were more refined than they were. Meanwhile, it was all an act, once the meeting was over “Paul ran down the hill whistling…looking wildly behind him now and then to see whether some of his teachers were not there to writhe under his light-heartedness.” (233) Even at the end once Paul realizes that he has been discovered, he never seems to consider the destruction he has caused, he is not remorseful that his father had to pay for his theft. Paul’s thoughts were purely on himself. “it was to be worse than jail, even; the tepid waters of Cordelia street were to close over him finally and forever.”

He is a boy who obviously acts out because of his uniqueness. And he is only met by critique and stifling reactions, instead of a supportive community. His home isn’t conducive, as his father seems to be the gatekeeper of his hell; his school isn’t conducive, as his teachers only label him instead of understand him; and his only refuge is not ever made to seem possible to him by those around him. Paul’s case (not referring to the title) seems like a microcosm of society’s often inability to understand people who are different. Paul, like so many others, should be allowed to partake in what makes him,

Go up to just about any literary scholar and ask them the simple question of, who is the greatest writer known to the planet. Many will respond with a likely sarcastic response, but tell you of the man known as William Shakespeare. He’s most popular for his drama play called Romeo and Juliet, but holds credentials in the literary department for much more than that. He’s written dozens of plays, many dramas such as MacBeth and Hamlet, with some noteworthy comedies for the time period like Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer 's Night Dream. While some of his plays have straightforward storylines and the title is extremely revealing about the characters and meaning of the play, other titles are more vague and hidden to the unexamining eye. One title that is noticed for having this effect of being vague to its reader is the dark comedy called Measure by Measure. There are many reasons and theories speculated upon the selection process for Shakespeare’s theatrical titles, but there is no definitive method for each of them. Shakespeare named his dark comedy play Measure for Measure for the small details in social, emotional, and ironic encounters that lead to the play’s ultimate climax.

Paul`s life is in chaos as he is attempting to uproot his entire life by creating a façade to appeal to the white upper-class. It is this façade, however, that gives Paul control in his life as he is finally able to belong to a family with the Kittredges. This imbalance in Paul`s life causes him to be an Other because he has changed his entire life to simply swindle wealthy whites.