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    explored throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The composer achieves this through the themes of individual versus society, youth and naivety, and love and hate. The theme of love and hate plays a pivotal role in the play in the sense that unbridled passion was a direct result of this theme. The hatred between the two families was fuelled by a passionate disparage towards each other. Shakespeare’s use of the quote “What, ho! You men, you beasts/That quench the fire of your pernicious

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    there are many different forms of love that exist in modern day? There is romantic(deep love for a significant other), narcissism(love of self), familial(love for/ with your family), platonic(friendly love), and unrequited(one-sided love). Even literature shows types of love. We’ll take Romeo and Juliet as an example. Romeo and Juliet also show romantic, narcissism, familial, platonic, and unrequited love. Although they are showed differently when speaking of love in modern day and in Romeo and Juliet

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    young “star-crossed lovers” whose relationship is threatened by their feuding families. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (Prologue, ln 5-6). This story takes place in 15th century Verona, Italy, and was written by the legendary playwright, William Shakespeare. In the end, their devastation from being separated leads to the demise of many of their friends and family, as well as both of their suicides. Shakespeare illustrates a theme of fate

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    “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into the friend,” Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr or also known as MLK was a civil right leader. He fought for what he believed in. He believed that all whites and blacks should be equal. In this quote, he explains that love is the only way to make your biggest enemy you friend. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Their families have been rivals for ages. Romeo had walked into that party

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    Love can come from many different people. It is not always given by a family member. Love is not always given by a romantic interest, either. Sometimes love can be given by friends, especially in a time of need. This can be seen in Chris Crutcher’s short story Goin’ Fishin’. Goin’ Fishin’ is a short story about a boy named Lionel Serbousek, whose family is killed by his previous best friend, Neal Anderson. The story follows him through his grief. Throughout the story, Lionel’s friends are there to

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    Sieve I have chosen would be love and marriage. Throughout the entire book the presence of love is strongly noticeable. Love is what fuels the strength/bond between most families. And it didn’t fail to do the same in the Rukami family. Despite the direct mention of love, love is very prominent throughout the novel. The actions, tones, and emotions of the characters show the underlying presence and strength love carries in this rural Indian community. Love is expressed in many different

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    Love Love is not just one single thing, and does not have one single form. There are so many different types of love that it's hard to understand exactly what love is and how you find love and how it makes people feel. Sometimes love happens and people don't even realize and don’t even realize how much it could really affect someone or something. Love also brings out tones of different emotions out of people, yes love can make you happy but it can also make you very sad, love even make someone confused

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    The Role Of Love In Fairy Tales

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    order to find true love there is some sort of intense journey one must go on. This idea of a journey for love has created a specific ideology for what love is and how to achieve it. In the text Beauty and the Beast by Madame Le Prince

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    The idea that everyone needs love, compassion, and the feeling of belonging prescribes to everyone. Everyone needs a family. Even ghosts. In the stories, novels, and poems that we have discussed in class, the ghosts are attached to family or to a specific loved one. Michael Newton tells us that this is true for all ghost stories. In Beloved by Tori Morrison, Beloved comes back to be with her family and to make a connection with her family. In The Readjustment by Mary Austin Emma Jeffries had come

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    Beyond the love story People are always rewriting other people’s stories - consciously or unconsciously - cutting and trimming, pasting, rearranging, and adjusting to new times and circumstances, sometimes adding truly creative elements and occasionally actually improving on the original. The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet which was a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke is considered to be William Shakespeare's base source for his famous play Romeo and Juliet (Mabillard). West Side Story (1961)

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