Essays Tagged: "two teenagers"

Romeo & Juliet - Tragedy, Love Story or both?

MEO AND JULIET - TRAGEDY, LOVE STORYOR BOTH?Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is the tale of twolovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hinderedby their feuding parents. A ... ragedy, I would say that this story contains aspects of both alove story and a tragedy. The tale of two teenagers who fall inlove at first sight and then marry, become true lovers and thenrisk it all ...

(2 pages) 87 1 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Law and Morality. Speaks of the dilemma of making a decision that someone must die in order for the others to survive. Explains and justifies the decision by using legal tools such as Law and Moralit

nuclear bunker. These five people consist of a pregnant woman; an old man, who is a retired judge; two teenagers - a fourteen-year-old boy and a sixteen-year-old girl; and a young and healthy woman w ... one's life despite any justification.....there is some connection between law and morality, but the two are clearly not identical. First, morality is only concerned with right or wrong, with the good ...

(8 pages) 174 0 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Columbine Shooting and what it mean for us and how to del with the shooting that America is dealing with,

On April 20th, 1999 two teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into their school in Columbine Colorado and bega ... classmates and one teacher and left another 28 wounded. The shooters then took their own lives. The two teenage gunmen did not have a previous history of violence but were both enthusiasts of killing- ... into a church with a Glock .18 16-shot pistol and killed twelve people with it and injured another two. Twelve of the sixteen shots he had available to him were so accurate, he was able to kill a fle ...

(4 pages) 137 0 3.8 Jun/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Literary Analysis of Romeo and Juliet

y, Romeo and Juliet presents readers with the story of a tragically doomed love. It is the story of two teenagers' who fall in love and the people and circumstances that prevent them from being togeth ... Juliet):"My child is yet a stranger in the world,she hath not seen the change of fourteen years;Let two more summers wither in their pride,Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride."(II, ii, 8-11).This ...

(4 pages) 75 0 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

The Nick Adams Stories: The End of Something

which are easily predictable, and those which may not be so easy to foresee. The story begins with two teenagers, alone on a quiet afternoon, fishing a spring lake. After discovering each other's tru ... riptions of scenery are so sneakily added in by Hemingway to suggest detriment in the future of our two star lovers, Nick and Marjorie. Therein lies a message in Hemingway's descriptions when he write ...

(3 pages) 51 2 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

We had to do an essay on a book called crossing, which has short stories on crossing boundaries(physical,mental etc.)the book is called "crossing" and is by agnes nieuwhenheizen and tessa duder.

in what the artificial beings define as freedom or their very own 'paradise.' The story is based on two teenagers who run at the risk of their own lives just for the sake of freedom. Freedom is one of ... fferent boundaries to achieve their main goal freedom.In the short story "flying horses" we see how two siblings who have a much jailed up life. No privacy and no freedom in their lives. So they each ...

(3 pages) 26 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Summary of Romeo and Juliet

The story is, of course, about a pair of star-crossed lovers. Two teenagers pursue their love for each other despite the fact that their families have been at odd ... me of the most romantic language found in literature all in the name of true love.In Verona, Italy, two families the Montagues and the Capulets have been fighting with each other for years. Old Capule ... of Romeo's friend Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet are secretly married.On the day of the wedding, two of Romeo's friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, are walking through the streets of Verona when they a ...

(2 pages) 65 3 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Comparison of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare to West Side Story by Arthur Laurents.

The play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is about two teenagers from rival families, Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, that fall in love. They ... tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, but set in the 1960's with a modern setting to it. It is the story of two teenagers from rival gangs, Tony, a Jet, and Maria, a Shark, that fall in love. Their love cause ... rival gangs, Tony, a Jet, and Maria, a Shark, that fall in love. Their love causes the death of the two most closest people to Maria, her brother and her lover. When two people fall in love, it can ca ...

(3 pages) 32 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare's tragedy

TragedyShakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is the tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding parents. ... agedy, I would say that this story contains aspects of both a love story and a tragedy. The tale of two teenagers who fall in love at first sight and then marry, become true lovers and then risk it al ... sly, the misfortune of Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love. This is the basis of the whole story. For two people to love each other and not be able to show their true feelings for each other is ultimate ...

(2 pages) 17 1 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

"Beneath the clouds"- the search of belonging

In Ivan Sen's "Beneath Clouds" the search of belonging is explored in the story of two teenagers in rural Australia. "Beneath Clouds" is about two teenagers who meet up on the road to ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Gun Control Is needed in America

on a firearm. The first example that comes to mind would be of course the columbine incident, where two teenagers killed 12 fellow students and a teacher. The motive for these teenagers is still unkno ...

(3 pages) 101 0 4.2 Jun/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Gun Control

their hands on firearms. The first example that comes to mind would be the Columbine Incident where two teenagers killed 12 fellow students and a teacher. The motive for the teenagers is still unknown ... legally and illegally owned by Americans. Comparing with Canada, the rate of firearm homicides was two times greater in the U.S. than in Canada. The use of firearms in Canadian homicides has declined ...

(3 pages) 82 1 3.5 Jun/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

French-Muslim Riots

one to be treated equally. Therioting started Oct. 27, after youths were angered over the deaths of twoteenagers -- Bouna Traore, 15, and Zyed Benna, 17. They were electrocuted ina power substation wh ...

(5 pages) 29 1 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

A Perfect World

he crescent moon, but it was enough to illuminate the yard in the way that only moonlight could.The two teenagers trekked across the lawn, one reluctantly. He stared ahead at him at the girl who now s ... "What?" he asked."Come on."She led him to the swing set that her father had given her when she was two. It was one of those wooden ones with the yellow plastic slide and blue rubber swings. The chain ...

(6 pages) 46 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Decisions of the street: "Smack" by Melvin Burgess

d Tar of Melvin Burgess' "Smack", life is about having fun and at the same time being strong. These two teenagers run away from home and live in abandoned houses called squats in 1980's Bristol, Engla ... eaves home.Once on the streets, Tar's girlfriend Gems is faced with a decision of her own. When the two go to a concert, or a bop as it was called, a good looking guy offers to take Gems with him to h ...

(2 pages) 357 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Two Gentle People By Graham Greene (Tone And Language)

"Two Gentle People" Language and Tone 6/21/01 Graham Greene's story "Two Gentle People" introduces us ... enry and Marie-Claire. They meet in a local park and are brought together by the thoughtless act of two teenagers. They are two people who seem very stuffy, rather old fashioned, and "" as we discover ... mentioned earlier, the tone is sad and goes hand in hand with pitiful, as you feel sorry for these two characters. The first example of language crosses over between symbolism and irony. Each of them ...

(5 pages) 5 0 0.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Lit Project

Two Teenagers Slain by Stalkers: One Man Still At Large Late Sunday Evening, the bodies of t ... ocal teens; Betty Shultz and Connie Smith , were found brutally raped and murdered in a empty field two miles north of town. Allegedly the double murder involves two stalkers, one of whom has been tak ... to custody was Ellie Phunt. Mr. Phunt has confessed to the events which led up to the murder of the two young women. After having stalked the two girls the night before at a local Big Boy restaurant, ...

(1 pages) 999 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Childhoold Obesity

e diet. About ten of my family members are highly over weighted. For Instance, my cousin Martha has two teenagers' boys weighting between 250 to 300 pounds. Martha loves her kids very much and suffers ...

(4 pages) 75 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Egalia's Daughters

rms regarding romantic relationships of a certain time period are often portrayed in movies. In the two movies, Drive Me Crazy and Footloose, produced in the 1990's and 1980's, respectively, the roman ... and contrasted. The central theme in both movies revolves around the budding relationship of two teenagers. Similar to both movies is the angst that comes with any new romantic interest. In Foo ...

(3 pages) 1941 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Pigman

The Pigman by Paul Zindel The Pigman is about two teenagers (John and Lorraine) who make friends with an elderly man (Mr. Pignati). They then abus ... eal friend - a baboon at the zoo, made him sick to his stomach. Lorraine's last line summarizes the two teenagers' problem, "They build their own cages . . . ," what they were facing was their own doi ...

(2 pages) 1801 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American