Often times, queer young adult literature highlights issues that plague adolescents without ever providing an account that feels authentic for its readers. Chulito by Charles Rice-Gonzalez is a gripping fictional account of what it means to be young, gay and Puerto Rican in New York City. Rice-Gonzalez is a lecturer at Hostos Community College and a longtime LGBT activist within the Bronx. Set in the South Bronx, Chulito explores a variety of themes, including masculinity, gayness, identity, and love. In this book, Rice Gonzalez highlights the importance seeing masculinity as being complex instead of dichotomous-
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera is a captivating story that follows a young Latina lesbian’s journey of self-discovery and acceptance. While Juliet grows to find comfort in her cultural identity and sexual orientation, Harlowe contradicts Juliet's image during her book reading by reducing Juliet to a stereotype. Following this racially aggressive moment, Maxine, another person of color, calls out Juliet for walking away and not standing up for herself in Chapter 25. Through the intersectional identities and stress response of flight, I seek to examine how Rivera explores the notion of blame and ownership through Maxine’s conversation with Juliet about Harlowe’s reading.
Gnomeo & Juliet puts a fairy tale like spin on the classic Shakespearean tragedy, set to a collection of Elton John’s greatest hits, this animated rendition of Romeo and Juliet is full of vibrant colours and ridiculous puns. The film parodies itself, poking fun at the endless retellings of the same story and Shakespeare’s undeniable love for unhappy endings. Though this revival aims to reinterpret the story, its subtlety leaves much to be desired. Therefore, I have decided to give this film 3.5/5 vials of
Lord of the Flies, a book that proudly displays the insanity in all of us. Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys who learn to survive on an island after their plane crashes and leaves them deserted. The 12 year old boys learn to hunt, sleep and survive. In Golding's Lord of the Flies, fear dominates the island as the boys start to fear the unknown, they fear abandonment and they fear their insanity that has gotten the best of them.
• One of the complications here in the story is when Allie realized that her true love is Noah while she is currently engaged with Lon. After realizing this, Allie pushed herself to make a decision to choose between the two and ended up being with Noah despite of her parents being against them. • Person to Person This conflict is directed to Allie. After realizing that her true love is Noah, she was scared on hurting her family and Lon, the other person that she fell in love with.
Many times, people blame people other than themselves for the events they take place in their life. However, sometimes it is, in fact, the own person’s fault. In Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, there is a prime example of this. Tybalt died in Act 3, Scene 1 at no one else’s fault but his own. Tybalt demonstrated characteristics of an extreme hot head, he initiated, or tried to initiate multiple fights within the play, and he ended the life of a member of the Prince’s own family, Mercutio.
“Love is the sweetest and slowest form of suicide” - Anonymous. This quote is utterly displaying how Romeo and Juliet’s love was for each other. Romeo and Juliet are two young lovers, who belong to two different families and are forced to keep their love affair secret. The two lovers end up dying because of unexpected events that happened. Capulet’s are higher to be criticism then Montague’s, for their death.
In Verona, there were two houses divided by hatred. Yet in both houses, there were two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. It started off as love at first sight, a Capulet and a Montague. A girl on her balcony and a boy watching from afar. The feud between the two houses caused a barrier between the two families of the star-crossed lovers, and they did everything they could just to be together.
Elizabeth Kane Mrs. Howsare Honors English 9: Romeo and Juliet Essay 27 February 2023 Till Death Do Us Part In Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Albus Dumbledore tells Harry Potter, “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love.” In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, love and death are both very prevalent themes. The families of Romeo and Juliet are sworn enemies, but against all odds they fell in love, causing death to multiple people, including themselves.
Who knew love between rivals could be so deadly? In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare and published between 1591 and 1596, two young lovers, known as Romeo and Juliet, are part of a family rivalry. The rivalry is between the families known as the Capulets and Montagues, but Romeo and Juliet unexpectedly fell in love with one another, making their love for each other forbidden. The book written by William Shakespeare is about Juliet and Romeo showing their love for one another and how they were so in love by showing how they were willing to give up their families to be with one another and talking about how they have hatred towards themselves due to their family issues, the conflict, and the guilt they had to go through
Romeo and Juliet: Literary Analysis The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous plays in history. It has been remade in countless ways including movies and has been performed in cities all over the world. The story is a beautiful, heart wrenching, romantic tragedy that remains timeless but where does the blame lie? Who is responsible for the anguish caused by the actions of the main characters in Romeo and Juliet? Blame could lie with the parents, Friar Laurence, Romeo, Juliet or society in that day and age.
People are frequently told to follow their hearts and it sometimes ends tragically just like with Romeo and Juliet. The feud between their families makes it hard for them to get close to each other. It is a story of two lovers that begins with the moment their eyes meet and ends with the tragic death of both lovers. In the tragic play, the author portrays Romeo as a lovesick, and feminine character.
The Maturities of Romeo and Juliet It is a controversial topic whether youth is capable of handling a mature love. Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare by 1595, epitomizes this common topic. The main characters of the play are two teenagers who fall in love at the first sight, however, the hatred between the families of the two leads to their death in the end. In the adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet in 1996, Romeo and Juliet are portrayed more mature than in that of Baz Luhrmann in 1968.
The Character Development of Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a story that only spams the course of four days, however the protagonist Juliet goes through so much change. In this essay I’ll be focusing on how her character develops during the pay. When we are first introduced to Juliet she is quiet, obedient, innocent and deferent. In act 1 scene 3, her mother questions her about her view on marriage, she answers, “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.” This suggests that she is immature because she had a childish conception of love (one can’t simply try to love).
A man walks into a party almost half naked dressed in just a bra and skirt acting like a drag queen. This is Mercutio Romeo’s cousin and he will do almost anything to get a laugh. This is how Baz Luhrmann shows that in his movie Romeo and Juliet. Baz Luhrmann 's version of romeo and Juliet was a good interpretation of the play because of how Luhrmann does a great job of showing Romeo and Juliet on a modern stage throughout the movie and the movie also does a great job of interpreting characters.
