Romeo and Juliet

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The Abiding Quality of Romantic Love
The abiding quality of their selfless love is an essential theme of the play. It serves to reinforce the claim that if authentic lovers cannot be united in this world, they can certainly be together in the life hereafter.
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Individual vs. Society
a struggle between a character and larger social forces.
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Violence
behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
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The Overarching Power of Patriarchy
Patriarchy is about the social relations of power between men and women, women and women, and men and men
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The Theme of Death
Death is a crucial fact of life, and from the emotional response to death to the various religious frameworks through which it is interpreted, it is obvious why death is used as a theme in literature so extensively. In ancient literature, the theme o
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The Inevitability of Fate
nevitability of Fate as an Element of Tragedy. ... The free will of the characters, whether exercised or not, is overpowered by their preordained fates. Hence, a tragedy occurs when despite a character's brave efforts and noble intentions, he/she fac
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Marriage
he legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman). "a happy marriage"
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Revenge
noun: revenge the action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands
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a struggle between a character and larger social forces.

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Individual vs. Society

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behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

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Patriarchy is about the social relations of power between men and women, women and women, and men and men

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Death is a crucial fact of life, and from the emotional response to death to the various religious frameworks through which it is interpreted, it is obvious why death is used as a theme in literature so extensively. In ancient literature, the theme o

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