by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragedy play about two star-crossed lovers. Aware of his Elizabethan audience, Shakespeare creates men that are in vastly different contrast to current beliefs. Because the ideologies of masculinity...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
Imagine falling in love with someone only to be part of a family you have been in constant fighting with for many years. This nightmare was played out by Romeo and Juliet, and it made an exciting story. Romeo was played as a depressed teenager in the 1600s looking for...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
The internet defines love as an intense feeling of deep affection. So why does Romeo fall for Juliet after being let down by Rosaline? Romeo knows that love can be tragic, but it makes him happy. Romeo and Juliet are so happy together, Juliet would rather die than not...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.” “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas is a young-adult novel about racism. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this novel puts us in the shoes of Starr...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
In modern-day society, protests are happening due to injustice and violation of human rights as seen with police brutality, predominantly in the black community. In the novel written by Angie Thomas The Hate U Give, an African-American teenage girl, finds herself in a...
