Life Essays

In the essay in his recent book, “There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech and it’s a Good Thing Too,” Fish argues that free speech “is not an independent value, but a political prize,” and any differences, which the courts have drawn between, protected and unprotected expressions are “malleable.” Like …

Shakespeare expresses ideas through the language and imagery in sonnet 162. It uses a variety of rhymes, images and tones to present his definition of true love. The sonnet follows the conventional abab rhyming form, using both full rhymes and half rhymes. Shakespeare employs half rhymes in the sonnet to …

How would you feel if everyday from 9 to 5 you hear, fix me a cup of coffee, secretary; file these papers, secretary; schedule a meeting, secretary. This chant reminds me of the one that Cinderella’s stepmother and sisters where saying when they wanted the house clean and to prevent …

Like most Shakespearean plays, “Romeo and Juliet” exemplifies Shakespeare’s astonishing comprehension and ability to write tragic plays. The simplest definition of “tragedy,” a serious disaster or a sad event, blatantly describes the horrific story of two “star crossed lovers.” While reading the fatal tale of Shakespeare’s novel, Romeo and Juliet, …

Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Baz Luhrmann’s movie “Romeo & Juliet”. His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. He is neither Montague, nor Capulet. Therefore, he has not been …

In the story, Romeo and Juliet, the final tragic outcome, namely the deaths of the two young lovers, was a result of human choices, rather than one of fate. Although fate played some role in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, the various characters’ decisions and actions throughout the story eventually led …

Robert Davies’ essay, The Pleasures of Love is about what can be improved on, Or what can be done to obtain the pleasures of love. He shows that we should not follow the same footsteps as Othello and Desdomona, or Romeo and Juliet. Davies believed that Othello was a man …

The nucleus is the most obvious organelle in a eukaryotic cell. Virtually all eukaryote cells have a nucleus (red blood cells lose theirs and so are enucleate for most of their life-span of 180 days). It is surrounded by the nuclear envelope, a double membrane with contains a large number …

In the modern society, there is often a lack of communication between parents and their children. One can simply open the daily newspaper to find teenagers committing suicide or various crimes due to stress derived from family issues. These incidents reveal the importance of parents’ communication with their children. Love …

What is school pride? Taking pride in one’s school is important, but what exactly is it? Although it is found in some way on every campus, school pride has not yet been properly defined. Whatever it may be, students demonstrate pride in their school in various ways. Even though the …