... all Montagues and Capulets. Mercutio believes that specific people are responsible for his death rather than some external impersonal force. Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Forcefulness of Love Romeo and Juliet is the most ... nobility almost seem to revel in their capacity for drama, the servants' lives are such that they cannot afford tragedy of the epic kind. Symbols Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Poison In his first appearance, in Act...

• Word Count: 13391
• Approx Pages: 54
• Grade Level: High School

... both become prosperous and wealthy as a result from luck, hard work, and determination. However, Wang Lung becomes so involved with and accustomed to his luxuries, that he lets lust and greed develop to the extreme that he purchases a second wife for merely his pleasures and moves his family into The Great House of Hwang. Years later, Lung is an old man ... second wife. He then becomes interested in Pear Blossom, a slave living in the estate, who happens to be young enough to be his daughter. Wang is so overcome by his greed that he decides that he has the right, as the master of the ho...

• Word Count: 2979
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... of good and evil. In this novel, there are multiple themes that can be pointed straight back to the Gospel and scripture, giving examples of Christian beliefs. There are many symbols that show Christ's love, including that of Aslan as a great lion. This theme is one that "only at the climax reveals its central significance," (Glover, 137). Much like ... brother and sisters is reflected in his lonely rationalizing while awaiting the Witch. Their interview, ironically and almost humorously in contrast to Lucy's with Tumnus, sets up basic antithesis between greed and pity, egotism and self...

• Word Count: 3600
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School