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Scene 1 Why does Shakespeare make Act IV exclusively Juliet’s Act? Perhaps he centers on Juliet at this point in order to develop her character as the play’s protagonist. Certainly, Juliet faces her ordeal alone. Turning to Friar Laurence, it is ironic that both Juliet and Count Paris seek him out for opposing reasons—Paris to request that the Friar officiate at his marriage to Juliet and Juliet to seek the Friar’s help in preventing her marriage to the Count. After…..
Ultimately, the animals’ rebellion is forgotten. One tyrant has replaced the former tyrant. The commandments are subsumed into one, Orwell’s ultimate irony! The twentieth-century philosopher George Santayana has famously remarked that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” After we have discussed the novel, assign a short paragraph that applies this insight to the novel. Here is one 9th grade student’s response: These words directly relate to Animal Farm. After Napoleon has been reigning for many…..
