Read this excerpt from act iii, scene i of romeo and juliet. tybalt: romeo, the hate i bear thee can afford no better term than this,—thou art a villain. 35 romeo: tybalt, the reason that i have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting; villain am i none, therefore farewell; i see thou know’st me not. tybalt: boy, this shall not excuse the injuries 40 that thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw. what complication is introduced in the excerpt? tybalt is trying to start a sword fight with romeo. tybalt is encouraging romeo to seek forgiveness. romeo is revealing the news of his marriage. romeo is challenging tybalt’s authority.

answer: it puts the reader in the place of the elizabethan who has to pay fines for eating meat

(i has to answer this question once too, thats how i knwo the answer)

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”