Below, a theme from each of those pieces was identified. choose one theme and in a well-organized response, explain how the theme is developed in the text. you must provide evidence from the text to support your analysis of the theme from that piece. your response should be no shorter than 2 complete paragraphs. remember to proofread your work for spelling and grammar. the alchemist, by paulo coelho theme: it’s not about the destination but the journey and what you learn along the way. midsummer night’s dream, by william shakespeare theme: “the course of true love never did run smooth,” - lysander. “a quilt of a country,” by anna quindlen theme: a quilt made of disparate pieces and parts (like diverse people and cultures) can come together to create something magnificent.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2, of julius caesar. cassius. to every new protester; if you know that i do fawn on men and hug them hard and after scandal them: or if you know that i profess myself in banqueting to all the rout: then hold me dangerous. [flourish, and shout] which statement best explains why shakespeare has cassius use the word fawn rather than a synonym such as flatter to describe his actions? fawn is more negative, suggesting manipulation of another for personal gain. fawn suggests a physical connection to other men, such as hugging them. fawn is animal imagery suggesting obedience, begging, and affection. fawn is more positive, suggesting that cassius wants to give brutus sound advice.

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

What theme of antigone do the above events reflects