•Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare) oBrutus, Caesar, Antony, Cassius oThemes: Fate v. freewill, Misinterpretations, inflexibility v. compromise oSymbols: Letters, Women and Wives oSummary: Brutus and Cassius and other conspire and murder Caesar. Antony who is loyal to Caesar comes in and after Brutus gives his speech to the people he asks Antony to.Antony takes the side of Caesar and speaks very sarcastically about Brutus.Octavius and Antony team up and Brutus and Cassius teams up and they fight it out.Octavius and Antony win. •Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare) oRomeo, Juliet, Friar Lawrence oThemes: The forcefulness of love, love as a cause of violence, individual v. society, inevitability of fate oMotifs: Light/dark oSymbols: poison oSummary: The Capulets and Montegues are in a fight.Romeo who is the son of montegue falls in love with the daughter of capulet.They secretly get married.Meanwhile Capulet makes arrangements to marry Juliet to Paris.Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished.In an attempt to get out of her arraigned marriage and get to Romeo Juliet fake kills herself.When Romeo arrives he thinks Juliet is dead and kills himself.When Juliet wakes up she sees Romeo dead and kills herself. •Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger) oHolden Caufield, Phoebe Caufield, Ackly oThemes: Alienation as a form of self protection, painfulness of growing up, phoniness of the adult world, oMotifs: Loneliness, Relationships intimacy and sexuality, Lying and deception oSymbols: Catcher in the Rye, red hunting hat, museum of natural history, ducks at the central park zoo oSummary: Holden gets kicked out of Pency Prep.On his way home to New York City he stays alone for a little while.Holden goes through a number of situations which reveal to him that he is growing up but he
