What History and Literature Have Taught us Values Worth Dying For
History and literature have taught us many of things, and almost all of those little facts tie-in somehow to a value or moral. Just about everything in history tells us about values, and most of them are worth dying for. In literature, everything that is taught or written, for that matter, has been influenced by history and therefore deals with values. What does every story need? A protagonist, an antagonist, and a climax are the "big three" in a story. What makes a protagonist? I believe that a protagonist is just a man, or woman, who has morals and is willing to put him, or herself, in danger for those values. Basically, every work of literature has to do with values at least worth receiving some sort of injury for. In Romeo and Juliet, for instance, the value of love superceded the outcome of death. They, Romeo and Juliet, had such strong morals that they didn't care what else happened as long as they had each other. That in my mind is the definition of values, something you believe in enough worth dying for. So there is no value if someone is not willing to die for it. That is why Romeo and Juliet is one of the most critically renowned works of art. Because not only does it deal with love and the forces trying t
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