Janie's a pretty typical teenager. Angry, insecure, confused. I wish I could tell her that's all going to pass, but I don't want to lie to her.

American Beauty

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Topic

Adolescence Alienation The human condition

Speaker

Lester Burnham

Actor

Kevin Spacey

Source

American Beauty

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Black comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

American Beauty. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jinks/Cohen Company, 1999.

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There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic
Timing Randomness Fortune Tides The human condition
Speaker
Brutus

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Julius Caesar
Medium
Play
Genre
History (play) Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1599 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 3.