98 think about the main message or messages in romeo and juliet. while different people will think the play means different things, there are some generally accepted themes that were given earlier in the unit and are listed again below. read each theme, then use the text editor to explain how the theme is illustrated in the play. use quotations or facts from the play to support your opinions. 1. human beings are not perfect, even adults. 2. the desire for revenge can harm both parties in an argument. 3. keeping secrets and trying to deceive others, even with the best intentions, can be harmful. 4. sometimes humans cannot control events in life. 5.young people are sometimes governed by passion instead of wisdom, while older people sometimes forget what love is all about. 6. often, the individual is forced to fight against society and its rules.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.