Gothic buildings were designed to be more heavenly with large open spaces. The difference in vaulting and arches allowed the construction of impressive tall designs that supported the increased height of the towers. New design elements allowed for redistribution of weight, so towers would not crush themselves. One of the new elements was the pointed arches: Much more supportive than rounded arches, that also gave the illusion of pointing towards heaven.
The author's purpose is to give an example of a disadvantage or unfairness between being colored or being white and make the reader more sympathetic to the circumstance.
Johnson thinks that change in the English language is good. He thinks that the man who spends his time thinking will come up with good ideas and these will need new words. He also refers to the men who do not have much time to speculate but will turn ideas into popular opinions; these will also create new practices and, as a result, new words will be created. These ideas are from these lines : "Those who have much leisure to think ....... proportion as it alters practice."
He thinks language change should not be stopped. " As by the cultivation of various sciences, a language is amplified, it will be more furnished with words deflected from their original sense..". Johnson thinks that change cannot be stopped, though. There are many factors, internal and external, that make language change. He says that he will not be able to comply with what many schoolars have asked from him: to stop any language alteration.
Like at the beginning of the book? Where the capulets and Montagues got into a street fight and the prince came and said that if this were to ever happen again they would be sentenced to death.
