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    The character sketch of Macbeth Macbeth is a very complex character. He has so many character traits. The most noticeable characteristic is that Macbeth is a very ambitious person. He also is a coward person as he always depends on others to make decisions. And one thing very important is that Macbeth is a incompatible person. The good and evil both exist in his characteristic. He is a incompatible person. From the beginning we can see it. At the Act

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    Analyse how character and setting are created in Chapter 1 of Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations’ is a best selling novel‚ written during the reign of Queen Victoria‚ by the well known author Charles Dickens. This novel was serialised as each chapter would be published in a weekly magazine. Dickens would have to deliberately make each chapter interesting and addictive in order for people to buy the next publishing. Throughout chapter 1‚ Dickens portrays the two starting characters with a lot

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    ashes of a rich dress that had been dug out of a vault under the church pavement. Now‚ waxwork and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me. I should have cried out‚ if I could. "Who is it?" said the lady at the table. "Pip‚ ma’am."

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    Dickens displays how children were treated in the Victorian era one of his books: Great Expectations in which a gentleman Pip is retelling his life story growing up in a village near London. He had always wanted to grow up to become a gentleman and escape his “common status”. As a child Pip is not respected or loved by his sister and other adults and beaten regularly. What Dickens suggests in the novel Great Expectations is that people often grow to have emotional or physical problems due to their mistreatment

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    Dickens Victorian novel‚ Great Expectations‚ he develops many characters; one of these characters being Mr. Joe Gargery. Joe is Pip’s brother in law‚ but is more of a father figure as him and Pip’s sister Mrs. Joe Gargery has raised Pip by hand. Joe is a man of many traits‚ and as the story progresses we begin to see this more and more. We learn that Joe Gargery is uneducated‚ patient‚ and caring. Joe is shown to be a very uneducated man. The first time we notice this is after Pip writes him a letter

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    is being humble. In both books‚ Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ both main characters learn from the mistakes they have made in their life as we see unfold in the end of both novels. Once these characters learn humility‚ light is shown upon the errors of their ways and they can move on with their life. The authors of both novels‚ in turn‚ try to educate the readers so that they do not make the same mistakes as the characters. The authors want their readers

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    Character sketch of Emily Grierson Emily Grierson‚ referred to as Miss Emily throughout the story‚ is the main character of ‘‘A Rose for Emily’’ written by William Faulkner. Emily is born to a proud‚ aristocratic family sometime during the Civil War; Miss Emily used to live with her father and servants‚ in a big decorated house. The Grierson Family considers themselves superior than other people of the town. According to Miss Emily’s father none of the young boys were suitable for Miss Emily

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    Sample character sketch - my friend Liz. My friend Liz is the most amazing friend anybody could ask for. We’ve been through so much together‚ we’re basically like sisters. We met on the first day of school in sixth grade‚ both of us terrified by the massive size of the middle school. She had the locker right above mine. I told her I didn’t know anybody in our class and she said “You do now.” We’ve been friends ever since. Most boys think Liz is cute. She has long red hair‚ cascading over her shoulders

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    The Neckklace Character Sketch Not once in the whole story does Mathilda ever thank her husband. She is concerned only with herself. Mathilda’s selfish greediness is also shown in her attitudes toward other people. She has one acquaintance mentioned‚ Madame Forrester. Matilda is such a type person in our society. A woman not thankful for what she has. One might perceive that Matilda and her husband are just really poor. Well from what I gathered‚ I think that she is just middle class. They may

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    Character Sketch of “The Barber” The story Just Lather‚ That’s All by Hernando Tellez‚ is about making the right decisions. It’s about a barber who must face the choice of taking revenge by killing Captain Torres‚ an executioner or to provide him with the perfect shave and thus preserve his job and his reputation. While he condemns himself to an uncertain future‚ he finally makes the right decision. “The Barber” is displayed as a heroic character by portraying intelligence‚ honour and morality.

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