The extracts I will be analysing are from the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens. I am going to be describing how Dickens has succeeded in making the reader feel sorry for Pip. Dickens used his own experiences as a boy to help him write sympathetically of being a young child‚ his family had no money and got transferred from city to city until he was ten years old‚ his father was also sent to prison for six months over debt. He based the character Pip in remembrance of himself as
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In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and All’s Well That Ends Well‚ the main character takes on male attributes. In All’s Well‚ Helen becomes the pursuer‚ while Bertram takes on the role usually given to women‚ of the pursued. In Twelfth Night‚ Viola disguises herself as a man entirely and encounters all sorts of problems with her disguise. Both Helen and Viola undergo a change in status that generates comic effect. Helen changes from the passive romantic to the active pursuer while Viola changes her status
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Social Criticism In The Hunger Games And Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland “Off with their heads!“ (Carroll 122) could be the motto of Suzanne Collins’ bestseller The Hunger Games. Published in 2008‚ the novel tells the dystopian story of Katniss‚ a young girl who has to participate in a fight-to-death-tournament with 23 other teenagers. Connoisseurs might have recognized the quotation of the classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll‚ first published in 1865. Mostly known as a children’s
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Alison Dew Explore the role of the fool in King Lear. In Elizabethan times‚ the role of a fool‚ or court jester‚ was to professionally entertain others‚ specifically the king. In essence‚ fools were hired to make mistakes. Fools may have been mentally retarded youths kept for the court’s amusement‚ or more often they were singing‚ dancing stand up comedians. In William Shakespeare’s King Lear the fool plays many important roles. When Cordelia‚ Lear’s only well-intentioned
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Othello - Notes on Play * Takes place over three days * “Double time” * Quick same and location changes→ speed up the plot and tension * Domestic * Evil = Othello in one word * Why does Othello choose to believe what Iago says about his wife’s faith‚ and not Desdemona’s → Iago’s only evidence is a handkerchief → Tells us that Othello is easily manipulated * Raises the question of what Othello’s relationship is with Iago? Things to think about when reading the text:
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A. G. Gardiner - On Saying Please Alfred George Gardiner (1865–1946)‚ a British journalist and author‚ is highly regarded in the literary arena. From 1915 he contributed to The Star under the pseudonym (pen name) Alpha of the Plough. The story behind the choosing of the name is interesting. At the time‚ The Star had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose the name of a star as a pseudonym he chose the name of the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation
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Othello ACT II Log 1) What does Iago mean by : “Come on‚ come on! You are pictures out of door‚ bells in your parlors‚ wildcats in your kitchens‚ saints in your injuries‚ devils being offended‚ players in your housewifery‚ and housewives in your beds.”(Act II-scene 1 L.122-126)? Here‚ Iago is belittling his wife Emilia and shows no shame in insulting women. I believe he is saying that when they are out of the household‚ they are attractive and charming‚ pretty like pictures‚ but when they
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Chapter 1 Introduction * Background Information Egg incubation is the process by which eggs are kept warm under specific temperature and humidity so that the embryo inside can develop and hatch after the specific number of days. The most vital factors of incubation are constant temperature and humidity which has to be maintained over a period of days. Naturally‚ this process is carried out by the animal either by laying on it called brooding or burying it under the ground using geothermal heat
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Through the struggles of growing up‚ Daniel Defoe had many influences that changed the style of writing which ultimately made him an important figure in many people’s lives. His creative and indecisive style of writing changed the style of writing and some people’s ways of thinking. Defoe thought in a way that made him look in the future and not just what is happening at present. He had his fair share of up and downs. Jail was his home for many years. It gave him a view on life that not every person
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In life‚ it seems as though fortune is always changing. It is hard to keep track of who is at the top of the wheel‚ and once there‚ it is a challenge to survive. In Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ all of the characters make their way around the wheel of fortune‚ with the wrong people to rising above. Evil sisters Goneril and Regan work together‚ planning their rise to the top only to weaken later on. Edmund uses his illegitimacy as a reason to scheme his way to the top‚ also resulting in his eventual demise
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