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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel illustrating the struggles of a racist town in Alabama. Characters are at a struggle to comprehend the way people act. Knowing this‚ they have to learn what is right and act accordingly. Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ characters discover and begin to emphasize each other’s lives in large portions and in doing so‚ many characters develop and mature to understand the world they live in. Atticus Finch is a single father with two young

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    In the play The Glass Menagerie Laura is a character that many young women across the nation can easily relate to. Although she was crippled at a young age‚ Laura’s insecurities often times run her life. Like Laura‚ many women find their insecurities at the forefront of their minds. Laura is a shy‚ quiet and often times invisible character throughout the play. However‚ she is a strong‚ unique‚ and lovable character as well. Often times we see our flaws as a disadvantage and something that can only

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    The primary purpose of Shakespeare’s “King Lear”is the tragedy and focus of the fall of a noble character due to a tragic flaw. Shakespeare’s main purpose was perhaps to emphasize on the idea that tragedies intend to show how our very own human nature can turn out to be our worst enemy. In “King Lear‚” the reader gets to see how Lear suffers from his tragic flaw‚ which includes of arrogance and misjudgements. Because of his tragic flaw‚ King Lear makes bad decisions. When he announces his plan in

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    4/1/14 Analysis: Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is the epitome of an ambitious woman who will do anything‚ including murder‚ to get what she wants. She is very calculating‚ and this is very evident when she plots to murder King Duncan. She methodically manipulated her husband‚ Macbeth‚ into believing it was the right thing to do in order for him to become king. During the time period that this play was written‚ women were viewed as weak and demure individuals who rely on the strength of their male partners

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    Huckleberry Finn is a static character. Throughout the realistic‚ historical fiction novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ the main character Huck travels with a fugitive slave‚ Jim. Constantly‚ Huck’s internal conflict between helping a fugitive slave‚ and turning him in‚ divides him. Huck ultimately ends up helping Jim‚ but treating him as subhuman‚ and taking advantage of his companionship. Huckleberry Finn wavers in his moral ideas‚ but undergoes no development. He starts to

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    to find the strength to keep working as hard as they do? In the book Krik Krak‚ a series of short stories‚ the author Danticat‚ utilizes juxtaposition to create realistic characters that in return create a hopeful mode throughout the book even in hopeless situations. The specific examples that best display realistic characters creating an overall sense of hopefulness are a mother who wants more for her son‚ a boy in search of safety‚ and a girl who looks for beauty even in ugly places. In the first

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    Character Corruption Throughout the novel of The Great Gatsby corruption is a prevalent and reoccurring theme and lies within most characters. They become overwhelmed with their own self desires and goal to gain material possession that it blocks their true vision of innocence and morality. Daisy for example is introduced into the book as an innocent dedicated wife to Tom but as the book progresses there is an evident change in her character as she becomes increasingly corrupt. By the end of

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    The scene in Sling Blade which our class watched effectively created characterization for the character known as Carl. To begin the scene‚ it starts with Carl sitting and listening to a fellow in the same institution. A doctor interrupts his talking and says “there are some people for you to see”. The look on the man interrupted is dumbfounded. I can infer this is because Carl doesn’t receive many visitors. This is the author’s first note of characterization. It shows that Carl wasn’t a very popular

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    The change or growth of a character throughout a book is necessary or else the book would be bland and the reader would lose interest‚ Charles Dickens and he did that with his character Phillip or Pip in the book‚ Great Expectations. Pip was a simple boy raised by his mean sister and kind brother in law‚ he never wanted or expected much till he met a cold hearted little girl raised by an insane woman‚ but yet he wanted to become a gentleman to win her heart. His wish came true‚ he was becoming a

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    Ellen Skiff English 11 CP‚ Period 2 The Canterbury Tales Character Analysis December 4‚ 2009 Character Analysis of the Wife of Bath ➢ Profession In the times of Chaucer‚ women were inferior to men. They were expected to be obedient‚ and polite. In reality‚ women worked and did what they wanted to do. Many became skilled tradesmen and were employed in workshops (“Medieval Women”). In The Canterbury Tales The Wife of Bath developed a talent for weaving cloth. She did not create cloth

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