“You didn’t give him time enough to choose!” yells Tessie. “It wasn’t fair!” Many of the characters from the short story‚ The Lottery‚ do not agree with this tradition to throw stones a. In fact‚ many of the characters show more than one opinion on this matter once they learn of the winner. One example of a two-sided character is when Tessie starts protesting against the crowd when her husband‚ Bill‚ “wins” the lottery. She shouts “You didn’t give him time enough to choose”‚ and “everyone
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Character Study: Gollum Gollum is an interesting character. Like Smaug‚ the fact that he has been living alone in a cave adds to his wicked personality as the stereotype of cave dwellers go. His magic ring has possessed him to the point that he has lost the trust of everyone‚ as well as not trusting anyone who comes near him. Although the lack of contact with anyone at all has caused him to talk to himself at all times. Even in the rare cases when he finds himself with someone else‚ as he does
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Ophelia is a young woman who is the daughter of Polonius and the sister of Laertes. In the play‚ Ophelia is caught between her obedience to her father and her love for Hamlet‚ which results in tragic consequences. As a character who perfectly represents the “good girl” schema‚ Ophelia is the quintessential obedient daughter‚ a role demanded of all young women in the early 17th century. Her obedient nature can be seen in repeated quotes such as – “I shall obey my Lord‚” as she complies with her father’s
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Still Alice by Lisa Genova is a sensational novel about one woman’s journey through her everyday life as she battles against early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Alice Howland is a 50 year old professor at Harvard university‚ and one could say that she lives a very prestigious life; she is one of the top rated professors at Harvard‚ she has 3 wonderful kids and a loving husband‚ and she is pretty well off financially. Alice’s life begins to take a turn when she suddenly starts forgetting things‚ and
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The castle character chart English Misc Darryl is tough‚ "That man has principals" sal respects darryl Darryl Kerrigan body language - assertive when challenging/defending family‚ towers over messenger person‚ serious face‚slightly hunched shoulders. Hand gestures Tense and aggressive when Threatened At dinner table relaxed‚ proud and dressed to nines After court defeat played with food and slightly saddened Dialogue "You’re dreamin’/ tell’en his dreamin’ " has
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a chapter in their life they don’t read aloud‚ maybe it’s just dark and too deep to get into. We all have a dark side‚ even the heros and the good guys. In fact there’s this hero‚ Bilbo‚ who has a dark side of his own. There are many protagonists and antagonists in The Hobbit‚ but let’s face it‚ the only real problem and solution is the main character‚ Bilbo himself. Bilbo is not only the main character in The Hobbit‚ but also is his own protagonist and antagonist. Throughout the book‚ there are
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There are many factors that can drive a person to commit a heinous crime‚ jealousy and fear being the two biggest factors that apply. Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth depicts a murderous villain whose body count is on the rise due to Macbeth’s dissatisfaction with his place in life. Banquo’s murder reeks of jealousy and of Macbeth’s quest to secure the crown for himself. The witches instill doubts into Macbeth’s mind luring him into killing his best friend just because he felt threatened by his
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and a novel. According to an article that Valerie Smith wrote in Gale Academic OneFile‚ the novel was written by Kathryn Stockett in 2009 and then was produced into a movie by Tate Taylor in 2011. Moreover‚ Stockett and Taylor introduced precise characters to show the conflicts of life. The Help takes place in Mississippi while discrimination devours the best out of society. A young white woman‚ Eugenia Phalen or also known as Skeeter‚ returns home from college with the desires of becoming a writer
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Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion by Pankaj Ghemawat • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0108K TOOL KIT Distance Still Matters
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Hamilton: An American musical by Lin- Manuel Miranda‚ and includes many characters. While each character has a significant‚ individual story‚ Miranda brings them all together to form a remarkable play. Although‚ the play is centered around Alexander Hamilton‚ and as they say behind every great man is a great woman‚ and that great woman is Eliza Schyler. What makes her stand out‚ is that she starts out as just being an affluent name‚ her father’s daughter. As time goes on‚ she progresses in the play
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