Lexi Richardson Literary Analysis To Kill a Mocking Bird "Never judge a book by its cover." This book in reality might be a good book‚ but one would not know because it is judged upon what its appearance is. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mocking Bird” has a wide variety of themes and messages in this 288 page novel. The author introduces themes like loneliness‚ prejudice and shows a lot of character growth. To Kill a Mockingbird is sleepy town where everyone knows one another. It is from a child’s
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The Merchant of Venice In The Merchant of Venice‚ William Shakespeare portrays Shylock as a covetous Jew. Shylock charges interest to those who borrow money from him when they are in need. Shylock is mercenary. Shylock’s love for objects overweighs his love for his own daughter. This character trait shows that in Venetian times‚ it was a time of greed and selfishness. In The Merchant of Venice‚ Antonio discriminates against Shylock because he is a Jew. Shylock shows us his human moments –this embodies
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this story‚ each whom fill a specific role and a specific purpose. One character named Calpurnia fills a very important role in the story; she is the maid for the Finch’s. Because Calpurnia is very stern and she tries her best to save people if they need it she falls into the father and hero archetypes. She also falls into the mother archetype because she is nurturing and comforting at times in the story. Calpurnia strongly fits the father archetype because she is stern towards the kids. On page 6
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of his wife‚ Atticus hired Calpurnia‚ a black woman‚ because he needed help with the household affairs. Her duties not only entailed cooking and cleaning‚ but also taking care of Jem and Scout‚ Atticus’ children. Every now and then‚ scout and Calpurnia would get into an argument and Atticus would side with Calpurnia. Instead of siding with his child‚ he would demand that Scout do as Calpurnia said. For example‚ when Scout would start a fight and then argue‚ Calpurnia would tell her to act like
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“I could see right away that something was wrong with the dog. I made my sister come home with me to tell Calpurnia.” Jean Louise “Scout” Finch confirmed her brother’s story: “ I thought Jem was being silly‚ there ain’t supposed to be no mad dogs in February.” After the sighting‚ the two children hurried to their home where they told their housekeeper‚ Calpurnia‚ what they had seen. Calpurnia recognized the dog was indeed rabid when she saw him‚ “ I thought them children were fooling me‚ but when
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how the world really is. The first experience that the kid’s come to with learning about how humanity really is when they attend Sunday mass with Calpurnia at her church. The kid’s got a taste of reality when Lula‚ a tall Negro woman‚ snaps at Calpurnia for bring Jem and Scout to their church. For example‚ Lula barks at Calpurnia when she first sees the children by remarking‚ “I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillum to nigger church. You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillum
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a Mockingbird to express herself through characters like Atticus and Scout. In TKAM‚ Atticus stands up for Tom Robinson despite the threats and misfortunes he gets from doing it‚ Mrs. Dubose defeats her addiction to morphine and Atticus defends Calpurnia against his own sister‚ all these events enforce Harper Lee’s theme that courage is when you stand up for what you believe in and can achieve what you desire‚ despite social pressure. To begin with‚ Harper Lee reveals who really is the hero of the
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ACT 2 SCENE 2 INTRODUCTION Good afternoon. I’m going to tell you about the disposition of Julius Caesar’s wife Calpurnia‚ during the early morning hours on the Ides of March which was also the day Caesar was to be crowned king but‚ was assassinated instead. BRIEF SUMMARY The scene opens with thunder and lightning accompanied by torrential rain since the night before when Calpurnia is deeply disturbed by horrid nightmares of Caesar being slaughtered by sadistic murderers (sadistic because they were
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Mockingbird Characters Comparison Calpurnia vs. Aunt Alexandra By: Patrick Anderson In the book To Kill a Mockingbird I thought that the two characters that would be best to compare would be Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra. I picked these two for a couple reasons. One they are both against each other‚ seeing as Aunt Alexandra wants to fire Calpurnia. Another is they are both alike in a way‚ they are both mother figures in Scouts life. One reason Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra being mother figures
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Explore the three portrayals of Shylock you have seen in Act 4 scene 1. In what ways are each effective and why? The character of Shylock plays an important part in The Merchant of Venice. He is a money lender who charges interest (commonly known as usurer) and agreed to a bond with one of his customers called Antonio. Antonio agreed that if he wasn’t able to repay him‚ then Shylock could receive a pound of his flesh. Unsurprisingly Antonio couldn’t repay him‚ and so the bond was taken to court
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