In the 1942 classic‚ Casablanca‚ Rick is the American owner of the prominent bar‚ Café Américain‚ where people from all over the Moroccan city come to gamble and make shady deals to escape the place. Despite all of the drama and variety of people that pass through‚ however‚ Rick has remained largely uninvolved‚ maintaining a strictly neutral stance with all who know him. This all changes‚ however‚ the day his ex-lover and her husband stop in. Despite his character’s initial detachment‚ Bogart allows
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Ophelia: Character analysis Ophelia‚ a young beautiful woman‚ is known to be the young daughter of Polonius‚ sister to Laertes‚ and Love interest to Hamlet. In the play‚ Ophelia is stuck between her obedience to her father and her love for Hamlet‚ which seems to possess some tragic consequences. Ophelia is the archetypal obedient daughter‚ a role required to be played by all young women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. When her father orders her to
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Atticus Finch Character Analysis Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb‚ the representative of Alabama in state legislature‚ the defendant of Tom Robinson‚ and the father of Jem and Scout Finch. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus is portrayed as a man of integrity‚ great courage‚ and a parent who is determined to show his kids what is right and what is wrong. Atticus Finch shows integrity and good morals in many
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provocative‚ unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles‚ this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast of characters’ struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another’s lives. In the gray area between black and white‚ victim and aggressor‚ there are no easy answers. Funny‚ powerful‚ and always unpredictable‚ "Crash" boldly reminds us
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William Shakespeare’s Othello is a play that mostly revolves around jealousy‚ trust and revenge. Throughout most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ evil characters are not uncommon‚ but in my own opinion‚ Iago has to be one of if not the most - interesting. Even though Iago might be described by some as being just "pure evil" or even "intolerable"‚ the truth still remains that people will read deeper into the play just to see what Iago will do next. Through his words and actions‚ which are carefully thought
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Shelbi Holt 7/30/09 Character Analysis In “The Birthmark”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the character Alymer is portrayed as a mad scientist. He cares about his wife‚ but his love for science and intellect overcomes any love he could ever have for her. By saying Alymer is a mad scientist‚ I am meaning that he will go to great lengths to try and create cures and become intertwined with science itself. Alymer’s behavior is very manipulative around others. He doesn’t just come out and say how
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and his greatest creation the Well of Moses. A artist at the Court of Burgundy‚ Claus Sluter was determined to become one of the greatest sculptor of his time. In 1389‚ the Northern Late Gothic artist was put in charge of the Chartreuse de Champole by‚ Philip the Bold‚ in charge of the sculptural program. Here’s where Claus achieved the Well of Moses. The Well of Moses was designed over a well‚ were Carthusians Monastery worshiped. The well served as a water source for
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Policymaking Paper: Clean Water Act of 1977 Throughout the many years of existence of the United States national government‚ there have been numerous bills‚ policies‚ etc that have gone through the legislative process in Congress. Some of them were lucky or important enough to pass‚ however others were not so fortunate. Now one bill in particular that is of significance in the United States and that was fortunate enough to pass was The Clean Water Act of 1977. Such a bill that results in an essential
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Timmy Bullard Mrs. Howe English 1 honors March 6‚ 2013 Character analysis Of all the characters described in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations‚ Phillip (Pip) is the most unsatisfied with himself and his environment. Pip explains how distraught he is with how he treats Joe in the scene where Joe is visiting Pip in London. Joe is here to deliver a message to Pip from Mss. Havisham and Estella‚ but the entire time they are talking‚ Pip feels a sense of awkwardness. Joe then hits Pip with a curve
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baby sister‚ but thank you for the cigarette.” From the beginning of the film Rooster is displayed as a rough character. In the book he does come off as rough‚ but he is still willing to at least talk with Mattie about her offer over super‚ while in the film he closes the conversation and leaves Mattie to her search for a suitable marshal to find Tom Chaney. Mattie Ross is another character that displays more “grit” in the movie than in the novel. The characteristic that gives Mattie the definition
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