I am reading Choke by Diana López and I am on page one hundred twenty six. So far in the novel‚ there are two best friends who meet a new girl named Nina. Nina teaches only one of the girls a game she plays and now the girl‚ Windy‚ is part of “the breath sisters” a dangerous game‚ which can ruin a person. I am planning on predicting the future of Elena and Windy’s relationship and evaluating Nina as a character. In this journal‚ I will be predicting that Elena and Windy will become distanced from
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How Characters Reflect their Respective Time Periods: An Analysis of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Many authors comment on the society of their respective times through their writing. Geoffrey Chaucer and Jane Austen both use stereotypes of their times to reflect the society of that era. Chaucer lived during a time when the clergy was corrupt and stole from the hardworking‚ honest‚ peasant farmers (known as the Late Middle Ages*). In contrast‚ during the Hanoverian
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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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Character Analysis of Sandra The character of Sandra in Connie Gault’s short story called “The Man Who Followed His Hand” is shaped by the life that she has; she alienates herself from her family and community‚ thus making her an outsider trapped in a life she doesn’t want for herself. Connie Gault develops Sandra’s character by her thoughts and the way she interacts with other people. The party that Sandra and his husband hosted shows her isolation from her family and community. Sandra hates the
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Atticus Character Analysis Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout‚ and one of the main characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. He is an outstanding lawyer‚ father and neighbor in the town of Maycomb. The story takes place during the Great Depression‚ and Atticus is an example of a man who worked with justice to maintain his family and educate their children‚ being the only parent they had. Everyone esteems him; no matter their social status he would treat them all as equal. That is something
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Liceul Pedagogic “Mircea Scarlat”- Alexandria Profil: Filologie‚ Engleza-Bilingv Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë Lucrare pentru obtinerea atestatului de competente lingvistice‚ Limba Engleza Coordonator: Candidat: Prof. Calota Madalina Zgîrie Adrian-Valentin
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Character Analysis of Montresor If written with skill‚ “Villains” can be some of the most interesting characters in literature. The character of Montresor from Edgar Allen Poe’s “A Cask of Amontillado”. Poe‚ being the horror writer that he was‚ portrays this dark character in exactly that way. The story begins with Montresor explaining to the reader as a narrator that a man named Fortunato has insulted and hurt him for a great deal of time. Montresor never explains what exactly Fortunato did to
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Melodrama heavily relies on flat‚ overly emotional characters and a plot with almost too many coincidences. The film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is an excellent example of melodrama. The main characters’‚ sisters Blanche and Jane Hudson‚ personalities are developed immediately and do not change throughout the movie. Baby Jane was a child star in the 1910s whose career as an actress faded away in her early adulthood. Now an older woman‚ Jane has an unhealthy obsession with her childhood fame and
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General Custer as a scout at Fort Russell‚ Wyoming. She thought of herself as reckless and one of the best shots in the West. When they returned from Arizona‚ she was order to the Muscle Shell Indian outbreak. This is where she earned her name‚ "Calamity Jane." Over the next few years‚ she was ordered around‚ still continuing to dress and act like a man. She was found out to be a woman after being seen swimming nude. Later‚ she got severely sick and was in the hospital for 14 days. After regaining her strength
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Character Analysis – Ross * What does your character want in the scene? In act 4 scene 2 of Macbeth‚ Ross’ goal is to calm Lady Macbeth down after telling her about the departure of Macduff‚ her husband. This can be seen from things that he does in the scene. The scene begins with Ross speaking to Lady Macduff while she is stressing out about Macduff’s departure to England. Lady Macduff feels betrayed and furious because she thinks that Macduff abandoned her and their children. Ross tries to
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