A Character from the “Hole” 1. My full name is Brodericka Amanda Smith‚ but the team calls me Brody. My mother gave me the first name‚ and father was responsible for the last part. I am 34; I was born on March 17‚ the Saint Patrick’s Day. The play mentions only characters first name and average age. Brody can by a short version of a male name Broderick‚ which means “a dream”. That is why I included Irish background and culture’s traditional holiday. People often believe their dreams will come true
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The main character Candide went through many hardships throughout the literature. He always had the attitude of a very understanding and positive person. Candide loved to live. He thought he lived in the best of worlds‚ in the best of towns there was. This was not the fact. Candide went through many hardship he had to overcome. This would test his positive outlook on his life. Throughout the story Candide comes upon many different people who would lead him on different journeys. These things combined
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Grace Scott English 9 Honors Mrs. Duff 14 April 2014 Character Analysis: Balthasar In this scene of the play‚ Balthasar‚ Romeo’s servant‚ brings him the news that Juliet has died. He wants Romeo to know of the death and is motivated to tell him what has happened because Balthasar loves Romeo and is very loyal to him. He wanted to make sure Romeo received the news rather than finding out later. He is driven to tell Romeo so that he can avoid possible conflict if Romeo discovered that his
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Character Analysis: Beowulf At the beginning of the story Beowulf the character Beowulf was a strong‚ brave‚ and powerful hero originating from Geat. Upon coming to the Danes‚ Beowulf shows courage and his need for a challenge in his fortitude to help rid them of Grendel. He was already a famous young hero who had accomplished much to this point in his life but handles himself with great composure‚ especially when dealing with Unferth. It is also possible to see Beowulf as a just person who has
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Grendel as a Ridiculous Character Probably one of the greatest questions of the 19th century comes directly from John Gardner’s novel Grendel. Given a world with no inherent meaning‚ how should one live his or her life? Grendel lives in a world that he is not supposed to be in‚ acting out on emotion. Grendel represents the animalistic traits of humans. His actions are primitive and based around society’s acceptance throughout the novel. Grendel portrays a ridiculous character that is convinced we
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Sylvia Plath was one of the most self-motivated and well-regarded poets of the 20th century. She was an American poet‚ novelist‚ and short story write. Plath was born in Boston and studied at the University of Cambridge before receiving approval as a poet and writer. By the time‚ she took her life at the age of 30‚ Plath was already known in the literary community. In the following years‚ her work attracted the attention of many readers‚ who saw in her singular verse an attempt to catalogue despair
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2/15/12 American Lit Dimmesdale Character Analysis Dimmesdale is one of the most interesting characters in The Scarlet Letter. This is because he demonstrates in this story that he is at times a coward‚ and that he is strong‚ yet not courageous. Dimmesdale is develops as a character drastically throughout the story. Changes in his character are frequent throughout the book. Throughout the whole story‚ Dimmesdale shows himself as a very diverse and intriguing character. Dimmesdale proves that he
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following report is to critically analyse and deconstruct the character of "the Joker" within the film "the Dark Knight" and discuss the reasoning of why this character was interpreted in such a way. The Joker‚ played by late Heath Ledger‚ is a terrifying villain who will stop at nothing to manipulate and corrupt his victims. However it is not the Jokers sinful love for destruction and chaos alone that makes him such a terrifying character‚ it is that he is flesh and blood; he is not immortal and does
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A monster lurks in the forest; boys are fighting for power; and a war breaks out on a once-peaceful island. In this kind of situation‚ a hero is needed to calm things down. Heroes are normally perceived as many things: astonishingly smart‚ stupidly brave‚ or even with superhuman powers. But a true hero does not measure up to be the perfect being‚ but he is sometimes just another face in the crowd‚ such as Piggy‚ from William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Piggy‚ although very underrated‚ stands a strong
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Character Analysis The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a delightful depiction of the witch trials; where all someone had to do was scream witch and you were hung. Sounds great doesn’t it? I‚ personally‚ didn’t enjoy the plot‚ because it disturbed me that someone could be so religious and blind to reality that they hang their neighbors‚ children‚ and innocent others. John Proctor was a main character in trying to stop the hangings‚ and bring sense to people. He changed immensely in the play
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