Salamatin 1 Matthew Salamatin Ms. Watkins Junior English 12/12/12 Gatsby Character Analysis Essay Outline The color yellow can be interpreted in both positive and negative ways. In the Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby is described by the color yellow multiple times to portray how he is rich and corrupt. Gatsby is also described as “new rich” and near the end of the book we find out how he came to become rich. In the Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby is often associated with the color yellow which indicates his wealth
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“And the language obscene / An engine‚ and engine / Chuffing me off like a Jew” (lines 30-32)This quote depicts the relationship that Plath had with her father. In Daddy‚ Plath depicts herself as a victim‚ as she compares herself to a Jew and her father as a Nazi. She uses this train metaphor to depict herself as a victimized Jew who is being taken away to a concentration camp. Plath uses allusions to describe her father as Hitler‚ as it is written “And your neat moustache / And your Aryan eyes
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Character Analysis: Achilles In Homer’s epic “The Iliad” the main character‚ Achilles‚ is not really the typical run of the mill hero. Even though he is a great warrior he doesn’t come off as one in the epic. His rage constantly comes up when his feelings get hurt or someone insults him. Because of this he stops fighting with his own people all because he has been offended by his commander‚ Agamemnon. It is not till after his friend gets killed in battle that he re-enters the war‚ only again because
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A Character Analysis: Sammy Sammy is a young teen who works at the grocery store. He is just like any other teen checking out everything going on. One day‚ he spots three teen girls walking through the door. This begins to show Sammy’s true emotions and character in the story “A&P”. Sammy shows that he is very observant‚ different‚ and dissatisfied. Sammy is observant and watches
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In stories there is always a character who is the hero of the adventure. They are strong‚ independent‚ and motivated. The hero Odysseus‚ from The Odyssey‚ is an epic hero‚ while Okonkwo‚ from Things Fall Apart‚ is a tragic hero. For Odysseus‚ his task is to sail back home after the Battle of Troy‚ while facing the fury of the gods. After many challenges with different powerful influences‚ Odysseus must use his master of schemes skills to find his way home. With the help of the god‚ Athena‚ and his
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Character Analysis: Odysseus Smart‚ yet Arrogant In books 9-12 of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Odysseus shows three prominent character traits: quick-wittedness‚ hubris‚ and self control. Odysseus has gone down in stories and history books for his life-saving quick-wittedness. An example of his quick thinking is in the scene where Odysseus and a few of his men are trapped in Polyphemus’‚ a cyclopes‚ cave and Odysseus devises a cunning plan to help them escape. He gives Polyphemus all the liquor he
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wakes up he is on a raft with a person he has never met before‚ Timothy‚ and he has no idea where they are or where his mom is. Also‚ on this journey he goes blind and Timothy finds an island they can live on till rescued. In The Cay‚ Phillip’s character reveals that through many conflicts‚ he developed independence‚
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Grendel character analysis Terrorizing a town for 12 years Grendel kills countless men and woman in the epic of Beowulf. Banished to an underwater dwelling when descendants of Cain were banished and killed‚ many warriors faced him but few survived. Many have herd of Grendel and his tale of horror‚ but who is Grendel? Grendel is seen by other people in Beowulf as a monster and a fiend even before his name is mentioned the narrator refers to him as a “powerful monster‚ living down in the darkness”
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Character Analysis of Agamemnon Power as prime motivation In The Iliad‚ Homer gives us many characters to examine: Some characters are simple while some are complicated‚ some are heroic‚ some are cowards‚ some are motivated by the desire for kleos and plunder while some are motivated by power. Each warrior goes into battle with different responsibilities‚ obligations and motives depending on rank and class. For example‚ a king has different motivations for going to war than a soldier has.
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Character Analysis of Clytaemnestra In Agamemnon‚ the first of three plays from the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytaemnestra‚ is portrayed as a strong willed woman. Her strength is evident in various occasions in the play. This characteristic was not typical for women of the time period. This strong women walked the fine line between the roles of a women and man‚ a lover and fighter‚ and a subject and ruler. It is apparent that Clytaemnestra has both feminine‚ and masculine
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