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    motion the incidents that lead to the bloody climax” (Boyce). This quote illustrates the topic of the following essay. It clearly outlines why the inability to act is ultimately the tragic flaw of the character Hamlet. Firstly‚ Hamlet’s procrastination ultimately leads to the premature death of many characters throughout the play. In act 3 scene 4‚ while confronting his mother‚ Hamlet hears a noise from behind a curtain. Thinking it was Claudius spying‚ Hamlet passes his sword through the curtain

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    Menagerie and Great Expectations Humans have a tenuous grip on the concept of time. In some cases‚ one may live in the past as an indication of emotional distress due to preconceived perspectives and can be a nostalgic experience used by individuals to captivate fond memories of past‚ or the past being better than the present. The Wingfields from Tennessee Williams’ written text‚ The Glass Menagerie and persons such as Miss Havisham‚ Pip and Estella from Joseph Hardy’s visual text‚ Great Expectations

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    20 May 2008 The Undefined American Dream: Character Analysis in the Great Gatsby “Gatsby believed in the green light‚ the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then‚ but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster‚ stretch out our arms farther. And one fine morning [...] So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past.”(172). Nick is the narrator of the novel and analyzes how each character struggles to achieve the American Dream. Gatsby

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    What Makes “The Great Gatsby” Great? After nearly one hundred years since its publication‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is critically acclaimed to be the Great American Novel‚ with millions of copies being sold annually. Fitzgerald’s pioneering material‚ brilliant structure‚ and deconstruction of the highly-sought after American Dream transforms the slim novel into a true masterpiece.The story of greed‚ envy‚ jealousy‚ and wealth implores readers to re-read and decipher its deeper-meanings

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    procrastination. He is posed by big philosophical questions and preoccupied with his thoughts. This preoccupation lends an aura to the audience that Hamlet’s tragic flaw lies in his inaction. William Hazlitt claims that “Hamlet is a name: his speeches and sayings but the idle coinage of the poet’s brain” (71). He further throws light upon the character of Hamlet and presumes the viewpoint that Hamlet’s “ruling passion is to think‚ not to act” (74). This particular

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    <center><b>Greed‚ Corruption‚ the Search of One’s Self and the 1920’s</b></center> <br> <br>The characters’ search of their own identities and the struggle that ensues is the most suffusive theme throughout The Great Gatsby . The fact that we never really know the characters‚ and the corrupt immoral things they do‚ directly represent the 20’s high society lifestyle. The characters continued to cheat on their spouses‚ let money become their obsession‚ and debated the American dream for the hopes of

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    English 12 The Great Gastby. Color and character think piece. Like many authors‚ Fitzgerald uses a lot of color in his book‚ to communicate more about the story. And color has a lot of influence in our life‚ the way we dress and even our moods and sometimes feelings. Fitzgerald uses the meaning of the colors in the great Gastby to give other meaning to the objects and the characters. He uses green. We know Gatsby for being a rich man‚ he has a huge house for himself‚ has lots

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    Renowned actor Chris Colfer once said‚ “People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.” By definition‚ a villain is a character in a book‚ play‚ film‚ etc.‚ that harms other people. In The Great Gatsby‚ author F. Scott Fitzgerald displays Jay Gatsby as an everyman‚ who strives to obtain his goals. Gatsby’s determination and values are traits that are admired by Nick‚ the narrator of the book‚ who consistently “finds [himself] on Gatsby’s side.” However‚ due to

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    The play Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare was written the 16th century during the Elizabethan era. Othello is an amazing character. He enjoyed success in the warfare‚ which gave him the reputation as one of Venice’s best generals. Although he has great success in the battlefield‚ he has a dramatic flaw that causes a downfall in his life. The dramatic flaw is jealousy. This was brought on by a simple persuasion of Iago‚ the antagonist of the play. Even though Iago used manipulation to get Othello

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    Great Zimbabwe University Faculty of social sciences Dept of PSY and HRM COURSE: LABOUR LAW LECTURER: MR MUPANI NAMES: TAFADZWA N MOYO M112877 TAFADZWA MUTIWANYUKA M BELIEVE G MBULAWA M TERENCE MATASHU M ABIGAIL MABVIRAKARE M CARLEEN KATURUZA M FRANCISCA ZVENYIKA M MARY SHIRICHENA M Labour law according to Gwisai (2006) refers to the system of rules that regulate the voluntary relationships arising from the workplace and

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