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    Tartuffe In the story Tartuffe by Moliere‚ the audience can view many foil characters. It seems as if every character had a foil‚ meaning opposite character. The two foils that most stood out were Tartuffe and Cleante. These characters show completely different personalities and everything about them is actually the opposite. One is a hypocrite about religion and the other one is very pious. The more you learn about the characters‚ the more you realize how different they are. Cleante is both a wise

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    In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ one meets many characters with a wide variety of different values and backgrounds. One of these characters include Burris Ewell. Burris Ewell appears in Chapter 3 on Scout’s first day of the first grade. As one finds out through various characters‚ Burris has a poor family life. Burris Ewell displays a great multitude of his personality in the brief moments in which one meets him. Burris Ewell can be characterized as controlling and condescending due

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    Of Mice and Men Essay By: David Whisel In the story Of Mice and Men many characters break social conventions with each other. Comparing Lennie and Montresour the both of them can be unpredictable. Each one has a different belief system. How this comparison is shown is how I believe they broke social conventions in favor of their own ideas Lennie did many things to break his social norms. His best friend George would lie to people all the time about him being kicked in the head by a horse

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    In literature‚ a foil character is someone who shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualties’ of another character. In Macbeths play I find that a couple characters fit that quality. And the characters are Banquo‚ Malcom‚ maybe King Duncan. Banquo is a foil character because of the fact that in the beginning of the play the witches told Banquo that he’s promised to be father of many kings. Which later in the play we learn that isn’t true. But both Macbeth and Banquo become obsessed with

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    Character Chart 1. Atticus: • Scout and Jem’s dad • Lawyer in Maycomb County • Believes in equality for everyone – brings up children that way • Defends Tom Robinson in a rape case and losses 2. Scout – Jean Louise Finch • Daughter of Atticus • Narrator of story • Tomboy • Very intelligent for her age • Wants to meet Boo Radley 3. Jem Finch • Scout’s brother and playmate at beginning • Likes playing football • Four years older than Scout 4. Caroline Fischer •

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    Firstly‚ In this journal I will be characterizing Atticus as empathetic and moral. To begin with‚ Atticus is empathetic for many reasons. For one‚ Atticus always walks in other people’s shoes before he judges anyone. Atticus always walks in another person’s shoes or skin‚ as he puts it because everyone has different things that you do not know and you should not judge them for as he puts it. Atticus always tells the kids that they should give everyone a chance as he does. Atticus also is empathetic

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    Growing Up in Maycomb What if people had the chance to look back on their lives and watch their selves grow up? In “To Kill a Mocking Bird” Jean Louise Finch or Scout‚ or scout gets to do just that. During the Great Depression in the small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ The Finches get involved in a whirlwind of prejudices and unfairness which cause Scout to grow up irregularly in comparison to other kids her age. Scout learns more and more about the world as she grows up and she starts to see the war

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    Don John & Don Pedro Character Foil Don Pedro is a friend to all and a beloved prince‚ but on the other hand‚ his evil brother Don John is a lying trickster. How are the brothers so different‚ and why do they contrast each other so much. The brothers are in a royal family‚ but Don John is the bastard child so he had no right to be the prince and is treated unfairly by most of society. Don Pedro acts nice and caring to all because of his happy life and right to the throne. In “Much ado about nothing”

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    Analyse how a significant event illustrated one or more key theme(s) in the written text. A significant event in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) by Harper Lee is the Tom Robinson trial. TKAM is a novel set in the time of the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. This significant event illustrates the key theme of courage through the character Atticus Finch. Atticus shows moral courage the contrast of Bob Ewell and Atticus during the confrontation after the trial. The author Harper Lee through

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    TKAM Character Analysis In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the people of Maycomb are prejudice. According to them‚ the only way a white man would be able to like a black man more than a white man is if he was an alcoholic or had some type of dysfunction. This applies to the majority of the people in Maycomb. Dolphus Raymond‚ however‚ is not part of this stereotype. He doesn’t have a dysfunction and only pretends to be an alcoholic. Mr. Raymond is both caring and sly. When Dolphus

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