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    makes something tragic is when someone is so hurt that they have completely lost hope and can’t overcome the odds because of outside or inside forces. In the book‚ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Curley’s Wife shows many signs of being a tragic character. She not only has hopes and dreams of becoming an actress that were crushed‚ but also married a man named Curley‚ who is rude and never acknowledges her. She is unable to talk to anyone else because she is the only woman on the farm and her name

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    DESCRIBE AN INTERESTNG CHARACTER IN THE NOVEL. EXPLAIN WHY THEY WERE INTERESTING. In the novel‚ ‘Q and A’ written by Vikas Swarup‚ there are several interesting characters. One interesting character in the novel would be Ram Mohammad Thomas‚ who is also the main character. Swarup’s purpose in writing the novel was to teach us that people (in India) can be very prejudiced towards others of a lower cycle or those from a different religion. He also wants to teach us that we need to persevere in order

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    Acting is a vital tool utilised to establish character used in ’Picnic at Hanging Rock’ to bring alive the divine‚ the norm and the traditional. In Sara’s case the combination of her timid and quiet tone‚ slow pace and her lack of hand gestures/ general movement‚ small presence and stiff posture aid to create a character that is quite average - a reserved yet eerie character. In comparison Miranda is described as a very different sort of person - she has a calming quiet voice that still demands attention

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    creates the metaphor of the world being a stage and the character of Miss Brill being an actress. This illusion can determine her to be a round character because she is afraid of being the person that she isn’t. Miss Brill hides her real emotions by hiding behind a teacher role instead of being true to herself. The character Miss Brill arrives at a theme of isolationism and abandonment; by acting Miss Brill can be recognized as a round character by having a hidden emotion by acting a certain manner

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    The Lovely Bones Essay Readers will often think about characters long after a text has been finished. Analyse how the WRITER made a CHARACTER or characters MEMORABLE for you in a text you have studied. In The Lovely Bones‚ a provocative account of a young girl’s life and death‚ by Alice Sebold‚ we are thrust into the cruel reality of Susie’s mislaid youth. We are immediately introduced to the protagonist‚ Susie Salmon‚ “like the fish‚” who wastes no time in describing her brutal and gruesome

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    marriage. He wants to die. He would commit suicide if God wouldn’t have a rule against it. If you commit suicide you go straight to hell. Quote number one is important for Aristotle’s third rule for tragedy. The third rule of tragedy says‚ the main character must experience a reversal of fortune or a discovery. Because Hamlet’s fortune is already so bad‚ the audience knows it is not about fortune but about discovery. Quote #2: P. 67 (Hamlet I: v‚ 29- 31) Quote #2 is spoken by Hamlet. Hamlet is alone

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    Wisemans Cove by James Moloney‚ many characters‚ not only Carl‚ changed throughout the book. Carl was a typical teenage boy with family issues to figure out. Some of the other people who changed in this novel are Skip and Harley. Skip had many reasons to hate the Matt family from an accident but he changed his view about the Matts when he realised that you should not judge a person from there last name. Harley learnt how to stay out of trouble. The main character‚ Carl Matt‚ changed the most throughout

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    strong personality. Throughout the novel‚ John Green gives an idea of how Hazel Grace discovers many essential lessons about passion and life. “The Fault in our Stars” novel has details that interests the reader by its descriptive feelings of some characters. The novel contains specific and determined sentences that is Hazel saysl. Her explanation always refers to what she is talking about and gives enough information. Usually she goes deep in thought and makes connections between her ideas and others

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    serious and deadly. He says that there is no such thing as a hero in war‚ and that it is impossible to win a war with a single person. But MacLean expresses the war as a mission which provides excitement. He also makes Major John Smith‚the main character of the novel‚ as a hero defeating Nazis singlehandedly. Lastly‚ by having Smith succeeding and surviving the mission‚ MacLean shows a significant difference between novels regarding death and glory. First‚ MacLean’s novel contain excitement and

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    Character Analysis Act 1- John Proctor How believable does he come across? John Proctor is probably the main character of this play. He enters shortly after Mary‚ Abigail and Mercy discuss the happenings of the night before. He is a very upright character‚ although has committed an awful sin despite this. He had an affair with Abigail Williams‚ who is only 17. He is ashamed of this‚ and clearly shows that he does not want to repeat such an incident in the future. “Put it out of mind‚ Abby” (page

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