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    “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare‚ highlights the story of the popular figure of Rome namely Julius Caesar. It covers his return from the defeat against Pompeii till the time of his death. It also covers the fact that Caesar was betrayed and killed by his fellow comrades because he wanted all the power to himself. Of the comrades who committed the murder is his best friend‚ Brutus. Other comrades bought Brutus into this murder plot by sending him a letter pretending it was from the people

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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel illustrating the struggles of a racist town in Alabama. Characters are at a struggle to comprehend the way people act. Knowing this‚ they have to learn what is right and act accordingly. Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ characters discover and begin to emphasize each other’s lives in large portions and in doing so‚ many characters develop and mature to understand the world they live in. Atticus Finch is a single father with two young

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    cannot accept the truth‚ the present‚ and modernization going around them. The character of Emily Grierson in William Faulkner ’s "A Rose for Emily" is one from this category of people. Emily Grierson was a strange personality with distinguished characteristics. From the point of view of many‚ she is a crazy woman because she kills her lover in order to keep him forever with herself. Miss Emily Grierson is a static character that is locked in her past life. She is not able to change herself and roll

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    In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ many negatives of being a soldier are presented. These negatives‚ being shown as emotional burdens‚ are prevalent throughout each character in The Things They Carried. More intensely shown is Norman Bowker. He carried strong burdens throughout the story as well as the end of it. The social aspect of the Vietnam War affected the soldiers in The Things They Carried by forcing them to get involved with illegal drugs‚ and find themselves stuck with emotional

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    lies and sometimes there may be speculation that he is lying to himself. Fowlers relationship with Vietnamese woman Phuong often fuels the conflict in the story‚ especially between Fowler and Pyle. Fowler is also used as a metaphor to describe the character. The word foul is relatively similar to his last name and connections can be made about the character’s actions in the book. Alden Pyle is the "quiet American" of the title. Pyle is thoughtful‚ soft-spoken‚ intellectual‚ serious‚ and idealistic

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    Ellen Skiff English 11 CP‚ Period 2 The Canterbury Tales Character Analysis December 4‚ 2009 Character Analysis of the Wife of Bath ➢ Profession In the times of Chaucer‚ women were inferior to men. They were expected to be obedient‚ and polite. In reality‚ women worked and did what they wanted to do. Many became skilled tradesmen and were employed in workshops (“Medieval Women”). In The Canterbury Tales The Wife of Bath developed a talent for weaving cloth. She did not create cloth

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    Holden is a very opinionated character. He is a character that has been related to by teenagers over the last 60 years. Holden learns throughout the book that childhood innocence can not be protected forever. Everybody needs to grow up at one time or another. This is a great lesson to be learned by readers. At some point in every successful person’s life they realized that the needed to mature and become a responsible‚ functioning adult. Holden Caulfield is a character that is unique in many ways;

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    it‚ it’s easy to get swept up in the fast-paced romance of the titular characters; which makes it easier to overlook‚ arguably‚ one of the most significant characters: Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence serves as both a voice of reason to the main characters as well as a source of hope in their melodramatic despair. It is his character that gives a new perspective to the story as‚ perhaps‚ one of a cautionary tale. Other characters acknowledge Romeo’s melodrama and fickleness; but Friar Lawrence has the

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    Hamlets change of character In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ some of his characters go through major changes. One of these characters happens to be Hamlet‚ the Prince of Denmark. Due to the recent evidence Hamlet has gained which shows that Claudius whom is Hamlet’s uncle murdered Hamlets father King Hamlet‚ Hamlet starts to change. Hamlet changes his personal characteristics in many ways throughout the play. Some of the ways that he changed were his patience‚ impulsiveness‚ and indecisiveness.

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    The scene in Sling Blade which our class watched effectively created characterization for the character known as Carl. To begin the scene‚ it starts with Carl sitting and listening to a fellow in the same institution. A doctor interrupts his talking and says “there are some people for you to see”. The look on the man interrupted is dumbfounded. I can infer this is because Carl doesn’t receive many visitors. This is the author’s first note of characterization. It shows that Carl wasn’t a very popular

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