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    Lady Macbeth is well respected like Macbeth. King Duncan calls her "our honored hostess." She is loving to her husband but at the same time very ambitious‚ she has a strong need for Macbeth to be king. This outcome will not benefit her and her husband equally. She says that "the fastest way" for Macbeth to become king is by murdering King Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s thoughts make her appear as cold and ambitious. To prepare for what she feels must be done she calls on evil spirits to "stop up th’ access

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    ROMEO AND JULIET CHARACTER SKETCH - JULIET CAPULET Juliet Capulet is one of the main characters in Romeo and Juliet‚ a famous play written by Shakespeare. Juliet is a beautiful‚ young 13 year old girl. Despite her age‚ she is pressured from the very beginning of the play to get married‚ preferably to a young nobleman named Paris who is a relative of the Prince of Verona. During the opening scenes of the play‚ Juliet seems to be an obedient and naïve child who always obeys her parents’ wishes. However

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    is willing to do anything to get what she wants. The narrator’s response to his alienation is that he has to believe in himself because nobody else does. His alienation leads to defiance because he just goes on with his routines. The theme of "A Worn Path" is no matter how many internal or external antagonists you come across you can overcome them. Phoenix’s alienation leads to her facing many antagonists but she overcomes them because she knows that she needs to get medicine for her grandson. In

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    Hannah Ferguson 1B 05/19/14 David Copperfield Character sketch: Mr. Murdstone Mr. Murdstone is one of the most evil characters in the novel. He is firm‚ reprimanding‚ and cruel. He is in his mid twenties. He is older than Ms. Copperfield‚ and it shows by how he pushes her around. He is a handsome man‚ with a closely shaved face and square jaw. David describes him to have‚ “ that kind of shallow black eye-I want a better word to express an eye that has no depth in it to be looked into.” He had dark

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    Character Sketch - Patrick Jane‚ The Mentalist Patrick Jane is the primary character on The Mentalist‚ a dramatic series that uses the homicide team of the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to showcase Jane’s talents. He has a reputation for his observation skills‚ which are highly useful when questioning suspects and witnesses‚ even though he can appear unfeeling when interacting with the recently bereaved. He frequently challenges his superiors‚ and does it in a mocking manner

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    Daryl Casao Ms. Clemente English 3U 7 February 2011 Character Sketch: Alice The story “Mirror Image” by Lena Coakley is about the character Alice trying to find her true self in the midst of an identity crisis. The character’s struggle was caused when she and her dad had an accident where she made it but her dad didn’t. But the thing is‚ her body didn’t quite make it too. So they had to do a brain transplant. Now Alice is considered as a new person by her sister but she is in denial

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    inexperienced person 8. Death’s-head—skull 9. a-cap’ring—dancing 10. pennyworth—a small amount 11. doublet—a close-fitting outer garment‚ with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt‚ worn by men in the Renaissance; an undergarment‚ quilted and reinforced with mail‚ worn beneath arm. 12. round hose—very full short breeches which varied in length from the upper thigh to just above the knee‚ giving a rounded look to the hips and showing off the leg. 13. surety—a person

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    grandparents. It all depends on what the person does to be considered a hero‚ such as a grandparent that would walk about 50 miles to get medicine for their sick grandson. That is what Phoenix Jackson did for her grandson in the short story‚ "A Worn Path". Phoenix Jackson is a very old woman who lives out in the backcountry of Mississippi with her sick grandson. She takes care of him because she is his only family left and he has some kind of a problem with his throat‚ he can’t talk anymore

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    however there is also a trap: “up through pines‚ now through oaks.” Pines and oaks both mean hardship of life‚ which means that life is same as the path that there are uphill and down hill. Her duty is indicated by a little boy‚ an illusion that she see while she mounts the log. It revels when she goes to a hospital that Phoenix must travel a dangerous path through the forest in order to get medicine for her dear grandson. She meets the dangerous trap consistently: “so she left that tree‚ and had to

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    Character Sketch of the Narrator from “The Raven” “The Raven‚” written in 1845 by Edgar Allan Poe‚ is one of the most famous - or infamous - poems in the history of American literature. Its plot involves a man who has recently lost someone dear to him. Presumably‚ this is was his wife or significant other. In the poem‚ the narrator hears noises and eventually is greeted by a raven who can only speak the word “nevermore.” From the contents of this poem‚ one can infer that the narrator possesses

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