Ian Gidley IB English I May 17‚ 2005 World Literature Paper I A Character Comparison: Nora Vs. Antigone In the novels A Doll’s House and Antigone‚ Ibsen and Sophocles respectively create two lead female characters‚ Nora and Antigone‚ who confront society’s expectations of women in fundamentally different ways. Nora goes against the grain of middle class society by first forging her father’s signature and then deceiving her husband‚ Torvald‚ throughout their marriage; Antigone‚ on the other
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In the play‚ A Doll House‚ Nora goes through a major character change. The play is set during Christmas time and New Year’s because these are both times of “rebirth” or “reawakening” and similar metaphors to what Nora goes through during the play. Nora is treated and acts like a doll living in a doll house during most of the play. Towards the end of the play‚ Nora realizes that being a “doll” is not her reality. The reality of her trials with her marriage wake her up from her imagination to the
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Anna Avalon‚ the adventurous and admirable main character of “The Leap’ written by Louise Erdich has many traits that prove her to be a very admirable woman. Her daughter is very grateful to have her as a mother. Throughout this short story‚ it is quite easy to see that Anna Avalon is talented‚ careful and brave. Considered to be “The surviving half of a blindfold trapeze act” (Pg.190) Anna Avalon is very talented. She had previously been a performer. “Anna of the Flying Avalon’s” She had been
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Character Sketcher of the Tale of Despereaux Despereaux Tilling * Brave * Polite * Sickly * Different * Dreamy * Conforms * Infatuated * Love-sick Despereaux is a sickly mouse who always ran temperatures and fainted at loud noises. The moment he was born‚ he was classified as “different”‚ because he was born with his eyes open and had large ears. Then‚ as he grew up‚ he became more and more different by letting a human touch him and even speak to a human. Despereaux
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Mary Maloney’s Character Analysis Class has recently read Roald Dahl’s short story‚ “Lamb to the Slaughter”. In “Lamb to the Slaughter” there is a married couple; however the husband wants to divorce his wife Mary. Mary then becomes enraged and takes drastic measures. In the short story there is an interesting transformation in Mary Maloney’s character. Mary Maloney is a dynamic character because she changes from a loving wife to a manipulative and unstable widow. While reading the short
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Don Pedro‚ Prince of Aragon Of all the main characters in Much Ado About Nothing‚ Don Pedro seems the most elusive. He is the noblest character in the social hierarchy of the play‚ and his friends Benedick and Claudio‚ though equals in wit‚ must always defer to him because their positions depend upon his favor. Don Pedro has power‚ and he is well aware of it; whether or not he abuses this power is open to question. Unlike his bastard brother‚ the villain Don John‚ Don Pedro most often uses his power
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The Breakfast Club *Claire has been known as daddy’s little girl. She’s popular and can be perceived as being conceited and rude‚ but deep down Claire is kind and sweet and just trying to make a name for herself without her parents or her friends constantly pressuring her to be somebody they want her to be rather then who SHE wants to be. *Bender also known as the schools “bad boy”‚ has been known to be the criminal the guy that doesn’t care about anything and anyone. But what many people wouldn’t
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Hansberry writes‚ “Now the once loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself from under acres of crocheted doilies and couch covers which have themselves finally come to be more important than the upholstery” (23). Ruth can easily be compared to the couch in her living room as a woman who is overcome by how she feels about the Younger household and living conditions. Over the course of this play‚ The Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Ruth changes from fed up to relieved
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respectable man. But when Atticus is appointed to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who has been charged with rape of a white woman‚ the town begins to lose its composure‚ and sides both against tradition‚ and with it. It is during this time‚ that the character Dolphus Raymond emerges. Dolphus is unlike any other member in the community; he believes colored folk should be both respected‚ and loved. He fell in love with a black woman‚ married her‚ and has forever lost respect from many citizens of Maycomb
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Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ in late 1940s. It uses the ironic and sympathetic realism tones to deal with a culture clash between two of the main characters‚ Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. In this essay‚ I will analyze the characteristics of four main characters of the play‚ Blanche DuBois‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ Mitch‚ and Stella Kowalski. Blanche Dubois is a symbolic character in the play. She appears as a pretentious‚ fading relic of the Old South. When the play begins‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in
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