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    ‘None of the characters in Lantana are particularly attractive. All are deeply flawed human beings.’ Discuss whether you agree with this statement. Lantana delves into the world of the middle-aged and married‚ and gives the audience insight into the crises they face and the resolution and conclusion to their mid-life melodramas. Throughout the text we see each characters ability to deceive both themselves and others and this is discovered through not only the powerfully driven narrative of the

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    Penelope’s Character Radiates in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie uses stylistic devices throughout The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to develop the character of the protagonist Junior’s rich‚ white girlfriend‚ Penelope. First and foremost Sherman Alexie uses an illustration to show how beautiful Junior thinks Penelope is. On Junior’s first day he sees Penelope and is struck by how pretty she is. Junior uses the words “totally and absolutely gorgeous”

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    Shadow Spinner Characters

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    Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher‚ there are three characters who are humble‚ unfavorable and weak in the beginning‚ yet develop into most significant‚ favorable and powerful characters by facing hardships throughout the novel. Marjan is a protagonist and crippled orphan storyteller. She evolves from feeble and unfavorable girl to the most significant heroine of the story who faces her fears and challenges. Dunyazad is another character who develops into brave and devoted person to save

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    Katherine Character Foil

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    When exploring through the traits of characters within all well written stories or even actual people‚ the major changes within them began with small little choices or events and the repercussions snowballed upon each other‚ and rock the character down to their very core ideals. With this truth set in place‚ it becomes evident that casting judgement upon another due to their reaction to an event is something inherently wrong. As the events that they have experienced up to that point are something

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    Character analysis: In Before I Fall it is based around the main character; Samantha Kingston and her group of close friends: Lindsey‚ Ally and Elody they are all around 17 years-old. Samantha is occupied in the novel by her boyfriend Rob throughout the novel until she realizes she does not want to be with him. Samantha is popular along with her friends‚ they are know as a group that is not really to be messed with. She comes from a nice family that she chooses not to interact with because she feels

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    Medea Character Analysis

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    which he believes is a better match than Medea. Later‚ Medea gives Jason a gift to give to the daughter of Creon. But that gift is poisoned and it leads to the death of Creon’s daughter‚ Glauce. In the play‚ Medea‚ the protagonist is Medea. The characters at the beginning of the play talk about Medea and discuss about her sadness. Euripides uses characterization in order to create the deeper effect of the attitude of Medea when she is revealed. The Nurse in the play talks about Medea at the beginning

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    Briefly Appearing Characters In numerous works of literature‚ a character that may not even appear at all in the course of the story carries a significant presence affecting the development of the plot throughout the novel. In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ the author indicates that Oskar’s deceased father plays an eloquent role in the development of the plot. As a result of his father’s presence‚ Oskar goes on a trek throughout New York‚ eventually is able to connect

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    Just in general‚ I suppose that I do find the first book of the novel quite interesting. I enjoy the footnotes that go along with the story‚ as they add a great amount of depth and character to the story as a whole. Along with that‚ the footnotes also provide a good insight to the culture‚ traditions‚ mythology and history behind the story line. As for a particular scene‚ the most interesting to me was when Theron and his pirates broke into the tomb where Callirhoe was. The entire scene to me was

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    Character Mandala Quotes

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    Character Mandala My Character Mandala is about Lily Owens from The Secret Life of Bees. throughout the story she can easily be represented by many color symbols. In the book she is know to lie to many characters and even considers herself to be good at it shown by this quote “The secret of a good lie is don’t overly explain‚ and throw in one good detail”. This represents the color yellow for dishonesty and deceit. Another color she represents is black which stands for things like mourning and

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    As a dynamic character‚ Tommy enhances the theme by being intrigued with the teacher’s lessons. Tommy undergoes an important internal change because of Mrs. Ferenczi’s actions. Through this dynamic character the theme is reinforced because it shows how Tommy has become involved and intrigued by Mrs. Ferenczi’s lessons. Tommy’s life was a constant routine‚ it was just completely repetitive. However‚ a change interrupts his normal everyday life. Predictable routines at school and at home with his chores

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