Pygmalion is written by dramatist‚ playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw in the year 1912 and was first published in the year 1913. The drama revolves around three main characters – Eliza Doolittle‚ Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering – who are all striving towards the same goal. That is‚ they want to be able to pass Eliza off as a Duchess rather than the flower girl from the London slums that she actually is. It starts as just a bet on the part of the Professor and the Colonel‚ but
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Write about Browning’s use of one of the following in Porphyria’s Lover : Setting‚ Characterisation or time. In Porphyria’s lover‚ Browning uses setting effectively throughout the poem to show key emotions and hidden thoughts throughout the poem. At the beginning of the poem the violent words ‘sullen’ and ‘tore’ suggests an essence of struggle and a secretive and slightly sinister atmosphere. Since wind is not able to feel emotion‚ it appears that the narrator is colouring the outside environment
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Markus Zusak implies the definition of conflict through the characterization in his novel‚ as two opposing concepts or forces that are presented in the same vicinity and cannot coexist. A variety of issues are illustrated through the use of characterisation and conflict in Markus Zusak’s ‘The Book Thief.’ The text is a coming of age story of an adolescent German girl‚ Liesel Meminger‚ who lives through extensive trials and tribulations in a hostile environment‚ a world war and her complex relationships
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the eyes of an innocent six-year-old girl‚ Scout. Scout’s hometown of Maycomb plays an important part in To Kill A Mockingbird and is responsible for many of the issues raised in the novel‚ namingly prejudice. Thus‚ through techniques such as characterisation‚ structure‚ point of view and language‚ Harper Lee can emphasise on the issue of prejudice‚ along with many other apparent issues. A large amount of characters are victimised by prejudice in "To Kill A Mockingbird". There are many types of prejudice
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theme of the novel is that of change. This is depicted through the eyes of Chris Guthrie whose stream of consciousness dominates the novel’s narrative‚ although parts of it are written from Kinraddie’s perspective‚ in the community voice. The characterisation of Chris in this novel is successful as an in depth portrayal of conflicting feelings and emotions is given that readers will relate to. Chris herself labels the conflicting sides of her the ’Scottish Chris’ and the ’English Chris’. The Scottish
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Introduction Methionine and cysteine are both sulphur containing amino acids. Most proteins will contain one‚ or both of them at some point in the polypeptide chain. As such‚ many amino acids contain sulphur in some form‚ which is required in small amounts in the mammalian diet. Methionine has a thioether side chain‚ and cysteine’s contains a thiol group. These side chains exist as free thiols inside the cell‚ and are oxidised causing them to pair up and form disulphide bonds in an extracellular
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Christopher’s Mom when he was 13 years old she had an affair with Roger‚ Mr Shears she decides to leave her son and her husband because she thinks that they would be better of without her ( London) this hurts her husband Ed so badly that he tells Christopher his mother had died because of a heart attack Outer appearance “small person” (p.24) “smells nice” (p.24) “smoker” (p.96) Character traits and behaviour we get to know from the novel “hot-tempered” woman‚ who gets angry
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As the two novels were published with over twenty years between them‚ it would perhaps be reasonable to expect the portrayal of the female characters to have developed as time progressed‚ with added depth and further importance being placed behind them. However‚ this is not the case‚ within each novel the way in which the authors‚ and society view women is somewhat degrading‚ with them being presented as shallow‚ dishonest creatures. ’The Great Gatsby’ was written during what was supposed to be a
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of conformity is shown with the usage of characterisation in the short story “The Whole Town’s sleeping” with the characterisation of Lavinia Nebss. Similarly in the short story “The Pedestrian” the usage of imagery is portrayed through the description of the deserted town and the enslavement of people due to the introduction of television to present the idea of conformity. In the short story “The whole town’s sleeping” Bradbury’s usage of characterisation of Lavinia Nebbs to evaluate the idea of
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hope‚ expanding it beyond his hometown and into the wider community. Alexie incorporates many themes‚ such as poverty‚ friendship and hope‚ within Junior’s journey‚ and those ideas are most effectively conveyed with the literary technique of characterisation. The theme of hope is prevalent throughout the novel‚ and Alexie conveys this message through the dialog of the characters. Back at Wellpinit‚ Junior does not realise the situation of the Indians. Mr P‚ his geometry teacher‚ tells him that “All
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