Characters Moll Flanders - The narrator and protagonist of the novel‚ who actually goes by a number of names during the course of her lifetime. Born an orphan‚ she lives a varied and exciting life‚ moving through an astonishing number of marriages and affairs and becoming a highly successful professional criminal before her eventual retirement and repentance. "Moll Flanders" is the alias she adopts‚ or rather is given by the criminal public‚ during her years as an expert thief. Moll’s Mother
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Eudora Welty‚ in her character Phoenix Jackson‚ creates humanity’s counterpart of the phoenix firebird from oriental tradition. Although Phoenix Jackson can not lay claim to the immortality manifested by consuming fiery rebirths (as does the mythological bird)‚ she possesses a fiery spirit and is consumed by love for her grandchild. Ana4rzing the character of Phoenix is pleasurable because the characteristics of her "roundness" are primarily positive‚ static traits. She is tenacious‚ confident‚ wise
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Sonny’s Blues In Sonny’s Blues‚ Baldwin uses a passionate tone and imagery to reveal how Sonny’s relationship to music characterizes him. Sonny is characterized as dedicated to his music. He’s someone who treats music as a lifestyle‚ and not just a hobby. When Sonny moves into Isabel’s home‚ music officially becomes his life. It was an opportunity he did not have before‚ because now he would have access to a piano. “At first‚ Isabel would write me‚ saying how nice it was that Sonny was so serious
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In the short story‚ “Fiesta”‚ Junot Diaz characterizes the main character‚ Yunior‚ as a child we should feel sorry for. Much sorrow is felt for Yunior due to him going hungry‚ his uncontrolled vomiting‚ and him sacrificing his social life just to keep his family together. He withholds his father’s deepest‚ darkest secret from his mother‚ but his father still treats him as if he was not his son. Readers sympathize with Yunior because of the many tribulations his father puts him through. Yunior
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03 October 2013 Hop Frog In Edgar Allen Poe’s 1849 short story‚ Hop Frog‚ the main character is a crippled dwarf that is forced to be a court jester under the king’s rule and later attains his revenge by killing him. Poe uses great characterization throughout the story to not only help the reader relate to Hop Frog‚ but to also show justice in his horrifying actions. He characterizes Hop Frog‚ Trippetta‚ and the king and his ministers in a way that allows readers to empathize with the story’s ending
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The text’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ by Jonathan Edwards‚ and The Minister’s Black Veil‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne both have pretty similar subjects. Both texts talk about preachers and sins‚ and how sinning is bad‚ and you can’t try to cover up your sins‚ it will just bring you down. The theme in both texts are pretty similar. One theme in The Minister’s Black Veil is that you can’t try to cover up your sins‚ it will just bring you down. In lines 39-40 of the text it says‚ “With this gloomy
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Macbeth Characterization Graphic Organizer Use this graphic organizer to collect your thoughts about characterization in Macbeth. As you read each scene‚ record what you learn about the character. Add the line from the play that supports your idea. Lady Macbeth Observations Text Support Looks Few descriptions are given but she is thought to be a beautiful woman‚ who is hard to read and very serious. “fair and noble hostess…” Actions She shows initiative and aims to accomplish the task‚ helping
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University of Phoenix Material The Angry Couple Worksheet Watch the first 25 minutes of”‚ “The Angry Couple” video located on the student website. Read the Mental Health Facilitator Module 5 “Using Questions.” Answer the following three questions in 200 to 250 words each. Include detailed responses and provide specific examples from the video. Consider the three-stage model of interviewing as you watch the video. Provide two to three examples from the video for each of the following stages:
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in Shakespeare’s masterpiece‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ have many more layers to them then it may seem. There are several literary terms to show the layers that make up the characters. Shakespeare uses juxtaposition‚ oxymoron‚ and paradox as indirect characterization to show how complex Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Friar Laurence are as characters. Juliet is young and has deep changing feelings. Many of the feelings she has toward Romeo are confusing ones‚ “honorable villain‚” (3.2.79). This oxymoron shows the passion
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In “The Scarlet Ibis”‚ James Hurst uses indirect characterization to display the idea that pride is wonderful feeling‚ but too much of it can control someone and hurt them and others by having Doodle be the older brother’s pride‚ than by having his pride overcome him and end up hurting him. Towards the middle of the story‚ Doodle‚ the protagonist‚ is taught how to walk by his older brother. When they decide to show their family the surprise‚ everyone walks over to Doodle’s older brother to give him
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