Laurie’s lies In the story “Charles” ‚ Shirley Jackson vividly creates an entertaining main character‚ Laurie‚ through a description of his own looks‚ clothing‚ his own words‚ and actions. Shirley Jackson shows Laurie as having three main personality traits. Laurie can be best described as rude‚ impish‚ and disruptive. Early on in this story Laurie shows us his rude behavior when he starts kindergarten. Laurie is rude to everyone. He is rude to his teacher‚ his dad‚ and his mom. He says to his
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The character of Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello is unique in the fact that he has no conscience. Iago is the prime example of being a villain‚ as he lives only to serve himself and has absolute disdain and unconcern for the welfare of others. While what Shakespeare says about the ideal of man is that it is in man’s nature to yearn toward Heaven and to pursue the Good; Iago is unique among his villains because he has no operating conscience. The main characteristics of Iago are that he is selfish
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Characterization in A Worn Path In Eudora Welty’s short story‚ A Worn Path‚ her use of characterization is one of indirectness. The reader never gets a vivid description of what Phoenix‚ the main character‚ looks like‚ nor does the reader receive the confirmation of her being a black woman. Throughout the story one is able to conclude that Phoenix is an old woman who cares a great amount for her sick you grandson. One can also infer that though most see her as old and fragile she sees herself
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Last Requests By Giles Smith Characterization: Who are the main characters and who are the subordinate characters? There’s only one main character‚ and that’s the narrator of the story‚ who I’ll refer to as ‘The Woman’. The rest are sub characters‚ the wardens‚ the prisoners‚ the husband and the sons. How are the characters characterized – age‚ look‚ characteristics‚ manner‚ opinions‚ how do people see the characters? The characters are all described by their actions‚ and the only one who
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SWR: Blood – Characterization In the short story “Blood” by Zdravka Evtimova‚ characterization is a key element to the message‚ and mood it conveys to the reader. Early in the story‚ we meet a customer who walks into the store‚ and the author describes her in a very menacing way. “Her face looked frightened and gray. She approached me‚ her arms trembling‚ unnaturally pale‚ resembling two dead white fish in the dark.”Pg.1 This quote really set the mood for the beginning of the story. It also made
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The Graduate – Benjamin Braddock Characterization The film „The Graduate“‚ published in 1967 tells the story of a young man who has to deal with the problems of having no aim in life and getting seduced by an elder woman. Benjamin Braddock‚ played by Dustin Hoffman‚ is the protagonist and he is going to be the topic of this characterization. Benjamin‚ a recent college graduate‚ got the features of a normal 20 years old male in the 1960`s. Brown hair‚ mid-tall‚ well-dressed‚ trained and good-looking
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The 13th Warrior In 922 AD‚ an Arab poet named Ahmed is exiled and sent to the north as an emissary as punishment for his interest in another man’s woman. During the journey‚ they encounter another group of people quite different from themselves—the Vikings. Shortly after‚ the Vikings embark on a journey to defeat a group known as the Eaters of the Dead and‚ according to the Viking oracle‚ the 13th warrior needed for the journey must not be a Northman. As a result‚ Ahmed ends up going on the
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What elements of Anglo-Saxon culture are evident in The 13th Warrior? The movie is a third person view of the uncultured northmen society. The Norse warriors are shown as brave warriors who fight for glory. The loyalty displayed by each man to his fellow warrior is astonishing.The 13th Warrior shows an superb variety of elements from the culture of the Anglo-Saxon people. Seen through the eyes of Ahmad ibn Fadlan‚ a Muslim ambassador whom has been exiled from his land‚ he enters a strange land full
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Amazon Warrior Women 1. Who were the Amazon Warrior Women? - Amazons‚ a race of fierce women who mated with vanquished male foes and kept only the female children they bore‚ were believed to occupy the area around the Black Sea. 2. Where are references to the Amazons found? - Amazon women also crop up in Greek myths. One of the labors of Hercules‚ for example‚ required him to acquire the girdle of the Amazon queen‚ Hippolyte. The Amazons of Greek mythology most likely had no connection to the women
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The woman I am in my Dreams Lexi MacConnell 1.) What we can infer about the narrator based on the contrasts she reveals is that she is a short woman‚ who wears sensible average clothing‚ she is unconfident with lack of sex appeal. 2.) The woman in the narrator’s dreams is a tall well-dressed woman who is very social; she is concerned with her own needs. This woman in her dreams is very confident‚ she is able to overcome obstacles and it’s her way or no way. We know this from the poem
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