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    Miss Havisham can be described as being someone who shows the world that she’s only a strong person who doesn’t care about the people around her by the way she acts towards the people around her. She brings herself to be someone who doesn’t have the right way of thinking about the feelings and actions of the people around her. The perfect example of this is the idea that she was able to be perfectly fine leading Pip on during his time of need with the love he felt for Estella. Miss Havisham can only

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    Macbeth‚ let alone any shakespeare play‚ would be difficult to portray because so many people have different opinions about the the scene should be. Shakespeare’s does not make this challenge any easier because he sets it up so the reader/viewer can make some interpretations his/herself. These two portrayals of Macbeth‚ the Kenneth Branagh and the Mel Gibson version‚ are extremely opposite to one another. Of course they still tell the story of Macbeth‚ but there is much controversy over who did it

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    Behavior of Macbeth Macbeth was not always the cold-blooded killer that one may depict in the later acts of Macbeth. At the start of the play‚ Macbeth could be described as a loyal hero who aimed at serving his king. However‚ when Macbeth came across the opportunity to seize the throne‚ he capitalized on it. After killing the king Macbeth changes personality and becomes extremely paranoid. I believe if Macbeth would have stayed loyal and respected the king‚ Scotland would have stayed peaceful.

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    Dickens Directed Study August 21‚ 2001 Miss Havisham A Victim or a Villain? Was Miss Havisham a victim or a villain? This extremely eccentric character is absolutely essential to the plot of Great Expectations‚ for with malice intended‚ she greatly alters the paths of Pip’s and Estella’s lives‚ and with obsessive behavior destroys her own life. Miss Havisham was heir to a fortune that had been gained by successful industry rather than noble birth. Miss Havisham’s suitor‚ Compeyson‚ was‚ by social

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    Compare and Contrast: Macbeth & Lady Macbeth In the play Macbeth‚ ambition‚ strength‚ and insanity play major roles in how the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth behave and react. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth present all 3 of these behaviors at one time or another during the play. However‚ there behaviors progress in very different ways. While Macbeth gets stronger and more ambitious‚ Lady Macbeth does the opposite. She starts out strong and ambitious‚ but becomes weaker and more reserved. In

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    En général‚ je dois admettre que j’aime le sport. Je pense cette parce que je le trouve particulièrement intéressant et très agréable. À mon avis‚ un sport d’équipe est infiniment mieux qu’un sport individuel. Cependant‚ il faut jouer au football individuellement puis que quand vous avez la balle‚ vous jouez par vous-même. Le sport est bien pour tu comme c’est exercices votre les muscles. J’adore le sport à l’école car il aide tu faire copains et aussi c’est amonceler de amusant. À jouer le football

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    Essay 1 - Great Expectations Carlos Gonzalez In the novel Great Expectaions Miss Havisham is an upper class woman who lives by Pips village in Kent. Miss Havisham has lived a very sad and isolated life where her only perferred company is her adopted daughter‚ Estella‚ who Miss Havisham has raised to hate the opposite sex. Miss Havisham started her own Isolation after being stuck up at her own wedding by a man who worked with her brother to steal her shares in a brewery. After the event she was

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    where Miss Havisham dress catches fire is symbolic in that she has been wasting her life away‚ while her house falls to ruin around her. At this time she is finally feeling remorse in how she raised Estella‚ treated Pip and in wasting her life. She is begging forgiveness‚ seeking to be absolved and something so tragic happens to her is symbolic and ironic. Pips vision of Miss Havisham hanging from a beam and going back to check on her is foreshadowing in what he will find. Miss Havisham surely

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    Compare and contrast two poems In this Essay I will compare and contrast Havisham‚ by Carol Ann Duffy and Porphyria’s Lover‚ by Robert Browning. I will explore and analyse the range of poetic devices used to tell a story of love gone wrong. Havisham is spoken by a fictional character based on Charles Dickens’ Miss Havisham. Duffy depicts Havisham as a woman crippled by love and loneliness after being left at the altar. In contrast Browning’s poem sees Porphyria’s Lover murder Porphyria‚ so she

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    Macbeth and Macduff Compare/Contrast In the play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ I believe the two most controversial and key characters are Macbeth and Macduff. They are both highly thought of and praised scottish nobles‚ both full of ambition and strive. But one prevails over the other as the valiant military men collide and crash against each other. Macbeth posses unchecked ambition‚ which eventually leads him to lives in anxiety and fear‚ unable to rest or to trust his nobles. Macbeth is also very

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