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    Character of Atticus

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    Character of Atticus. Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout. His wife died when Scout was 2 and he is bringing the children up on his own‚ with the help of Calpurnia. Scout "says he played with us‚ read to us‚ and treated us with courteous detachment". It is clear he loves his children. His family has been associated with Maycomb for many generations and he is related in some way to most families in the town. He is a lawyer. He takes on Tom Robinson’s case‚ knowing he’ll lose‚ explaining to

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    character analysis

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    Character analysis. Ellie Linton- Tomorrow when the war began. Ellie is the narrator and ‘voice’ of the Tomorrow series‚ the entire story is told through her eyes and from her point of view which is why thoughts on the other characters might not always be objective. The main protagonist and narrator of the series. Ellie was born and raised on a cattle and sheep farm not far from the edge of the country town of Wirrawee. She is loyal to her friends‚ to her family; she loves the Australian bush

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    "Oedipus Wrecks" is a successful appropriation of the Greek tragedy in that it uses the same themes as the play in a modern context. The film is an appropriation rather than an adaptation because elements of the original play’s plot and characters have been used in a different setting to create new meaning and explore the themes in a different way‚ in this case a parody of the original‚ rather than using the same story and characters and presenting it in a different frame‚ such as a novel instead

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    Monomaniacal Characters

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    Critics often describe Captain Ahab and Heathcliff as monomaniacal characters. Monomaniacal is a term defined by a psychosis of thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas. Monomaniacal characters often obsess over a single goal‚ directing all their actions to accomplish it. Each character has their own backstory that develops their specific obsessions. Ahab‚ the captain of the Pequod‚ loses his leg on a whaling voyage. The loss of his leg drives him to blame the white whale for the problems

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    Character of Lakshman

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    Lakshmana is the twin brother of Shatrughna‚ born in Ayodhya to Sumitra‚ the third wife of Dasharatha‚ king of Kosala. Thus‚ Rama is the eldest‚ Bharata is the second‚ Lakshmana is the third‚ and Shatrughna is the youngest of the four brothers. Despite being the twin of Shatrughna‚ Lakshmana is specially attached to Rama‚ and the duo are inseparable. When Rama marries Sita‚ Lakshmana married the younger sister of Sita named Urmila.[2] [edit]With Rama The princes Rama and Lakshamana In Puranic

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    Round Characters

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    The content is equally important. There are many literary elements throughout each of these stories‚ and some even occur in both‚ such as the appearance of round characters. The main characters in both 1984 and “The Train from Rhodesia” are round characters‚ meaning that they undergo change and end up different by the end of the story. In the opening pages of 1984‚ Winston commits “thought-crime” and has a rebellious heart towards his government. As the events

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    Characters in Hamlet

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    is without a doubt an odd story to read based on what society today has become accustomed to. A brother killing another brother‚ and then marrying his wife. It is not a typical story in the modern world today. There is a vast variety of different themes that can be traced throughout the play‚ however the most popular is madness and sanity. Madness and sanity shape the play into what it is‚ without madness and sanity the play would have no life. Certain actions would not occur‚ certain events would

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    Character Education

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    Character Education I read five articles on character education. These articles helped me to better understand the importance of character education and useful techniques and methods to teach children values and morals. The first article I read was Champions of a cause by Dick Riley. This article states that character education dates back to the time that the puritans came over to the new world and thought everyone should be reading the bible. They believed that that this would teach good

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    Minor Characters

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    use minor characters to add depth and complexity to your protagonist 1. You can use different characters to bring out aspects of the protagonist you want to emphasize to the reader. Minor characters who have been involved with the protagonist for a long time are carriers of their own history with and memories of the protagonist. Minor characters can reference the past in handy ways that serve the development of the story. They can make observations about the protagonist’s character or predictions

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    Analyze The Characters

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    Submitted by: Roll # 311 Analyze the characters‚ businessman and poet‚ in the play: Fog. Considering that I’m permitted to write this assignment in an informal way‚ I’m going to take the full advantage of it‚ to express whatever sensible [don’t count on it] idea I have in my mind regarding the topic of the assignment‚ the play or the characters of the play. First of all‚ the topic is great as long as I’m just under the obligation of discussing the characters but not when you’ve given us a roadmap

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