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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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    8 2015 Lady Macbeth’s tragic downfall Throughout MacbethLady Macbeth goes through a lot of stress and dramatic events which lead her originally ascendant attitude to worsen into insanity. It begins with a strong desire for power and evil schemes. Leading to murder‚ calling upon demons‚ sleepwalking and hallucinations. Some of the first signs of insanity shown by Lady Macbeth is her strong desire for power. In the first act‚ the 5th scene‚ the lady has just received a letter from Macbeth informing

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    Charles Dickens Miss Havisham and William Faulkner’s Miss Emily attributed an analogy in respect of the mysterious as well as miserable life they lead. Despite the fact that both memorable characters are created in dissimilar periods and by different writers‚ shared fundamental similarities. This comparative study is not only focusing on the common plights‚ conflicts and circumstances‚ but also.examine the contrasting points of their lives. The writers effectively used the description of physical

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    When today’s society views a woman‚ images of independence are sparked‚ however; to attain such a label as a lady‚ she must refine her natural human instincts when it comes to her behavior. Every human being who is not a male is labeled generically as a woman; however‚ takes more than just existence to become a lady. In the maternity ward of the hospital‚ girls and boys are being born day by day. The doctors are able to tell the parents that their child is a girl‚ that she will grow up to become

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    Macbeth – Scene Analysis “Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor‚ and shalt be What thou art promised; yet do I fear thy nature‚ It is too full o’th’milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great‚ Art not without ambition‚ but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly‚ That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false‚ And yet wouldst strongly win. Thou’dst have‚ great Glamis‚ That which cries‚ ‘Thus who

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    Wuthering Heights and the play Macbeth‚ you see this through Catherine and Lady Macbeth point of view. Catherine and Lady Macbeth want complete and total control over their spouse. They have a way of convincing the men that love them to do whatever makes them happy‚ no matter how tragic and horrible the situation may be. The control they have over these men destroy both of their lives‚ eventually drive the couple away from each other and drives them insane. In the time of Macbeth‚ women wanted complete

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    matter with Macbeth. He should‚ says his wife‚ "look like the innocent flower‚ / But be the serpent under’t" (1.5.65-66). Macbeth answers‚ "We will speak further" (1.5.71)‚ but if he intends to appear noncommittal‚ he hasn’t fooled his wife. She tells him that all he has to do is put on a pleasant face‚ and "Leave all the rest to me" (1.5.73). With that‚ the partners in crime hurry out to welcome the King they are going to kill. While King Duncan is having supper in Macbeth’s castle‚ Macbeth steps out

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    Expectations (Prompt 2) Miss Havisham is a wealthy‚ but odd old lady who lives secluded with her daughter Estella Havisham. Miss Havisham was left at the altar by her fiance and lives her life dwelling in the past‚ hung up on losing the love of her life. She wears her wedding dress (that is now yellowing from age) and has every clock in her estate stopped at the exact minute that she found out that the man she loved‚ left her. The reader will quickly notice that Miss Havisham is a bit of a “fruit

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    However‚ the mentor and pupil relationship between Pip and Miss. Havisham contradicts tradition. Miss Havisham influences the outcome of Pip’s life by exposing him to the idea of wealth and its relation to social status. In “Great Expectation” by Dickens Pip’s expectation of wanting to be a gentleman shows that reality is sometimes ignored when it doesn’t fit within the same premises of the desired expectation. Pip is introduced to Estella by Miss Havisham when he visits her home at “Satis house‚”

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    Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is the most interesting and complex character in the play. She is‚ in fact‚ the point on which the action pivots: without her there is no play. Macbeth ’s most interesting and complex character is most certainly‚ as the question states‚ Lady Macbeth. The purpose of this essay is to describe Lady Macbeth ’s role in the play and discuss why this makes her the most fascinating character. Her evil doings are the main reasons why she dominates the plot so greatly.

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