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    they can die from a broken heart after their chosen mate dies. These animalistic characteristics seem to be portrayed throughout Gatsby’s character. He acts in manner as if Daisy were to not love him‚ he would die. In the book The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ the main character Jay Gatsby becomes obsessed with the Daisy Buchanan and her love. He changes his entire persona to make himself a man that would fit best with her. Although Gatsby thought that Daisy’s love was the ultimate prize‚ his

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    Throughout the whole novel‚ Okonkwo struggles with the changes taking place in his tribe. Okonkwo cannot bear the weakness of his son‚ like he saw his father was weak. By the ending of this novel‚ Okonkwo has tried to remain strong against the white man. He kills the colonial official in the end. For him‚ it is one last attempt to “save” his tribe from the weakness and the “negative” influence of the white man. Instead of being courageous against the threat‚ he chooses the coward way to avoid

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    brilliant they were for it self. This explains the life of both Achilles and Beowulf. Both warriors fought with pride and power‚ but they had different personalities and ideas of leadership. Both great stories were oriented towards gaining glory and showing strength. Achilles fought and goes into Troy only for his own fame‚ while Beowulf fights for his value and

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    The theme Change Upon Change by Elizabeth Barett Browning is love lost. The central character of the poem reminisces about his life five months ago. The poet uses the change in season to refer to the emotions of the character "and slow‚ slow as the winter snow the tears have drifted to mine eyes". As the poem continues the emotions of the character turn with the season. Change Upon Change shows using very emotive techniques‚ how hard it is to lose the love in your life. Elizabeth Barett Browning

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    Society can change a person positively or negatively. In the novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Mildred is the wife of the main character‚ Guy Montag. Society has made Mildred self-centered‚ robotic‚ and unfeeling. First‚ Mildred Montag‚ likes to stay home‚ visit her friends‚ and sit and talk to her TVs‚ where her “relatives” are keeping her company. Mildred is very uncaring and selfish. She only cares about her TVs and getting the fourth wall put in to complete her parlor. She says‚ “How

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    Katherine is the main character in the movie Taming of the Shrew‚ she starts out as the shrew suggested by the title‚ but is not at the end of the movie. What causes her change is a psychological happening more than a physical happening. At the beginning of the story she is the very definition of a shrew‚ a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant‚ (from dictionary.com). This was the case because she was jealous of her sister‚ who was more beautiful and sought after by suitors than she‚ this

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    big issues with the whole kingdom really‚ when she tried to bury that man. She’s flat in the sense that her opinions or views change only slightly‚ when her world is flipped and the circumstances are no longer the same. She was all about what she thought best until there was no kingdom to defend and no body to defy. Then of course she died and became a nobody character obviously. Antigone herself made quite a statement in the storyline though‚ she was a small little girl‚ who ends up defying

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    Alice Walker portrays the tough life of the main character Celie. Celie at a young age is raped by Pa then marries Mr.__ who does the same‚ he takes Nettie’s letters from her until she finds out and gets them back. She confronts him showing how far she has come to speaking up and showing courage. While married to Mr.__ she meets Shug who she soon falls in love with her. She makes her become herself and they move off to Memphis after Pa dies she inherits her the home and the dry goods store and

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    The change in Prospero’s character... Prospero from The Tempest is the rightful Duke of Milan and father to Miranda who he loves. In the plot‚ he was usurped by his brother and sent on a boat to his death but survived by landing on the island. Prospero’s Power Prospero possesses magical powers and is able to conjure spirits and nymphs to perform tasks. With Ariel’s help‚ he conjures the tempest at the start of the play. Prospero is quite a foreboding character dealing out punishments

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    Being a hero is everybody’s dream. Two epic heroes are Beowulf and Achilles. Beowulf was an Anglo- Saxon from the group of the Geats. Achilles was a Greek and was part mortal‚ part God. They killed different things for different reasons‚ but both were considered great. Though both were epic heroes‚ their cultural backgrounds are what defined them. Their reasoning for fighting differed greatly. In the epic poem Beowulf‚ it stated‚ “that mighty protector of men/ Meant to hold the monster till its

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