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    How does Shakespeare present the character of Beatrice? ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ is another of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies. It primarily focuses on the unromantic spiteful relationship between the two main characters‚ Beatrice and Benedick. Beatrice‚ the niece of Leonato is a quick-witted‚ independent woman‚ who proclaims hers disdain of love and marriage. Despite her hate for love‚ from the events of the play she soon exposes a very vulnerable side of her and is a gentle and sweet person. During

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    Macbeth is a fictional character that undergoes many changes throughout a Shakespeare play‚ he loses trust and does not follow his moral values. Macbeth is loyal and devoted to others in the beginning of Act I‚ leading up to Act V he experiences some issues affecting his mental and physical health. King Duncan tells him the throne will be passed down to him and in order to succeed the king must die. Macbeth receives a prophecy from three weird sisters and they tell him that he will kill the king

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    marriage of their daughter‚ these arrangements were virtually final regardless of the daughter’s opinion. In the play; Kate‚ a quick-tempered and hostile girl who goes against all chances to get married‚ is one of the main characters in the play. Kate experiences many events that change her hostility for the better. The man who wants to marry her; Petruchio‚ plays a vital part in her

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    “I knew Mrs. Joe’s housekeeping to be of the strictest kind‚ and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe” (Dickens 9). Pip also loves his sister because she runs a good home‚ and he is proud to be living there. This character trait shows that Pip really cares about other people and he is very passionate to other people. They also show the way he treats

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    But it also has contradictions. For instance‚ Achilles is a strong and fearless warrior and Sam Witwicky is just an average‚ everyday run of the mill teenager. He does not know that his great grandfather Archibald Witwicky made one of the world’s greatest discoveries‚ until the Autobots find him and tell him that the fate of the world lies in his hands. Achilles and Sam Witwicky are very different‚ yet at the same time they share many qualities. They both

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    Achilles Tendon Injury 1. Anatomy: 2. Pathology: – Achilles tendonitis – Achilles tendon rupture – Achilles tendon avulsion Anatomy • Largest tendon in the body • Achilles tendon forms from the union of gastrocnemius (medial and lateral) and soleus tendons • Blood supply: posterior tibial artery Imaging • • Figure 1. Normal MRI of the Achilles tendon demonstrates this to be a well defined hypointense (dark) structure (arrow) inserting onto the calcaneus‚ thereafter becoming

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    The play "Macbeth" shows how the character Macbeth changes through the choices he makes. Throughout the play‚ it describes how Macbeth changes into a tyrant after hearing his prophecy. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is nobleman of Scotland and a great soldier. In line 36-37‚ a soldier describes Macbeth as a "cannon overcharged with double cracks" which showed his importance in that battle. Even after hearing a prophecy about him‚ stating that he will become a king in the near future‚ he

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    The first Character that stood out to me after I had read Othello was Iago. Iago isn’t a nice man clearly the villain in the play controlling Othello who was once thought as a hero. Iago’s motives were finally clear at the end showing him to be controlled of his own jealousy and hatred of Othello “I hate the moor”. It is thought that Othello’s life and his character was ruined by the art and skill of Iago the villain showing Othello to be a simple man (Ambreen Shahriar 2013). This was true Othello

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    The character development of Macbeth is that can majorly been seen through the whole play itself. We see the change from a good gentlemen to this evil character‚ and with this we can also see how the mental state of this character changes‚ as the play goes on. At the beginning of the play the character of Macbeth is a notable soldier that is willing t fight for his king in battle. Macbeth was a man with lots of bravery as he was very much so a war hero. In Act I scene 2 lines 16 through 20- “For

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    The change in the play is obvious and a big part of the play since it made him go crazy. The change is believable and his motivation is revenge‚ since his father’s ghost encouraged his change by telling him that Claudius murdered him and he wanted Hamlet to avenge his death. Hamlet handles the change by going mad scaring the other characters in the play just like when he yelled at Ophelia and his mother and also killed Polonius. The other characters in the play called Hamlet

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