and they turn out to be terrible. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ Curley is approached as the worst person on the ranch by many people. People analyze him as a racist‚ mean‚ and sexist man. Notwithstanding‚ he has tried to pick fights with almost everyone on the ranch. He beat Lennie‚ a mentally disabled man‚ he publicly displays him and his wife’s sexual lives‚ and he treats his wife as if she is his slave. Moreover‚ the actions Curley has done are evil‚ but they are not solely because he’s an abominable
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With close reference to The Devil’s Wife‚ explore how Duffy presents power and compare this with her presentation of power in other poems In “Dirt”‚ Duffy tells the tale of Myra Hindley who‚ in conjunction with Ian Brady murdered six young children. Written as a dramatic monologue‚ Duffy is able to evoke a sense of empathy in her reader‚ thus enabling them to form a better understanding of the speaker’s situation‚ making the poem all the more effective. The majority of the poems in this collection
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of isolation. This connects to the story‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck when several characters feel they are being left alone and have no one to turn to on the ranch. The three characters who live isolated lives are Crooks‚ Candy and Curley’s wife. Crooks is one of the characters who lived on the ranch who is lonely and isolated. He’s not allowed to go out for entertainment and exciting activities. Also‚ he’s not allowed to sleep in the bunkhouse because he is Black. He is segregated from
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Compare how George and Lennie are presented in Of Mice And Men. George and Lennie are described in very different ways‚ as they’re being presented as opposites; Lennie being presented as the large‚ clumsy‚ forgetful one‚ “I forgot again” and George being the small‚ clever one with a snappy tone to ensure his point is fully expressed and understood‚ “snapped his fingers.” However‚ these characteristics lead to a brilliant‚ caring friendship (revolving around trust and compassion) which is described
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A Journey with Lot’s Wife The poem entitled Lot’s Wife illustrated an act of disobedience that was followed with punishment. According to Genesis‚ in the Old Testament‚ there was an urgency in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah‚ a disaster was about to occur in the city. The cities were filled with sinfulness. Prayers of pleading for the removal of this horrible place was about to be answered. Lot was portrayed as a holy man who prayed often therefore God commanded the angles to rescue him and
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despondent ending‚ the play stirs sympathy inside the audience. Shakespeare shows the contrast between love and hate by combining “honor” and “sin” in one line – “Now‚ by the stock and honor of my kin‚ To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” Tybalt is presented as an aggressive villain‚ who is concerned with honor and does not consider murder as a crime‚ arousing hatred amongst the audience along with passing the significance of honor at that particular period of time. The rhyme “kin” and “sin” emphasizes
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are a lot of reasons to both pity and admire the Drover’s wife. She has many resonsibilities. She has been left to maintain a household in the middle of nowhere with four children will her husband is absent. For her courage‚ love and devotion to keep her children safe from harm and to keep the place in order is to be admired. However‚ for her lack of socialisation‚ time and not having a man around to help her I pity her. The Drover’s wife showes courage by overcoming everything that the bushman
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How does the author show sympathy for Curley’s wife? On the ranch there is a well known woman merely referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’. As the characters develop we find that she is not in fact the unimportant‚ nameless character we first perceive her as‚ but rather she is a relatively complex one‚ with much more to her than we first gather‚ causing us to feel sympathy for her later in the novel. In this essay I will state how John Steinbeck influenced the reader to feel sympathy for Curley’s wife
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Explore the similarities and differences in the presentation of female characters in A Streetcar Named Desire and The World’s wife In this essay‚ I will be exploring the similarities and differences of female characters in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams; and ‘The World’s Wife’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Both texts denote women as somewhat weak and incompetent and as having a predatory attitude towards the mainly dominant male characters. A Streetcar Named Desire was written in 1945 and
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Terri Scott Mrs. Rice 1A Poetry Analysis Lot’s Wife By: Anna Akhmatova (PG. 1244) This poem was based off a biblical event told in the bible. Lot‚ a humble man under God’s eyesight‚ lived in the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. During these times‚ GOD was tired of the rebellion and sin that was continuing in the city‚ so he sent two men‚ that was actually angels‚ that appeared to Lot. When Lot took to the angels to his home‚ the inhabitants surrounded his house demanding for intercourse with the
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