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    The Application of Yasuo and Chiyoko as Foils to Shinji and Hatsue for the Express Purpose of Illustrating an Ideal Relationship Within Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves In art there is a common exercise wherein the artist draws the negative space around an object‚ instead of the object itself. By focusing on what isn’t there instead of what is‚ an artist can further understand the basic shape of the object and the concepts of drawing. While not an exact metaphor‚ similar concepts can be used in

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    A foil character is a character whose presence enhances the qualities of another character. A foil character isn’t that important but at the same time is very important because that character could be the cause of a dramatic ending. The play Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare‚ shows how misinformation led to a couple who were planning to get married ended up not going through with it. Don John and Don Pedro are two brothers but complete opposites of each other. Don John is a

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    Many playwrights utilize foils to assist the audience in deeply understanding the meaning of a play or the motivations of the characters . Foils are minor characters that have similarities or differences with a major character. Often the minor character is in the play so that the major character has someone to speak with. The similarities between the foil and the major are typically gender‚ same social class‚ or being in the same situation. The differences between the two may be an important

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    Nightwing and Batman foil an armored robbery attempt by the riddler‚ after which they then discover evidence that Ra’s al ghul is involved in what batman has come to view as a grand plot. Batman then kidnaps Al ghul’s daughter talia and leaves catwoman to watch her while he finds Ra. On finding Ra‚ Batman is informed that someone from his past had utilized the Lazarus pits. Lady shiva then overpowers catwoman who has been sent to rescue talia‚ but is then knocked by talia who then aids catwoman who

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    Charles Dickens attempts to show that not all stories have a happy ending‚ especially in his novel Great Expectations. His two endings convey very different tones. The original ending gives Pip what he deserves. He ends up living alone and is unmarried. Dickens’ rewrite seems far fetched in that Estella‚ and Pip marry. The alternate ending gives good imagery and details‚ but misconstrue Dickens’ intended tone. The original ending is better and more congruent to the storyline because Pip is undeserving

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    Diary entry from Pip’s point of view. 08/12/2012 Saturday Dear Diary‚ Today was a new day for me again. I went alone to the churchyard where the tombstones of my parents and my 5 brothers are in the marshes near my house. I live with my sister Mrs Joe Gargery and her husband‚ Joe Gargery‚ a blacksmith as a burden as she never likes me and always tells me off for everything. I stayed there near the gravestones until afternoon was returning back home‚ when I heard a terrible voice which told

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    LiXie! Ms.Weber! October 29th‚ 2013 English 3B Literary Snapshot 2 Rewrite: How does Miller develop the character of Abigail? In what way is the character of Abigail a foil to Elizabeth Proctor? In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ he develops Abigail by using her actions to make our view of her character change as she starts to act differently throughout the play. Abigail is a foil to Elizabeth Proctor since she uses lying as a tool to manipulate people as she finds it especially effective

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    At the beginning of the novel I had certain beliefs about certain characters. Jay was someone I sympathized highly with at the start‚ as he was attempting his uttermost finest to get Daisy back. I likewise‚ sympathized with Daisy as I felt she had been forced to abandon Jay and that she was not happy with Tom. Then slowly‚ but surely my views began to change. I began to dislike Daisy and began to loathe Jay. Daisy I felt was helpless in the start‚ but after she allows Jay to take the culpability

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    Appropriate Classroom Behavior for Young Children Planning an effective classroom environment includes structuring the physical arrangement of the classroom to increase appropriate behaviors‚ such as engagement‚ and decrease the probability of challenging behaviors. There are different strategies for structuring the physical classroom include: arranging the classroom to ensure visual monitoring of children‚ arranging activity centers to support children’s appropriate behaviors (e.g.‚ limiting the

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    In these day and age‚ citizens can have different type of welfare within the city. Different government has different welfare policy. In some western country such as Australia‚ citizens enjoy decent benefit provided from government. Those benefits include public health care benefit and education benefit. In Australia‚ the majority revenue for government to maintain their operation is mainly from taxation. Everyone in the city needs to pay tax even though the revenue hasn’t reached the taxation

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