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    Animal Farm‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”‚ selected for this research paper. The three pieces of literature from each of the three different time periods help present England from the late 13th century to the early 20th century and speculate the relevance of message to today’s society. The three pieces of work also display the authors’ motivations for writing through the major events of the historical time periods. Through the three pieces of literature‚ Animal Farm; Pride and Prejudice;

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    In a work of literature authors often use foil characters to show the strengths and weaknesses of main characters. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ the author uses foil characters Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell to reveal the theme of racial inequality. Atticus‚ a man who takes care of his family and teaches them manners‚ is a lawyer assigned a court case dealing with a black man accused of raping a white woman. Bob Ewell‚ a prejudiced man who does not take care of his children

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    some aspects that could have been better but overall pretty good. 3. N/A 4. Going over everything i did and some i attempted to do there are thing that i could have done to make my portfolio better. I wish i had done my othello essay and pride and prejudice essay it would have made a big difference in the quality of my writing portfolio. I’m just hoping that my portfolio is good enough because i think there’s a pretty good amount of effort that when’t into overall quality of the portfolio. One

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    The Effect of Pride and Prejudice on Darcy and Elizabeth’s Relationship The Effect of Pride and Prejudice on Darcy and Elizabeth’s Relationship  The novel ’Pride and Prejudice’ was written in 1796. It was written by  a writer who’s name was Jane Austin. The book was first published in  1813‚ and has consistently been Jane’s most popular novel. The  original version of the novel was written in 1796‚ and was called  ’First Impressions’.  In the story there is a family called ’The Bennett’s’

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    Character Foils A lover of life and nature‚ Clarisse‚ an affable neighbor who is seventeen‚ is the foil of Mildred — Montag’s cold‚ mindless‚ conforming wife. Delightfully human and aware of her surroundings‚ Clarisse disdains the fact-learning that passes for modern education. She enjoys nature. Powered by an insatiable curiosity‚ Clarisse‚ whom Beatty labels a "time bomb‚" serves as the catalyst that impels Montag toward a painful but necessary self-examination. With gentle pricks to his self-awareness

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    downfall of Macbeth. Macbeth develops and changes greatly‚ from a loyal‚ trustworthy person to a corrupted and murderous man throughout the course of the play. Many factors affected the shaping of the character of Macbeth‚ including the witches’ prophecies and foil character‚ Banquo. This character

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    Robertson Davies’ novel‚ Fifth Business‚ revolves around guilt‚ competition‚ and two men who are foils of each other. Although Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other‚ they contrast in a great number of ways. Their awkward relationship plays a significant role in the number of elements which make Fifth Business such an interesting story. While Dunstan Ramsay had never been too interested in competing with Percy Boyd Staunton‚ Percy from a young age saw Dunny as a

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    Jane and Elizabeth Bennet both share similar personalities. While they share similar personalities‚ they also have their differences. One of the Bennet sisters would be able to handle themselves in the modern world more thn the other‚ that sister would be Elizabeth. As well‚ one of them is more stronger than the other and would be able to handle the pressure of personal relationships‚ that would also be Elizabeth. The Bennet sisters‚ Jane and Elizabeth‚ are both alike. Both Jane and "Lizzy"

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    Juliet and Pride and Prejudice are two of the most admirable and exquisite works ever written about the struggling love of two opposing forces. The novels have had a great literary importance and give us a sense of love and marriage on its most bewildered journey during the Elizabethan Era and the Napoleonic wars. Even though these two novels are from two different eras and are quite divergent as a result of it‚ this essay will argue that both Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice are indubitable

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    Connections enrich understanding in the pairs of texts set for study. To what extent is this made evident in the texts you have studied? (Pride and Prejudice and Letters to Alice) Through exploring the connections between Jane Austen’s canonical Pride and Prejudice and Fay Weldon’s Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen readers gain a better understanding of the ways the values explored in the former are reshaped to contextually fit the latter. Although Austen and Weldon voice their

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