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    idea. Thrown‚ unaided and ignorant‚ into the world‚ the creature begins his own journey into the discovery of the strange and hidden meanings encoded in human language and society. In this essay‚ I will discuss how the creature can be regarded as a foil to Frankenstein through an examination of the schooling‚ formal and informal‚ that both of them go through. In some ways‚ the creature’s gain in knowledge can be seen to parallel Frankenstein’s‚ such as‚ when the creature begins to learn from books

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    Critical Analysis: Slaughterhouse Labor As Americans‚ we are often blinded by the food industry to think that what we are putting into our bodies is to fuel our bodies‚ not to profit major companies. However‚ the whole idea of food production is to make food for the general public in the quickest‚ easiest way possible. When producing a mass product‚ things must be done efficiently and effectively‚ regardless of who or what it is affecting. Major businesses try to get the most bang for their buck

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    Jordan McNeill Mrs. Brown AP English Language November 24th‚ 2013 Animal Abuse in Slaughterhouses Slaughterhouses kill millions of animals every year; innocent animals are confined into feeding areas and cut and slaughtered alive. The slaughterhouses ethics have not changed since Upton Sinclair wrote his bestseller The Jungle investigating a Chicago slaughterhouse and how unsanitary and terrible the conditions were. According to Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation‚ the ethics of these companies still

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    In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Benvolio and Tybalt are considered a dramatic foil. Benvolio is a peacemaker. Tybalt is one who looks for fights. Tybalt and Benvolio are complete opposites. In the opening scene‚ Benvolio and Mercutio are out in the town when Tybalt approaches them. Benvolio tries to stop a fight to break out but draws his sword out of sheer protection as stated‚ “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword‚ or manage it to part these men with me.” (1.1.61-62).

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    The Trophy for Villainy Although many might heartily defend the villainy of Roland Weary or Paul Lazarro‚ it is clear that the true antagonists of Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse-five are culture‚ society and history‚ all of which play a major role in Billy Pilgrim’s ascent to death. Characters are not villains; their actions may suggest the contrary‚ but they are caused by the negative effects of society‚ which changes with area‚ culture‚ which changes with time‚ and history‚ which cannot be changed

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    In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ there are many characters that are foils to each other. Foils have different values and morals‚ and often has a difference is dress and appearance. They enhance the story with new perspectives and images. The point of foils is for each character to highlight each other‚ Blanch Ingram and Jane Eyre and Miss Temple and Aunt Reed are parallels of each other. As soon as Jane Eyre encounters Blanch Ingram it is very obvious that they are complete opposites

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    If we had a human zoo like Talfamadore described in the book Slaughterhouse-five there would probably be some big social issues. People would not think it would be alright or ok to have a zoo like that. There would be a big ethical question‚ especially if we experimented on them. People would protest and demonstrate against it. The government would probably step in and shut it down. A long time ago there were these kinds of human zoos‚ they were called freak shows. People would come from all around

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    Foils begin to comes into play during a work of literature when a secondary character is made similar to the main character to bring importance to the main character and his or her relationship with the secondary character. In Shakespeare’s work: Hamlet‚ there are many foils including Fortinbras‚ Claudius‚ and Laertes. These characters have been created to make the audience understand how important Hamlet is in the story. Hamlet and Fortinbras are not the best of friends and they do not see each

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    Hamlet various foils are used to make the play more intricate and complex. These foils involve numerous characters that help develop different relationships and conflicts. They can also be used to help develop or understand a major character. The foil must have some similarities with the main character in order to form a connection with him. A foil must also be different in order to show or distinguish something about the main character. Laertes and Fortinbras are examples of foils in this play because

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    elevated tone‚ and it contains a universal theme. Human nature in The Iliad is presented through many seminal characters that can represent different aspects of humanity. The two main characters of this epic‚ Achilles‚ the swift runner‚ and Hector‚ breaker of horses‚ are two character foils that‚ when combined‚ are able to represent all humanity. Achilles and Hector are character foils‚ meaning they are opposites of each other. For example‚ Hector and Achilles are fighting in different sides of

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