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    warrior and a loyal subject of the king. After Macbeth kills Duncan he feels remorse and paranoia‚ but as time goes on he becomes more ruthless and insane. What the author seeks to tell us was that all choices in life will have consequences no matter how well you cover them up. By Macbeth murdering Duncan he reaped internal consequences such as insomnia and paranoia. He never received our modern day jail sentences but paid for his actions nevertheless. These consequences are shown in the text through

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    himself. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of the Civil rights movement in the United States from 1950’s to his death in 1968. Martin got his Ph.D and was awarded with his degree when he was only twenty five-years old! He had many tactics to fight against segregation. His first Boycott was on segregation with public transportation which was currently a law in Montgomery‚ Alabama. It started when a fifteen year old girl (Colvin) refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and got arrested. The NAACP

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    Genre Speech: Rear Window vs. The Real Inspector Hound When you think of the term ‘genre’‚ what does it exactly mean to you? Well I’m sure it’s without a doubt that you all commonly believe it constitutes either a kind or category of text‚ but in actual fact does it really? Good morning Year 11. The prime focus of your studies during the HSC course next year‚ I’m going to discuss how the genre of crime fiction has extended through time‚ whereby a variety of notions and characteristics exhibited

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    from school am I very happy bout that but so I can go to college. But at the same my personal life is not how I wanted ‚ I was happy once upon a time but now that ive been through so much I just cant take it‚ I lost the most important thing in my life. And it’s my fault I don’t know what to do. I try to talk to other there people but aint no point‚ of being who I truly and desire to be that’s how I felt at first. But now that I feel just hate and anger and it’s the only way I can survive. I tell my

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    is a moving force behind many of the characters’ actions in the Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. Miss Havisham wants revenge on the entire male race. Compeyson wants revenge on Abel Magwitch because he has property and money in New South Wales. Arthur Havisham‚ Miss Havisham half brother‚ wants his revenge on Miss Havisham because their father left her most of the money and estate. Pip does not realize that Miss Havisham and Abel are both using him for their revenge. Miss Havisham

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    novel is influential to the way readers understand the novel. Therefore‚ different endings of a novel direct readers toward different directions to approach the novel. Unlike his novel novels‚ Dickens have multiple versions of endings for Great Expectations. The most two significant endings are the original one in which Pip sees Estella accidentally sees Estella on street in London‚ and the revised one in which Pip reunites with Estella at Satis House: “I took her hand in mine‚ and we went out of

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    Social class - great expectations Social class is explored through the characters and settings of ‘great expectations’. Different views are shown‚ for how Pip sees and perceives social classes‚ how criminals fit into the social class and how each class is presented by Charles dickens. Dickens presents social class in great expectations as quite rigid but still changing at the same time. It seems that where you are born is where you really belong‚ even if you do have all the gentlemanly qualities

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    How does Dickens create sympathy for Pip? ‘Great expectations’ is a novel written during and set in the Victorian era‚ a time in which status‚ class and money were extremely important and where a discrepancy between the rich and poor was evident. The novel follows the ill-fated life of the protagonist in the novel‚ ‘Pip’. Dickens writes in such a way that each character is a subject of either sympathy or scorn. Dickens implies that Pip is a subject of sympathy through his use of guilt and

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    How Does Fate Play A Part In ‘Romeo and Juliet’? ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written during a period when Shakespeare had found the strength of his writing‚ it is believed that it was written around 1595 and he would have been about 26 years old when he wrote it. The play is a widely known tragedy concerning the fate of two young "star-cross’d lovers". It is one of the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and one of his earliest theatrical triumphs. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ fate plays an extremely powerful

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    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 of a happy ending‚ while in the second ending does not correspond with the

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