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    How does Dickens criticize life during the Victorian times in the novel "Great Expectations"? Dickens uses satire to show the reality during Victorian times. What are three aspects of society‚ which Dickens satirizes? Three aspects of society‚ which he satirizes‚ are family‚ the class system and education. The first aspect of society‚ which Dickens satirizes‚ is the family. In Mrs. Joe’s household‚ it is evident that she is in control and Joe truly dreads her. This is ironic because during the 1800s

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    Good Vs Evil In Macbeth

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    “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is a very appalling one. The hero‚ Macbeth‚ has a desire for power‚ and he uses murder and ruthlessness to make sure nothing stands in his way. Macbeth embodies the theme of good vs. evil through has actions as both protagonist and antagonist by his conflicted actions throughout the drama. These actions include vicious betrayals that shape Macbeth as the person he becomes. Throughout the play‚ one would observe good vs. evil by Macbeth transforming

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    Macbeth‚ a play written by William Shakespeare is a play based on a king earning his tittle‚ friendship‚ betrayal and all. This story has ambitious power and money hungry ‚ betrayal‚ loyalty‚ killing and everything else just like the real life. The play‚ Macbeth theme is based on ambitious‚ Good vs. Evil and guilt and conscience. Macbeth is a play that describes many things in this world. I believe that William Shakespeare wrote this play to show differences in the world. The force between Good vs

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    realization of not being able to attain one’s goal. When people realize they are unable to attain their goal‚ changes occurs. People change when they are unable to attain their goal because they want to distance themselves from their past failures. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Pip has lost all his money because Magwitch was captured. Because of his recent failures‚ he decides to visit Biddy and Joe to confess

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    Introduction In the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens he tackles various social problems that plagued London in the Victorian era‚ some of which were Poverty‚ Hunger‚ Child Labour and Crime‚ which Dickens himself endured. Crime as a main source of London’s social problems ran rampant‚ streets became unsafe as criminal activity spiked and new criminals were being imprisoned every day. In these times criminals were considered to be the lowest people in terms of social class and so

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    APPEARANCE VS REALITY Appearance vs reality is a really famous theme in the Shakespeare’s plays. In Macbeth those who create or fall for appearance vs reality are punished‚ and those who do not fall for it are successful. This is shown through Duncan and Macbeth who fell for appearance vs reality and died for it and Malcolm who did not fall for it and succeeds. In Shakespearean tragedies appareance vs reality always lead to the downfall of a character. In Act 1 scene 6 Shakespeare shows

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    AND 14 AND THE PLAY MACBETH TO SHOW NATURAL VS. UNNATURAL AND LIGHT VS. DARKNESS" Two of the most memorable themes that apply well when in context of Macbeth are‚ "Natural vs. Unnatural." and "Light vs. Darkness." these themes are declare during the play Macbeth and Shakespeare’s sonnets‚ which could have meant many things‚ In relation to the play and sonnets. This meaning is known to be in the play and the two sonnets in a complex way. Certainly‚ the situation of Macbeth‚ revealed many things

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    Macbeth Good Vs Evil

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    a conflict between good and evil. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is no exception; it follows Macbeth — who at the beginning of the story is Thane of Glamis — as he progresses through many acts of “evil” on his way to becoming King. The antagonist on the other hand‚ Macduff‚ is written out by Shakespeare to appear as “good” to the audience. In the end it is he who avenges the mostly-destructed Scotland by killing “evil” Macbeth. Let’s take a look at Macbeth: the play’s protagonist. He actually in my opinion

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    Macbeth Fate vs. Freewill

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    Fate vs. Freewill In Shakespeare’s Tragedy Macbeth‚ it is very debatable if fate‚ or freewill is what causes Macbeth to do the things he does through out the tragedy. Freewill is at work most through out the tragedy because Macbeth is convinced he can change or speed up the fate the three weird sisters prophesized for him at his own will. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth slowly begins to think he can modify his fate by using the prophecies told to Macbeth by the weird sisters and attempting to change

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    In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens uses the mist’s presence or lack thereof‚ as a tool to foreshadow big events in Pip’s life‚ and to relay Pip’s emotions or feelings in response to whatever may be happening at the time of the mist’s reference. Dickens can only express so much of Pip’s feelings with his words‚ so to further allow the audience to connect to Pip and truly understand how he is viewing and/or processing his current situation‚ Dickens uses the mists. He also uses the mists to foreshadow

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