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    Macbeth is a timeless tragedy of William Shakespeare that will always remain significant in society. Focused on the themes of human nature‚ and the portrayal of violence and the interactions between humans who strive for power. Macbeth is a movie filled with gore and important morals to be taught. Similar to Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Michael Bogdanov’s Macbeth is a modern adaptation to appeal to younger audiences. Inspiration for Bogdanov is clearly present in Madmax as well‚ as the concept

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    High expectations; harmful or helpful? Many parents want their child to be top of their class‚ make straight A’s‚ and be something to brag about at the parent teacher conferences. Having high expectations for your children helps their mind set‚ education‚ and end results. Some people think it overworks the kid or lowers their self-esteem‚ although it has been proven that children who were expected to reach their parents expectations‚ do. First of all‚ having high expectations for your kid at early

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    Menagerie and Great Expectations Humans have a tenuous grip on the concept of time. In some cases‚ one may live in the past as an indication of emotional distress due to preconceived perspectives and can be a nostalgic experience used by individuals to captivate fond memories of past‚ or the past being better than the present. The Wingfields from Tennessee Williams’ written text‚ The Glass Menagerie and persons such as Miss Havisham‚ Pip and Estella from Joseph Hardy’s visual text‚ Great Expectations

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    Dickens’ usually expressed his own experiences in life‚ and his moral views through writing. Many of his novels deal with issues of relevancy to the time‚ such as justice and punishment‚ and the massive gap between the rich and poor. In his novel "Great Expectations"‚ he uses the character of Miss Havisham to show some of his experiences in life.

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    Identity in Great Expectations and The Picture of Dorian Gray An old saying goes‚ “you are who your friends are‚” and while many people refuse to believe the statement‚ its message has reigned true for many centuries and will continue to reign true until the end of time. The individuals with whom a person chooses to surround him or herself with greatly impacts the person he or she will inevitably become. In addition to shaping personality and morality‚ friends and peers assist in discerning how

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    In "Great Expectations"‚ the virtuous/vixenish dichotomy is mainly explored through Estella‚ one of the main female characters in the novel‚ and also through Miss Havisham‚ who brought her up from the age of 3‚ and Biddy‚ a simple country girl. Estella begins the novel as "vixenish" character‚ brought up by Miss Havisham to be so. She is cold‚ cynical and manipulative‚ trained to grow up to break the hearts of men. She hurts Pip and crush his feelings continuously‚ and the audience picks up on these

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    In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst the author illustrates the thematic tension of expectation versus reality ultimately favoring reality. In this story the narrator‚ Brother‚ and Doodle‚ his crippled-broken down-little brother‚ faces the dilemma of Doodle being disabled-- unable to walk‚ or do anything by himself-- and he finds himself in a mess of whether or not he wants to learn to become “normal.” From the beginning everybody‚ except Aunt Nicey‚ believes that Doodle is a goner

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    Shakespeare toys with society’s expectations of gender roles in his play‚ “Macbeth”. Gender provides the main source of conflict in the play through the distortion of traditional gender roles‚ the apparent contrasts between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ and manipulation through gender. Throughout the play many characters act in opposition to their expected gender roles. The best example of this is Lady Macbeth. As a woman‚ supporting character‚ we expect Lady Macbeth to be gentle and compromising.

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    between the three is theirs to make‚ the stress of college is always put on their shoulders. An individual from Youniversitytv.org said something that struck a light bulb and it states “these days‚ there is a great emphasis placed on students going to college‚ almost to the point of expectation”. At a very young age we learn that college was the way to go but the process to get into college is so intense it made some people wanted to rethink their choice. At that moment I knew that college was going

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