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    the state. While the other conspirators plan to kill Caesar due to envy and rivalry‚ Brutus is the only one who truly believes that Caesar’s death will benefit Rome. ----. ----. Brutus’ inner conflict in the play is that he is torn between his loyalty for Caesar and his allegiance to Rome. This inner conflict makes Brutus a tragic hero and is the reason why “Julius Caesar” is a tragedy. From Brutus’ soliloquy‚ the audience finds that Brutus does not truly want to

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    Through The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald seems to communicate a message about people’s failure to accomplish their dreams—Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Tom‚ and Daisy all have ideas for the perfect life and none of them are able to achieve them. Deeply explore one character—his/her dreams‚ his/her dreams‚ his/her attempts to accomplish those dream‚ his/her reasons for failure‚ and the message that Fitzgerald might be communicating through this failure. The pursuit of dreams is the eternal topic for

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    0The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India The Great Gatsby: A Rich Man in India Reasoning for title – story is similar to Great Gatsby. He’s trying to interview the richest man in India‚ but his reputation is very contradicting – fraud or the truth? Tells his story about childhood and how his dad was considered a fraud‚ then he built up the school after his father stepped down. Originally he wanted to do things with cigars‚ then it went South and now he has a real cigar business

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    The Great Gatsby: a linguopoetic analysis of extract 1‚ chapter 1. While reading the given extract for the first time‚ we may think that it is just the description of landscape. Nick Carraway is describing the area where he lives‚ calling it “one of the strangest communities in North America”. To support this idea of strangeness he uses a number of lexical means and synonyms. Thus‚ he defines the island as “slender” and “riotous”‚ attributes that are normally used in connection with some animate

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    and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan’s mistress.” While people are waiting for the train‚ between West Egg and New York they are surrounded in a place where Fitzgerald names the “valley of ashes.” The opening chapter of the Great Gatsby details the rich and American values. The second chapter is where the valley of ashes is introduced. Fitzgerald portrays this landscape in such specific words that helps the reader capture the ambience of the plot. The valley of ashes influences

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    It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind." (Ecclesiastes 2:26). The "it" in this case‚ F Scott Fitzgerald’s groundbreaking novel The Great Gatsby‚ refers to the exhaustive efforts Gatsby undertakes in his quest for life: the life he wants to live‚ the so-called American Dream. The novel is Fitzgerald’s vessel of commentary and criticism of the American Dream. As he paints a vivid portrait of the Jazz Age‚ Fitzgerald defines this Dream‚ and through Gatsby’s downfall‚ expresses the futility and

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    Dear Prince of Denmark‚ Words cannot explain how miserable I am‚ due to all the despairing events that have been occurring in my life. You may believe that the loss of your father‚ King Hamlet‚ and your mother’s hasty marriage may be all of end all. All of those events in your life aren’t compatible with all the sorrow I’ve received from Daisy‚ Tom‚ and everyone who I’ve been associated with throughout my entire life. All of the people I thought were my friends‚ never attended my funeral. It

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    In his novel the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. His life being as just an ordinary‚ lower-class‚ citizen‚ yet Gatsby still has a dream of becoming wealthy man. After meeting Daisy‚ he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life‚ Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced‚ he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says‚ "Gatsby turned out alright at the

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    The “Great” Jay Gatsby The word great has many meanings – outstanding‚ eminent‚ grand‚ important‚ extraordinary‚ noble‚ etc. - and varies along with the intent of the speaker and on the interpretation of the hearer. Someone may perceive something as great‚ and yet someone else may see that same thing as horrendous. The greatness of a being is not determined by themselves‚ but by those around them who experience‚ and perceive‚ their greatness through actions and words. In the book‚ “The Great Gatsby”

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    Jay Gatsby‚ the main character from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a fascinating character who takes on an interesting persona. Gatsby is so “great” because of his unusual nature of dealing with his lifelong problems and his status in society. Gatsby is a man who has many dreams‚ just like every other American citizen‚ but he pursues them to an abnormal extent to which many view him as “great.” Gatsby’s ultimate dream is to rekindle his relationship with Daisy‚ a girl that he viewed

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