actions. But not Holden. Even though Holden is judgmental and critical‚ often calling people phony or unintelligent‚ he “never lets anything stand by itself.” Holden doesn’t care if he’s criticizing his best friend or worst enemy‚ as long as he has the appropriate evidence to back it up. That is the key to his authority. Holden is able
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in understanding the human flaws and how they can lead to eventual downfall is one that Shakespeare’s plays embody. However‚ there is such a play that contains these elements‚ yet it manipulates the genre’s conventions for a new effect‚ the play Othello. This play is centered around a Moorish noble‚ a soldier who faces conflict regarding his beloved Venetian wife. The themes present in this play are that of trust‚ jealousy‚ honesty‚ love‚ stereotypes‚ friendship‚ and above all deception. Through
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Othello: The Outsider (Acts 1 and 2) It is without a doubt that Shakespeare chooses to expound on the concept of the outsider in the first two acts of the play because this concept or theme will be of paramount importance especially in the later parts of the play. Shakespeare seeks to craft this concept of the outsider in a dramatically effective manner by giving definition to what constitutes being an outsider and what are the implications of being an outsider. This essay ultimately argues that
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Explication Othello: 3.3. 258-271. “Why did I marry? ......I do beseech your Honour.” 1. Determine the context of the passage. Othello is doubting Desdemona‚ and Iago is trying to plant the idea that Desdemona has a hidden agenda with trying to persuade Othello to reinstate Cassio. 2. Describe the passage in its most overt form. (Does it rhyme‚ does it repeat phrases‚ words‚ etc. This passage does not have a rhyme scheme. The only repeat phrases that seem to really
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Name Instructor Class Submission Date Holden Caulfield: Sociopath or Everyman? The minds of assassins generally teem with oddities. For example‚ Leon Czolgosz‚ the assassin of President William McKinley‚ was so devoted to his anarchist principles that he refused to talk to anyone whom he perceived to be an authority figure in the aftermath of the assassination. This included his court-appointed attorneys and the judge at his trial‚ which led to his attorneys attempting to secure a finding of insanity
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This is showing that Holden has seen it happen before when he was on a double date with Stradlater. He knows how to seduce girls and use them for sex. Another reason that Stradlater is Stradlater is negative is because he is ungrateful for everything he gets. For example‚ Stradlater had a date and asked Holden to write his english paper for him‚ he said it could be on anything he wants‚ as long as it is descriptive and has lots of details. So holden was thinking about his brother Allie who died
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2/1/15 Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in the famous novel “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D Salinger‚ is a strange character. Holden is a teenager‚ 16 years old to be exact‚ who is conflicted about moving on to adulthood‚ or growing up. Although in many ways physically mature enough to pass for an adult‚ Holden enjoys the innocent childlike pleasures he enjoys‚ and fights to hold on to his childhood for as long as possible. Holden Caulfield changes throughout
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works like Shakespeare’s Othello and The Miller’s Tale from Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”. In these works‚ the authors define femininity through varying descriptions of a women’s characteristics and her actions‚ as it is all perceived from the male perspective. Othello can best be summarized as a story about the consequences of jealousy. It is a story about a man who deeply loves his new wife but when the seed of doubt is planted in his mind by an adversary‚ that man— Othello—forgets his
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he no longer can grow up and he does not have to face the problems that come along with it. Holden’s view of Allie starts out as Holden not being able to accept his death. His view of Allie changes into him accepting the death and realizing that Allie can never come back. Allie represents not having to deal with the problems and decisions of the adult world. When Holden first talks about his Brother Allie’s death‚ he starts to talk about how Allie was the nicest most intelligent one. He talks about
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Connor Stewart Pd.5 3-18-14 History is Eternal‚ Especially in a Museum Where the Exhibits Never Change In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden reflects very fondly of the Museum of Natural History. He wants to go there to find his sister Phoebe‚ but he remembers that “it was Sunday and Phoebe wouldn’t be there.” (119) But none the less‚ “even though it was so damp and lousy out‚” (119) he decided to walk all the way through the park to the museum. While he is on his way to the museum
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