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    Atticus Finch‚ a mature character who rendered he was smart‚ poor‚ and loyal in the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ showed how he was respectably the most important person throughout the novel. The first trait Atticus showed was how he was smart when he explained that he is a lawyer. He departed Maycomb to read law in Montgomery and when he arrived back he started his practice. Atticus wasn’t an average lawyer either. His first two clients were the last ones that were hanged in the Maycomb

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    scene Shakespeare presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy. I can tell this because it says ‘I must be gone and live’. This shows that Romeo knows he might die if he stays but he is choosing to stay to see Juliet. It also shows how much they love each other as Romeo is showing he would die for Juliet. By using the image of death‚ it shows that the story might become a tragedy. By including hints towards a tragedy‚ it keeps the audience interested. It also shows how bitter the feud

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    “I get lonely‚ she said. You can talk to people‚ but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” (87). Curley’s Wife is asking Lennie why he cannot talk to her‚ and displays how Curley’s Wife feels alone and isolated by being suppressed. Loneliness causes her to seek attention from others and eventually leading to her death. Not having a true self-identity is a result of Curley’s Wife loneliness‚ and why she has no name. Curley’s Wife has no self-identity

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    to stay in the town. He really had been through death‚ but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.” (Marquez 46) This is showing that death is not final‚ also puts an emphasis on what the author believes death to be; lonely. Not only does Marquez emphasize the NON-FINALITY of death but employs vague descriptions‚ leaving the reader to infer his death. An example of the is when it is stated that HE “ ...would go back from room to room‚ walking in reverse‚ going back over his trail‚ and

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    1) Kind and understanding‚ strict but fair‚ Atticus Finch embodies everything that a father should be‚ evidence of this is in Scouts description of her and her brother views of their father‚“Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us‚ read to us and treated us with courteous detachment.” showing he does what a father is obliged to do but treats them as he would treat anyone else and that they are on the same level as him. A man of great strength and courage‚ he is Scout and Jem’s

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    characters‚ like Scout’s fatherAtticus Finch. Atticus is revealed as an insightful‚ determined‚ and independent individual throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee through his and other character’s speech. Right off the bat‚ Atticus is a wise‚ understanding individual and a caring soul who is concerned for others’ rights. This is first seen when Scout is trying to convince her dad to let her stop going to school because Scout doesn’t like her teacher. Atticus tells Scout‚ "You never

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    Examine how Shakespeare presents Mercutio and Tybalt in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Mercutio and Tybalt are seen in extremely contrasting ways in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and are both incredibly interesting characters. However Shakespeare uses a range of techniques to present them both and this is why they are such memorable secondary characters. Mercutio is very important to the play as he is Romeo’s most trusted friend and also the prince’s kinsman‚ however he also ads a lot more which makes the audience

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    How does Hardy present the character of Tess in the first three chapters? Tess is presented as a member of a poor agricultural family. Despite her modest background‚ Tess is portrayed as anything but ‘simple’. Instead‚ Hardy presents her as a young‚ hugely diverse women through a series of paradoxical contradictions. The tragic trajectory of the novel is evident from the introduction of Tess as a victim of her social circumstances and gender. Hardy portrays Tess’s character as pure and innocent

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    Watchman‚ Atticus can be seen as a very different character‚ therefore‚ developing conflicts between him and Scout. To begin with‚ Scout finds a pamphlet labeled The Black Plague near Atticus’ books. As Scout says in the novel‚ “‘I especially liked the part where the Negroes‚ bless their hearts‚ couldn’t help being inferior to the white race because their skulls are thicker and their brain-pans shallower—’” (Lee‚ 102). After picking up the pamphlet‚ Scout begins to read it with utter shock of how her own

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    Origins are the single most important factor that shapes a person. Were a person lived shapes that person‚but it does not define them. This is shown in Sandra Cisneros novella The House On Mango Street. The story follows a young girl named Esperanza who has just moved to “Mango Street”. All of her life her family has been poor and had to move around constantly. When she arrives on Mango Street she is disappointed with where she lives. The book progresses by showing as Esperanza grows up in this

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