denying him the lascivious pleasures he describes in his speech. Celia seems willing to do anything to avoid dishonour‚ making her character flat and predictable‚ to ready to sacrifice herself to be believable. However‚ this is Jonson’s intention. He portrays her as an ethereal‚ saintly‚ ideal. Celia’s love is compared to "heaven‚" "a plot of paradise." She is described as a "better angel." She is someone whom the audience should aspire to be. Conversely‚ a contemporary audience could instead see her
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because George had a really hard decision to make at the end of the story on whether he should kill Lennie or not. It was a conflict as Lennie was like a brother to George and George cared for Lennie a lot and just wanted to look after him. But because everyone was going to kill Lennie‚ George was debating whether he should kill Lennie or not. He felt that killing him himself was the right thing as Lennie was his responsibility and if he didn’t‚ he would get tortured by the other ranch workers. This
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“Testament of Youth” by Vera Brittain 1933 How does the writer portray her feelings about war? The testament of youth was written 15 years after the First World War‚ therefore it is not perhaps as reliable because she’s had time to forget the memories and also be given different people’s views which would mean that she didn’t put something in or changed it because it didn’t fit with her new views. However it may be even more reliable because since the war ended more truths have come out‚ when
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George did the right thing by shooting Lennie. First‚ when Candy finds Curley’s wife laying in the hay dead he immediately gets George. George’s first thought is to lock Lennie up‚ but then realizes that the guys and Curley would want him lynched (Steinbeck 94). When Candy gets Slim and the guys attention to come into the barn George comes in behind them and pleads to Slim to have Lennie be brought in to be locked up. Slim says “s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That
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The American Dream John Steinbeck‚ author of many classic American novels‚ greatly influenced modern American literature. Steinbeck often referred to the Salinas Valley of California in his writing. He often referred to the settlers and the adversities they had faced during the migration to the Salinas Valley area. With novels such as Of Mice And Men and The Grapes Of Wrath‚ Steinbeck explained the harsh reality of the severe hardships the settlers faced to accomplish the American Dream. These
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joined...” (Steinbeck 105). In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ George makes the decision to shoot his best friend Lennie. Lennie is a mentally disabled man with hopes and dreams of owning a farm‚ and living off the fat of the land. George is the man who goes through thick and thin with him‚ and helps him out whenever he throws himself into a big pile of trouble. Both of them have been traveling around together for a long time‚ and the two are inseparable. Though this time when Lennie finds himself
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are interconnected to something more complex. Though‚ it is in human nature to be categorized as good or evil. Famous American author‚ John Steinbeck‚ claims that a person is only deemed good or evil after death. To some extent‚ Steinbeck is correct because people remember the actions of ones that passed away. Nevertheless‚ deeming a person as good or evil does not have to happen after he or she dies. It can be defined based on morals of certain conduct or different perspectives on the situation.
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representing how people were during the great depression). The ranch that George and Lennie are working at is a microcosm representing the whole of America at the time where each person represents a different group. For example Lennie Curley’s wife representing women and crooks representing African Americans. George is a small and intelligent character who looks after Lennie. Lennie is not clever but he is physically strong and is a good worker. The novel ends where it starts (by
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John Steinbeck wrote ‘Of Mice and Men’ to show how hard life was for migrant ranch workers during the time of the Great Depression and how they were often exploited by their employers. In showing how George and Lennie’s dream of owning their own piece of land did not come true‚ Steinbeck explores a wider theme‚ criticising the idea of the American Dream. The American Dream tells people that there is ‘opportunity for each... regardless of the fortuitous circumstance of birth and position. Steinbeck
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How does Stevenson portray the duality of man in the opening chapters of ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’? Stevenson writes ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ with the intention of showing the reader the duality of man and explores this through the juxtaposition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this novella‚ Stevenson also uses the environment and setting of the story to represent the contrast between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the opening chapters of ‘The Strange Case
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