It’s evident that Shakespeare characterizes Richard III as a villain‚ but it seems that he intends for the audience to construe Richard’s “iniquity” as a consequence of his environment. Across three plays‚ Richard develops a sort of psychopathy‚ fueled by his ambition to become England’s king‚ and all as a result of his reputation as a noble monster‚ one that’s rumored to be ugly‚ inside and out. Granted‚ no audience will excuse every action of Richard’s because of his past‚ but somehow every time
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are ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘The Soldier; by Rupert Brooke. Both men present the theme of conflict in their poetry however the poems are the complete opposite of one another. Although they both present conflict they both have very different views on the subject. Owen presents conflict as nothing but pure horror and thinks that it should not be witnessed by innocent eyes. However Brooke presents conflict as something that is patriotic. He thinks it’s his duty to repay his country
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to safety because she was afraid. The point when the girl got away she went back to the farm and told the other workers that Lennie tried to sexually assault her. Later on in the book theirs a part where Curley’s wife and him are in the barn and she let Lennie pet her hair. Curly’s wife told Lennie to stop but he didn’t and just continue. She started to get up and Lennie didn’t want her to leave just yet so she also started screaming for help and kicking her way out but Lennie was obviously stronger
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An Inspector Calls is a play written by J.B. Priestley based in England‚ 1912. The main family in the play is the Birling family which consists of Arthur Birling the main character‚ Sybil Birling his wife‚ Sheila Birling his daughter and Eric Birling his son. There is also Gerald Croft who is planning on marrying Sheila. In the opening they are in their dining room which is a ‘fairly large suburban house’ implying they are of middle class‚ but rising up and probably at the higher end of the spectrum
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receives a chance to change his life thanks to his benefactor. Pip has chosen to be brought up as a gentleman in London‚ pursuing the beautiful Estella. Pip’s idea of gentleman is rank and riches‚ and has nothing to do with morals. All through the novel Pip change from an innocent boy to a matured young man. Pip was an innocent young child with great ambition. Pip lost his parents when he was very young and is brought up by his sister and her husband in poverty. Pip’s ambition is to get
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Despite Shakespeare’s tendency to characterize virtue through outward beauty‚ in The Tempest he deftly shows us nobility is not always inherent and the beast in all has hope of being tamed. There is danger in a lack of balance between nobility and in-bred‚ base nature. On the surface‚ Caliban is the ultimate representation of vile nature‚ brutal‚ selfish and untamed‚ and Prospero represents nobility. Gonzalo unwittingly echoes the moral lesson of the play and hints at the two characters most
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Ahab’s psyche was forever changed while hunting down the elusive white whale. Ahab’s most prominent symptom of his psychological decay was his obsession with Moby Dick. Throughout the novel Ahab expressed a clear obsession with the white whale‚ but within the text he is found expending a great amount of energy to find the possible locations of the white whale‚ “Almost every night [the maps] were brought out; almost every night some pencil marks were effaced‚ and others were substituted. For with
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The character of Curley’s Wife is one of the most significant characters in the book as she is linked to the key themes of loneliness and dreams‚ which ultimately leads to both her death and Lennie’s death. Steinbeck uses the character of Curley’s Wife as a microcosm for the prejudice that faced all women in 1930’s America. Like most of the main characters in the novel‚ Curley’s wife is significantly related to the theme of dreams. Her role in this theme is slightly more important than others
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prejudice and view of others. Only strengthened by Wickham’s proposal and engagement to Lydia‚ Elizabeth continually reflects on how wrong she was about Wickham’s personality and continues to change thereafter‚ understanding that to avoid making the same mistake‚ she must immediately believe what she sees. Steadily‚ she becomes more critical of how other characters present themselves‚ and her own views of them‚ improving her ability to form opinions of others. The changes that have taken place in
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Write about the ways in which Steinbeck presents either Crooks or Curley’s wife. To what extent does he create sympathy for either of these characters? Of Mice and Men is set in 1930’s America in the middle of the economic depression. It is geared towards the pursuit of the American dream‚ promoting the ideas of equality‚ life‚ liberty and happiness. Steinbeck uses Crooks‚ and to some extent Curley’s wife to challenge the perception of equality and sometimes the language used is‚ by modern
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