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    Within the play Romeo and Juliet‚ the theme of conflict is underlying the passion and endearment felt by the love – struck teenagers. Shakespeare illustrates that love is developing in the midst of violent conflict‚ at the centre of the feud. This gives the impression that the contrast of love and hate is the cause for the ‘ancient grudge’ to resurface‚ and to break ‘new munity.’ The theme of Conflict is explored throughout the play‚ by illustrating the Tension and hatred between two conflicting

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    it is clearly quite a patronising term of address which Bronte strategically put in here. This shows that‚ from the very beginning he is seen as an authorative character who did not even bother to call Jane by her name. Another way in which Bronte does this is by using

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    How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to

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    either good or bad‚ but thinking makes it so.” While readers may have a predisposition to believe otherwise‚ Shakespeare’s words are certainly something to keep in mind. Melville’s writing is a great example of how perception or the lack thereof creates conflict and begs us to question how reliable

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    is the famous play written by William Shakespeare which depicts love in the Elizabethan Era through the main characters’ experiences. The two characters find themselves in a sequence of events that reveal the many forms of love the people in their lives hold for them. The various characters’ relationships are representative of familial‚ platonic and romantic love and readers learn about the power love has through their various actions. Juliet’s respect and obedience for her parents is very common

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    Sir William Golding was‚ among other things‚ a British novelist who is best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. His father advocated scientific rationalism‚ and his mother campaigned for suffrage for women. One of the many subjects that Golding studied was Philosophy. During World War II‚ Golding joined the Royal Navy. While in the Royal Navy‚ he undoubtedly experienced the chaos of war‚ and this likely had a profound psychological effect on him. His experiences in WWII‚ along with what he studied

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    Americans are inferior through emphasizing the prejudice of characters. Twain displays the biased idea about slavery in Pap’s long rant. In the log cabin‚ cooks dinner while Pap drinks alcohol. Huck mentions how when Pap drinks‚ he usually attacks the government. This night‚ Pap rambles on about how the government is bad for allowing an African American from Ohio have freedom and voting rights‚ which Pap responds by saying he will never vote again. Pap questions why the freeman is not sold into slavery

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    How Does Technology Negatively Affect Daily Lives? The other night I had a terrible nightmare. My friend and I ignored each other when we were having lunch because we were both busy texting somebody else. I barely remembered our conversation because it was fragmented. After that‚ I logged on Facebook‚ on which I had already spent all my spare time‚ trying to catch up with my 1000+ “friends”. Unfortunately‚ I found most of them I barely know or see. Oh wait‚ it’s not a dream. It’s happening in reality

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    background‚ with a punishing sister‚ who had brought him up “by hand”‚ he was gentle and kind. However‚ after his encounter with Miss Havisham and Estella‚ his perception of the world is drastically altered‚ and along with this so does his character. The reader first sees how sympathetic Pip is when he meets the escaped convict‚ Magwitch‚ in the graveyard. Dickens creates a sense of pathos through Pip’s description of Magwitch “he hugged his shuddering body in both his arms”‚ which shows that he is

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    By reading both Jane and Bertha together‚ it is clear that Bertha is a vehicle through which Jane’s inner conflicts and desire for freedom are brought to life. Brontë successfully portrays this through her use of language‚ mirror imagery and constant proximity between the two characters. Firstly‚ both Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason are perceived by Victorian society similarly – they are both unwanted‚ unnoticed and unfitting to their surroundings‚ with Bertha being locked away as a result of her supposed

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