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    Explore the ways that John Steinbeck presents strong feelings/attitudes in Of Mice And Men. A strong attitude portrayed in the novel is Racism. John Steinbeck uses the character Crooks in order to represent racism and what it was like for the black community during the Great Depression. The ranchmen and Curley’s wife all display racist attitudes towards Crooks‚ for example in chapter four Curley’s Wife says "Well you just keep your place then‚ Nigger. I could get you strung

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    all alone in an empty forest. Just getting by. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men he uses animal imagery to portray the personality and actions of his characters showing the loneliness of the characters. Sometimes Lennie liked to do things like an animal. That’s just the way Lennie did things. In the beginning of the novel Lennie Dropped to his knees and started drinking water from a stagnant water like how a wolf would in the wild. Quoted on page 3 “His huge companion dropped his blankets and

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    How language contributes to a sense of the characters’ insecurity • How the settings contribute to a sense of insecurity • Other features which create a sense of insecurity You must: • Explore how Steinbeck creates a sense of insecurity through the presentation of insecure characters‚ eg through: Lennie‚ Crooks and Curley’s wife • Look at language/settings‚ eg the situation of Curley’s wife and how she feels about Curley and her life on the ranch‚ and her appearance • Show how Steinbeck uses

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    Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents attitudes to power in this passage. In your answer you must consider how the playwright uses literary‚ linguistic and rhetorical devices and conventions to create specific dramatic effects. The theme of power is explored extensively in the play and in this first scene the theme is already established. This scene takes place after Kent and Gloucester’s conversation about Gloucester’s illegitimate son Edmund‚ the dark subplot within the play draws

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    referred to at the time as ‘The American Dream’. Central to Steinbeck’s novel is Curley’s Wife and her importance in the novel is of how she revolves around the novels main themes and events. Curley’s Wife is excluded for being female‚ she is often found in search for companionship on the ranch as her newly found marriage does not give her the affection she desires‚ as she states to Lennie “I don’t like Curley he aint a nice fella.” Because of this she often tries to interact with the other men although

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    Of Mice and Men- Curley’s wife. How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife to the reader? What is her importance in the novel? In order to discuss how Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife to the reader one would determine that many readers would interpret her character and importance in many diversified ways. In this essay‚ one must elaborate on Steinbeck’s true definition of the one and only female in the novel. First and foremost other females in the novel are mentioned but not greeted with a presence

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    community is capsized. In this socially awakening play‚ society is corrupted when a naivete  community is immersed in power that enables insignificant people to manipulate the status quo  to selfishly satisfy their own societal welfare and relationships. ​ In times of distress‚ an individual  may blindly diminish their societal relationships to consequentially benefit themselves.  Once presented with power‚ Abigail takes advantage of it to manipulate those around her  and accuse innocent people at will. When 

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    The effectiveness of this essay is important because the language Brady uses to persuade the reader is a mixture of intelligence with a hint of sarcasm as she repeatedly stated‚ “I want a wife who…” (Brady 386) to exaggerate the perfect wife to a husband. For example‚ Brady discusses the duties of women being “I want a woman who takes care of the children…keeps track of all my appointments…takes care of me and my physical needs…cooks and cleans the house.” (Brady 387). By using a reappearance of

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    With leadership comes power; some use their power for the greater good and some abuse it. Many people want to be the leader of a group‚ but may underestimate the amount of responsibility it actually takes. Although everyone is capable of using their power for the greater good‚ it is easy for someone to get caught up in power and abuse it. In Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” Ralph‚ one of the main characters‚ shows how people are capable of using their power for good. The plane Ralph‚ and a group

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    Some of my impressions of Curley wife was that it first mentioned in relation to Curly‚ as candy mentions Curly’s attitude has worsened since his marriage. Candy then goes on to say " she got the eye"‚‚ before describing her at the end before he leaves the bunker house as a "tart". Later‚ when she comes into the bunker house looking for Curley‚ she talks "playfully" then smiled "archly".So‚ from this first introduction to her‚ she is depicted as a flirt‚ a tease and someone who wants attention from

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