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    Bronte’s use of violence forces the reader to understand the strength of feeling in her characters’. Using Wuthering Heights page 118 as your starting point‚ from ‘She rung the bell till it broke with a twang:’ to the end of the chapter‚ explore the use and portrayal of violence. Violence is an essential theme in this novel and is vital to the character’s personalities‚ that they use it to express their feelings. From reading this section it is evident that Bronte particularly focuses on punctuation

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    In this poem‚ Poe uses raven as a metaphor of death and a long deep passing of grief. --> death motif Greek mythology‚ ravens are associated with Apollo‚ the god of prophecy. They are said to be a symbol of good luck‚ and were the god’s messengers in the mortal world.

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    John Steinbeck planned out every word he put into his novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck did exactly this with the development of the character Curley’s wife. She had started the novel as a “tart” or a nuisance of a character‚ but later she turned into an admriable character‚ one that you really feel for. In Of Mice and Men‚ Curley’s wife is shown as a very unpleasant character. For example‚ while Lennie‚ Candy and Crookes were in Crooks’ room discussing their ranch‚ she walks in and says “Listen

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    Washington Irving (2010)‚ writer of the classic short story “Rip Van Winkle‚” uses his writings to express his views of disagreement with pre-Revolutionary War era thinking. His views on how the Puritans thought are carefully displayed in his works. Through his writing‚ Washington Irving demonstrates the power of fiction as he indicates the apparent errancies of the American Revolution. Fiction has the power to subtly infiltrate one’s thinking. Sarah Wyman (2010)‚ an Associate Professor at the

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    throughout The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien uses internal conflict to show the gradual character development

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    is done by the use of power. Producing a single definition for a word with a plethora of usages is practically impossible‚ but not quite. Power can be defined as the ability of an individual to direct anything onto the course they desire. From pushing a cardboard box to leading soldiers in battle‚ this definition encompasses the basis of the word power. Despite the idea that excess power is dangerous‚ power is a necessary factor in maintaining relations among people in society. Power manifests itself

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    describe Caesar‚ one of the main characters‚ Shakespeare highlights Caesar’s main characteristics and convinces the reader of Caesar’s sheer amount of power and ambition. Shakespeare first utilizes imagery to demonstrate Caesar’s undeniable power when he compares Caesar to a host of powerful animals and objects. The first glance of imagery that Shakespeare uses to describe Caesar’s sovereignty over the Roman citizens is when Cassius is speaking with

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    “In Jane Eyre‚ Bronte explores the importance of love and acceptance through a narrative technique which has immortalized her text” Discuss this view‚ with close reference to the novel and your critical understanding of perspectives. In Jane Eyre‚ Bronte captures the protagonist story through a bildungsroman and explores the importance of love and acceptance. The author constructed narrative presents these universal issues as being battled between the religious and romantic structures‚ which extends

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    The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck‚ is abounding with literary devices that assist in conveying the theme of the evils of greed. In the novella‚ Steinbeck tells about Kino‚ a Mexican man‚ who finds a great pearl which he believes will change his life entirely. However‚ when the pearl dealers attempt to deceive him into selling his pearl for a low price‚ Kino ventures to the capital‚ but after facing many trials‚ he must return to his home after his infant son is killed. After this ultimate hardship‚ Kino

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    Curley’s wife wasn’t always mean. She was a sweet innocent girl named Emma‚ but one day her childhood was scarred. Emma was born somewhere in Salinas into a poor family‚ struggling to survive twenty years before the great depression. Her mother was fair and beautiful. She was well educated and in her late twenties when she gave birth to Emma. Her father was an alcoholic who always came home intoxicated after his 9-5 job. To go along with his heavy drinking‚ her father was also abusive and occasionally

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