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    Twelfth Night is a comedic play written by William Shakespeare‚ full of love triangles and misunderstandings. Shakespeare uses disguises‚ classes‚ and lies to unfold the misjudgment of devotion and love characters have for each other in the play. Love blinds people‚ causing them to prioritize and risk their life and jobs to aid their loved ones‚ but in Twelfth Night characters also become blinded from social classes and unreciprocated love to the point where other characters in the book judge them

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    Characters Effect on a Reader Characters dealing with a situation affect each reader differently. The characters reaction to a situation may have a reader feel exactly as the character does‚ or in some instances‚ the reader may look more at how differently they would feel in the same situation. In an attempt to answer Henry James on how characters are only as interesting as their response to the particular situation we will look at “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and “To Build a Fire”

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    a troubled character. We see in the free verse novel‚ The Simple Gift‚ composed by Steven Herrick there is the use of imagery in the novel in each chapter. There is also a quote which helps to explain the imagery. The format of the book is written as a first person narrative account. It is written from the three main characters perspective‚ which is interesting as it gives us the reader insight to each person’s unique perspective. Billy describes his home a “shit hole” “a downtrodden house in Noweheresville”

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    Language is a way where people use to show their perspective in the communication. It can be used in many ways for example‚ how the word were used in the speech‚ how the language was changed‚ how the language was selected‚ or how it was slanted. For most of these ways‚ they are from the propaganda which is a device that were used by a lot of people to other people for a good or bad causes. It has been use many time in advertising where people fall into the belief. Political also played a big role

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    and there is a named Napoleon that has dictator characteristics‚ he constantly forces his decisions to be made even if the majority of the animals don’t like it‚ though he uses propaganda to sway them in his opinion. Napoleon uses propaganda in many ways such as: Scaring the animals‚ making the animals believe what Napolean does is right‚ and spreading lies to the animals. First of all‚ “You wouldn’t want farmer Jones back would you?” is said by Squealer every time he convinces the animals. This is

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    the destiny. The story is presented in such a way‚ that the writer excellently illustrates how items‚ human beings‚ and people’s actions clearly stand out as symbols. As a matter of facts‚ I can say that Jackson uses the black box‚ the three-legged stool‚ and the stones to symbolize the various aspects of this particular society and its long rooted‚ clueless and astonishing tradition.

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    Othello essay Othello in Shakespeare’s play Othello is manipulated to trust Iago rather than his wife. Iago uses fake evidence against Desdemona in an attempt to prove she is cheating on her husband. Iago uses racism and past experiences to persuade Othello into believing he is not good enough for his wife as well as her not being good enough for him. Othello choses to believe Iago over his wife for the reason that she has only her word to back up her story while Iago has hard evidence. Iago plants

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    Shakespeare had a very diverse vocabulary which made him talented writer. Many of the phrases that he wrote within his works are still being used today. However‚ the phrases that he created during his time now have a new meaning behind it. As civilizations continue to advance and change with time‚ the language also changes as well which is why the phrases and expressions used back then have some different meanings in present day. For example‚ the phrase‚ "Good riddance‚" can be interpreted as an

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    bruises. Heathcliff would want what Hindley had and make him give it to him by saying “If you won’t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you’ve given me this week” (pg 43). Heathcliff knew he had some power of Hindley and wasn’t afraid to use it. Heathcliff towards the end of the book started to destroy Hindley’s son and turn him as crooked as he was‚ and made that his revenge for destroying his life.

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    intentions. Napoleon and the pigs used fear‚ propaganda‚ and manipulation‚ similar to Julius Caesar‚ George Bush‚ and Hitler‚ to persuade the animals to willingly follow their tyrannical orders. Napoleon‚ the self elected leader of Animal Farm‚ often uses propaganda to persuade his comrades into carrying out his commands‚ comparable to Julius Caesar‚ a notable roman author and dictator. Napoleon is able to utilize propaganda through ignorance and faulty

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