are self-serving to illustrate the impact of such on its citizens. In the book he demonstrates this through the character Winston. Winston knows that Big Brother and the government is just a huge lie. He writes in his journal about how he feels about Oceania and how he isn’t too sure about his surroundings. Everyone was for himself or herself and thinking negative about the government was out of the picture for all of the other citizens who were brainwashed by the government’s slogan “ BIG BROTHER
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George is instantly put off by her presence and tries to avoid her. He shows no attention towards her‚ which is what she is after and does not acknowledge her. George uses a snappy tone of voice to reply to her. ‘George said brusquely “Well‚ he ain’t now.”’ This shows he is not interested in her and doesn’t want to engage into a conversation with her. Lennie on the other hand is intrigued
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Discuss the importance of the character of Elizabeth and consider how Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her
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How does Faulks explore the character of the central protagonist through the prime relationships in ’Birdsong’? In Birdsong‚ Faulks represents different relationships with Stephen throughout. Many different relationships portray different experiences of love with each character and Stephen. Within my essay I will explain some of the different relationships with Stephen and how Faulks explores them. The form of Birdsong is a novel‚ this helps Faulks describe with detail the relationships with Stephen
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Steinbeck describes her as having "full rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up" we see this as confirmation of her being "a tart." Equally‚ it could simply mean that she takes pride in her appearance and tries to get noticed. However‚ she does flaunt herself " she smiled archly and twisted her body" and is clearly aware that Lennie is fascinated with her. George’s first impression of Curley’s wife is that she is "a tramp" and the worst "piece of jail-bait" he has ever seen. Later in the
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Consider the ways in which the author presents Mathilde as a selfish‚ self-absorbed woman. ‘The necklace begins with a short paragraph describing Madame Mathilde Loisel‚ and her character. Though she was‚ ‘Pretty and charming’‚ Mathilde and her husband‚ a junior clerk‚ are not very well off financially‚ and therefore the couple live a modest lifestyle. Mathilde’s selfish desires of a life of ‘refinement and luxury’‚ with servants and extravagant living conditions are somewhat alien to her simple
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Within the play of Macbeth‚ Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as ambitious and vicious when she is first introduced in Act 1 Scene 5. Lady Macbeth is the one of the main reasons the play played out like it did. Although‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth treat each other as friends‚ they both have an equal say in what happens‚ but Lady Macbeth seems to contribute more opinion than Macbeth does. When her husband writes to Lady Macbeth about the witches‚ she was excited‚ she wanted to be queen and she did not
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Grenville presents Will and Sal’s relationship as one in which they can both develop and shine alone as well as together. It is extremely clear from the start of the novel how important their relationship is‚ as they are able to grow and change together in the most difficult of situations. Grenville shows the importance of Will and Sal’s relationship by suggesting how Sal has greatly influenced Will’s life from a young age‚ making him feel more content and relaxed. Will lowered his tough defence
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manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke…his ear heard more than was said to him”. Furthermore‚ in the full entirety of Steinbeck’s description of Slim he repeatedly emphasises these almost unbelievable attributes about him. He does this in such a way it has the effect on the audience of thinking as Slim as this superior human to all the others and it is explicit to us he is the antithesis of
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How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife to us as the novel develops? Of mice and men’ is one of Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbecks most poignant. ‘ Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression it features two farm workers called George ad Lenny. The travel around together in search of work sharing a dream of a place of their own- a small ranch where they can live and work for themselves. It tells the story of how violence may erupt to destroy those dreams. Curley’s wife- as she is
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