with 28 chapters totally. Chapter 1: Haunted House The novel begins by introducing the reader about the ghost that is haunting house‚ number 124‚ at Blue Road. The author shows the reader that the ghost has powers to shatter mirrors and leave its handprints in a cooked cake in order to show the ghost’s anger. However‚ the writer does not tell the reader on the reason why the ghost is haunting the house. On the other hand‚ three main characters‚ Sethe‚ Paul D. and Denver‚ are introduced; they try
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth multiple themes are present. The exploration of the many subjects that link human nature‚ are represented by themes within the play. Shakespeare explores the many ways humans interact through relationships as well as their attitudes towards each other. Theses interactions create the main ideas that make up the play‚ such as power‚ love‚ friendship‚ loyalty and ambition. The main relationship explored is between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and how their attitudes and interactions push
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Compare the ways that authors present the speakers in their poems. My Last Duchess‚ by Robert Browning and Poem at Thirty-Nine‚ by Alice Walker. These are poems that revolve around grief and pride. In My Last Duchess the speaker is a very proud duke with years of honour and power to his family name but his duchess shows no respect to anything he has given her. In Poem at Thirty-Nine the speaker is a lady that didn’t show enough respect to her father when he was alive but when she lost him she grieved
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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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didn’t believe it for once second but didn’t want to seem like a madman when he told that his creation had done it and so‚ Justine was put to death. In anger‚ Victor remember where the creature was heading. Victor climbs up a mountain where he encounters the creature again. The creature tells him he is a bad creator for abandoning him and also tells him about how he met a family. He learned from the family and helped them too‚ but when they saw him for the first time‚ they ran away from him. He was so
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In act one scene two‚ Shakespeare presents power and control in lots of different ways. He presents it so that most characters have some form of control or power in this scene. Prospero has the most control and power as he rules the Island and can perform magic. He is also a father which means that he would naturally have control over his daughter Miranda anyway and he shows control and power over her on more than one occasion. “Silence! One word more Shall make me scold you‚ if not hate you. What
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this incident‚ as well as others‚ including the petting of the mouse and the death of the puppy at Lennie’s hands to foreshadow Curley’s wife’s death. Curley’s wife is a woman who is sexually charged and treacherous to any man with whom she might be involved with. Later‚ in the chapter it’s proved that she is a trouble maker and a woman who is treacherous because she destroyed Crooks dream by forcibly reminding him about how powerless he is‚ because of the fact that he is black and she also destroyed
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Catherine earnshaw’s death is arguably the most significant event in the novel‚ not only does it signify an enhancement in Heathcliff’s passion for catherine but it also marks the climax in the Novel and further assembles the themes associated with other characters. Catherine being torn between her husband and the love of her life must also bear a child which proves to be too much for a single person‚ driving her to sickness and eventually death. Good understanding. C’s death in the most significant
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Shakespeare displays this nicely through the sense of sight. In the first scene of the third act‚ Prospero oversees a pivotal conversation in the relationship between his daughter and Ferdinand‚ possibly by using his magic to stay invisible. It is unclear how exactly Shakespeare wanted the viewer to perceive this scene without seeing it directed by him‚ but one possibility is that he uses Prospero’s magic metaphorically to show the reader or viewer that he is more of a presence in Miranda’s
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On first reading it‚ Curley’s wife is presented as an antagonist‚ as a dream destroyer‚ the story its self is set during the “Great Depression”‚ where dreams were usually destroyed‚ The Great Depression was an extremely miserable time during the 1930’s‚ it made average people (such as the guys in the ranch and Curley’s wife) impossible to fulfill their dreams. Curley’s wife‚ was a lot of things‚ but mainly misunderstood. Similar to all the men on the ranch‚ she was unable to fulfill her dream‚ all
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