Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter‚ depicts a story of a woman who is shamed by her community because she commits to adultery. Having to wear the embroidered scarlet letter “A”‚ Hester Prynne experiences shame‚ negative comments‚ and change. Hester Prynne withstands a frightening process‚ through this she transforms her physical appearance and beliefs‚ this can be depicted through her actions. Hawthorne then has Hester Prynne become accepting of her mistake through a violent cleanse. Hester Prynne
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Divergent is about a girl who goes on a journey to find her strengths and weaknesses by doing what she believes in and what she enjoys doing. Tris changes a lot in her physical appearance as well as in the way she thinks after changing factions. Despite being a petite person‚ Tris manages to become mentally strong by the end of the book and think for herself. Since Tris was born and raised in the abnegation faction‚ she had to act like an Abnegation. The definition of Abnegation is “renunciation
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Conflict leads to change: Conflict is a capacious beast. A beast with unknown and dangerous qualities. It is unexpected and devastating‚ like a fire ripping through homes in a bushfire taking everything with it. Conflict messes with peoples minds and the way they act‚ making them treat others differently and making there life a train wreck. Conflict happens when people have different qualities and opinions. “10% of conflict are due to differences in opinion‚ 90% are due to the wrong tone
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rises from the gutter to great riches. This man‚ Jay Gatsby‚ does not realize that his new wealth cannot give him the privileges of class and status. Nick Carraway who is from a prominent mid-western family tells the story. Nick presents himself as a reliable narrator‚ when actually several events in the novel prove he is an unreliable narrator. Although Nick Carraway may be an unreliable narrator‚ he is the best narrator for the novel because he creates the correct effect. Nick Carraway
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remarkable how Hawthorne shows Hester Prynne’s strength of character. Although Hawthorne does not give us much information about Hester’s life prior to the novel‚ he does show her great character which is revealed through the number of trials and obstacles she faced‚ her public humiliation and isolated Puritan life. Hester seems to have changed the greatest in character and attitude‚ from a haughty and proud demeanor to having a warm and tender heart. Throughout the novel‚ Hester changes three different
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Mister Brainwash: Legitimate Artist or Fraud? Ideally‚ an artist is a person who creates art as an expression of thought or feeling. Yes‚ it seems a simple idea‚ but what really make a true artist can be confusing. Beyond the creation of art‚ true artists are those who carry important messages out to the world through their artworks and do so not for monetary but for public attention. It is a change in culture where these artists wanted to send the people a message by putting up their artworks in
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Nora`s character at the beginning‚ the first impression about Nora is childish character that is willing to hid things and to easily lie. The audience first sees her as immature character‚ naive and superficial. She interacts with her husband at the same manner as a child and playfully. However‚ she obeys her husband and tries to make him happy as a typical 19 century woman. Moreover‚ her husband critics her throughout the play but Nora response in a behaved way as if she is his own doll which
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It is simply human nature to fear change in one’s life. All people get that first hint of anxiety when experiencing or trying to handle change. However‚ how individuals handle this anxiety from change is what separates them all. Perfect examples came from two of the stories where the effects of this change are clearly shown. The difference in what it means to accept change varies from Miss Emily to Nathan in “A Rose For Emily” vs. “A Place I Have Never Been.” Miss Emily faces the biggest challenge
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How does Steinbeck explore different attitudes to women in the novel? Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in the mid 1930’s and published in 1937 when America had started to recover from the Wall Street Crash. The 1920’s were a ’boom-time’ in America‚ there was plenty of work and money was easily made but the 1930’s brought unemployment and poverty. The attitudes to women in his novel are in the main unflattering. Steinbeck depicts them as unintelligent and most of the women in the novel
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life. Living in cramped quarters with new people. There are definitely things that you would have to change. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ it shows how Anne lived in the annex. Anne changed throughout the play by harnessing her energy‚ becoming a better writer and improving her relationships with other people. One way Anne has changed throughout the play is being able to control her energy. In the beginning Anne was very energetic and clumsy. It
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