Nora’s character and the exploration of gender roles in the nineteenth century Norway Nora is the main protagonist of the play and the play mainly focuses on her feelings and actions. She is the only one whose character develops throughout the play. In the initial stages of the play she displays some childish qualities when she interacts with her husband as the audience can see when Torvald calls her by different names such as “my little squirrel”‚ “my little lark”‚ “my little spendthrift”‚ “extravagant
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In this medieval drama‚ a man who is known as Everyman‚ unexpectedly has to face with God. Many characters are classified in the play‚ one of them is Death whom is sent by God to summon Everyman to his “court” for his pilgrimage‚ which is his final expedition. Death asks Everyman if he had forgotten his creator‚ because he is very much implicated with worldly things. When they are about to start his pilgrimage‚ Death wants him to take his full book of accounts‚ yet he states it is not even ready;
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Outsider speech “I was an insider and an outsider. I was at home and I was exiled. I had never been happier‚ nor had I been so sad‚” Betty Bao Lord confessed; a U.S writer referring to her years in Communist China during the 1980s. Indeed year eleven‚ the concept “outsider” embodies both the notions of acceptance and exclusion no matter whether you’re a maestro‚ a Jewish WWII veteran or a migrant seeking appreciation. It is their intrinsic value that defines them rather than the exterior qualities
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Angela Mohanty IRLA Ms.Scoopie January 11‚ 2013 Breaking A Label Ponyboy‚ a Greaser (hoody group)‚ from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders once said: “That ’s why people don ’t ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease‚ and from what I ’ve heard‚ a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks” (141)
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This book report was done for S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ THE OUTSIDERS. In my essay‚ I explore the quote‚ "stay gold" and it’s meaning. I used a poem that was in the novel to express this topic (the poem is by Robert Frost). What it basically is about is the cycle of life. Title: "Stay Gold" I have just recently completed reading S.E. Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders. The author raises many topics faced by the teenagers of her time. Issues such as peer pressure‚ violence and family problems faced by the
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Throughout The Outsiders‚ violence is depicted in numerous ways. The Greasers and Socials use violence towards one another regularly in the story. For instance‚ the story begins with a group of Socials jumping a Greaser. However‚ the author tries to convey to the reader why violence is never the answer. In the text‚ she attempts to get through to the reader that violence does not resolve anything for both groups. By trying to explicate this through the text‚ she conveys to the reader how violence
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did die a hero in "The Outsiders" because of what he did for his friends. Ponyboy dies because of the burns from the fire‚ Dally is greatly upset by this. Dally was too stressed and upset about the way his friend died to think straight‚ so he runs away. He robbed a store because his friend died and did not know what to do. Dally runs from the store owner‚ the police are chasing him. he turns to act like he was going to shoot at the cops and instead they shot him. The outsiders felt sad because they
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You see your kids looking around in fear and sadness as they get into the police car going downtown. The Outsiders is a novel about a 14 year old boy who has troubles with friends and family. Curfew is a time that minors must be inside by or else they are in trouble. Even though no curfews may allow for more fun sometimes‚ there are many more reasons why having curfews are better. Curfews over the years have lowered teenage crime rates by 23 percent around the world. Some people believe that Curfews
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Heathcliff‚ a major character in the novel‚ starts off as an orphan‚ and Mr. Earnshaw takes him in as his own. When Mr. Earnshaw passes away‚ his son‚ Hindley Earnshaw‚ begins to treat Heathcliff differently since he’s of a different social class. All throughout the novel‚ Heathcliff is turned away because of his lower social status. Heathcliff is alienated from his society‚ and thus in return he goes out seeking revenge. The main plot of the story contains Heathcliff seeking out revenge to those who wronged
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belong.” ― S.E. Hinton‚ The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a narrative about two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. They are gangs that fight each other and in worst cases sometimes they fight to the death. The tale is from the perspective of a Greaser boy named Ponyboy and his best friend Johnny. A couple of Socs had attacked Johnny and Ponyboy and since Johnny panicked‚ he killed one of the Socs named Bob. They hid in a church that unfortunately caused a fire and Johnny died of third degree burns.
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