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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anger stage one being the beginning where he is only able to hide his anger‚ stage two he is able to suppress his anger and stage three he is able to control his anger. In the first part of the book we see Cole at his worst for his anger. At this time in the book we see that Cole is unable to control his anger when peter warns the authorities about cole robbing a hardware store. After hearing that a classmate has informed the authorities of his actions Cole becomes enraged and decides to confront
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Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is tormented by his sin‚ leading to his inevitable death. Hester Prynne must live with the retributions of her adultery every day of her life‚ Pearl being a constant reminder. Even Chillingworth disintegrates under the power of his own sin‚ that of revenge. It seems Hawthorne is trying to make a point in his novel; that it is impossible to escape the consequences of your actions (especially in Puritan New England)! In the beginning of this
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The same families will still live in the town and racism is always be an issue. Even today‚ the blacks still feel discriminated. So that’s why I think that Maycomb still has discrimination. I think that Scout will live in Miss Maudie’s house because she grew up at her house and Miss Maudie reminds me of Scout. Jem lives in the Finch’s house because I think that Atticus would want to keep it in their family. As Jem grows up
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Literary works have been develop such as novel‚ poems‚ and short stories. Short Stories are described has miniature versions of books or novels‚ where an author takes a tale and crams it into a ten to twenty page story. John Steinbeck is not only a well-known novelist‚ but also writes short stories like “The Chrysanthemums” and “Flight”. In Steinbeck’s “The Chrysthemums” Elisa Allen is married to a negligent ranch owner. While her husband works on the ranch‚ Elisa tends to her chrysanthemum garden
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John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. (February 27‚ 1902 – December 20‚ 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books‚ including sixteen novels‚ six non-fiction books‚ and five collections of short stories‚ Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. was born on February 27‚ 1902‚ in Salinas‚ California
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will excuse every action of Richard’s because of his past‚ but somehow every time it finds its way into Richard’s list of motivations‚ which creates a tug of war between sympathy and resentment towards him. It’s not that Richard deserves to be labeled all-out evil‚ but he appears at times to have reason allowing him to be and to do so. What he is is human; what he is not is a monster. And how Richard acts is the rebound of how he’s been treated his entire life. When the audience first meets Richard
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confronted with a terrible choice. Featured alongside Hamlet is his old friend Horatio. In the play‚ Shakespeare uses Horatio in a number of ways‚ both to further elements of the plot and to explore other characters. The first action of note Horatio does is confirm the identity of the ghost Marcellus and Bernardo have been observing each night. Horatio’s opinion apparently holds weight‚ as the two watchmen seek him out to confirm their encounters. And indeed it is Horatio who relays to the watchmen
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Question: How does Frayn present Stephen and Keith’s relationship at the start of the novel? Through analysis of Michael Frayn’s 2002 novel‚ Spies‚ Stephen and Keith’s relationship plays a large factor within the plot of the novel‚ this is seen especially at the beginning. Frayn manages to represent this relationship in numerous ways that give different meanings depending upon what the context is. One such representation is adult Stephen’s perception of the relationship they had and
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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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