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    Lyra is on a quest to find power and with out the love the two shared as friends‚ neither would be able to complete their missions. However‚ this is not to say the love and power are a perfect combination. To illustrate‚ look at Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel. "His hands‚ still clasped her head‚ tensed suddenly and drew her towards him in a passionate kiss. Lyra thought this looked more like cruelty than love" both are powerful in their own right‚ but neither is truly happy with the other. They cannot

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    The Golden Compass is a fantasy novel by Philip Pullman which was published in 1995. In England‚ Lyra Belacqua a twelve year old orphan girl takes a journey to the Arctic in search of her missing friend‚ Roger Parslow‚ and her imprisoned uncle‚ Lord Asriel‚ who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as “Dust”. The Golden Compass is a fantasy novel due to the use of imaginative characters such as the use of the daemon. Daemons are magical creatures with the power to change

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    Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” Andrea Sparks ENG 225 Instructor Moore May 28‚ 2012 Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” The Motion Picture of “The Golden Compass” is based on Philip Pullman’s novel “Northern Lights” (The first part in his novel trilogy “His Dark Materials”) and was rated pg-13 (indicating that the material within the film could be unsuitable for children under the age of thirteen (Murray‚ 2012))

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    In the novel Northern Lights Lord Asriel is the father of Lyra and a man obsessed with creating the perfect world. Lord Asriel is portrayed as a fierce-natured‚ cold-hearted and seemingly unapproachable person‚ who will do anything to achieve his goals. I respect and admire Lord Asriel for he will hesitate at nothing to accomplish what he believes is right (even if it means taking innocent lives or even his own). In this piece of writing I will show you Lord Asriel’s characteristics and his

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    The Golden Compass Taken Seriously “Anyone who [is not] confused really [does not] understand the situation‚”(Edward R. Murrow). This quote displays what most readers go through when reading a book. It also displays why the reader should explore more so they understand what is happening. Just think for a second if something was so easily viewed‚ but it was still confusing because the reader is not sure whether a character is good or evil? Well‚ in this book The Golden Compass that is what it does

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    At this point in the novel‚ the evidence shows the reader how Lyra interacts with both the Gyptians and the people of Jordan Collage. What are the differences between of how Lyra acts around them? Is Lyra two-faced? How are the interactions similar? The interactions and situations of Lyra with the Gyptians & their king are very different when being compared to when Lyra was at Jordan collage. This includes the emotions being sent towards Lyra‚ her popularity and how Lyra is responded to‚ and finally

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    Introduction to Lord Ullin’s daughter: The poem Lord Ullin’s Daughter‚ is a romantic set in the medieval period in which two lovers namely the Lord Ullin’s daughter and Scottish Chieftain elope together and have to cross a stormy sea. God had other plans for them‚ he was not on their side‚ they both meet a tragic end ‚ as they were engulfed by the fury of the stormy sea. Summary of Lord Ullin’s Daughter In the poem ‚ Lord Ullin’s Daughter Lord Ullin’s and his men chased Ullin’s daughter and the

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    do not exactly show who the protagonist is in their plays novels or stories. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ many characters can be argued as the protagonist. Based on Jack’s characterization‚ his external conflict with all the boys and his internal regression and Golding’s usage of imagery‚ it seems most appropriate to assume Golding intends for us to see Jack as the protagonist. In the lord of the flies‚ Jack’s external conflicts helped him to give into his need for power. He first begins

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    eGrant Johnson Per 4 Final Draft0- The Allegory of Life William Golding’s Lord of the Flies repeatedly contrasts with the morality-driven views of the controversial philosopher Frederick Nietzsche. Golding’s allegorical novel tells the story of a group of young boys who remain stranded on an island and left to their own instincts. Golding and Nietzsche would argue the issues the boys face are based on the morality and nature of man. Ralph‚ the protagonist‚ is delegated power by the other boys

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    about the multiple meanings in objects‚ people‚ or even the words in it. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a story which expresses Golding’s idea of man’s essential nature in humanity being evil. In the book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ there is hidden symbolic meaning in the characters and these symbols show that the characters represent archetypes in humanity that prove his idea of man’s essential nature being evil. In Lord of the Flies‚ the character Ralph represents order‚ leadership‚ and civilization

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