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    then I lov’d thee‚ and show’d thee all the qualities o’th’ isle... Cursed be that I did so!’ The interaction shows the reader that the relationship between Prospero and Caliban was initially amiable‚ but turned malicious with the intended rape of Miranda. Julie Taymor’s film adaptation shows Helen Mirren’s performance as the character of Prospera to be no less of a dominating figure than her male counterpart‚ Prospero‚ in the play. Because of this character

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    used a variety methods and techniques to give the audience an idea about what was most likely to happen throughout the play. because the play is a murder and mystery genre‚ the audience are not given any real cause on why Eva Smith killed herself. Priestly is providing hints on who might of killed Eva Smith but the audience are not sure on who exactly might of been the cause of her death‚ which leaves the audience on the edge of their seats until the end of the play. In the play the inspector says

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    character in this novel is Miranda. She is a sixteen year old girl. She has two brothers‚ Matt who is older and in college and Jonny her younger brother who loves baseball. She loves to swim she used to skate until she broke her ankle and quite. Throughout this book Miranda goes through many situations. Before the moon was hit all she used to care about was school and Brandon. Brandon is a famous iceskater who was from there town. Now after this event its all about survival. Miranda being the caring loving

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    episode. When Miranda Gibson‚ the daughter of Laura Gibson has an assignment to about the town or family history and she blankly states how un-normal her family is with a half-brother that is also her cousin. This representation of family is depicted in the episode through the use of the family home and the mother daughter having breakfast together and talking then the of close ups also shows us just how they feel about their heated discussion and the use of the shots that makes Miranda look taller

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    Priestly presents Mrs Birling as a cold and heartless Character. As her character they play goes on she never takes responsibility for what she done and tries to pass the blame to everyone else. When told about Eva’s death Mrs Birling speaks in an “easy tone” and she smiles which shows that she doesn’t really care about what has happened to this girl as long as it doesn’t affect her this is also show by her saying “I don’t think we can help you much”. She says this before hearing anything the inspector

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    the play in Act One Scene Two‚ after the tempest has shipwrecked Antonio and Alonso’s ship. We firstly come to realise that Prospero and Miranda are looking down upon the tempest and so the shipwreck and that Prospero is the cause for the storm. This makes the character of Prospero immediately appear powerful‚ in a physical sense. We learn this through Miranda. “Put the wild waters in this roar‚ allay them.”(1) This shows that Prospero has great physical power; we also learn that he has supernatural

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    a relationship rely on‚ depend on and have faith that their partner will not intentionally do anything to harm them. Daniel and Miranda show a remarkable improvement on the repair to their relationship. As a result of their repairs to the relationship they as parents can now work out a plan to benefit them and their kids. As a long term result of both Daniel and Miranda repairing their relationship they have learned to communicate more

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    self-incrimination‚ and the Miranda warning enforces the 5th amendment with the right to remain silent to avoid any words from being used against the suspect. Despite the protection of the 5th amendment‚ the Reid technique is still used against most suspects to obtain a confession‚ and during the arrest of a suspect‚ the Miranda Rights can be ignored if there’s no witnesses around. Since the Reid technique is highly endorsed‚ the only legal protection for the juvenile suspects are the Miranda Rights and 5th amendment;

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    Sycorax‚ a which). This is contrasted with Ariel whose very name associates him with the air‚ and being a spirit he is also seen as a positive embodiment of the super-natural. Caliban’s lust for Miranda in "seeking to violate the honour" of her‚ is contrasted with Ferdinand’s true love. Miranda: Do you love me? Ferdinand: ...I...do love‚ prize‚ honour you. There are many suggestions in ‘The Tempest’ that give us clues into the character of Caliban such as being referred to continuously

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    Shakespeare uses different situations to bring out different degrees of savagery and civilisation within each character of the play. Shakespeare uses the characters of Miranda and Ferdinand – ‘civilised’ gentries‚ and presents them nobly and compassionately: both through the nurture of their loving fathers. Shakespeare presents Miranda as a compassionate “creature” from the moment she is on scene. In Act I‚ Scene ii‚ she demands her father “allay” the storm he is creating: suggesting she doesn’t want

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