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    Play boy Of the Western World Plot summary The play is set in County Mayo in a country shebeen or pub. Pegeen Mike is engaged to Shawn Keogh a rich farmer‚ but she is not in love with him.  Pegeen’s father Michael James owns the pub‚ and spends his time going to wakes and getting drunk. A young man arrives one evening as Michael James and his two pals Jimmy Farrell and Philly Cullen are about to go off to a wake. This young man calls himself Christy Mahon and claims that he has killed

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    In Mark Twain’s novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Twain develops the plot into Huck and Jim’s adventures allowing him to weave in his criticism of society. The two main characters‚ Huck and Jim‚ both run from social injustice and both are distrustful of the civilization around them. Huck is considered an uneducated backwards boy‚ constantly under pressure to conform to the "humanized" surroundings of society. Jim a slave‚ is not even considered as a real person‚ but as property. As they

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    Characters Key themes Plot development Reference to context Scene One p1 A lone cellist… to p3 Gellburg No-no… Margaret Hyman- Harry Hymans wife‚ “fair‚ lusty and energetic”‚ informative‚ nosey. She is friendly‚ likes laughing a complete opposite to Gellburg- it makes him uncomfortable Phillip Gelburg- “slender intense man in his late forties”‚ patient‚ secretive‚ dislikes social situations‚ unsympathetic The theme of Gellburgs wife’s illness is introduced‚ and Gellburg indicates he

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    THE PLOT EXPOSITION The novel begins by introducing Miles Halter‚ an introverted kid who decides to leave his home and attends Culver Creek in Alabama‚ in order to seek a Great Perhaps. Starting his first year at Culver Creek High School‚ Chip “The Colonel”‚ his roommate gives Miles the nickname of “Pudge”. His acquaintances with the Colonel‚ Alaska Young‚ “The hottest girl in all of human history” and Takumi‚ a Japanese student with a southern accent eventually blossom into friendships‚ and together

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    Why is it important to the story? ACT 1‚ scene 3 MACBETH.
 Your children shall be kings.
 I think that this is one of the most important scenes in the story because this i where Macbeth gets that idea that he could be king. That idea gives the plot of the story. ! !! !! When Macbeth meets the weird sisters‚ and they tell him their prophecy. ! Act 2 When they find the body of King Duncan‚ and wake the village. !! !! ! !! ACT 3‚ scene 4 Macbeth sends for Banquo and his son to be killed. They

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    TIMUN MAS Plots: 1. Mbok Sirni was praying in her house‚ asking God to give her a baby 2. Buto Ijo passed her house and heard her praying 3. Buto Ijo made an agreement to Mbok Sirni and Pak Bejo that he would give them a baby but they must give the child back when she is already 15 4. Mbok Sirni and Pak Bejo was so happy; she did not think about the risk of losing the child later and agreed to take the giant’s offer 5. The giant then gave her a bunch of cucumber seeds and told them to plant it. They

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    Plot Summary: The H.M.S. Bellipotent ship is nearing home after a long voyage‚ when a British general who is in need of men‚ stops the ship. Lieutenant Ratcliffe conscripts one sailor and that sailor is‚ Billy Budd‚ who is willing to serve his country. As he exits‚ he hollers for the Rights of Man by name and says his goodbyes. On the Bellipotent‚ Billy takes over the job of the foretopman. Claggart‚ who is the master of arms‚ has a appearance that is calm‚ but deep down he has evil intentions.

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    resembled the fragile and psychologically disturbed Laura Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie." His mother resembled Laura’s mother‚ Amanda. Williams himself resembled Laura’s brother‚ Tom Wingfield. Williams was even nicknamed Tom in his youth. Plot Summary Tom begins by introducing the play as a memory play of his own memory of his past. He introduces the character. The start of the play shows the Wingfield family eating dinner. Amanda keeps telling Tom to chew is food‚ and Tom gets thoroughly

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    The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn Differences between the movie and the novel: In the movie Huck’s fortune amounts to $600; in the novel‚ it is $6000.  The conmen are tarred and feathered in the film; in the novel‚ they escape and are tarred and feathered later.  The Grangerford son that Huck befriends is Billy; in the novel‚ he is named Buck.  In the movie the Grangerford’s feud with the Shepardsons is 30 years old; in the novel it is 20.  Tom Sawyer is not mentioned in the film whereas in

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    How Plot Impacts the Theme in “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne The short story “The Birthmark” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne will have any reader feeling a variety of emotions. “The Birthmark” is simply about a woman‚ Georgiana‚ with an extremely unique birthmark on her left cheek that her husband‚ Aylmer‚ highly dislikes. Her husband is a scientist‚ and he is determined to find a successful way to get this hideous birthmark off of his wife’s cheek. The theme in “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel

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