Compare how Shakespeare and Steinbeck present villains and victims in ‘Othello’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’. By Bushra Begum Both ‘Othello’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’ are tragedies about society’s villains and victims and how their pursuit of love‚ hopes and dreams leads them to death and destruction. William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ (1603) is based on a Greek tragedy; the setting is in Venice and then Cyprus‚ which reflects Othello transforming into a powerful and dominant hero to a ‘Monstrous’ devil. Briefly
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It is hard to judge a person by its cover. They may look like a really nice guy but may have committed murder. That’s why John Steinbeck implied that to one of his characters‚ Lennie. He looks like a really scary person‚ but he is a very kind person that acts like a big baby. Lennie is excused from murder due to his low intelligence‚ Curley’s wife being lonely‚ and George was not watching him. Lennie relies on one person‚ George‚ and he was not there for Lennie’s protection. Lennie did not know
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John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. As Steinbeck illustrates through Curley’s wife‚ Candy‚ and Crooks‚ companionship and a sense of belonging are vital to human happiness; all three characters face problems and negative feelings because of their loneliness and isolation. [pic] Loneliness is one of the primary themes in Of Mice and Men. Throughout the novel‚ John Steinbeck shows the enormous effect that loneliness has on the characters. Steinbeck most clearly illustrates this theme through
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How does John Steinbeck portray Jim Casey as a Christ figure in his novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath? In his novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath‚ John Steinbeck brings a variety of diverse characters to the reader. The majority of these characters’ individuality lies within whom they symbolize. What I’m trying to say is that the character in the novel represents another being outside of the novel. For example‚ the former preacher Jim Casey who is also a good friend of the Joads may to some readers represent
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What impression does Steinbeck give of life in the bunkhouse at the beginning of the novel? Steinbeck describes the bunk house as a plain‚ dark‚ hostile place with “small‚ square windows”‚ this creates the impression of a dark‚ lonely environment. The workers don’t have proper chairs to sit on‚ using “grouped boxes”‚ this shows that there is no comfort within the bunkhouse. The workers belongings are kept in an “apple box” which shows little luxury and comfort. This image is the opposite to the
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the poetic methods Hardy uses to evoke distinctive settings in his poem. Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Ruined Maid’ is a poem about a young woman named Amelia who meets her old friend‚ and character foil‚ in town from her old life in the rural areas. As the poem progresses‚ with her friend making contrasting comparisons between how Amelia was and how she is now‚ we begin to realize that she had traded in her virtues to have‚ ironically at that era‚ a better life. Hardy evokes distinctive settings in the poem
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In the book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ there are multiple underlying themes that compose the story. One of the themes‚ loneliness‚ is present throughout the story. The people on the farm sometimes go into town on Saturdays to forget about their loneliness with women and alcohol. George and Lennie are lonely‚ too. They try to break the unyielding system of loneliness by planning and talking about buying a small farm. Curley’s wife feels lonely‚ also. In an attempt to keep from being lonely
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Draft “I see hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches‚ with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. They come an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a god damn on’ of em’ ever get’s it. Just like heaven.” This is the quote from Crooks and it summarises what most of the book is about‚ everyone wants that little bit of land to call their own. Hardly any of them ever get it. Just like heaven
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this is an obvious metaphor for what George must do to Lennie‚ who proves to be no good to George and no good to himself. Steinbeck re-emphasizes the significance of Candy’s dog when Candy says to George that he wishes someone would shoot him when he’s no longer any good. And when Carlson ends up shooting the dog‚ Lennie is the only man not inside the bunk house‚ I think Steinbeck placed him outside with the dog‚ away from the other men‚ to somehow put him in or show the position he will be in at the
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How does Steinbeck use language to present the character of Curley’s wife in ‘of mice and men?’ Steinbeck uses a lot of stereotyping in his novella‚ ‘Of Mice and Men.’ He uses Crooks‚ a black man‚ to show how black people were treated in the 1930s and he uses Curley’s wife to show how insignificant women were in the 1930s. Steinbeck also uses the vernacular throughout the book to paint a more realistic picture and allow us to understand how people spoke to each other on the ranch.
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