novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel uses the protagonist Pi to demonstrate how faith‚ ritual and ones will to live save one from the barbaric and carnivorous reality. Pi Patel‚ lover of faith and various gods and their beliefs loses his family after a shipwreck and drifts on the Pacific Ocean with the zebra‚ hyena‚ orangutan and tiger named Richard Parker‚ each struggling in their own way to survive. In the end‚ Pi presents two different stories and leaves it up to the reader to decide which version is
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for Olivia. While some use deception as a means of survival‚ others use deception to trick others and make them act foolishly. The first example of deception in this play was when Viola decides to disguise herself as a man. Viola barely escapes a shipwreck along with her twin brother Sebastian. Separated in this terrible disaster each twin believes the other has died in the wreck. The captain of the shipwrecked vessel advises Viola to go and find a job with the Duke Orsino since she has no family or
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Love as the Cause of Suffering In William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night‚ love as the cause of suffering is one of the most prominent theme of the story. Even though this play ends in love and wedded bliss‚ Shakespeare also shows us that love can also cause pain. The characters often view love as a curse‚ something that is thrust upon you and you cannot easily or willing escape. Examples include Malvolio’s love for Olivia‚ the love triangle between Olivia‚ Duke Orsino‚ and Viola as Cesario‚
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Many people might say “First is the worst second is the best etc…” in the case of Queens of England this is definitely true. Elizabeth is the second Queen of England and was a much more king Queen than Mary Tudor or better know as Bloody Mary. Elizabeth’s life was outlined by many crowning accomplishments‚ the most famous of these would be the Spanish Armada attack on England! Just like most to all conflict in the world the spanish armada was mainly caused by religious conflict. “God has given
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When faced with a life and death situation‚ people will often do amazing‚ heroic‚ and shameful things to survive. Yann Martel’s brilliant novel The Life of Pi has many themes. The story revolves around an Indian boy‚ who upon being faced with a shipwreck catastrophe is forced to remain in the ocean for 227 days with a live tiger on board. As a deeply religious person‚ he is in a constant battle between morality and his will to exist; and how far he must go in order to do so. The main theme in Life
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to the people we go to school with. Communities make up the essence of our everyday life. The four main characters in the "Open Boat" are the captain‚ the cook‚ the correspondent‚ and the oiler; also known as Billy. The captain is injured in the shipwreck that takes place before the beginning of the story. Despite his injury he naturally falls as the leader amongst the group of men. Stephen Crane says "...he could never command a more ready and swiftly obedient crew than the motley three of the dinghy
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reappears to join their number. Against this confederacy stands Olivia’s steward‚ Malvolio‚ a man who confuses self-righteousness for virtue and self-importance for dignity. Into this community is cast a young gentlewoman named Viola. Survivor of a shipwreck that she believes has killed her twin brother (who lives on in her looks)‚ Viola must make her own way amid unknown surroundings. To this end‚ she dons male dress and enters the service of Orsino under the name Cesario. But however successfully her
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Maddie Dock Mr. Chapman English Honors 7 November 2013 Titanic Many characters in the Titanic movie were based on real characters and depicted as such. Some of the passengers on the Titanic were incredibly famous figures in history and included some of the major players in the construction of the vessel. Captain Edward John Smith was the leading captain of the ship and was in the movie as well as actually existed in real life. Another real character who actually existed and appeared in the film
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Sophia Reda Gender and Sexuality Paper One February 22‚ 2012 Twelfth Night is a complex story that touches on the ideas of love‚ gender roles‚ and life’s tragic and comic experiences. There are numerous layers to the characters’ gender roles‚ as well as to their sexual attractions. The sexual relationships and gender roles in Twelfth Night are multi-layered. For example‚ Viola‚ a female character‚ who was played by a male‚ is dressed as the male character‚ Cesario‚ throughout most of the
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The Tempest The shipwreck in Act I‚ Scene 1‚ in a 1797 engraving based on a painting by George Romney The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written in 1610–11‚ and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island‚ where Prospero‚ the rightful Duke of Milan‚ plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm‚ the eponymous tempest‚ to lure
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