Major Petkoff and Catherine are typical secondary characters‚ with funny occasional opinions and repetitive comments‚ such as those of the “electric bell” or the so famous unique “library” in all Bulgaria. They are characters that would normally be used to lower the tension in different types of plays. Yet‚ Arms and the Man‚ is a comedy and hence not many high-tension scenes are found. Their role additionally‚ adds more humour to the play‚ especially in those dull scenes where humour
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The Character of Macbeth The play ’Macbeth ’ is a portrait of one man‚ Macbeth‚ showing how he changes. Although we are presented with his deterioration from good to evil‚ we can see his human side throughout the play‚ which makes it a tragedy. It is the shortest of Shakespeare ’s tragedies‚ and has a very fast pace. Once Macbeth ’s ambition has set the ball rolling ’‚ events happen quickly in the play as it gathers momentum. The themes of Macbeth ’ are ambition‚ effects of evil‚ and violence
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All throughout A Farwell to Arms the protagonist struggles with power. Frederic Henry wishes to free himself from warfare and live with his lover Catherine Barkley. After the first year of warfare‚ during winter‚ Henry is allowed to take leave; giving him a glimpse of what is to come once he leaves the medical groups he is in. Once Henry returns to the front he visits his friend Rinaldi and the new nurse Catherine. After he meets Catherine‚ they soon begin to fall in love. Thus leading into a
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ten amendments which guarantee certain rights that American citizens will always have. One of these freedoms and possibly the most important is the right to keep and bear arms. As written in the Constitution‚ “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” (U.S. Constitution). Whatever the purpose these guns are meant to serve it is clear that the right to own them cannot be impaired. George Washington
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Lieutenant Henry‚ the main character in A Farewell to Arms‚ changed greatly over the course of the book. The book began with him in a smaller village near the mountains in Italy. By the end‚ he ends up alone in Switzerland after the death of his wife and child. Lt. Henry went through many changes in several aspects of his life‚ in the way of the war‚ his wife Catherine‚ and his friends‚ even though at the end he loses them all and is alone. In the beginning of the book‚ Lt. Henry was a young man
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In Hemingway’s literature he creates very real characters. Characters that are not caricatures but characters that have strengths and weaknesses. Frederic Henry‚ the protagonist in A Farewell To Arms‚ is a very flawed person yet he shows courage and bravery by putting himself in the front lines of the First World War. What separates Frederic Henry from other characters in literature are his very human character traits. It is very evident that Frederic has succumbed to alcoholism whether it is when
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A Character from the “Hole” 1. My full name is Brodericka Amanda Smith‚ but the team calls me Brody. My mother gave me the first name‚ and father was responsible for the last part. I am 34; I was born on March 17‚ the Saint Patrick’s Day. The play mentions only characters first name and average age. Brody can by a short version of a male name Broderick‚ which means “a dream”. That is why I included Irish background and culture’s traditional holiday. People often believe their dreams will come true
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The Character of the Prioress Character is the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person. The Prioress reveals her character in the novel The Canterbury Tales. Twenty-nine men and women of different backgrounds are gathering to tell their stories on their way to the Canterbury Cathedral in spring to morn at the site of Thomas Beckett’s death. In The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer the tale of the Prioress reveals her true character through her moral code‚
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William Shakespeare uses various elements‚ themes and connections between them to present ideas of enduring value in ‘Hamlet. His character development in Hamlet &Claudius and use of dramatic techniques present values in ‘Hamlet’ those of which are timeless. These enduring values include guilt‚ corruption and life & death. Shakespeare has used various dramatic techniques to express his idea and enduring value of guilt. In Act 1‚ as Polonius talks about ‘the devil hiding’‚ Shakespeare uses a
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Adopt a Character Assignments 1. Using the information from your Adopt a Character sheet‚ fill in the Bio Cube‚ cut it out‚ and cube it. The link for the Bio Cube is on my website under resources. 2. Using the information from the Adopt a Character sheet‚ write a detailed character sketch of your adopted character. This is a creative piece. Stretch your writing and your imagination! On my website‚ there is an example of a character sketch and there are directions on how to write a
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