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    Question: Write on the theme of ‘forgiveness’ that you find in the novel‚ ‘The Curse’. Lee Su Ann‚ the writer of the novel ‘The Curse’ had brought up many themes in her writing. One of the themes that I liked very much in this novel is ‘forgiveness’ which was clearly portrayed in Azreen’s character. As we know from the beginning‚ Azreen is a very outspoken‚ aggressive and stubborn character but towards the ending of the story she had learnt to forgive others. Azreen was very much influenced

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    open wound.” In retracing the actions of the victim and his assailants‚ the narrator finds innumerable moments in which the right word or the right action could have prevented the murder from occurring. No one in Chronicle of a Death Foretold is purely guilty; Marquez makes every character in the story a partial victim. Just as Marquez gives all of his characters a measure of innocence in Santiago’s death‚ so too he gives them a measure of guilt for the murder.Garcia Marquez suggests that the members

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    After reading the book Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ and then seeing several adaptations done for the silver screen‚ there are changes that the films make to the book. The most evident change that jumps out at me is the portrayal of Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The common missing element in all of the film versions of the classic novel is the way they treat the character of Victor. The films all tend to downplay what a "monster" Victor is and instead stress how much of a monster the Creature is. The

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    Frankenstein: The Creature If the creature were placed in modern times‚ then people would treat him exactly as characters in the book treated him. If a family raises the creature like any normal human being would be raised‚ then the creature would have turned out different. When he enters a school‚ people would treat him wrong and like if he was a terrible person. Society today would not have treated him any better than society during Victor Frankenstein’ s time period; if anything today’s society

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    Literature: Long Essay on Frankenstein Cormac O’Brien 2 AB Literrature Ms Hearne “We never meet people in fiction‚ just characters who we can read to represent different individuals‚ groups and ideas. Explore some of the representations you find most interesting in Frankenstein.” 1‚745 Words Written in 1818 and conceived from a nightmare‚ the gothic novel of Frankenstein is one of the most chilling and deeply disturbing stories ever told. The novel has transcended time periods‚ and today

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    science fiction novelFrankenstein‚ is a Gothic horror story that captures reader’s attention leaving them with questions of their own morals and of the main characters. The novel arouses questions like‚ who should be allowed to create life? Is it right to kill for a greater good? Are some secrets best untold? These are all questions of morality and individuals will come up with their own opinions and answers based on their upbringing. In Frankenstein‚ main characters Victor Frankenstein and ‘The Monster’

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    The Suffering of Frankenstein Frankenstein makes clear of Frankenstein’s innocence before everything becomes tragic. The reader is shown his largely happy and privileged childhood‚ his blameless obsession with knowledge‚ and how he arrived at studying what would soon become his downfall. When Frankenstein creates the monster the immediate effect is his disappointment and exhaustion. He is sickened by his own work and regrets the creation from the moment he saw it in the way everyone else will see

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    An analysis of the picture painted by Grant Wood American Gothic was painted by Grant Wood in 1930. When looking at the painting you can see two persons that obviously appear as how two persons would have looked like in the 1930s. They are simple living people‚ dependant on their routines and clearly living on the countryside. The man holds a pitchfork in his hand and wears typical farmer clothes and the woman wears characteristic housewife clothing. The painting does not really provide other information

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    What makes a monster? Is monstrosity purely physical or is monstrosity a term used to denote immoral behavior? However one chooses to answer this question one must inevitably speak about the “monster” in relation to other beings in a given society at a particular time. In this essay I attempt to not only capture the “monster” as an engineered body‚ but also highlight the connection and possible tension between scientific knowledge and the morality of scientists and society during the Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment

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    To what extent do people plagiarise Plagiarism is defined in multiple ways in higher education institutions and universities. To name a few: Stanford sees plagiarism as “use‚ without giving reasonable and appropriate credit to or acknowledging the author or source‚ of another person’s original work‚ whether such work is made up of code‚ formulas‚ ideas‚ language‚ research‚ strategies‚ writing or other form”; [16] Yale views plagiarism as “the use of another’s work‚ words‚ or ideas without attribution”

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