“Why Severus Snape is a Dick” – by Tom Veale Throughout the ‘Harry potter’ franchise‚ Severus Snape is portrayed as an Enemy from the beginning‚ our first impressions of him are a heartless and cruel sadistic bastard‚ however towards the end author‚ JK Rowling‚ attempts to suggest him as somewhat as a martyr and a victim throughout his entire life. However there is substantial evidence against him proving that he‚ in reality‚ is actually the sadistic‚ self-pitying bastard we thought he was from the
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Religion is something that is mentioned to a great extent in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Father Mapple delivers the story of Jonah and the Whale‚ in which he speaks about a man named Jonah who tries very hard to get away from God which has a horrible aftereffect. Every time he tries to further himself from God‚ the consequences worsen. Once Jonah finally decides to accept what he did wrong‚ God forgives him and gets him out of harm’s way unscathed. What does the story of Jonah
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Othello’s destruction by Iago is inevitable due to a combination of Iago’s plotting and Othello’s character flaws. Iago’s cunning character in Shakespeare’s play has identified Othello’s vulnerability through flaws of jealousy‚ trust‚ poor judgement‚ naivety and love for the fair Desdemona. Iago’s pure hate for the Moor leads to the success of Othello’s downfall through Iago’s manipulative and conniving plotting. Perhaps without Iago’s clever plotting Othello might have had a chance to communicate
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The Madwomen in Shakespeare It is clear in Shakespeare’s works that there is a wide range of characters‚ each with their own motives and unique characteristics. No two characters in a Shakespearean play are the same. While both Lady Macbeth and Ophelia each have different functions and vastly different characters‚ there are characteristics they share that thread a common theme between Macbeth and Hamlet. In Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth’s character functions as the catalyst of the main action of the
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Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert area. The word Sahara comes from the Arabic word sahra’‚ meaning desert. It extends from the Africa’s Atlantic Ocean side to the Red Sea and consists of the countries of Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Tunisia‚ Libya‚ Egypt‚ Mauritania‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ and Sudan. It is about 5‚200 miles long. Overall‚ the Sahara Desert covers 3‚500‚000 square miles. The geography of the desert is varied. In the west‚ the Sahara is rocky with varied elevation
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A Close Look at the Two Main Characters in The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou? Homer’s The Odyssey has been known to have influenced many novels and movies‚ one of which is the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film‚ O Brother Where Art Thou?. This movie is known to be loosely based on the poem The Odyssey and it is evident through the movie’s plot and characters. What leads us to see the connection of this film to The Odyssey‚ though‚ are the similarities between the leading characters; Odysseus
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CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 DESCRIPTION 3 PRESENT CONDITION 4 HOW TO PROTECT OUR WILD LIFE 5 WHICH ANIMALS ARE GOING TO EXTINCT 6 CONCLUSION Introduction: Bangladesh is located in the north-eastern part of SouthAsia.Bangladesh lies between 20.34’ and 26.36’ north latitude and 88.01 and 92.41‚ east longitudes.The mighty Himalayas is to the north‚ while the southern frontier is covered to the Bay of Bengal.The expensive Gangetic plains to westBengal of India and on the
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What is the play about? Othello themes include: * Jealousy (the sexual jealousy of Othello‚ and Iago’s professional envy of Cassio * Appearance versus reality (including honesty/dishonesty‚ loyalty/disloyalty) * Reputation * Public versus private concerns * Racism (including notions of alienation and belonging) Cultural materialist – Argues the play offers a subversive critique of the social and political beliefs of Shakespeare’s time e.g. racism and sexism seen as
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known. There is cheerfulness implied here but the “geezers” are probably actually fearful of the twins and not pleased to see them as imagined and the line could be interpreted either way. Duffy also uses cockney rhyming slang throughout‚ (frog and toad‚ mince pies‚ Vera Lynn) which gives it a voice and identity. The amount of rhyming slang used decreases as the poem goes on‚ which could be a device to show how the twins have changed and gone up in the world. Seville row suits are also mentioned‚
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Sure the sight of a black bubble in a person’s skin could scare someone at least a little‚ or the terrible aches and pains brought about by a disease which no one in the region had heard about or had the slightest idea of a cure for could be a bit frightening. Just as it was during the 14th thru 16th centuries in Western Europe and just as it is today‚ death was and still is a big thing to fear. Thus‚ this epidemic that killed one third of Western Europe’s population got to be known as the Black
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