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    Menagerie and Great Expectations Humans have a tenuous grip on the concept of time. In some cases‚ one may live in the past as an indication of emotional distress due to preconceived perspectives and can be a nostalgic experience used by individuals to captivate fond memories of past‚ or the past being better than the present. The Wingfields from Tennessee Williams’ written text‚ The Glass Menagerie and persons such as Miss Havisham‚ Pip and Estella from Joseph Hardy’s visual text‚ Great Expectations

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    The Symbolism Behind Gatsby Throughout the story “The Great Gatsby” there are countless symbols that pop out to the reader. Symbols are so apparent that there is not a chapter missing at least one. F. Scott Fitzgerald does an exceptional job at situating symbols in the text. However‚ there are a select few that stand out over the others for being most controversial The infamous green light at the end of the dock‚ this is #1 symbol in the reading. “Gatsby believed in the green light‚ the

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    Dickens’ usually expressed his own experiences in life‚ and his moral views through writing. Many of his novels deal with issues of relevancy to the time‚ such as justice and punishment‚ and the massive gap between the rich and poor. In his novel "Great Expectations"‚ he uses the character of Miss Havisham to show some of his experiences in life.

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    Identity in Great Expectations and The Picture of Dorian Gray An old saying goes‚ “you are who your friends are‚” and while many people refuse to believe the statement‚ its message has reigned true for many centuries and will continue to reign true until the end of time. The individuals with whom a person chooses to surround him or herself with greatly impacts the person he or she will inevitably become. In addition to shaping personality and morality‚ friends and peers assist in discerning how

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    In "Great Expectations"‚ the virtuous/vixenish dichotomy is mainly explored through Estella‚ one of the main female characters in the novel‚ and also through Miss Havisham‚ who brought her up from the age of 3‚ and Biddy‚ a simple country girl. Estella begins the novel as "vixenish" character‚ brought up by Miss Havisham to be so. She is cold‚ cynical and manipulative‚ trained to grow up to break the hearts of men. She hurts Pip and crush his feelings continuously‚ and the audience picks up on these

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    setting in the novel. London. An important setting in “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is London‚ which is viewed as a place of economic competition and death. The bleakness of the places in London foreshadow a series of unfortunate events for Pip Dickens did not romanticize London but instead gives us a good hard look at the backstreets and alleys where the real life existed. An important setting in the novel Great Expectations is London this setting reveals important themes in the novel

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    between the three is theirs to make‚ the stress of college is always put on their shoulders. An individual from Youniversitytv.org said something that struck a light bulb and it states “these days‚ there is a great emphasis placed on students going to college‚ almost to the point of expectation”. At a very young age we learn that college was the way to go but the process to get into college is so intense it made some people wanted to rethink their choice. At that moment I knew that college was going

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    be extremely masculine. The problem with these expectations is that the idea of masculinity is skewed in a way that makes having emotions seem like a feminine practice. It weighs heavily on the men in the village and has a large influence on their decision making. One man who is particularly affected by these expectations is Okonkwo‚ the most skilled warrior of the village and protagonist of the story. He was so obsessed with adhering the expectations set by himself and his society that he became

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    people can be influenced in both positive and negative ways. In the three novels that we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences that Pip faces include poverty‚ low

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    was based on the life of Laura Kieler a good friend of Ibsen. Symbolisms in literature Symbolism is when the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story. Symbolism in literature can be subtle or obvious‚ used sparingly or heavy-handedly. An author may repeatedly use the same object to convey deeper meaning or may use variations of the same object to create an overarching mood or feeling. Symbolism is often used to support a literary theme in a subtle manner. (http://www

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