things people tend to strive for is love and affection‚ however‚ all good things must come to an end‚ and with them peoples destinies are shaped. In the Book Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev as well as Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte both authors use failed love affairs to convey their characters destinies. In Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte focuses on love as one of the main themes of the novel‚ and by doing so sets up the destinies of the characters affected by these affairs. The greatest example
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Unfortunately‚ Ophelia has no control over her body‚ her relationships‚ or her choices. Hamlet’s madness is only apparent when he is in the presence of certain characters. For instance‚ Polonius believes that Hamlet has gone insane when he contemplates what Hamlet said to him‚ “He knew me not at first; he said I/ was a fishmonger: he is far gone‚ far gone: and/ truly in my youth I suffered much extremity for/ love; very near this” (Act2. Sc2 lines 205-208). Polonius is convinced that Hamlet is "far gone
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Discuss the importance of the character of Elizabeth and consider how Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her
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How Does Golding Present Simon In the Novel-what is his role? William Goldings "Lord of the flies"‚ portrays a group of boys who find themselves stranded on a desert island in a deep battle between civilisation and primitive savagery. One of the boys portrayed‚ Simon‚ a boy who is kind and physically fragile expresses a deeper knowledge of the problems on the island that the other boys are unaware of. There are many differing viewpoints on his role in the novel. One of these is that he is a biblical
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carefully placed throughout he short story‚ Steinbeck highlight the emotional separation of the main couples‚ Elisa and Henry until it appears completely empty of all hope for any recovery. The opening lines of “The Chrysanthemums” serve to underscore the emotional barriers which surround Elisa‚ as well as to highlight her sense of alienation from “all the rest of the world” (Steinbeck 192). Through the “high gray flannel fog of winter.” Steinbeck utilizes complicated symbolism to characterize
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survived and ended up shipwrecked on an island. After 12 years on the island‚ Prospero decides to claim revenge on his brother and everyone who was involved in his attempted murder. Everyone is unaware Prospero and Miranda are alive and well so Prospero uses this to his advantage‚ and causes Antonio and other members of the Italian nobility to shipwreck
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Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a strong and brave character throughout the entire play‚ however‚ he takes great care to give the audience that information when he introduces Macbeth for the first time. This is to solidify in the audience’s minds that Macbeth is a valiant and loyal subject before he is exposed to the prophecy. This is also done to show that anyone can be corrupted and it is a choice that we have to make whether we are driven by it or if we can be patient enough to let the universe
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Consider the ways in which the author presents Mathilde as a selfish‚ self-absorbed woman. ‘The necklace begins with a short paragraph describing Madame Mathilde Loisel‚ and her character. Though she was‚ ‘Pretty and charming’‚ Mathilde and her husband‚ a junior clerk‚ are not very well off financially‚ and therefore the couple live a modest lifestyle. Mathilde’s selfish desires of a life of ‘refinement and luxury’‚ with servants and extravagant living conditions are somewhat alien to her simple
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are ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘The Soldier; by Rupert Brooke. Both men present the theme of conflict in their poetry however the poems are the complete opposite of one another. Although they both present conflict they both have very different views on the subject. Owen presents conflict as nothing but pure horror and thinks that it should not be witnessed by innocent eyes. However Brooke presents conflict as something that is patriotic. He thinks it’s his duty to repay his country
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Breakfast - John Steinbeck John Steinbeck was a known writer in the 30’s. He was known for writing about poverty in the 30’s with focus on the life of the exposed working class. His stories takes place around Salinas California where he was born. The short story Breakfast by John Steinbeck deals with the exposed people of the 30’s and their way of managing life with what they are given. The short story features a Narrator‚ whose name we are not told‚ however‚ the narrator is also the protagonist
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