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    Verbal- when character lies to themselves or someone else Situational- find them in a situation they did not want to be in Dramatic- reader knows something the character doesn’t LADY MACBETH These deeds must not be thought after these ways; so‚ it will make us mad. 1. Act 1 Scene 4‚ line 50; the witches hail Macbeth‚ “thane of Cawdor!” Dramatic irony: At this point‚ Macbeth is unaware that the king has conferred this honor upon him because of his valor in battle‚ so he attributes his fortune

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    The Open Boat" Sections 1-3 The story opens in the month of January with the oft-quoted line: “None of them knew the color of the sky” (Crane 57). “Them” means four individuals who are aboard a dinghy‚ having been shipwrecked: the captain with an injured arm‚ the correspondent‚ the cook‚ and Billie‚ the oiler. Except for Billie‚ the rest of the characters remain unnamed. The oiler and the correspondent row the dinghy‚ while the captain provides directions and the cook bails water out of the boat

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    Chapter IX Joseph Andrews seems to break away completely from the original intention. Parson Adams‚ who has no counterpart in Pamela‚ runs away with the novel. He "is one of the most living‚ lovable‚ comical bundles of wisdom and simplicity in all literature." In the words of Edmund Gosse‚ "Parson Abraham Adams‚ alone‚ would be a contribution to English letters." He indeed is the hero of the novel‚ and not Joseph Andrews. Fielding was aware of giving a new literary form with Joseph Andrews which he

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    Antigone Sentry Analysis

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    “Explain how you would perform the role of the sentry‚ in each of his two appearances‚ in order to reveal his change of attitude from his intial fear for his own life to his reliefe as he brings a guilty Antigone before creon” The sentry would be acted by a 5ft5 man‚ he would be feeble looking with messy brown hair‚ and he would also have a high pitched voice that breaks from time to time therefore showing his physical and social weakness through his pitch of voice. He would be wearing messy clothes

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    opinion of the main character Neddy‚ because they cannot see his actual thought processes. This point of view gives a tremendous impact to the story. It is one of the most important literary elements Cheever uses to accomplish an outstanding piece of literature. Cheever successfully focuses reader’s attention on exactly the detail‚ opinion‚ and emotion the he wants to emphasize by manipulating third person point of view of in his short story. For example “Had you gone for a

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    Role Of Pride In Antigone

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    Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Creon seems to be the most sensible tragic fault‚ with his pride and power along with going against all laws of the gods lead up to reasons he is the tragic hero. Creon terrorized anyone who had done anything peaceful for Polynices burial. Creon’s says‚ “Polyneices I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall on the plain‚ unburied”(I 39-40). After he states this he says anyone who does so will be locked away and punished. Antigone feels

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    Even though King Creon is thought of as someone who knows how to control a nation‚ he contains a tragic flaw noticed by others and himself‚ which results in an unpleasant death. In the story “Antigone” by Sophocles‚ King Creon’s pride and stubborn actions leads his son‚ Haemon to be disappointed and loose his trust towards his father. Through his ways of being unable to admit his mistakes‚ his anger brought him to a stage where he became associated with civil law rather than believing in his morals

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    He comes to the conclusion that the just person would do the same thing as an unjust person would because one’s moral character would disappear when in use of the Ring of Gyges. 2. Eteocles and Polyneices are brothers and appear in the play of Antigone by Sophocles. Polyneices is the next one in line to rule Thebes but with the support from Creon‚ Eteocles claims the throne for himself. Polyneices then assembles armies from other city-states to attack Thebes and claim his throne‚ which he almost

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    As readers‚ we have to make judgments and interpretations of different characters. In the book‚ Antigone‚ translated by David Greene‚ there is a character by the name of Creon. While reading Antigone‚ some important descriptions about Creon become apparent. He views himself as the perfect leader‚ believes he is always correct‚ and wants control over people. Creon believes

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