... being, which at the beginning of the story is an isolated creature, devoid of loving and nurturing contact and shunned by humanity. Two excerpts from her stay at Gateshead illustrate this fact, her reading of Bewick's “History of British Birds,” and her punishment for striking Master John, the stay in the red room of Gateshead. In the opening scene, Jane is found perusing a copy of Bewick's “History of British Birds,” concentrating on the descriptions of the certain landscapes in which some of the birds live. Her words paint a mental picture, one that represents her childhood, “Of these death-white realms I formed an idea of my own: shadowy, like all the ha ...
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... anywhere on stage. To stage left was the main cabin/deck. The cabin was on the bottom, which included a door, and a window that was both used. There were also two sets of stairs to the top deck. The brass railings really gave it a realistic feel to the whole thing. On the deck was a steering wheel and a bell and both of these things were used on numerous occasions. Also up there was another entrance/exit. As well as another by the cabin on the bottom as well as in the cabin. To stage right there was a movable rope holder that is a hug part of the ending. Lower stage right are typical supplies a ship would store, such as crates and extra rope. There ar ...
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... reflects his foul, disgusting character. He has no respect for himself; he enjoys playing the part of the shameless "buffoon" for attention, even though the attention he receives is negative. Because he has no respect for himself, he can have no respect for others, either. He has no respect for women, for example; he is a despicable "voluptuary," and he satisfies his lust at any cost. He drives his wife to madness by bringing "women of ill-repute" into their house right in front of her. Even more shockingly, he rapes a mentally retarded woman, who later dies giving birth to his illegitimate son, Smerdyakov, who grows up as his father's servant. F ...
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... loved him were; ".....for we/ have no such daughter, nor shall we ever see/ that face of hers again. Therefore be gone/ without our grace, our love, our benison." (Shakespeare 1, 1. 262-265) Lear's blindness also caused him to banish Kent, one of his most loyal followers. Kent tried to stand up to Lear in Cordelia's honor, but Lear would not listen to what Kent was trying to tell him. To Kent's opposition; "This hideous rashness, answer my life, my judgement,/ Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least;" ( 1,1. 150-151) Lear responded with, "Kent on thy life, no more." ( 1, 1, 154) "Out of my sight!" ( 1, 1. 157) This is a good example of Lear's lack of in ...
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... he has painted it as the villain, not Tovrald or Mr. Engstrand as is might appear. He shows that society is superficial by the words of the characters in both plays. Nora and Tovrald appear to only care about material things and appearances. Mr. Manders is exactly the same way. He only cares about what people think of him, not real issues. Ibsen also shows that people are narrow-minded. Nora even points this out to Tovrald when he is condemning Krogstad for one mistake. Mr. Manders is very narrow-minded in the way he thinks society should be. He has a very cut and dry outlook on the way life should be lived. He looks down upon people he believes are sinner ...
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... of modern society. Chapter 1 The description of the lead character in the beginning of the story, was that of a light-coloured boy who was soon given the name Ralph. Ralph seemed a typical kid. His fair appearance and size made him likeable and gave him an inner-strength of self-confidence. His interaction with Piggy showed that he was not ill-natured. Although he laughed at Piggy's name, it was not with real malice for he had ridiculed his external appearance. Piggy's rather unique attributes had made him an outcast of the mainstream of boys at his age, and his lack of self-esteem reflected that. He too seemed good-natured as he be ...
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... the results culminated in success. Unlike others Gatsby felt condemned not to be a fradulent dog. “The Truth was that Jay Gatsby, of west Egg, Long Island, sprang from his platonic conception of himself.”(pages 104, 15-16) Distorting his name, inventing a seventeen-year-old self-conception, he masked his counterfeit wealth from bootlegging with an image he wore with the help of Dan Cody. He was the man that gave Gatsby the opportunity. After Cody’s death Gatsby “was left with his singularly appropriate education; the vague contour of Jay Gatsby had filled out to the substantiality of a man”, and in this he based his rising. So begin his incessant parties of f ...
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... black a year later, and the hasty marriage of his mother to Claudius. Compared to Horatio who is calm and cool throughout the play, and Fortinbras who collected an army to fight for his uncle’s land and honor, ’s maturity level for his time is low, especially for being a prince. Today ’s age group is more immature than during his own time so he relates to the youth of the 1990’s better than he does with the adolescents of his own time. Sarcasm, and blunt rudeness is often used by in order to offend people that, during his time, he should not have offended. often used the hasty marriage of his mother to offend Claudius. The first time that offends Claudius in th ...
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... as her savior who must teach her a thing or two about her outmoded viewpoints. And although Julian's criticisms of his mother do have merit, she is not the oblivious southern racist he makes her out to be. And either is he the free-thinking poet he struggles so hard to make his mother believe he is. In reality, Julian's mother has sacrificed a great deal for her son's well-being. She's allowed her own teeth to rot to afford him braces, has worked hard so that he might attend college, and makes excuses for his unemployment. Although she talks only through a string of cliches, Julian's mother is all too eager to please her son and obviously lives through him. This ...
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... out a gun and searches for Tony. While trying to protect Tony from Anita, Bernardo’s girlfriend, they cause her to become extremely upset and to say that Maria is dead. Upon hearing this, Tony leaves the drug store in search of Chino. When Tony eventually finds Maria, Chino kills him. None of this would have happened, had Bernardo not gotten into a fight with Tony and been killed. Another character who is responsible for the deaths of the lovers in Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet. Knowing that her father would disagree with her being married to Romeo, a Montague, Romeo and Juliet were forced to keep their love a secret. In the beginning of the play, ...
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