... self-motivated, and inconsiderate individual committing nefarious sins in an ancient Puritan world. Abigail Williams is a 17 yr. old orphan with the reputation of a harlot. Naturally she wasn't always this tainted, however, being an orphan and growing up without proper mentorship, does leave room for much ... of her misconduct travels, her reputation becomes more and more tarnished, which in turn lowers her social standing to an undesirable class. As a result, she spends her time trying to lure John Proctor, her partner in adultery, away from his wife and into her arms. Additionally, Abig...

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Innocent or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality ... ...

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Innocent or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality ... ...

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Gatsby is a difficult character to characterize because there are two lives you have to look at. You have to look at his true life, what hid did and more importantly what he wanted and ... fight and it is very clear Daisy is going to stick with Tom Gatsby doesn't think it is over. He never gets to act because he is killed within days of the fight. Gatsby on the outside is nice, honest, caring and I think he really is that way but he has another side ... of him that is very determined to get what he wants. This causes him to ignore his honest side and get his wealth through bootlegging. He n...

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Innocent or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality ... ...

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... , "The Duchess and the Jeweller" is written by Virginia Woolf. London, England is its setting. A jeweller is the main character, overcoming poverty to become wealthy. Royalty frequently visits his door for assistance. The story critically depicts earned wealth, inherited aristocracy, and a desire of an aristocratic marriage. As the story unfolds, the jeweller, Oliver represents the earned wealth. Oliver is a poor young lad ... selling stolen dogs in his childhood days. Now, he is a wealthy jeweller as a result of his hard work. Famous customers seek his help. He is not satisfied with him...

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... Demetrius is a very important and essential character to A Midsummer Night's Dream. At the beginning of the play he is in love with Hermia. Hermia is not in love with him, but with Lysander, and is being forced to marry Demetrius or she ... sweet Hermia, and, Lysander, yield they crazed title to my certain right". He only seems to love the beauty of women, not what is on the inside or true feelings of any kind. Demetrius, in the beginning, yearned for the love of Hermia but was not good enough for her. Helena is in love with, or better explained, obsessed with Demetrius. ... She relentl...

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... Twelfth Night we come across a plethora of complex characters that entertain us through out the romantic play. Yet there is one that stuck to me from beginning to end, Malvolio. Although at the beginning Malvolio seams to be a simple type character with his religious and proper ways, we ... see everything Malvolio has to offer from his flaws and his interaction with other characters, to his central conflict, to our opinion of him, even to his character evolution. Malvolio is introduced into the play as a proper, puritan, head servant to Lady Olivia. His flaws are quite obvious ... as h...

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... play seems to be aweak character.though it has itys importance, as her actions play an important part in the life of her son, hamlet. gertrude, in the first half on the play, is a woman who seems to have no opinion of her own and is less intelligent than a queen is expected to be.for example ... hamlet's death, and that also with her husband's brother, turns her own son against her and she loses her respect as a mother in the eyes of hamlet.if she would have been intelligent, she would not have showed so much haste in marrying.this covinces us that she was not blamed wrongly by hamlet ...

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... up in New Penzance as an orphan ever since both his parents passed away. Sam has some very unique qualities and is unlike any other character in the movie. Sam always keeps his chestnut-brown hair unkempt under his raccoon hat along with his tortoise-shelled glasses that compliment his brown ... up. When speaking, Sam speaks straight to the point and tends to be blunt. His hobbies include watercolor painting and adventuring wherever. As a former member of the Khaki Scouts, Sam has extensive knowledge on camping, survival skills, wildlife and cartography. Sam grew up being very lonely an...

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... can be close to us but it does not mean that they have the real relationship or the real friendship with us. They can get along with us because of money, they think they can get the benefits from us and they try to be close to us. But when we have no money, they may run ... it not means that the knowledge come to us without trying hard to study. Plus, money also cannot buy reputation which is made up by our good behavior or character. Even though we can build the reputation by using money, but we don't know what happen to us when we lose all money and everything had by money. ... return...

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... to unhappy, he can not dance Mercutio says scathingly "you are a lover, borrow cupids wings and soar with them" (1.4.18-19). Meaning that being in love seemed to be apart of Romeos character, so maybe he should embrace it, not shy away from it. It is Mercutio's quick wit that makes him a favourite with audiences, even when mortally wounded by Tybalt, and ... word play add interest and comic relief for the audience, even when dying his first thought is to entertain. While outside the main line of progress in the play Mercutio was still in his own right an important character of the play....

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... but none stand out so much as his beloved Doc. Doc has many attributes that bring his character to life in the book: his manner of speech, the way he carries himself, his love for music and that for his friends, even his love of cacti. The list goes on. Doc's passionate intellect, his weaknesses, and, most importantly, his caring teacher-student relationship ... and manage to pass on his love and talent on to others like Peekay? It is something to wonder about. Doc is a strange mixture of brains and heart and that is something to remember. Another aspect of Doc's character that makes hi...

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... to fit in or drinking at parties to be with the "in crowd" are a few more conflicts that Charlie, as well as his friends, face. The main character, Charlie, is very reserved and introspective. He is far more intellectual than the other people in his class. He is a freshman in high school and is very ... how smart Charlie really is. He gives Charlie books to read that teach him something. Charlie confides in Bill with a lot of his secrets, and looks up to him as a role model. The main character does not really change throughout the book. I think that the only part that really changes him ...

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... and evil and personal transformation. This story revolves around the continuous battle of good (King Lear's one truly good daughter Cordelia) and evil (Edmund, the son of Gloucester) within the theme of human nature. The theme of personal transformation can be seen in the character change of King Lear from the beginning of the play to the end. The first introduction to "good nature" is Cordelia, King ... Lear's youngest daughter. Cordelia's purely good nature is tested at the beginning of the play. Her father, King Lear, is ... he represents the perfect evil. Another theme explored in ...

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... your response to the character of Othello? Othello is extremely nave and pitiful. The love he feels for Desdemona is shown in the language Shakespeare has written in other scenes. However in Act 3 Scene 3 Othello's language turns very sombre and evil. He uses animalistic phrases whilst speaking of Desdemona and her so- ... starts to twist his words claiming maybe he is wrong, Desdemona would never do that to him. Iago seems to reap great pleasure in telling Othello of a fictional dream that Cassio has had that he himself (Othello's right hand man') has witnessed. He claims that whilst una...

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Every character has a flaw; Lady Macbeth and Jane Eyre are no exceptions. Lady Macbeth's flaw is ambitious greed. This flaw can influence Jane's which is her enduring desire to be loved and accepted. Lady Macbeth seems to have harsh control over her people and their emotions, like that of her husband Macbeth. By ... leave Rochester at his weakest moment to further his agony due to what emotional harm he out her through. This would strictly go against the character that the author, Charlotte Bronte, wanted to portray in Jane. She is by nature loving and only wants to be loved in return. Lady ...

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... It is probably one of the first attempts to discuss the need for an equality between men and women. The inclusion of this play in a "World's Classics" book series tells us about how great this play is. But on reading it I found what seemed to be an inconsistent character. Nora, arguably the protagonist of the play, is ... an unrebeling and an extremely submissive wife of a bank manager. She is someone ... who apparently has no mind of her own and for eight years has done only what her husband has asked her ... as this very Nora earlier expressed satisfaction in saying " I was almost li...

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... was a black butler. Faulkner uses symbolism and diction to convey Emily's dynamic changes as she ages, showing her unwillingness to accept new ways of life and her need to preserve the things she holds most dear, even until death; however, this meant murdering her fiancé Homer, ... the most popular street, which was "decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies- which represent her youth, wealth, and the grandeur of the south (483). However, as time passed and the south was no longer a powerful influence, the house became an "eyesore among eyesores- in ... the neighborhoo...

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... William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, the character of Ophelia undergoes a tremendous change. In the beginning she is in a very healthy state of mind but as time progresses Ophelia experiences many hurtful and confusing events that causes her to lose her mind and eventually her life. It is made clear from the beginning of the play that Ophelia has feelings ... begins to act strangely towards her. This leads her to believe that his love for her has driven him mad. She begins to feel guilty because of this. She encounters him again but Hamlet acts as if he has no feelings for her at all. He ...

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... , betrayal, and forgiveness. The lead characters in love, Julia and Proteus, Silvia and Valentine, all undergo tests of character which each handles in a very different manner. The actors and actresses in this play exacted their characters. The raw emotion, facial expression, tone of voice, and overall movement of the play were a sight to behold. I could not help but fall in love with the characters ... Proteus jealously and deceitfully undermined the two lovers. Upon Julia's arrival to Milan she takes on the character of a male in order to be close to Proteus. She later proves her stron...

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... him from loving her. In the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens Estella is an important character in both the literal and figurative development of the story. In the story Estella is a very unforgettable character because of her enchanting beauty, cold hearted personality, and superior behavior. As a child Estella is a very ... is. She has been living with her very wealthy adoptive mother Miss Havisham since she was three years old, who is very eccentric because of a past heartbreak. Miss Havisham has been brainwashing Estella to "break men's hearts" by raising her to be compass...

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... and evil and personal transformation. This story revolves around the continuous battle of good (King Lear's one truly good daughter Cordelia) and evil (Edmund, the son of Gloucester) within the theme of human nature. The theme of personal transformation can be seen in the character change of King Lear from the beginning of the play to the end. The first introduction to "good nature" is Cordelia, King ... Lear's youngest daughter. Cordelia's purely good nature is tested at the beginning of the play. Her father, King Lear, is ... he represents the perfect evil. Another theme explored in ...

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... to him is unbending, even to the point of self-sacrifice, regardless of knowing the unlawful, wicked and criminal intentions of Harry Lime. She is a completely passive character and her kind of innocence is not to be sympathized with, it is shown to be a weakness. Anna says of Harry: "He made everything seem - fun ... ". This is not something to be sympathetic about; I feel that she is a shallow character. Holly Martins, a penniless novelist of Westerns has come to Vienna because his best friend, Harry Lime has supposedly kindly offered him a job. He then ... ". However later on Anna is ...

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... the places where people live and the experiences gathered there serve to develop their characters. As Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre unfolds through many scenes the character's paths of life lead them to different places where they encounter new experiences and deal with their circumstances in different ways. The environment surrounding a person can influence his ... missionary. As a "sincere Christian and practical philanthropist,"" he constantly helps the sick and poor (Bronte 335). As different places provide various components necessary in the shaping of a character, people find ...

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