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 how he got it. Then along with that you have to look at his new life, the one he created for himself, his dream world where ... the whole reason why he wants her so much now than before is because everything he has done up to the day he met Nick was to get Daisy. His parties were to attract Daisy, his wealth and stature was to attract Daisy. But even when Gatsby gets Daisy and she tells him she loves him he is ...

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... Alizon. She just took the matter into her own hands and hoped for the best. Make sure to make it evident that Margaret would do anything for her way. Margaret's character should be very calm. In this scene, she never gets excited about any of the events that take place. She takes things lightly and always acts as if everyone else isn't important ... killed his brother, she doesn't even act concerned at all and continues with her question. Act as if you are the only person in the world that matters and make sure it's apparent to the audience that you don't care what others want by consta...

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... include fear, anticipation, hate, and, most importantly, love. The creativity based on love has produced many forms of art, one of which being theatre. Of plays, the majority presents love in at least one form. The famous play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, reflects the archetype ... of love in two forms, thereby enhancing he greatness of the play. The two forms of love in the play are "love at first sight," and "immortal love." In the beginning of the story, Romeo, a main character, enters, sad from his unreturned love for Rosaline, a minor character. This love is better .....

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... if she never learned how to think for herself. A look at the principle characteristics of Olenka shows her significance as the author intended. Through this story, Chekhov suggests that many people employ the "selfless self- characteristic, and that this trait can inconvenience, as well as comfort. The central and protagonist character, Olenka, is attractive, kind- hearted, and eager to help other people. The ... nickname "darling- arises from "her full rosy cheeks, her soft white neck with a little dark mole on it, and the kind, nave smile, which came into her face when she listened to ...

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... felt that he made a really good point when he said that the Caporetto retreat was the finest part of the book because I enjoyed that part too and loved reading about all the misfortunes that he ran into. Wilson points out that Hemingway did not show any solid sense of character during the book. I learned that Hemingway makes it so that Catherine and Henry want ... to be with eachother forever, but its ironic when the child dies along with Catherine because a cesarian was supposed to be the safest and easiest ... way to go but it ended up killing Catherine. Wilson points out that ... ...

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... , and Catherine Barkley are just three of these many characters whom take on the role of victims. Throughout the novel these characters take on many roles, but Hemingway represents these influential characters as victims. Rinaldi, a surgeon in the Italian army falls victim to seduction and alcohol very early in the novel. Rinaldi is a very mischievous and oversexed character in Hemingway's novel. Although he is ... a skilled doctor Rinaldi becomes a drunk and a womanizer. He takes frequent visits to the local whorehouses and cannot overcome his love and need for sex. His love and need fo...

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... and one nights is among the several tales that have been changed a little from the original version and modified to a modern day version, is the Disney film production, Aladdin. The two different version of Aladdin have some differences in the portrayal of the main character Aladdin; however, they also have a similar love at first sight concept. While the book made Aladdin look like a lazy ... wish brought other opportunities for him. The two stories are similar in that they both have the love at first sight concept. The main focus of the character of Aladdin in the two versions was to ...

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... as a good spirit and a bad spirit. Also, the device of Psychomachia is introduced, in which personified Virtues and Vices attempt to influence the central character. This can be compared to Marlowe's Dr. Faustus in which a "Good Angel" and an "Evil Angel" try to manipulate the main character (Shakespeare-online). The second quatrain is where the sonnet begins to change from being directly based on the poet's connection ... to the two spirits, to the spirits going against each other. The Dark ... (SHAKESPER). It is also apparent in this sonnet that the blame for the affair between the D...

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... 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. The observations made by Mercutio are perceptive and honest, contrary to the other characters, who lie, deceive and regret, Mercutio is open and genuine with ... everyone he meets. When Romeo comes to him moping about Rosaline, the girl he loves but does not return his affections, Mercutio advises ... all these events lead to the death of the two "star crossed lovers...

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How does the dialogue develop 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-called disloyalty' with Cassio, which Iago convinces Othello ... is on going. Some of the phrases that caught my attention are "Death and damnation! O!- "I'll tear her all to pieces- and "Arise black vengeance, from the hollow hell."" This last quot...

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... , as time passed and the south was no longer a powerful influence, the house became an "eyesore among eyesores- in the neighborhood - the last representation of its rich past and Emily's power after her father passed away (483). Even though her father is a flat character in the story, he perpetuated Emily's solidarity by driving possible suitors away, so when he died she wanted ... to "cling to that which had robbed her- by not burying him right away (485). With her father's death, Emily also transcended into poverty; her only link ... , her reclusiveness made her even more of town conce...

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... Romeo and Juliet during the same time period; his treatment of love, however, is strikingly different. Lysander says, "The course of love never did run smooth." Compare and contrast the relationships of Hermia and Lysander with that of Juliet and Romeo, incorporating Lysander's statement as your thesis. Shakespeare writes, through the character of Lysander, that, "The course of love never did run smooth." This holds true for ... both Juliet and Romeo and Hermia and Lysander. But the course in which Romeo and Juliet's love follows is much different from that of Hermia and Lysander. Romeo...

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... the audience would remember "for the rest of their lives" and announces, "No more wolves..." is truly a moment of triumph. Any reader, any human, is sure never to forget this accomplishment because it depicts both the dark and light side of the human spirit. Doc is made an unforgettable character in his struggles because he is sincerely a reflection of all mankind. The last,and most encompassing, ... quality that makes Doc unforgettable is the intimate teacher-student relationship he shares with Peekay, the main character. Not only does Doc ... teach Peekay about music and cacti but he ...

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... 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, Abigail is a vindictive character that will stop at nothing to reach her goal. Throughout the play, she pushes herself to gain a respectable reputation that receives accolade from her ... Puritan peers. By constant self-motivation and being the extrovert that she is, Abigail uses her conniving skills to persuade the town of her innocence. She even goes as far as ... to...

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... . James Joyce wrote this story to reflect on the irrational complexities of a young man's first love. As for the main character, a young boy from Dublin, we are revealed very little about him. All we can really gather is that he is of school age, lives with his Aunt ... and Uncle, has a tremendous crush on his friend's older sister, and is quite naive. This is based upon the foolish and dramatic things he does to ... win the affection of ... the actions previously mentioned as well as the anger and frustration seen at the very end of the story. The conflict of the story appears to lie ...

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... individual that makes it popular. The play Othello has succeeded in achieving that. Among the main themes is racism. Othello, the title character, was a Moorish general serving the Venetian government. Being a black, he was subjected to so many different forms of discrimination and hatred by others around him. Iago who was his ensign was probably the worst racist in the play "old ... not perfect and had flaws too-which makes the play much more enjoyable. Iago himself, on the other hand, is a very different character from Othello. Although iago was a friend to all he managed to hide his ...

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... womb. Little did she know, Ms. Forlorn was hardening her son's soul, and making him jaded to love. He was ready to take The world on when he was first born. A profession of boxing would have been an Alternative career for someone who felt no pain like Nicolas. Nicolas is pursued by ... an evil omen starting at birth, and following him all his Days. It is this omen which finally helps him to end his life. When Nicolas is ... first born He has four nipples. This is a sign that a woman will be his undoing. Later in life he Consults the advise aof a soothsayer and she confirms his fate. Ni...

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... to read about the Titanic, instead having the pleasure of watching it. Wouldn't it be boring? That's why movies are preferred over books. Movies have everything. A séance, romance and suspense are all parts of a good movie. Books can only help the reader imagine the plot, but the movie actually takes the reader there. The movie version of The Hound of ... the Baskervilles starring Basil Rathbone made in 1939 was favored over the 1901-1902 version of The Hounds of the Baskervilles ... The movie was better because it included the séance and romance, which the book didn't have. This help...

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... 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 ... her husband and her children - a change / transformation too big in too short a period to swallow. Nora's qualities until the end of the play are similar to women of that era. She is shy, and is absolutely blindly submissive to her men folk - her husband in particular. Infact they w...

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... multifaceted play revolving around central themes of love, 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 of Silvia and Julia. The bond between these ... until Proteus jealously and deceitfully undermined the two lovers. Upon Julia's ar...

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... at the same time. Because he's not a big guy, he wants to fight all of them, and because he's always the winner (Just because he doesn't fight fairly), he is proud to tell everybody that he's the best. Slim is a man who shows a lot of emotions during the story. He shows us indifference to Curly and friendship towards Lennie, but when Lennie killed the woman, and ... , because he is rejected by all. Carleson is not important showing emotions in the story. He has just one reaction, when the people is going to search Lennie and he manifests saying that he's getting his Lugger. John Steinbec...

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... Ernest Hemingway in 1929, uses a minor character as a foil to show the strengths and weaknesses of the main character. Lieutenant Fredric Henry is an American ambulance driver for the Italian army during World War I. Henry meets an English nurse, Catherine, and falls in love with her. Henry and Catherine are both struggling to find themselves during the tough times of the war. Hemingway uses the literary ... device of foil characters to show how opposites attract. Henry may ... loves her, lying, he replies, "Yes . . . I love you" (30). Henry doesn't think that he can fall in love. Cath...

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... 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 away from us because they cannot get the benefits anymore. Moreover, having ... still forever. But the happiness happen by paying money, it will be ended some day in future after losing money. However, head of family can earn much money to support the family, but that money will not be able to buy peace of mind. It cannot heal the ruptured rel...

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... , showing his pure evil nature. At the end of the play, Lear and Cordelia are captured, and upon orders by Edmund, they are sent to prison to be killed while making it look as if it was an apparent suicide. This final act has proven to all that Edmund has no good, compassion, or remorse in his character and he represents the perfect evil. Another theme ... explored in the play is character transformation. King Lear is the character who has undergone the most significant transformation ... . He went from being a hateful king to a kind hearted forgiving old man. At the beginning of the pla...

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... , showing his pure evil nature. At the end of the play, Lear and Cordelia are captured, and upon orders by Edmund, they are sent to prison to be killed while making it look as if it was an apparent suicide. This final act has proven to all that Edmund has no good, compassion, or remorse in his character and he represents the perfect evil. Another theme ... explored in the play is character transformation. King Lear is the character who has undergone the most significant transformation ... . He went from being a hateful king to a kind hearted forgiving old man. At the beginning of the pla...

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