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    Pride and Prejudice Plot Analysis Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation‚ conflict‚ complication‚ climax‚ suspense‚ denouement‚ and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice. Initial Situation We meet the Bennet family: five single daughters with no money. Then a young‚ rich‚ single man moves into the neighborhood. This is clearly an initial situation because there’s way too much instability in this system. Pushy

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    01.08 Macbeth Plot Analysis Graphic Organizer Plot Elements Element Definition Act in the Play Exposition:    What you need to know. Background information is presented‚ main characters are introduced‚ and the conflict is established.  Act 1 Rising Action:   The conflicts and challenges encountered by the characters. How they respond keeps the story moving forward. Act 2 Climax:   The turning point in the conflict. Tension builds until the main character must make

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    I have just completed the reading of Beowulf‚ which was translated by Burton Raffel. <br> <br>1) Beowulf is an extremely exciting and fascinating story about a character who lived in medieval Europe. The shocking thing for me about this work was to find out that it is the earliest poem in a modern European language. Beowulf is to the English what Homer and the Odyssey were to the Greeks. Although this is the earliest poem‚ it is still fun and exciting to read. I didn’t believe that a poem which has

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    01.08 Macbeth Plot Analysis Graphic Organizer Plot Elements Element Definition Act in the Play Exposition:     The beginning of the play in which the characters and settings are introduced and initial conflicts are also presented.   Act 1 Rising Action:   The point of the play in which the initial story gets more complicated and the conflict is more revealed. Act 2 Climax:   The highest point and also the turning point of the story in which many of the initial situations

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    killing him using nothing but the good inside of you. I believe that the story of Beowulf is a metaphor for using your weaknesses to your advantage and by accepting them you turn them into strengths. Beowulf is a great book to read if you are interested in a story about the influence of good and evil inside of yourself. It is a book about overcoming your weaknesses and using them for good instead. The book‚ Beowulf: A New Telling‚ is set in the medieval era in the land of the Danes. To summarize

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    in surging waves. But worn out as I was‚ I survived‚ came through with my life. The ocean lifted and laid me ashore‚ I landed safe on the coast of Finland.” * Seamus Heaney‚ Beowulf: A new Translation‚ Lines 559-581 The epic poem‚ Beowulf‚ is an old classic hero tale. The author tells throughout the poem how Beowulf is an archetypal hero through different characteristics‚ good and bad combined. He usually portrays health‚ skill‚ consideration‚ honor‚ loyalty‚ respect and the quality of a protagonist

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    Max Scheurell Mr. Kearney Modern Irish Literature (7) 28 January 2013 Beowulf Takes on the Monster: Christianity Beowulf a New Verse Translation‚ parallels heroism with sacrificial virtues‚ creating a medley between Pagan tradition and Christian morality. The hero of the story‚ Beowulf‚ displays mixed religious thoughts indicative of the time period‚ in which the epic was first written down. Beowulf maintains strong desires for and belief in the Pagan tenets: fame‚ vengeance‚ and fate‚ while

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    Beowulf: Analysis

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    Beowulf is one of the greatest surviving epic poems. It was composed by Germanic people more than twelve hundred years ago. Although it is written in Old English‚ it deals with the Scandinavian forebears of the Anglo-Saxons‚ the Danes and the Geats. This epic poem concerns itself with Christianity‚ internal and external evils‚ and the warriors defeating monsters. The first passage of this story basically describes the building of Heorot. Hrothgar‚ decides to build a Valhalla-type of sanctuary

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    invitation to the fabulous ball and Mathilde reacts by having a fit. Now we have a specific problem: Mathilde’s now has the best opportunity she’s ever had to have a taste of the high life‚ but she has nothing to wear. That problem sets the rest of the plot in motion. Complication Diamonds are this girl’s best friend Mathilde solves the first problem when her husband gives her money for a dress. But then she runs into a second problem: she’s needs to have some jewels. Luckily‚ her friend Mme. Forestier

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    Aulia Qanita A. The Valiant 611102837 Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass 1. Plot Analysis: 1.1 Exposition The exposition is when the narrator introduces the setting of the prison‚ the characters of the Warden Holt‚ and Father Daly. The curtain rises upon the Warden’s office …………………………………. Warden Holt‚ dressed in a dark brown sack suit‚ with a negligee shirt and a black string-tie ……………………………… Father Daly is a slender‚ white-haired priest of somewhat more than middle age; he is

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