The Ode of Heroine: Mulan Many ladies have ever imaged a different life they would have if they were men. Some of them would like to do some real men’s things‚ challenging the task which they impossibly accomplished as a lady. But there is a young maiden called Mulan whose surname is unknown in the history of Ancient China‚ who disguised herself as a man to attend fight in an army replacing for her father. Frankly‚ Mulan was a brave maiden and her romantic life was written in a ballad named as
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A Doll’s House/ 2. Nora as a tragic heroine. Nora Helmer is undoubtedly the most outstanding character in A Doll’s House. Our attention is largely focused on her as we go through the play. Other characters‚ notably Helmer and Krogstad ‚ also engage our attention but it is the vicissitude in the life of Nora and the fate that awaits her interest us most.in the beginning of the play Nora does appear to be a person without any character and therefore ‚a cipher. She seems to be completely dependent
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Louisa Gradgrind‚ the Heroine There are many different protagonists in the story “Hard Times” as many of the characters play an important role in the story however the characters that have the greatest influence upon the story line include that of Mr.Gradgrind‚ Thomas Gradgrind‚ Louisa Gradgrind‚ Josiah Bounderby‚ Stephen Blackpool and Cecelia Jupe. I believe Dickens has chosen the fates of the protagonists of the story by looking at their various characteristics meaning a negative character will
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Villain or heroine? Clytemnestra‚ one of the most misunderstood characters in all of the Oresteia. By most she is looked at as a terrible monster of a woman who killed her husband to take another man as her lover and then banished her children‚ but if her story is actually looked back on she might have every justifiable reason to have kicked Agamemnon to the curb. Not only does Agamemnon kill her daughter just so he can go to war –talk about daddy problems-‚ but they begin much before that when
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Story of Catherine and Heathcliff began when Catherine’s father goes on a trip and instead of bringing back gifts he brings back a gypsy boy with dark skin and even darker hair. While others hated the newcomer‚ Catherine took a liking to him right away and they became inseparable. But after an injury Catherine or “Cathy” was forced to reside at the Linton’s‚ a pristine family who re-molded Cathy into a well mannered‚ well behaved‚ well spoiled girl. At her stay with the Linton’s Catherine learned
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words In the exhilarating play‚ Proof written by David Auburn and directed by John Madden‚ there were a few visible character traits of Catherine that were exposed in her eulogy which are hidden in her rant with Harold in the play. Mr. Madden’s directorial decision to mold Catherine and Hal’s intense and intimate act into a scene that involved an audience‚ had transformed the viewers’ perspective of Catherine’s character to a young women with a higher level of commitment
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Love is considered ordinate when two individuals have deep affections and respect for one another. In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë‚ Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw have deep and sincere love for each other. They spent most of their childhood with one another. The love that Heathcliff and Catherine experience is pure and true. They both contributed different yet special things towards their distinctive relationship. The trust and affection between them would have made the greatest love one
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A Meeting of Paths: Catherine Asaro The path to a future in any field is shaped by our interests and the influences on us. Four readings in Module 2 of our course CD explore women’s paths in science: the M2 Reflection‚ the M2V1 reading‚ the M2W1 essay‚ and the M2V2 reading. For some women and men the path is straight‚ while for others it may twist and turn for decades. Some scientists see their scientific work as separate from the other aspects of their lives‚ while for others the different parts
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Chatman 1 Krystal Chatman May 02‚ 2012 English 202 Idealized Heroines In Don Juan‚ Lord Byron reverses the gender roles of males and females‚ portraying Juan not as a womanizer but as someone easily seduced by women. The women in Don Juan are seen as pretty‚ submissive women whom are sexually attractive even sexually responsive. The men in Don Juan appear to be charming and unaccountable for their irresponsible love affairs based on the rationale that falling in love and lust is their default
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World Literature 1st 9/30/13 Macbeth Essay The Tragic Heroine The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare demonstrates to the reader just how powerful the wheel of fortune can be in a play. Lady Macbeth is the tragic heroine of this play; because the reader sees her morals take a turn for the best with an extensive price to pay. Trouble begins in this play when Lady Macbeth puts herself in control of the situation‚ therefore forcing herself into a man’s role. At the beginning of the play
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