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    March 22‚ 2012 English 801A&B The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book about survival. Survival forces you to be courageous‚ enduring‚ and most of all do things you’ve never imagined. One of the main characters Katniss Everdeen is forced to change who she is and act like she’s in love in order to survive The Hunger Games. Katniss demonstrates her courageous characteristic when she sacrifices herself and takes her sister’s place in The Hunger Games. Her

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    to say that he never sought to free himself from it.” Therefore‚ Dorian gray is responsible for ruining his own life by choosing to follow bad examples. For those who ruined other’s lives‚ their influence is just a personality to them. In “The portrait of Dorian Gray”‚ being cynical and having an immoral view of life is just a personality and way of speech to Lord Henry. Lord Henry had no fault but showing his personality to Dorian Gray. As Dorian said‚ “Each of us has heaven and hell in him” everyone

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    4/1/14 Analysis: Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is the epitome of an ambitious woman who will do anything‚ including murder‚ to get what she wants. She is very calculating‚ and this is very evident when she plots to murder King Duncan. She methodically manipulated her husband‚ Macbeth‚ into believing it was the right thing to do in order for him to become king. During the time period that this play was written‚ women were viewed as weak and demure individuals who rely on the strength of their male partners

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    POSSIBLE ESSAY ANSWERS “I have not known a days peace and contentment in my life.”  Discuss this statement in light of the various internal conflicts faced by Makhaya in the novel.  Support your ideas with details from the novel. In the novel When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head‚ we are a spectator to trials and tribulations of Makhaya‚ the protagonist.   While many of these trials are external‚ they also impact on his state of mind and on his emotional detachment.  As an individual‚ Makhaya

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    disturbing and uncomforting to man. Freud proposed the double as synonymous with terror for the ego is projected outward as an extraneous being reflecting oneself. Arnold Bocklin‚ in his painting‚ “Self Portrait with Death with a Violin‚” illustrates an uncanny‚ skeleton double to himself in order

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    assignment focuses on the Characters in Shakespeare’s play “Merchant of Venice”. It highlights the major characters in the play and their importance in the play. It describes in-depth features of the major characters. Hence there is a detail analysis on four major characters of the play: Shylock‚ Antonio‚ Portia and Bassanio. Also‚ there is information about the types of characters found in all Shakespeare’s play. The purpose of this assignment is to portray the importance of characters in Shakespeare’s play

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    Essay on Character is Destiny "Character is destiny" is a dominant theme that often appears in Shakespearean tragedy. In the play‚ King Lear this concept is portrayed through the characters of King Lear‚ Gloucester‚ and Edmund. The characteristics and the roles that each of the characters have within the society of the play determine the treatment that they receive from other characters as well as their destiny. In the play‚ Lear demonstrates various characteristics that can be classified as his

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    Hillary Clinton is an exceptional example of what good character looks like‚ this statement is clearly wrong and should never be stated again. The key points that will be discussed in this argumentative essay will be: Helping people will change their mood and cause them to do good‚ some people never stop trying to better the lives of others‚ and character does not actually matter in today’s society. The thesis of this paper is as follows: character matters and has an impact on society. The first point

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    Characters in Hamlet

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    soliloquies (preferably not "To be or not to be. . .") and by a detailed attention to the poetry discuss the nature of Hamlet’s feelings as they reveal themselves in this speech. What insights might this speech provide into the prince’s elusive character? Confine your attention strictly to the soliloquy you have selected. 2. Discuss Hamlet’s treatment of and ideas about women. How might these help to clarify some of the interpretative issues of the play? You might want to consider carefully the

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    Representation of the Character I am playing a character called Jean Taylor from the play Fine ME by Olwen Wymark. The play was first performed at the Richmond Fringe Theatre at the Orange Tree on October 21st 1977; this play takes place in England‚ west London. This play is set in the late 20th century; the plot of this play is based on a teenage girl called Verity Taylor‚ who has suffered from an undiagnosed mental disorder for many years before being admitted to Broadmoor mental hospital after

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