When Harper Lee was writing about the trial of Tom Robinson in “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” she had a very real case to look to for inspiration. The trial of the Scottsboro Boys was a world renowned case in the 1930’s in which nine black youths were accused of raping to white girls in Alabama. Lee’s novel took this case and created the fictional case of Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of raping a lower class white girl in a small town in Alabama during the Depression-era. The Scottsboro trials were
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9/12/2012 American Studies II Comparing and Contrasting: To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn In the books‚ The Adventures Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the authors demonstrate several themes: the coexistence of good and evil‚ the importance of moral education‚ the existence of social inequality‚ racism and slavery‚ intellectual and moral education‚ and the hypocrisy of “civilized” society.
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Spencer Kessler Mrs. Krone Honors English 1 20 September 2017 Dolphus Raymond’s Lack of Courage In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Dolphus Raymond is a partial foil to Atticus Finch because of their differing actions when faced with the similar stance upon a highly controversial topic of Black equality. Before Scout learns otherwise‚ she follows the society’s belief that alcoholism has caused Dolphus to follow a so-called evil lifestyle‚ living as an equal to people of color. Dolphus
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a sign of caution or a lesson to be learned. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Boo Radley can be compared to a popular urban legend called Green Man. Boo Radley and the Green Man are both supposedly horrifying to look at. Both men only come out at night‚ and when they do‚ they roam the streets and creep on people. Because Boo Radley shares multiple similarities with The Green Man‚ he should be considered an urban legend. In the story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ an urban legend takes place. Inside an old‚ dark
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Behavior of Macbeth Macbeth was not always the cold-blooded killer that one may depict in the later acts of Macbeth. At the start of the play‚ Macbeth could be described as a loyal hero who aimed at serving his king. However‚ when Macbeth came across the opportunity to seize the throne‚ he capitalized on it. After killing the king Macbeth changes personality and becomes extremely paranoid. I believe if Macbeth would have stayed loyal and respected the king‚ Scotland would have stayed peaceful.
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Macbeth‚ let alone any shakespeare play‚ would be difficult to portray because so many people have different opinions about the the scene should be. Shakespeare’s does not make this challenge any easier because he sets it up so the reader/viewer can make some interpretations his/herself. These two portrayals of Macbeth‚ the Kenneth Branagh and the Mel Gibson version‚ are extremely opposite to one another. Of course they still tell the story of Macbeth‚ but there is much controversy over who did it
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Compare and Contrast: Macbeth & Lady Macbeth In the play Macbeth‚ ambition‚ strength‚ and insanity play major roles in how the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth behave and react. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth present all 3 of these behaviors at one time or another during the play. However‚ there behaviors progress in very different ways. While Macbeth gets stronger and more ambitious‚ Lady Macbeth does the opposite. She starts out strong and ambitious‚ but becomes weaker and more reserved. In
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Compare and Contrast Lady Macbeth and Gertrude Lady Macbeth and Gertrude have many things in contrast but resemble one another as well. Both are married to a king‚ both have some influence over that king‚ and both are culpable of their final fate. While Lady Macbeth is a much stronger woman she just as Gertrude is married to a dishonorable man. Along with the similarities their differences are easily seen. Because each is married to a dishonorable man each is trapped by her position.Lady Macbeth
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I think that the film version is more convincing. I think this because in the film you can see the reactions and their emotions and I think this is a big part in telling if someone is lying or is telling the truth. Some thing are different than in the book. In the book you never get to see the characters but in the film you see all the characters. The film version puts everything in a little bit more detail the book doesn’t really do a good job in narrating the emotions and the intensity of the people
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a) What are the characteristics of the English spoken both in the novel and the film? Both in the novel and the film we can notice that the main varieties of English are Standard American English‚ and British Standard English. Of course‚ these varieties relate to the nationality of each character‚ for instance‚ Mister John Farraday who is from the United States of America speaks the first variaty‚ whereas Mr. Stevens‚ an English Butler‚ speaks the second variaty. Likewise‚ as in the important meeting
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