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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Character Identification “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”--Atticus Directions: Describe the following characters. (e.g. characteristics/qualities‚ appearance‚ personality traits‚ values/ethical principles). Use evidence from the novel to support your claim. **This will help you complete your final project** Pages 1-50 Scout (Jean Louise) - Scout

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    How does Shakespeare’s context influence his portrayal of these characters as outsiders? Jack Hearn In 1600‚ Shakespeare was apart of a major cultural shift into the Renaissance Period. This caused the paradigm of society to shift from religious views to more secular views and a new emphasis on mans ability. The central aspect of this was the feel of a less stable‚ disordered world opposed to the order that had previous existed. However the nature of Venetian society was different to Shakespeare’s

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    Devil and Tom Walker‚” Irving illustrate human corruption through the use of the woods as setting and symbolism. Tom‚ Tom’s wife‚ and the Old Scratch also shown human abilities throughout the story. Each character was different in its own way‚ but shared one trait to express human abilities. Tom Walker is one of the first main characters. He was the protagonist of “The Devil and Tom Walker”. Tom Walker was described as a meager miserly fellow. He was the most despised of all characters. He was the

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    that she dreamed a dream that one day she and her daughter Dee brought together on a TV show and her daughter would tell the world how she was proud of her mother. The paragraph can tell us that the mother was only proud of Dee‚ not Maggie. She only dreamed that Dee would say something great about her‚ she didn’t mention anything about Maggie. So‚ one of the character of the mother was partial. The paragraph thirteen tells us that the mother was a poor and uneducated woman. In my opinion‚

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    societies are separated by geographical distance and time they still have a similar sense of what is funny. In his plays Plautus employs irony‚ asides‚ and physical humor to create comedic moments. Plautus was able to create humorous scenes through the use of both situational and dramatic irony. The audience being aware of what is truly happening allows for them to find the

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    the world. Culture is a person’s family‚ beliefs and opinions and these are the key factors to decision making and how you take in and perceive things that happen in your life. In life you’re close to your family and want to make them proud with what you do in your life. Your views and decisions revolve around your family because they are important in your everyday world. In “Everyday Use” the daughter Dee wants the family quilt to hang it and show it like a prize while Maggie‚

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    Riley Walters October 26‚ 2014 “Everyday UseCharacter Analysis The Character of Mama in “Everyday Use” Mama‚ the narrator of Alice Walker’s story‚ “Everyday Use‚” is a strong‚ loving mother who is sometimes threatened and burdened by her daughters‚ Dee and Maggie. Gentle and stern‚ her inner monologue offers us a glimpse of the limits of a mother’s unconditional love. Mama is brutally honest and often critical in her assessment of both Dee and Maggie. She harshly describes shy‚ withering Maggie’s

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    The Influence of Society Sophie Kell ENG 3U Mr.Brown Without society we don’t have some form of structure to keep us from overcoming selfishness. In the novel Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley and Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the obsession for power and knowledge is well brought forth in the characters of the text. In the beginning Macbeth and Victor Frankenstein are well respected. Then‚ the two characters remove themselves from society causing their great obsessions to over-power them‚ in

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    really go to heart‚ and makes many listeners more humble‚ which shows the positive effect Drake has on people. Paradoxically‚ Kanye West had both positive and negative effects on people with his cocky attitude‚ “I’m my favorite rapper.” That quote shows how overconfident he is‚ although being valiant it is a good thing‚ too much confidence isn’t good‚ it repels people other than grasping their

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    The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ each author portrays how the life of the main character is changed after the loss of a close family member. Lily‚ the main character in The Secret Life of Bees‚ lost her mother at the young age of four. In an gun accident‚ Lily shoots her own mother. To seek closure and forgiveness of her mother’s death‚ she runs off with her caretaker to find out more about her mom. Holden‚ the main character in Catcher in the Rye‚ is sent off to boarding school after he

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