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    Jealousy is one of the strongest emotions in the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles. What makes this feeling so dangerous is that it’s mixed in with admiration‚ respect‚ and love. Those are all the ingredients for the very confusing friendship between the protagonist Gene‚ and his best friend/enemy Phineas. Despite their friendship‚ jealousy drives Gene to unthinkable and unimaginable actions‚ which are least understood by Gene himself. Three of the most effective examples that explain the the

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    that she misinterprets unconscious insecurity as jealousy and also mistakes her self-proclaimed jealousy for love. The insecurities that Emma masks as jealousy are illustrated several times within the drama. The first glimpse the audience gets of this jealousy is through the statement Emma makes when accusing her bow‚ John‚ of looking at another girl‚ “You wuz. I seen you looking jes lake a possum” (Hurston‚ 2010‚ Scene 1). Again you see her jealousy emerge when she makes statements such as‚ “Course

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    Glass: Critical Theory in Practice” by Sian Evans and “Othello” by William Shakespeare to analyse the characters Othello and Iago as well as the major theme jealousy through a Freudian lens. The aim of this psychoanalysis is to try and give a better understanding of the character’s motivations and unconscious‚ narcissistic desires. The theme jealousy is revealed by both these characters throughout the play shows us how we need to be well rounded people‚ and the effects this has if we are not. The opening

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    The coming of age novels‚ “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ and “A Separate Peace”‚ by John Knowles‚ both interpret the lives of teenage boys confronting their conflicts and inner confusion to reach the level of maturity. By reading these two pieces‚ we as readers can relate to the characters in the novels‚ as if they are true human beings. J.D. Salinger uses Holden Caulfield‚ the same way as John Knowles uses Gene Forester‚ to show us how‚ through conflict we are able to grow as humans

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    sorrow that Margot had been dealing with all these months and years. And now they felt it‚ as they ruined it for Margot‚ and won’t be able to see it for another 7 years. And still‚ in the end‚ the theme still seems to be that when you act out of jealousy‚ you will feel guilty and affect everyone around

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    Meghan Taner Mrs. Elms English 9‚ Block B 12 September 2014 Blinded From Jealousy The wife from the fable “The Blue Eyes”‚ by Isak Dinesen‚ is a lady that is caught up in her jealousy and greed that she is blind to the obvious. For example‚ the wife in the story is constantly jealous of the figurehead on her husband’s boat‚ “You think more of the figure-head than of me”‚ she said to him. “No”‚ he answered‚ “I think so highly of her because she is like you‚ yes‚ because she is you yourself. Is

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    Michael Cassio instead‚ a ‘great arithmetician’ and ‘a Florentine’‚ only fuels Iago’s anger and jealousy (1.1.18-19). This theme of jealousy continues to resurface throughout the play. Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ becomes a part of Iago’s master plan. Because Othello trusts Iago‚ Iago is able to manipulate Othello into believing that Desdemona is being unfaithful to him with Cassio. Unable to control his jealousy‚ Othello murders

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    Iago’s contribution to an unstable mood shapes the theme of jealousy taking over or acting as a consumer because Iago illustrates that jealousy can be the driving force behind abhorrence as it grows bigger and bigger. Iago continues to exact revenge on Othello and other people are being affected negatively as they fall with Othello. As Iago and Roderigo are fighting‚ Iago steps aside and says: “ Now‚ whether he kill Cassio‚/or Cassio him‚ or each do kill the other‚/ Every way makes my gain. Live

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    1301- Section 4 1 October 2012 Jealousy Rough Draft The word jealousy stems from both the French word jalousie and the Greek word zelos. The French term of jealousy carried a negative feeling while the Greek term carried more of a positive sense. Jealousy’s definition stands as an emotion that typically comes from insecurity‚ fear‚ and anxiety over a predictable loss of something that a person values. Through characteristics‚ concrete examples‚ and results jealousy portrays as an emotion one feels

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    OTHELLO ESSAY “O‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster‚ which doth mock/ The meat it feeds on” (Shakespeare III. iii. 195-197). Everyone has the capacity for jealousy. It can change how people think as well as how they act. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ jealousy is nurtured within the minds of multiple characters‚ and this jealousy is what ignites the want to make multiple misconceptions arise in order to create havoc and inflict suffering upon others and

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