Elizabeth Choy A Singaporean Heroine Elizabeth Choy Su-Meiwas born on 29 November 1910 in Kudat‚ Sabah. She was a Hakka from North Borneo. During the Japanese Occupation‚ together with her husband‚ she worked as a canteen operator at a hospital where patients from General Hospital had been moved to. Elizabeth Choy and her husband secretly brought food‚ medicine‚ money‚ messages and even radios to British internees. Unfortunately‚ they were caught by the Japanese. Her husband was arrested on
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High school student Elizabeth Qualls was born and raised in the quaint town of Arlington‚ Kentucky. As much as she adores the charming and altruistic people of Arlington‚ she has always longed for an adventure that goes beyond her unpretentious hometown and without her five siblings. She thirsted for new experiences and to break out the warmth of her comfort zone. Pauline Guintoli is a high school student who was born in the exquisite country of France. She comes from the large city of Toulouse
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In 1692‚ the small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts grew wild with grief‚ panic‚ and accusations of sinful witchcraft. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is set in this frenzy and follows the story of an uncomfortable couple: John and Elizabeth Proctor. With a past in adultery and distrust‚ John constantly tries to make up for the mistake he made with the seventeen year old Abigail Williams. Despite his attempts‚ his wife continues to feel abandoned and lied to. To add to their marital problems
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and overall faith were put to the test. This is what happened to John and Elizabeth Proctor when they were accused of witchcraft.Elizabeth tries desperately to hold on to what is left of her marriage.When she is detained she goes willingly. She allows John to die with pride. Therefore‚ in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor is heroic because she does what is right even though it is difficult. Although Elizabeth is reserved‚ honest‚ and dutiful‚ as most Puritan women were‚ she struggles
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In Act 2 Elizabeth is arguing with Proctor and confesses some concerns she has about Abigail. “Spoke or silent‚ a promise is surely made. And she may dote on it now—and I am sure she does—and thinks to kill me then to take my place” (Miller Act 2). Here Elizabeth is warily expressing what she fears Abigail stands to gain by implicating her as witch since she’s realized that Abigail is
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physical appearance‚ Mr Collins is shorter than Darcy which could suggest that he has a weaker chance of marrying Elizabeth‚ as Darcy is more powerful and serious. Mr Collins isn’t presented as a purposely comical character‚ but rather the opposite‚ he is always serious in every situation and is often blinded by his own ego to see that people often mock him. Mr Collin’s proposal to Elizabeth is one of the most humorous points in the novel‚ which reflects his personality due to the fact that Austen presents
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One of the similarities between these two women‚ ironically enough‚ is their romantic interest in John Proctor; of course‚ he is legitimately married to Elizabeth Proctor‚ but Abigail Williams has an obsession with him ever since their romantic affair. This of course created a great deal of tension and anger between these two women‚ and is one of the driving events behind the plot of the play itself (Johnson‚ 1998). As if this is not a serious enough situation for the two women to be sharing‚ as
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Elizabeth Bowen "The Demon Lover" In Elizabeth Bowen’s‚ The Demon Lover‚ the story revolves around the central character Mrs. Drover. As the reader finishes the story it is unclear whether she was abducted by the devil‚ her deceased fiancé‚ or she was in the midst of a war time induced hallucination. In order to decipher the events the reader must interrupt the clues concerning the letter‚ Mrs. Drover’s flashback to World War I‚ and determine who the taxi cab driver was. It is my impression that
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"No One’s A Mystery‚" by Elizabeth Tallent‚ is about Jack and the eighteen year-old girl he has been having an affair with for the past two years. They are drinking tequila and talking about their future‚ while Jack drives them in his pickup truck through the countryside of Wyoming. Jack is a cynical man who drinks heavily‚ doesn’t clean his truck‚ and has no obvious respect for women. He is currently cheating on his wife with a barely-legal girl he has been having an affair with since she was sixteen
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Queen Victoria’s Life and Reign You may have heard of the Victorian Era‚ which was most definitely a Magnificent Era. It signifies the beginning of Modern Times‚ inventions that forever changed our lives‚ political‚ religious‚ and social movements that I can’t even begin to describe. Queen Victoria has impacted our life’s and the life’s of our ancestors in one way or another. Alexandria Victoria born on a lovely spring morning on May 24th 1819 in Kensington Palace‚ London‚ England. Her parents
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