Name: Audrea Pereira Indirect Characterization Traits 1. Ambitious Definition: Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed. What might an ambitious character do? A person who is always doing something to achieve their dreams or goals‚ not the type of person to stagnate and sit still. 2. Responsible Definition: Having an obligation to do something‚ or taking care of someone. What might a responsible character do? A responsible person would make everyone in the car wear their seat
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reveals that he is out to hunt Rainsford. Rainsford then defeats General Zaroff‚ and Rainsford lives in his mansion for an unknown amount of time. In TDMG‚ General Zaroff‚ besides for his mental state‚ has some pretty solid character traits. General Zaroff’s first character trait is that he is complimentative. Hist first quote that proves this is “it is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford‚ the celebrated hunter to my home.” This proves that he is complimentative because
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As Good As It Gets Being a good person has to do with someone discovering themselves and his or her role in the world. Some people think that being a good person is as simple as not harming another‚ but it is not always about what someone does not do‚ but what they do for others. Character is what makes people believe that others are successful. Everyone must do his or her part everyday by living a life of integrity. Having good character is much more than what people think it is; others can see
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This essay is going to describe someone`s character traits that I read about. A fictional character named Beowulf. He is a larger than life character of Epic proportions. Beowulf was a warrior‚ who was honorable‚ brave‚ and courageous. Honor is trait of Beowulf that made him part of who he is. He would fight his opponents the way they fought him. Grendel‚ the monster of Herot‚ used his hands to fight. And that’s all‚ so Beowulf said (line 262) “That monster scorn of men is so great he needs no weapons
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Hester Prynne who commits the sin of adultery with Reverend Dimmsdale while still technically married to Roger Chillingworth‚ who she was arranged to marry. Hester’s sin is exposed when she becomes pregnant with her daughter Pearl. All of the characters live in the same Puritan town‚ Hester and Pearl are outcasted from the town because of the sin Hester committed‚ while Chillingworth pretends to
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The character traits‚ fears‚ and personal experiences of Edgar Allan Poe can be seen in the narrator of “The Black Cat”. Within the first page of the passage‚ the narrator describes his wife‚ whom he married early‚ as “not uncongenial” or friendly. Poe is most likely referring to his wife Sarah Elmira Royster‚ who is both his cousin and bride when she was 13 years old. Like Poe’s wife‚ the narrator’s spouse is described as friendly‚ faithful‚ and loving. Moreover‚ Poe’s apparent problems with alcoholism
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The Not So Good Earth For a while there we had 25-inch Chinese peasant families famishing in comfort on the 25-inch screen and even Uncle Billy whose eyesight’s going fast by hunching up real close to the convex glass could just about make them out--the riot scene in the capital city for example he saw that better than anything‚ using the contrast knob to bring them up dark--all those screaming faces and bodies going under the horses’ hooves--he did a terrific job on that bit‚ not so successful
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English Macbeth Essay Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a very dark and powerful tragic play. There are many characters in this play that are two faced‚ loyal one minute‚ and deceiving the next. One of the individuals who immensely represents these attributes is Macbeth himself. Macbeth is a warrior who is manipulated by his own wife and the three witches which leads him to become a greedy‚ ambitious and brave king. Ultimately because of his overconfidence‚ he dies devastatingly. . Macbeth
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Romeo Character Analysis Romeo is one of the two protagonists in the William Shakespeare play: Romeo and Juliet. He is the son to Lord Montague who is head of a wealthy family of Verona‚ Italy that has a long established feud with the Capulet family. Romeo’s life changes when he goes a Capulet party and instantly becomes smitten by Juliet who is also the daughter of the Capulet family. Ultimately Romeo is attractive‚ hasty and passionate and uses all these traits perfectly to obtain Juliet’s love
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Book: Looking for Alaska by John Green # Character Trait Context of Quote & Page Number Response to Text 1 Warm “In the dark beside me‚ she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla‚ and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette except for when she smoked‚ when the burning cherry of the cigarette washed her face in the pale red light. But even in the dark‚ I could see her eyes-fierce emeralds. She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every
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