Tartuffe was written by a well-known French playwright named Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière. According to the Eight Plays by Molière‚ “he is the unquestioned champion” in the genre of dramatic comedy (Bishop vii). Tartuffe was first presented in the festival of Versailles as a three-act play. It is about a hypocrite‚ named Tartuffe‚ who poses as a religious and pious man in order to gain trust‚ so he can manipulate people around him. Orgon wants to be closer to God‚ so he accepted Tartuffe into his
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Are the main characters in The Alchemist and The Pearl immature? In the books The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ and The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters are both immature‚ but in different ways. In The Alchemist‚ the main character Santiago is a relatively immature person if compared to the end. He becomes wiser during the course of his journey‚ learning more about the world. Before Santiago achieves his Personal Legend‚ he does not know as much about the world. At the start of the book
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In Dystopian Literature‚ characters tend to get curious a numerous amount of times for many reasons. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the main character Jonas‚ who is 12-year-old who is supposed to get a job assigned. Instead‚ he is selected for the job of the receiver‚ who maintains all the memories. Throughout the story‚ he discerns that these memories should be given to everyone and not locked away‚ since there are many secrets and wants to know all. Dickie‚ from Examination Day by Henry
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Life of a Correctional Officer Nancy Booker CRJ:303 Corrections Instructor Name: Yolanda Tilley August 31‚ 2012 CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 Life of a Correctional Officer Correctional Officers are very important people and they perform very important duties. An correctional officer job can become very demanding and on top of that it can be very stressful. Just like police officer. Correctional Officers takes a change each day they are at work and they never know
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childhood friends‚ Twyla and Roberta‚ one black one white‚ growing up in a children’s shelter in the 1950’s‚ whose lives seem to intersect over many years. This story is very complex‚ as the author never directly reveals the racial identity of the main characters. The story is narrated by Twyla and is intended to show us how we have a tendency to categorize people immediately based on the details illustrated in a story. The author of “Recitatif” is able to give us enough evidence by exploring the hidden
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Antonia is admired by the author because of her favorable characters. These characters include her inability to give up‚ she is a good-spirited lady and she is full of vigor. In these regards‚ there are several ways in which she is portrayed positively by the narrator. First‚ she is willing and ready to take care of her child even after Jim left her. This shows that she does not depend on anybody and it also shows that she is responsible. She knows that the child was due to attempted rape yet her
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book‚ the Black Man set his mark in that place? But why does he not wear it outside his bosom‚ as thou dost‚ mother” (198). Pearl is a flat character because she stays the same throughout the novel‚ even until the end when she marries a nobleman. Pearl is also a complex character because she constantly changes throughout the novel. She is a dynamic character because she changes due to the events that take place and the environment she is in. Pearl’s external conflict is the reminder to Hester and
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Guess who told me that? Officer Trapp did!!! I really have learned a lot from him and now I’m very educated about not doing drugs. He really helped me prepare my life ahead of me. I have learned lots of stuff. Would you like to hear some? I have learned that there are 200 known harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke. I also learned what D.A.R.E means‚ it means D:define‚ A:assess‚ R:respond‚ E:evaluate. I have not only learned stuff about drugs‚ but I learned some stuff about Officer Trapp‚ I learned that
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Edna has a change in attitude‚ behavior‚ and her overall character throughout the book‚ as she becomes aware of the unvoiced thoughts that constitute her true self. Edna always looked forward to the morning time. She always waited for her days to get much better. In the book Edna is symbolized by the green and yellow parrot of the opening scene‚ the parrot that insists that everyone "go away‚ for God’s sake." similar to the parrot‚ Edna begins pushing away her husband and former friends to have some
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Officer Selection Process Officer selection is a very detailed process. Every police department wants to recruit‚ select‚ train‚ and maintain the best and brightest officers possible. The job of a police officer requires an individual that can deal with stressful situations and the ability to interact with the community. The job requires quick decision making and good judgment. Police duties vary from writing reports to maintaining order to responding to criminal situations‚ all of which require
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