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    In "Great Expectations"‚ the virtuous/vixenish dichotomy is mainly explored through Estella‚ one of the main female characters in the novel‚ and also through Miss Havisham‚ who brought her up from the age of 3‚ and Biddy‚ a simple country girl. Estella begins the novel as "vixenish" character‚ brought up by Miss Havisham to be so. She is cold‚ cynical and manipulative‚ trained to grow up to break the hearts of men. She hurts Pip and crush his feelings continuously‚ and the audience picks up on these

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    granted to watch Disney fairytales. Today my goal is for you to be convinced into my opinions and/or reasons to why fairytales are good for children. My thoughts are referred from “10 Reasons Why Kids Need To Read Non-Disney Fairy Tales” by Melissa Taylor‚ the genre being why fairy tales should be read by kids. For young children‚ people (specifically parents) are worried about the disney character’s dress code. I do not notice the characters wearing short shorts and crop tops showing off so much skin.

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    Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル Fearī Teiru?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2‚ 2006‚ and has been published by Kodansha in 30 tankōbon volumes; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha‚ with the first released on December 15‚ 2006‚ and the 35th volume released on November 16‚ 2012. Fairy Tail follows the adventures of Lucy Heartfilia‚ a teenage wizard (魔導士 madōshi?)‚[1] who joins

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    Bent Expectations In the short story‚ “Girl‚” Jamacia Kincaid chooses to use the word bent twice in the same phrase. The addition of the word bent to this phrase brings a deeper meaning to the entire general story. Through analyzing the possible meanings of the word in relation to a Caribbean mother-daughter relationship in the 1970’s we discover that the mother is determined to keep her daughter from being an outcast in society by teaching her how to be respected as she matures. This story is

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    people can be influenced in both positive and negative ways. In the three novels that we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences that Pip faces include poverty‚ low

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    Great Expectations was a book that describes a humble orphan that had been in a forge doing the dirty work for most his life‚ and then he was taken by his Uncle Pumblechook to basically change his life. Charles Dickens’s life was like that of Pip‚ they both had experienced poverty and both had success at a young age. It was like he had written an autobiography‚ but had changed some things around. Some things in the novel are confusing‚ like I’d like to know what happened to make Miss

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    Elements

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    Elements / Characters Crisostomo Ibarra - Also known as Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsilan‚ a Filipino who studied in Europe for 7 years. The love interest of Maria Clara. Son of Don Rafael Ibarra. Elias - Ibarra’s mysterious friend and a fugitive. Kapitan Tiyago - Also known as Don Santiago de los Santos the known father of Maria Clara. Padre Damaso - Also known as Damaso Verdolagas‚ a Franciscan Friar and Maria Clara’s biological father. Padre Salvi - Also known as Bernardo Salvi. Maria Clara’s

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    against a common enemy. Hate and love are part of the same coin‚ and this is evident throughout many classical literature pieces. Hate is one of the most prevalent themes in classical literature as exemplified in Animal farm‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Great Expectations. Within many classical literature pieces’ hate is the precursor to love‚ and is what most of the story builds off of. In Animal farm all of the animal’s animosity and hatred towards the farmer bring them together to overthrow him. Clearly

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    Well within those chapters of the story " Great Expectations" Magwitch which is Pips bean factor and also the thief that made Pip bring him food has died in prison. Before he died though he tell Pip about his daughter which is a coincidence because Pip is in love with his daughter Estella. So as he dies talking about his daughter Pip would go through a change. Basically because now the way he saw the world has changed. Like how him and Magwitch didn’t get off at a good start but he sent him money

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    An Expectation and Its Reality The thought process is one of the main differences between human being and animal. People have the ability to think‚ to plan for their future in a specific way than animal. A state of the art building‚ music‚ designs of any kind‚ and assays show in the real world what the artist has been thinking in the abstract. People have that ability to conceive or image everything first in their mind‚ than try to accomplish what they have pictured in the abstract‚ where no

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