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    In act one scene two‚ Shakespeare presents power and control in lots of different ways. He presents it so that most characters have some form of control or power in this scene. Prospero has the most control and power as he rules the Island and can perform magic. He is also a father which means that he would naturally have control over his daughter Miranda anyway and he shows control and power over her on more than one occasion. “Silence! One word more Shall make me scold you‚ if not hate you. What

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    of this would be the failed love between Catherine and Heathcliff where he states‚ “Catherine Earnshaw‚ may you not rest as long as I am living! You said I killed you — haunt me‚ then! The murdered do haunt their murderers.”

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    In Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck presents Curley’s Wife having an amazing look. Steinbeck writes that‚ ‘she had full‚ rouged lips‚her fingernails were red‚she wore red mules. The repetition of the colour red here maybe symbolizes the fact that Curley’s Wife is confident about her appearance. The thing which stands out about her is when he refers to her as ‘good looking’. This might show that Curley’s Wife is confident about her looks and femininity because her dream is to be a film star. This might

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    1) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ was called upon Thomas Jefferson‚ and went on an expedition to see the land that was west of the Mississippi‚ known as the Louisiana Territory that had been purchased from France in 1803. Lewis and Clark set off on their trail‚ it began near St. Louis‚ Missouri‚in may. There group often called the Corps of Discovery named by the historians faced almost every obstacle that ever was on the planet on their trip. Louis and Clark faced horrible weather they also

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    London‚ and is sent to work at a workhouse where he learns to survive with the struggle of poverty‚ starvation‚ and unhealthy/unsafe conditions‚ similarly to the rest of the orphans at that workhouse. Dickens tries to show how society cares too much about social class and how that creates an impact of social injustice in the 1830’s. Characters like Mrs.Mann and the doctor who deliver Oliver‚ believe they take care of the children however‚ they truly don’t. Oliver then decides to run away from the

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    family needs. Second of all‚ pearl changed Kino and Juana lives. Third of all‚ their reaction to pearl. The theme of the story is greed is a bad thing because sometimes it can change person to being evil. The main point of the different between Kino and Juana and how pearl changed their lives. First of all‚ Juana is a quite person who takes care of her family‚ she is a mother. Kino is a father‚ a good guy who works hard ad a happy person. His job is a pearl diver‚ when Kino found the pearl

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    surfaces an interesting idea. The main character Brutus‚ has the tragic flaw of being too idealistic. That in itself‚ is perfectly harmless‚ but as with everything there is a point of excess. His excessive idealism brought down not only him‚ but the people around him. To begin with‚ idealism is the concept of acting according to what you perceive as perfection. Brutus avoided reality by creating a world that he seen fit. During the murder of Ceaser he justified it by calling it a sacrifice

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    Unfortunately for them it did not go that well. Two major problems came up‚ money and land. Those two situations caused a lot of tension between the 13 Colonies and Britain. The colonists were not satisfied with the decisions that were being made to affect them. The British Parliament was taxing non-stop and restricting colonists’ freedom. This affected dangerously the relationship between both

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    How does Steinbeck present Lennie and George in the 1st chapter? Lennie and George’s father and son like relationship is clearly one of love‚ although from the beginning we sense George’s frustration due to Lennie’s constant childish behaviour. George is very protective over Lennie‚ “Lennie for God’s sake don’t drink so much!” because he has been told to look after him by his “Aunt Clara”. George does like having Lennie around as he says‚ “No you stay with me”. As Lennie and George are itinerant

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    How does Faulks explore the character of the central protagonist through the prime relationships in ’Birdsong’? In Birdsong‚ Faulks represents different relationships with Stephen throughout. Many different relationships portray different experiences of love with each character and Stephen. Within my essay I will explain some of the different relationships with Stephen and how Faulks explores them. The form of Birdsong is a novel‚ this helps Faulks describe with detail the relationships with Stephen

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