between Gatsby and Daisy is revealed‚ Tom is adamant that Daisy does not really love Gatsby and that she doesn’t know what she is doing. The blame is actually passed on to Gatsby even though Daisy is guilty too. “Daisy loved me when she married me and she still loves me now‚” is Tom’s defence. He doesn’t feel like Daisy would so such a thing because they have been married for so long. Even once Daisy admits she doesn’t love Tom but she did once he immediately jumps in and says “She didn’t even know you
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The Cruciable by Arthur Miller portrays a Puritan society that at the time is unsteady. In common Puritan society‚ witchcraft is highly looked down upon and religion means everything to them. The play takes place in Salem‚ Ma‚ where young girls are accusing specific people of being witches‚ in order to get what they want. John Procter has an affair with Abigal‚ Abigal doesnt like Procter’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ so she accuses her of witchcraft. Miller portrays John Procter as respectful‚ honest‚ and caring
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Drew Doehring IB English 5-6‚ HL‚ period 5 Written Task 1 02/03/13 Rationale This piece is a poem and biography written using the writing style of Judith Beveridge in How to Love Bats to show something that I love‚ coins‚ and how they represent a link between all humans and the history of the life we all share and have gone through. This story contains many ideas that are similar to Judith Beveridge’s poem however they are from my point of view and imply a different conclusion and afterthought
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In the story "Lamb to the Slaughter" Roald Dahl uses Mary’s desire to make her husband comfortable and concern for her unborn child to indicate that she is truly a caring person. As Mary Maloney has greeted her husband Patrick when he comes back home from work she helps him to relax and tries to make him as comfortable as she possibly can. The author writes‚ " ’Darling’ she said. ’Would you like me to get you some cheese? I haven’t made any supper because its Thursday.’ ’No’ he said. ’if you’re too
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Lennie loves to rub and feel on soft things because it keeps him calm but not everyone in the book/movie knows that. The things that he likes to rub and feel are sometimes things that get him in trouble. When he rubs and feels stuff he doesn’t like to stop so it
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How is the character of Blanche presented in Scenes 1 and 2 in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Tennessee Williams presents Blanche DuBois as an extremely multifaceted character who represents both old and idealist values in America. Appearances are deceiving‚ and this is clearly shown through the character of Blanche in the play‚ as she puts on a smug and arrogant front to conceal her fragile personality. To ‘blanche’ something is to ‘drain it of colour’ and thus the image
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called her in Spanish when they love her." (29) Santiago truly did love her she contained so many things within‚ and all things that Santiago loved. Other than the sea Santiago and the fish are friends "the fish is my friend too."(75) but the fish is more that than to him “He is my brother.” (59) Santiago has blended in nature and basically became one with it. He identifies as somewhat of as a turtle “Most people are heartless about turtles because a
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Romeo + Juliet During the play of Romeo and Juliet‚ the characters show love in many different ways. Some characters fall in and out of love very quickly in Romeo and Juliet. For example‚ Romeo is in love with Rosaline at the start of the play‚ which is presented as an immature action. Today‚ we might use the term “puppy love” to describe this. Romeo’s lover Rosaline is shallow and nobody really believes that it will last‚ including Friar Laurence: Romeo – “Thou chid’st me oft for loving Rosaline”
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Lennie Small has a very symbolic importance in the novel Of Mice and Men. In the novel George Milton and Lennie Small both migrant workers pursue their dream of someday owning their own ranch by travelling around working as ranch hands to earn a living. The dream they share is to be able to "live off the fat of the land‚". Lennie Small is a very complex character‚ although he may not appear to be at first glance. Lennie is the most interesting character in the novel because he differs from the
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In Michael Cunningham’s novel “The Hours”‚ all three of the main female characters- Clarissa‚ Virginia and Laura- feels caught in familial‚ social and public roles. Using examples from the book‚ discuss what these ‘performances’ suggest about how normalcy and sanity are aligned with the ability to act out social roles. Which of the characters refuse to play a role‚ and what price does he/she play for refusal? Drawing on your first essay‚ discuss how Cunningham’s portrayal of those characters mirror
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