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    and Laura’s relationship is one that I would compare to your typical married couple. They are far enough into their marriage that they could make jokes at each other and really be comfortable enough around each other. They show their love in little jesters whether it be a hand touch or a rub on their face. They even show love in the little jokes that they tell each other whether or not the other one knows. Even though they love each other we can still see that they get annoyed with each other and get

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    The Fool – from text to screen. The concept of a fool in Shakespearean plays is nearly as popular as the very figure of a fool used to be in Middle Ages at royal courts and some private households of aristocrats. The characters that could be described as fools appear in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Feste) and As You Like It (Touchstone). And there is of course the most famous of the fools‚ named simply The Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear – the one with reference to whom this essay is created.

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    given to him by Fortunato‚ he explains that this time‚ he will get revenge. Montresor meets with Fortunato at some sort of social event. Fortunato appears to be very intoxicated. He tells the readers that Fortunato is dressed as a jester‚ in a striped outfit and a jester hat with bells. Fortunato greets Montresor ’with great warmth’‚ that Montresor only feigns to return. Montresor then entices Fortunato to come to his home to see the barrel of Amontillado wine that he has acquired. Fortunato agrees

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    Puck Character sketch

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream-Character Sketch Essay-Puck Puck is a sprite in Shakespeare’s play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He serves the fairy king Oberon; Puck is his court jester. He is very obedient and loyal to Oberon; Puck does every task he asks him to do. Puck is a trickster and joker; he plays many tricks on people. In the play Shakespeare introduces him as a “shrewd and Knavish sprite...” (2.1.35). Also as “that merry wanderer of the night” (2.2.45). Puck is the one who creates the drama

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    speaking with the believed-to-be-possessed Malvolio about his supposed madness: “Madman‚ thou errest. I say there is no darkness but ignorance‚ in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog” (Shakespeare 4.2.44-46). His occupation as a jester gives him the opportunity to mimic a priest who is of higher class than Malvolio. Feste alludes to the Bible when the Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel leave‚ so God surrounded Egypt with darkness for three days. He ridicules Malvolio by

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    A widowed father is tragically separated from his only son and must get back to him in an ocean of a world where he has to determine whether someone is a friend or foe. Going through dangerous districts and frightening enemies‚ and with a friend suffering from amnesia‚ the father successfully reunites with his son. Just like the reader is left in suspense wondering about how Marlin and Nemo are going to find each other in Finding Nemo‚ many authors use suspense to keep the reader interested in the

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    Jiggy Patel COMM3321: Critical Reading & Writing Section 103 Janet Bertsch “Why so serious?” Is the catch phrase that Joker uses from the movie The Dark Knight. (Nolan‚ 2008) The scene that is being analyzed is when the Joker crashes Harvey Dent fundraiser party and is looking for Harvey Dent. Prior to the scene‚ Harvey Dent is the District Attorney of Gotham City and was responsible for locking up half the mob in a single day. The Joker main goal was to wreak chaos in Gotham City and wanted

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    Sometimes the way the world perceives somebody’s character is not always accurate. In Shakespeare’s infamous play Hamlet‚ Hamlet is thought to be a mentally unstable character. When he isn’t feigning madness‚ Hamlet is a well educated individual‚ who is capable of manipulation as well as a capacity for sarcastic wit. Shakespeare effectively portrays Hamlet’s true character through his interactions with other characters as well as his instinctive emotional responses. Shakespeare effectively uses Hamlet’s

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    Throughout Shakespeare’s career as a playwright‚ he has written about many complex and well thought characters who actually have something they want to say and how the characters’ view life. None however‚ as interesting as Hamlet from the play Hamlet. The character of Hamlet is interesting because although he was born from status‚ he does not have all the power. Hamlet is also well aware of his flaws and his flaws are not that obvious to the audience. The most engaging scenes are the ones where Hamlet

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    Puck: Character Analysis

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    attention when carrying out Oberon’s orders‚ Puck is often overlooked in relation to the attention given to other events occurring in each plot. Puck is servant and jester to the Fairy King Oberon and it is his charm and enchantment that serves useful to him and also Oberon. He is poised but not as sugary as the other fairies; as Oberon’s jester‚ he is given to a certain roughness‚ which leads him to transform Bottom’s head into that of an ass merely for the sake of enjoyment. Being a fairy of a mischievous

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