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    provide them with the best help possible. I have given Liz the opportunity to promote her rights and what she requires. Everyone has the right to their own choice. I understand that due to her boyfriend’s aggressive and abusive behaviour this puts Lizzie at risk‚ but she has chosen to stick with him and help him overcome his problems. With her boyfriend’s drug intake I have referred her to different organisations where he can get help to stop smoking cannabis and speak to people about his problems

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    strikes the question of how can you write something so detached without at least experiencing detachment at least a bit first? But an argument against that Carol Ann Duffy is detached can be found within Lizzie‚ Six. Within Lizzie‚ Six Duffy tries makes you feel sorry for the main persona of Lizzie who is abused. She uses language such as ‘I’m afraid of the dark’ and ‘I’m thinking of love’ to portray Lizzie’s innocence and also gives her less lines than her abuser maybe showing her oppressed. Duffy

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    stay together in everything and Lizzie is willing to do everything for Laura so she can feel better. Today men and women have their gender roles‚ but sometimes we don’t know that the woman washes the dishes after dinner and most likely is it the woman that cooks the food. But it was worse many years ago‚ but how is it different now a days than it was 1000 years ago? Christina Rossetti wrote the poem “Goblin Market” which talks about two sisters‚ Laura and Lizzie. She describes them as a very beautiful

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    she does not side with Biblical account. Her narrative to the poem sidesteps the Biblical hang-up between humanity and divinity. This poem reflects Adam and Eve; Laura represents Eve‚ Lizzie represents Christ figure‚ the goblin men are the equivalent of Satan and the fruit is the temptation to sin. Laure and Lizzie

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    and Alfred Borden‚ have a history that goes back to when they were just audience shills. An intense rivalry sparked between them after Angier suspected Borden of being responsible for the accidental death of his wife‚ Julia‚ during a live show. Though the two men stopped working together‚ they began competing for the title of “the greatest magician.” Throughout the movie‚ we see their obsession over beating each other’s magical performances lead to sacrificial acts. Angier and Borden made familial

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    How does Carol Ann Duffy create character? The two poems I will be focusing on today are ’Girl talking’ and ’Lizzie‚six’. Both poems follow two innocent children that were abused either sexually or physically. There are two apparent themes in both poems‚ Loss of innocence and also Growing up. I will be discussing both of these and in which way are they portrayed in the poems I have chosen. ’Girl talking’ is a poem based on a young girl who was raped‚ and died as a result. The poem opens with

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    the GPS to see how long until we get there; about an hour and a half. Lizzie hooks her IPod up to the radio‚ ecstatic about the playlist she specially made for our adventure. We all sing along and pass the time. “Quick pull into the there!” yells Ashley. We all pile out of the Subaru to a trail that leads to a rickety bridge towering over a raging river. “I used to come here with my mom in the summer and walk the trails!” Lizzie stated. We all make our way to the middle in pairs. None of us dare to

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    criticism of Victorian arrangement of marriage. She stresses the importance of women’s friendship as the main agent that can help in fighting against or changing society’s exploitation of women. The two sisters represent two different kinds of women; Lizzie‚ the submissive ones and Laura‚ those that fought against patriarchy‚ and the goblins represent the patriarchal system. It shows that women can control their destinies‚ gain some level of independence‚ and avoid society’s oppressive rules and work

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    But‚ the goblins had another plan in store for her‚ the goblin men “want Lizzie to eat the fruit too and they try to force it into her mouth. Lizzie resists‚ and runs home dripping with juice and pulp” (Humphries‚ Simon). Lizzie is resisting the temptation‚ something that Laura was not able to do. By Lizzie resisting even though she was ultimately forced‚ she is still able to resist and not be tempted by such fruits no matter how much force

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    one of the goblins’ treachery effects is the loss of the notion of time for Lizzie (V.449) and it previously happened to Laura (V.139). Despite having being attacked by wicked creatures‚ Lizzie walks home happily. The bouncing of the coin is like a victorious hymn for her‚ the proof that she has confronted and overcome temptation. She conserves her kind heart and thus her purity and vitality‚ which make her run home. Lizzie relates her deeds to Laura‚ who reacts happily yet is still concerned about

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