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    The castle character chart English Misc Darryl is tough‚ "That man has principals" sal respects darryl Darryl Kerrigan body language - assertive when challenging/defending family‚ towers over messenger person‚ serious face‚slightly hunched shoulders. Hand gestures Tense and aggressive when Threatened At dinner table relaxed‚ proud and dressed to nines After court defeat played with food and slightly saddened Dialogue "You’re dreamin’/ tell’en his dreamin’ " has

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    Pride and Prejudice is a humorous novel about the trials of marrying well in the early eighteenth century. It focuses mainly on the actions of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth Bennet is a vibrant‚ headstrong young woman who is not too keen on the idea of marriage ‚ whereas Mr. Darcy is an egotistical and proud man who improves on closer acquaintance. All of these characteristics play off of one another throughout the course

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    Mr. Luria’s Character

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    Mr. Luria’s Character Essay Richard Song Responsibility is a necessary character that a person should have basically as an individual and a person socially. It helps a person to build his values‚ and affects his or her decision making. Responsibility is a scale to measure if a person is mature enough as a human being in the society. Mr. Luria in Miriam Waddington’s “The Halloween Party”‚ who has left his home land Russia‚ uses responsibility to try to build a brand new life for his family over

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    Getting “Wiggy” with Beowulf’s Wiglaf: A Character Study “I am Beowulf. I’ve come to kill your monster‚” the protagonist declares upon his arrival to Herot‚ but what about his sidekick Wiglaf? Wiglaf is not even mentioned in the epic poem until the final battle. Set and likely composed sometime during the sixth century‚ Beowulf is the cornerstone of modern literature and was first recorded on paper sometime in the eighth century. An archetypal story of good versus evil‚ Beowulf continues

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    Think how boring life would be if all humans only demonstrated one personality trait. In literature‚ characters are made more interesting by being developed as round characters‚ people with more that one personality trait. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo demonstrates being lovesick‚ impulsive‚ and sneaky. One of the personality traits that Romeo demonstrates in the play is being lovesick. First‚ when Romeo falls in love with Rosaline‚ she does not respond. As a result he

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    Shelbi Holt 7/30/09 Character Analysis In “The Birthmark”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the character Alymer is portrayed as a mad scientist. He cares about his wife‚ but his love for science and intellect overcomes any love he could ever have for her. By saying Alymer is a mad scientist‚ I am meaning that he will go to great lengths to try and create cures and become intertwined with science itself. Alymer’s behavior is very manipulative around others. He doesn’t just come out and say how

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    As Henry James sees it‚ characters are only as interesting as their responses to particular situations. This is true not only in any piece of literature with a character but also in life. I following text is my exploration into characters and their reactions to situations in John Steinbeck’s‚ "The Chrysanthemums" and John Cheever’s‚ "The Five-Forty-Eight". Characters in both of these stories are full of passion and come alive in the text as you read them. It is this resurrection of the text to

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    Characters Mr. Bennet is a gentleman with modest income and five unmarried daughters. In his youth he fell in love with a young and beautiful girl and married her without seeing her silliness and insularity. Now he hasn’t anything other left than his interest for the country and books‚ which have arisen his principal enjoyments. He supported Elisabeth when she decided not to marry Mr. Collins‚ because he knew that she would be unhappy in such a marriage. He didn’t want her to make the same mistake

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    Character over Reputation

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    Character over Reputation Personality can open doors‚ but only character can keep them open Elmer G. Letterman This is a very important subject to me‚ because we live in a world where we are very concerned about how people see us. A world where people would do anything just to keep up man’s idea of him. Businessmen and organizations inflate their financial records to keep up in the eye of the public; individuals go to any extent to make others see them the way they seem. They say we must maintain

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    Character Analysis of Sandra The character of Sandra in Connie Gault’s short story called “The Man Who Followed His Hand” is shaped by the life that she has; she alienates herself from her family and community‚ thus making her an outsider trapped in a life she doesn’t want for herself. Connie Gault develops Sandra’s character by her thoughts and the way she interacts with other people. The party that Sandra and his husband hosted shows her isolation from her family and community. Sandra hates the

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