Explore the ways a central character is affected by external influences in the texts you have studied In both texts I have studied Macbeth and A Christmas Carol both central characters are affected by a number of external influences which in turn leads them into drastic characteristic changes What is meant by this is that the plot and story of each texts would not have unravelled if it wasnt for these significant and controlling influences which caused and put pressure and emotion on these Char
How Fitzgeralds Life Influenced the Novel In the novel The Great Gatsby there are similarities between Fitzgeralds life and Gatsbys Gatsbys life revolves around Fitzgeralds real life experiences Their motivation to do well in life and become wealthy both comes from their desire to please the women that they love and live the American dream of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Fitzgerald and Gatsby sacrificed their moral values their integrity and their honesty to create a perfect life t
F R Leavis claimed that a habit of self approving self dramatization is an essential element in Othellos make up Do you agree with this description of Othellos character Many critics have disagreed over whether Othello ever actually experiences a catharsis and acknowledges his own culpability This debate dates back to T S Eliots view of Othello as only cheering himself up and not thinking about Desdemona only himself and although Eliots argument is focused on Othellos final soliloquy Leavis ech
Lazarus of Bethany is the subject of a miracle recounted in the Bible where Jesus restores Lazarus to life after four days of being dead Plath sees herself as the female Lazarus who has been raised from the dead three times and thus a miracle Like the sense of miracle Plath sees her deaths like Lazaruss for they dont fall into the category of usual deaths Sylvia Plath completed her masterpiece Lady Lazarus in the days before her suicide in 1963 while in a condition of disturbance suffering and
Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an unspecified future time in a hedonistic and rabidly anti intellectual America that has completely abandoned self control and bans the reading of books Anyone caught owning them is at the minimum confined in a mental hospital and has the books confiscated and burned At the maximum the penalty is a sentence to immediate death People are now only entertained by in ear radio and an interactive form of television The protagonist Guy Montag is a fireman certain that h
Failed Attempts For Redemption In The Kite Runner Amir and Baba both sought out for the redemption of the sins they have committed Only one of them truly finds the redemption and Baba is not the one is what true redemption iswhen guilt leads to good Hosseini Baba had an idea in his head that told him to be the best at everything and to fool people from the truth Even if it meant to go against his own beliefs and word He showed the image of a person that everyone wanted to see Baba also takes hi