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  • Friendship in Waiting For Godot

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    Waiting For Godot Friendships can mean a lot to someone when ending in survival in the play Waiting for Godot the two main characters Vladimir and Estragon connect with one another when discussing about Godot God This book shows fear of loneliness and it is hard for the men to connect with their friendships in the beginning and gets better throughout the book There is a problem that keeps the characters apart which varies from physical disgust to ego to a fear of others suffering Defining onese

  • Conflict in The Crucible

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    Conflict brings out the worst in people Most of us consider ourselves pacifists and try to avoid conflict whenever possible However circumstances and chance often intrude themselves into our idyll and draw us into situations where we are faced with conflict The philosophers teach us that it is precisely such events where the steadfastness of our characters is put to the test and our better qualities are revealed History however has proven quite the opposite as humans when in fear often instead

  • Commentary on Lord Of The Flies

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an intriguing and exciting novel with hidden depths The novel can be called an allegory as Golding expresses the theme of betrayal and survival throughout the novel The allegory meaning is a split of good over bad in the book The novel itself was published in 1954 just after World War Two where the book is set It follows a group of school boys who are stranded on a desert island with no adults to supervise them The boys try to work together to survive but

  • False Utopia in Brave New World

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    The Brave New World is an unsettling loveless and sinister place It is the epitome of the fabled Dystopia where the society is as corrupt as those controlling it disguised as a perfect community The psyche of this society and its creators are arduous to comprehend This is complete paradise engineering yet it is everything but In the beginning the cognition works yet the seams of this perfect creation are loosening as time progresses It makes readers wonder if this is where we are headed perhaps

  • Is Feste Foolish or Wise in Twelfth Night

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    12th Night Feste Foolish or Wise Those wits that think they have thee do very oft prove fools and I that am sure I lack thee may pass for a wise man 1 5 30 31 In the Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare the role of the entertainer was fulfilled by the character named Feste Festes purpose was to entertain the nobles through songs and witty jokes at the expense of others however his role was far more important than a simple jester or fool When Feste says Those wits that think they have thee do ve

  • Coming of Age in The Lesson

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    Toni Cade Bambaras story The Lesson is a coming of age story for an inner city girl The story is told in the first person point of view by Sylvia Sylvia is a very angry girl She begins her account by professing her hate for her self appointed teacher Miss Moore 1107 Miss Moores lesson for the day is about the unequal distribution of wealth To relate the lesson to Sylvia and the other neighborhood children Miss Moore conducts a field trip to F A O Schwartz an expensive toy store Opposed to the i

  • A Worn Path: Phoenix is a True Hero

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    In stories usually we think of our traditional hero as a young and strong undefeatable man In Eudra Weltys short story A Worn Path it is obviously not the case Pheonix Jackson an old shortsighted poor woman may not look as our traditional hero but she goes through a series of events where she displays all the qualities of one At the start of her journey we can easily perceive Phoenixs steadfastness through the woods up a hill The old lady despite her age and difficulty to walk is determined to

  • Mary in The Da Vinci Code

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    The Da Vinci Code is a murder mystery set in modern times but its intrigue for many people has been its historical claims about Jesus and Mary Magdalene I wont summarize the entire plot here as it is familiar to nearly everyonethere are only six people in the English speaking world who have not read the bookand in any event there are numerous books written about it What Im interested in here is the portrayal specifically of Mary Magdalene which for many readers is the books most captivating fea

  • Characterization In Frankenstein

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    Character types are the moulds which a great deal of characters in fiction are made from from the mad scientist type featured in countless science fiction and horror novels to the strong silent type present in almost every single action movie ever made They can be traced back to ancient Greek theatre where stock characters would be used in order to quickly provide the audience with personalities and action derived from those personalities which would be immediately familiar and recognizable to

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