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    writes the play as if all the characters should idolize the relationship, rather than the love based relationships displayed by the rest of the characters. Perhaps the best example of his mocking love is the magically induced romance of Titania and Bottom. It seems to demonstrate Shakespeare’s view of the utter ridiculousness of lover and make a mockery toward love…

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    In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nick bottom, one of the “Rude Mechanicals”, is a conceited actor. He frequently displays his overconfidence/conceitedness throughout act one, scene two of the play. For instance, he boasts he is fit enough to play all the roles in the play, as though he is the best actor, when he proclaims, “Let me play the lion too, I will roar that I will do/any man’s heart good to hear me; I will roar, that I/ will make the Duke say, “Let him roar again, let…

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    They got three outs and now we were in the field. When we were in the field Jackson gave up a big hit to the right field, the batter got to third we all were nervous after that. Our coach brings in Nick to relieve Jackson. As a matter of fact, Nick struck out two batters and almost three. The count was two strikes three balls I know this because I was catching for this pitcher, but the very next pitch the batter hit a HOME RUN over the left field fence. After that some…

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    As I stepped onto the Crescent Trail I was blasted by vibrant colors. There were leaves and trees and animals. The sun shimmered between the trees and brightened the woods. I saw lots of brown, green, orange and shiny gold. Nick Rory, my mom and I headed deeper into the woods as civilization disappeared behind us. It was a perfect day, sixty-five degrees and sunny. While we walked I listened to the crackling of sticks and leaves beneath our feet. We walked through the woods for fifteen minutes…

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    a convoluted sort of love-quadrilateral, if you will (initially, Hermia and Lysander are in love while Helena loves Demetrius but Demetrius loves Hermia); there is a company of amateur and unprofessional actors, most importantly a weaver named Nick Bottom,…

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    novel that follows the mystical life of Jay gatsby from the point of view of Nick Carroway. Nick is, a young man from Minnesota, who moves to New York to learn about bonds. He rents a house in West Egg Long Island ,his little cottage just so happens to be right next door to a gigantic gothic mansion that belongs to Gatsby. Nick soon comes to find that his neighbor throws large extravagant parties each saturday night. Nick drives out to East Egg, right across the bay one night to have dinner…

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    earned the coveted Italian Silver Medal of Valor, and an accomplished literary genius. His short story, “Big Two- Hearted River” describes a physical and emotional journey that Nick undertakes after returning home from World War 1. In the beginning of this short story, Nick starts his adventure in the symbolic town of Seney. Nick describes the burnt landscape and states: “even the surface had been burned off of the ground” (Hemingway 163). World War 1 veterans recalled…

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    The burned countryside, bridge, and train tracks are all products of the modern world. Nick after suffering from the war is content to be watching the trout. Nick watches the stream, with its “clear, brown water, colored from the pebbly bottom”, looking down from the bridge (CSS #). He watches for a long time, as Nick has not seen a trout stream since the war. Nick observes a kingfisher fly up stream, as a large trout jumps out of the water (CSS 163-4). Hemingway recalls this…

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    bonding business. Nick was not a poor man, but definitely was not considered wealthy either. He hoped to become an expert at selling bonds and wanted to become a wealthy man. This shows that he started from the bottom and is working hard to push himself to the top. Nick is also a very honest man, unlike many in the story. He once states, “I am one of the few honest people that I’ve ever known” (“The American Dream”). Later in the story he also refuses Gatsby’s offer of a job. Nick believed in…

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    never had very much luck with mates. Sue has even tried online dating, but that backfired. The problem is nobody can tolerate the two. They are always pulling pranks. One time Goodfellow pulled the ultimate prank. He turned Nick Bottom’s head into a donkey’s head. And wow, was Bottom mad. Sue has also pulled an ultimate prank. She turned a prince into a frog. No wonder nobody can stand to be there…

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