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    In William’s Shakespeare’s Hamlet, characters are utilized to highlight the flaws and discrepancies of others. Through familial duty, actions, and vengeances of the two subplots of Hamlet and Fortinbras, it is evident that both characters are parallel to one another. Fortinbras serves as a foil to emphasize aspects of Hamlet’s personality, which enhances plot and character development. Fortinbras’ purpose of a foil to Hamlet, highlighting his traits, becomes evident in their intuitive to act…

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    A major subplot of “Othello” is the romance between Othello and Desdemona: a relationship that Iago admits to being jealous of as he is enamored with Desdemona. Iago entirely discredits Othello’s love for Desdemona, saying “[i]t is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the / will. Come, be a man” (1.3.325-326). Given that up until this moment, Othello has acted in a noble manner, his rash behaviour with Desdemona contradicts his whole verse-speaking mannerism. Sneaking out with her…

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    Most people who watch films and read stories would say that the movie adaptation is frequently different from the book. The fantasy novel, Howl’s Moving Castle, by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books of New York, is no exception to this statement. Sophie, the main character, is the eldest of three daughters and “In the land of Ingary…it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest,” (Jones 1). Early in the tale, she gets transformed into an old lady…

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    falls under the influence of the brain, while Meg and Calvin are able to resist. Charles takes the two of them to where Meg’s father is being held captive. They are able to rescue Dr. Murry, and quickly tesser away from “IT”. This then forms the subplot and another conflict for the characters to resolve. While they are able to escape the influence of the brain, Charles Wallace is left behind. They then must figure out a plan for them to get back to Camaztoz where Charles Wallace is and save him.…

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    backstory, the inciting event is the bullying incident in the lockers. The concern about the present day story is that there’s not enough compelling tension to sustain the plot. The subplot involving James isn’t compelling enough. The twist about the murder in his family comes late and doesn’t create any real tension. The subplot involving Sherry also comes late in structure and it’s not fully developed. There’s only mild chemistry between Thomas and Sherry. The relationship between Thomas…

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    significance. Graffiti Knight constantly emphasizes on the historic setting which benefits IB students. This book holds a variety of sub-plots that are based on the historical that occured. For example, while there wasn’t much action, the book had a subplot that explained what happened in the war and how the situation came to be. The post WWII connects every part of the book and supplies us with a variety of viewpoints on the conflict. For example, Wilm explained his viewpoint of the situation…

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    for another young lady on the daily paper and chooses she frantically needs the direction. Composed with mind and including a couple fine plot curves, this will have high schooler young ladies gesturing thoughtfully. There's additionally a solid subplot focused on a daily paper article Jen and…

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    A teenager with supernatural powers must stop and find a ruthless drug dealer, who recruits teens for his own use. BRIEF SYNOPSIS KANE (17), a Native American teen, works for a special operative unit call Oblivion. He has special powers to create fire. Working under the supervision of MAX, the team is after a notorious drug dealer named DOMINIC DEMICHAELS, who sells a drug called HMA to teenage kids. The drugs have the ability to give teenagers superpower, but everyone who takes the drug does…

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    One of the most obvious similarities is that Scout narrates both as an older woman. Similar to the novel, in the film, when Scout and Jem meet Dill, he is very proud of the fact that he can read. Also, the subplot line is the same about Boo Radley , and how Dill, Jem and Scout are very interested in him in both the movie and book. Also in both the book and movie Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak onto the Radley property, and Jem loses his pants, and when he goes back…

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    "The Shawshank Redemption" starts off with the familiar brutality of a prison movie. Convicted in the late 1940s for the murder of his wife and her lover, banker Tim Robbins is thrown into the slammer (the Shawshank penitentiary in Maine) for two consecutive life sentences. Seasoned inmate Morgan Freeman—the narrator in this story—watches as the soft-spoken, vulnerable prisoner undergoes the inevitable gang rape. Prison, Freeman tells the audience in that inimitably authoritative voice, "is no…

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