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    In the play, Peter Pans parents represent facts and reality as they have a plan for Peter as he becomes a man. They show how life is supposed to be in a human society that is filled with responsibilities and obligations, although peter did not approve. Peter is shown to be born as a human who ran away from his parents because he refused to grow up. “I heard father and mother talking of what I was to be when I became a man. I want always to be a little boy; so I ran away to Kensington gardens and…

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    Peter Pan Thesis

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    getting rid of childish things as soon as one’s childhood ends. In Barrie’s case, childhood only ended in death at the age of seventy-seven, in 1937. As a sequel to the popular play, Barrie also wrote a book based on the play in 1911 called Peter and Wendy, this book earned appraisals from critics (J.M. Barrie Scottish Author…

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    your mother’s angry”(1422). Paul still doesn’t understand what Lisa wants. Besides the miscommunication between Paul and Lisa, Paul seems arrogant and preoccupied, and that prevents him from fulfilling his part as a responsible loving and father. Wendy demonstrates this fact in some part of the dialogue when Lisa couldn’t find her leg warmers. However, Paul, instead of reassuring her and help her find them, he says, “Where do you think you left them? Well try to remember Lisa we don’t have all…

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    Wendy In Neverland

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    While Wendy, as a mother, is respected as an authority, she is shut away from the adventure, separated from the boy’s adventures in Barrie’s book. She is underground, and rarely sees the outside; a literal placement of Wendy beneath the boys of the island to express her subordinate nature to the dominant patriarch: “Really there were whole weeks when, except perhaps with a stocking in the evening, she was never above ground,” (Barrie 41). Barrie’s emphasis on Wendy being the mother figure who is…

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    Pan Wendy Darling dreamed of a place called Neverland and a heroic boy who never grew up, Peter Pan. When her dreams became reality, her location, experiences, and family made her identity change due to these forces. In the book Peter Pan written by J. M Barrie, many forces change the identity of Wendy Darling. Being in a different location, Neverland, her experiences while living there, and being separated from her parents, but being with her “sons”, changed Wendy Darling’s identity. Wendy…

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    *Official Google+ account for Peter Pan 'Pan' *The Manipulator* *Name* Peter Pan Character: Peter Pan is the Neverland alias of Malcolm, who is the father of Rumpelstiltskin. Fear Peter Pan is extremity resourceful, powerful and cunning. But in Once Upon a Time, his worst fear comes out before his alias (Peter Pan) emerges and when his Malcolm. Malcolm Malcolm (Enchanted Forest alias of Peter Pan) had a tragic childhood. After being sold to a blacksmith, Malcolm began to dream of a…

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    Isis Moen Peplow/Trivits English 2 Honors 23 October 2017 (title?) Peter Pan is seen as an outsider to many adults, similar to Wendy’s parents who believe that he is just a figment of a child’s imagination. They see him as a crazy children’s storybook character. Yet in the end, they finally believe the truth of his existence. Comparable to Holden’s experiences with society, he is seen as an outsider and categorized as a crazy or mental teenager. Yet what many did not understand was his past. He…

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    Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Susannah York, and John Hurt are who really bring out the passion in this story. Who but Paul Scofield could play the lead of Sir Thomas More. He does a fantastic job at portraying More’s firm conviction as well as his kind heart. Robert Shaw creates a strange mixture of a greedy, sometimes likable King Henry. He makes the audience question the sanity of the man and his audacity with his decisions. The lovable and kind Alice More is played wonderfully by Wendy Hiller,…

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