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    In Slaughterhouse Five By Kurt Vonnegut, the “main” character is known as the anti war hero. Billy expenses many tragedies, witch turns him into an anti war hero. Billy undergoes many tragic events in his life which changed the way his life ended after he got back from the war. Billy has many characteristic of a shakespearean hero, because he was a protagonist that dealt with fatal conditions. It 's said that a shakespearean tragedy is an “ noble protagonist… placed in a stressful heighten…

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    Gatsby, his neighbor. In addition throughout the chapters he used “I, my cousin, and etc” to refers to the characters in the book. Also when he was talking about Gatsby he tells everyone about he is “his neighbor”, although he has never met him until this point in the book. Those were some of the clues that the authors used to write in first person, from the perspective of one of the characters in the book, Nick. This book is still written by an author, as Nick…

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    Torvald’s Innocence In the story of “A Doll House” there is one particular character named Torvald that stands out. In this play Torvald is the husband of Nora, a fluttering wife whom insists of dreaming instead of managing the balances within her reality. Henrik Ibsen wrote this play back in 1879 when life was much more difficult. Life was not bad, but in those particular times women did not amount to anything, only their husbands would. The husbands managed the finances, took out loans, worked…

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    My Sister's Keeper

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    I first met my Grandma Vita at my birth; she came to welcome me into this world. I may not remember that, but I remember all the times I had visited her in the hospital. She was always in pain from the treatment she had to receive. She tried not to show it, but you could see the pain in her eyes. Later on, doctors revealed she had not been on the proper treatment and they were giving her too much pain medication that was slowly killing her. These are the harsh facts of life. This is what…

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    in the original novel John Hammond comes as a very close secondary antagonist. Which becomes interesting when one then looks at the movie adaptation, where John Hammond is not only doubtful to be considered an antagonist, but an all around nice character with a likable personality. In the book, Hammond is portrayed as an egotistical, short-tempered, greedy old man. He openly disrespects those he hired and makes decisions that only strengthen the reader’s aggravation. But the creators of the film…

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    she is a very archetypal character; who embodies the characteristics of the Quiet Woman, the Virgin, the Good wife, and the Worthie. To counterbalance her Katherine is introduced, she acts as an opposite to Bianca. Kate embodies the Wanton Woman, the Unquiet woman, and the Effeminate Fool. The two opposite archetypes also correspond to the motif of this story, Hot and cold, opposites that are ongoing throughout the story. The Taming of the Shrew, and all of the characters are shaped heavily by…

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    into the life of the main character and, in turn, becomes another disappointment, possibly even greater than the bazaar being unsatisfactory – while the bazaar was simply a chance at an interesting difference, the girl was the reason all his hopes rode on it, and when that hope didn’t come to fruition, it could be reflected back on the character who gave him the hopes in the first place. In addition to Mangan’s sister, other more minor…

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    piece The Secret River was written by Andrew Bovell and directed by Neil Armfield. Adapted from the book, it can be viewed as a Gothic theatre piece through its use of conventions, setting and themes. The play follows the moral dilemma of the main character William Thornhill. Exemplifying the difficult adaption for both the European settlers and the aboriginal land owners. As both sides thought they were right, their actions justified, leading to a fight over land and ending with a massacre of…

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    that made the play dynamic and comical, although it may have been hard to understand right after the completion of it. I feel that the central theme or idea of this play is that with time and isolation, you truly find out who you are, and what your character is made up of. For instance, Hugs, (played by Evan Turissini) the front man in finding the ghost, was first fascinated in…

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    For the past week or so I have been reading Last Year’s Mistake by Gina Ciocca, The DUFF by Kody Keplinger and finishing The Moment Of Letting Go J.A. Redmerski. Last Year’s Mistake is a story about two best friends, Kelsey and David, who become distant after the true feelings for each other are known. Before Kelsey moves away David confesses his true feelings for her, which only makes Kelsey angry. Kelsey is upset at David for not telling her before for in her eyes it is too late. The novel The…

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