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She has a scientific and above very empathic approach to the topic as she claims to be an introvert herself which I find fascinating and admiring as well. The story begins with an unremarkable suitcase full of books. What’s it all about I will reveal you now.

The book has been set in the 1900’s Brisbane, Australia. ‘The Ratcatchers Daughter’ is about 13 year old Isabel Mckelvie and how her life was turned upside down. Her father is a ratcatcher, her mother stays at home with her gran and her sister Kate works as a maid with the Slades at a doctors surgery. Isabel would like to further her education but her family can’t afford it so she has to go work instead. Issy is sent works at the Lewis’ house at an undertaking establishment as a maid like her sister. The Howards are the Mckelvie’s neighbours. The son, Albert Howard catches a sickness, because of this the Mckelvie's, Hoards and the other neighbours are all sen off to a quarantine that has not yet been finished. At the quarantine, sadly Albert dies. During the Mckelvie’s stay at quarantine they are visited by Issy’s employers and Kate’s employers. Issy’s employers asked is they need anything, and they sent packages full of new clothes for the Mckelvies. Then Kate’s employers get them out of quarantine because they have not showed symptoms of the plague for __ weeks. When they come back Issy starts work again.

She is vain, petulant, spoilt, full of doubt and have very little patience. She has a masochistic enjoyment of enforced separation because it enables her to dramatize their situation, lament, moan, send messages, etc. When her and Lelio do meet they are almost always tongue-tied and need interpreters who proceed to misinterpret their statements, either through stupidity (Zanni), malicious desire for revenge (Brighella) or calculated self-interest (Columbina). Isabella's attention span is short like a young child's and her fear that she might be a nobody keeps her hyper-animated.

Yet her compassion, as real as it is, also has a certain element of shallowness, or at least inexperience about it. She has lived the majority of her life in isolation, on an island known with her only companionship being that of her father. Growing up on this deserted island, Miranda learns to live and abide by the example set by Prospero. He is her only contact with the humanity and therefore he is her only friend and teacher. She knows no other woman and therefore had no female figure to aid the process of raising her. She is naïve and unaware of life's experiences, having been shielded from the rest of the world.      

This disinterest supports Pfeffer’s indication that Miranda is apathetic and also highlights the way her attitude towards the situation changes later in the novel. Along with apathy, Miranda tries to avoid thinking about “lifetime commitments” which addresses the fact that she denies responsibility (6). After hearing that this “is going to be the biggest asteroid ever to hit [the moon]”, the family experiences a combination of excitement, anxiety, and suspicion (11). While Miranda and her family await the impact, Miranda’s skepticism foreshadows something going awry. Proving her prediction correct, Miranda is uneasy when the moon is forced off-center, but she also contributes to the theme of fearing the unknown. CLINCHERRRRRRRRRR.

Miranda has been a great developing character in this part. Miranda meets Arthur Leander and later on marries him. However, they end up divorcing after a couple months. This part of the novel foreshadows from the beginning of novel, “thrice married” (Mandel 2). This event will also foreshadow events to come as this infused the relationship between Arthur and Elizabeth after this divorce. Furthermore, during this part of the novel, we learn the personality of Miranda

Strong. Independent. Smart. All describe Mattie Cook, the main character of Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Yellow fever rages throughout the colonies, and nobody can escape it, Mattie Cook faces hardships and worse as the yellow fever attacks her home city and the newly hatched America. Mattie faces near-death experiences, loved one’s deaths, and a lot more, changing her from a lazy and dependent little girl to a hard-working and independent young woman. Mattie changes because of some characteristics that have helped her survive the destructive and malicious yellow fever.

Ernesto Miranda was arrested for a violent crime in Phoenix, Arizona and was taken to a police station for questioning. Officers put him into a room, where they questioned him for many hours. They came out with a confession Miranda had signed. The confession form included a paragraph saying the confession had been made voluntarily. The typed paragraph said Miranda had signed the confession “with full knowledge of my legal rights, understanding any statement I make may be used against me.” Miranda’s confession was used against him in court, and he was convicted.5th Amendment says that a person involved in a criminal case cannot be forced to be a witness against himself. In other words, only statements that are

Upon further investigation into Miranda and Dev’s relationship you realize that Dev’s feelings for Miranda are purely lustful and have no substance, Meanwhile Miranda refuses to see any flaw in Dev’s personality or appearance. So even if the relationship hadn’t been based on deception it was still unhealthy to begin with. However, the relationship was based on the deception of Dev’s wife so not only was it dysfunctional in the ordinary sense, it was also sprinkled with infidelity. Later on in the story Miranda has to babysit what is essentially a tiny version of her lover(a young boy named Rohin) and she is exposed to the ill effects that illicit relationships can have on the loved ones of cheaters. Upon seeing the result that those deceitful actions had on the family involved Miranda seems to realize Dev isn’t that great if he is able to hurt his wife emotionally in that respect. She makes excuses to no longer have to spend time with him and slowly frees herself of a false relationship while gaining some more self-respect and independence. This is an analyzation of the social institution of marriage and relationships in

In the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson the character, Matilda Cook, who is also known as Mattie, is a fourteen-year-old girl, who lives with her family above a coffeehouse in Philadelphia. Her family consist of her mom, grandfather, a parrot named King George, and her orange cat named Silas. She goes through an emotional journey because she had to handle lots of things on her own, and deal with situations she has never thought would come upon her. However, at the same time she goes through a physical journey because the way she acts and thinks changes throughout the story. Also, she loses the stubbornness that she had at the beginning of the novel and gained maturity throughout her journey.

As a Renaissance woman protagonist, she acts within an completely male world: "I do not know/ One of my sex; no woman's face remember" (3.1.48-49).  While no other women appear in the play, references are made to other women, but the count here is still minimal and sums up to three.  Miranda speaks of the lack of female companionship around her because of her location, but simultaneously the audience sees that the references to women that do occur within the play often have a sinister purpose for appearing within the lines.  The other women mentioned in the play seem to provide a sort of dark cloak over the proceedings of the play, even if they are completely absent.  Regardless, Miranda, as the only physical woman in the play the audience actually sees and hears, is described by Prospero with kind words, and few, if any, negative imagery revolves around the appearance of the innocent Miranda.  For example, Prospero informs Miranda that this "Art" is prompted by his concern for her; "I have done nothing but in care of thee" (1.2.16).  Prospero also tells Miranda that his mistreatment and harshness toward Caliban stems from the fact that Caliban attempted to rape Miranda and Prospero wants to protect her from any harm that could come about from Caliban.(1.2.347-51).  Prospero also indicates that Miranda, to him, is "a third of mine own life,/ Or that for which I live" (4.1.3-4); therefore after she is

You should read Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore, a companion book to Graceling and Fire, because it's a beautifully written book with deep characters, thrilling action, and a twisting plot that leaves you constantly on the edge of your seat. Bitterblue is filled to the brim with brilliantly written characters who seem to leap off the page, that are captivating and who have feelings that are relatable. As the School Library Journal (SLJ) says, her story is “brimming with vibrant and dynamic characters.” This is, in my opinion, the biggest contributor to her amazing story, as the characters make the story, and she gives us realistic characters with flaws and troubles that the reader can understand. In the story, Queen Bitterblue is faced with

Throughout Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood, Felix talks to the imaginary ghost of his daughter, Miranda. Though Felix is cognizant of the complex illusion he creates in Miranda, he continues to indulge himself and cultivate her image, allowing her to age as a child. At the end of the novel, Felix picks up the silver framed photo of Miranda laughing happily on her swing. Even though she is lost in the past, she is also here watching. However, Miranda is fading and Feliz can barely sense her. Feliz starts to question why he has been keeping her tethered to him all this time and forcing her to do his bidding. He finally sets Miranda free because that is what she truly wanted. In the final chapters of Shakespeare Saved My Life, Laura Bates reiterates

The love between Ferdinand and Miranda is as superficial as a crush between two 12-year-olds. Sure, it is fierce and feels deep at the time, but true love needs time to blossom. This relationship is purely sexual. Even Alonso questions the deepness of their love by saying: “What is this maid with whom thou wast at play? Your eld 'st acquaintance cannot be three hours”.(5.2.183-184) Miranda’s reaction upon meeting Ferdinand is just too exaggerated to be deep, true love at first sight: “I might call him a thing divine, for nothing natural I ever saw so noble.”(1.2.417-418) She would be stunned by any man she would meet at this point: Miranda has not seen any other men in her life, apart from her father and the savage Caliban. Also, in normal circumstances, two people falling for each other at first sight is highly unlikely, which further proves my point on it being just two people who want to have sex with each other. Moreover, as Miranda is the only woman on the island, Ferdinand might

Miranda's utopia is a very naive one. All her life she has been isolated on the island seeing no-one but her father and Caliban, and therefore upon seeing other beings is amazed and overcome by her new discovery. Her role in the play, along with Ferdinand is to unite enemies (Prospero & Alonso), and this links in to Ferdinand's utopia which represents true love (as it has passed Prospero's tests). Ferdinand therefore finds a utopia on the island, because in marrying Miranda his life changes, for the better. In meeting Miranda he also therefore plays a major role in Miranda's "utopia".