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    “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, the characters transform majorly due to their feelings of isolation. Marigolds is about a woman called Lizabeth recalling her coming of age experience and Miss Brill is about a lonely woman living in a fantasy life that she has created for herself. The theme of alienation and a definitive transformation is evident in both stories. In Marigolds, the theme of alienation is not as noticeable as in Miss Brill, but still appears throughout

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    On when discussing human nature, actor and producer Joe Mantegna explained that “There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.” To contrast heroes from villains, authors often assign positive traits to the heroes of their stories, such as selflessness or courage, and negative traits to the villains of the story, such as greed and violence. In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, most of the characters fit into Mantegna’s scheme. Great Expectations is a story about a boy named

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    First and foremost, he needs to be in possession of money. Pip concludes at a young age that in order to stop being “common” (Dickens 71) he needs to have money and even believes that Miss Havisham will one day be his benefactor enabling him to escape his dreadfully “common” state (133). Secondly, one needed to have the general appearance of a gentleman which meant proper attire, manner and articulation. When Pip comes into “handsome

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    Born on February 2nd, 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens, this Victorian novelist or rather the most magnificent novelist of the Victorian era is none other than Charles Dickens. Born in Portsmouth, England, he was the second child to Mr. and Mrs. Dickens. It's very important to throw some light on Charles Dickens early life because his early background of life serves as an interface between his works and the theme on which they were based on. To understand Charles Dickens's work and its allegory

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    Beauty contests are competitions where the contestants are ranked and judged based on their answers to the judges questions and their physical traits. According to racked, the idea of beauty contests was made in 1854. Phineas Taylor Barnum desired for Beauty pageants to be held, but it didn’t take off until later on. The first Beauty pageant called “Atlantic City’s Inter-City Beauty Contest” was held at Atlantic City in 1921. The first woman to win was Margaret Gorman. There are beauty pageants for

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    “Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that for them.” This quote summarizes Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. In this book, Pip, the protagonist faces rejection at every turn with the death of his parents, and his low class in society. But soon, his entire world begins to change. He meets a rich girl, who he falls in love with, and begins to dream of rising beyond what his social class will allow. This book begins with Pip meeting a dangerous convict, who convinces

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    a fire takes place at Miss Havisham's home. Fire, throughout this novel, is symbolic, for it represents warmth, understanding, desire, and destruction. In this novel, fire is playing a big role in making the reader understand more about the characters and their story. There are several symbols of which fire represents, such as Miss Havisham wasting away, similar to her home on the day of the fire. Or, perhaps, when a fire was actually lit, the fire was reluctant, just as Miss Havisham was reluctant

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    Miss Havisham plays a big part in Pip's life. Dickens portrays her as a women who has been jilted on her wedding day. This event has ruined her life. Miss Havisham has stopped all clocks and sits in her yellowing wedding dress. Miss havisham has stopped all clocks on the moment she has found out that her lover has jilted her. Dickens describes her in a way whick makes me imagine the castle of the white witch in Narnia, with its frozen statues in the courtyard. Miss Haviaham employs Pip to play

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    greater than the fire in Miss Havisham's home. I suppose Dickens included the fire at Miss Havisham's home to serve as a cleansing wake up. Fire within her home also serves as a way to understand her personally and the home in respect to her. A wake up from the years of a dismal life she has led by her own choosing. Her life came to a stop the day she was to marry when she was younger. Unfortunately, the groom-to-be left her standing at the altar. It was this day that Miss Havisham suffered a mental

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    Miss Havisham Fire

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    representation of the start and the end to things. He also uses it to represent understanding, but when it comes to Miss Havisham he uses it to describe destruction. The fire is used to describe Miss Havisham's personality, and also is symbolic to what it does to Pip. There are many different ways that the fire in Miss Havisham's home is symbolic to the character of Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham has waited years for a marriage that is not going to happen. She has been heartbroken for over a decade

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