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    Drama Unit Activities Hamlet By: Arielle Zhivko Activity 1: Character Analysis Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – Rebel, Lost Soul, Social Deviant 1. Hamlet behaves outside of societal norms. He constantly acts in a rash, impulsive manner. His actions are often with little or no premeditation and he behaves erratically, simply to upset other characters. He deliberately gives aggravating philosophical speeches and pointed innuendos just to challenge the status quo. Similar to the sea and the wind,

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    If prophecy existed in today’s world, one could expect what is going to happen in the future. However, this is existent in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, and the main character, Oedipus signals his doom involuntarily. Fate is the series of events that occur without the person’s control, and Oedipus falls victim to it. Whether it is caused by a foolish parent, a king or ruler, each and every person has fate. Sophocles writes a tragic fate that Oedipus was born to experience, while combating the misconception

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    Also, growing up in inter-class family inculcated in my subconscious the concept of permeability of group boundaries, that allows the people of a lower class to progress in society despite their original group membership. Whereas individuals belonging to a high class tend to have a predominantly belief that group boundaries are impermeable (Ellemers, Naomi, et al.). The concept individual mobility it has also been enhanced by the loss of economic power that affected my family, when my father decided

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    Book Report Antigone

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    A: Setting: The setting of Antigone is the mythical past of ancient Greece. It is taken place in Thebes near Athens. The story itself though is written around 441 B.C. What’s so important about this setting is it was the first of its kind to be set in Athens due to them not being able to have their plays set in Athens. The front of the palace of Thebes is a great place for majority of the play to be taken place due to the irony that both Antigone’s mother and brother both had fatal incidents here

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    Thank you for taking the time to write Lord Of The Flies. I liked the layout of the book and think that the beginning was well thought out. The ending of the book was a little rushed and you could have spent a little more time leading up to the rescue and mentioned more about what happened after the rescue. Also, you kind of gave up near the end. You could have spent a little more time to make the book better. When Ralph and Piggy first crashed into the island, I like how you had them meet right

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    Who Is Falstaff?

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    In regards to the overall presentation of Falstaff, a psychological argument for Shakespeare's preference may be much more rationally argued than one of moral character. Although an evaluation of moral character may have been sufficient for character evaluation in medieval literature, the virtue of a person is not necessarily an indication of their likeness. From the standpoint of friendship, this holds especially accurate. It might be considered by the scholar, with whom Shakespeare's audience

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    in the book othello, great lengths have to come thru for a black man in the tragedy that he is underestimated by the color of his skin. In the beginning of the of the book/play othello the moor was judged and feared by the citizens of Venice, but as the story goes on he becomes this hero and protagonist, he is powerful and respected by those around him. Othello, after blindly succumbing to the diabolical scheming of his trusted lieutenant (Iago), fills himself with enraged jealousy, believes that

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    I chose the topic, “Do you blame Sucker for turning against Pete so completely?” I say no, who would blame him? I would have turned against Pete myself, because Pete cared about himself and no one else. My first reason is that Pete treated Sucker like he couldn’t stand him. Another reason is that Sucker admired and looked up to Pete and Pete didn’t respect that. Pete treated Sucker like he couldn’t stand him. By, taking all of his frustration and anger out on Sucker. Pete would call him names, ignore

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    Similar to Jarvis Lorry, Sydney Carton undergoes a transformation of character. When Carton is first introduced in book one he is a pitiful lawyer, an “idlest and most unpromising man,”(Dickens 78). In chapter five he is displayed as an “amazingly good jackal,”(Dickens 79), meaning that he is “content and apathetic towards the fact that he will never be accredited with the performance and outcomes of his actions,”(Trojan, Kara). However, Lucie Manette inspires redemption in Carton through love, for

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    his life and cheating him out of his destinity to die in battle. No wonder that becoming crippled kind of makes lieutenant Dan a death seeker. Being saved completely denies his dream of heroism. He doesn't know what to do anymore and his personal tragedy is considered as embodiment of "the crippled part of America". Dan just becomes bitter about staying alive - apparently, he would prefer to die. "Don't you love New York? You can start all over. Everyone deserves a second

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