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    Symbolic Significance of Animals in ‘Miss Julie’ by August Strindberg “The petty man conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.” - Xun Zi Animals are the most basic form of human nature; they act without the external pressures of a society, unlike humans. All animals have a variety of both positive and negative connotations, such as the powerful yet wild eagle, and it is in a humans’ primitive nature to behave as they do. “Miss Julie” by August Strindberg tells the story

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    Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George, winner of the Newbery Medal brings a story of a young Eskimo girl, Miyax who has been married off into a bad situation but finds solace in the San Francisco pen pal who calls her Julie. The author tells the tale in three parts. Part I, Amaroq, the wolf; this tells when she first meets the wolves and how she came to understand their family dynamic. The devotion to understanding them is her lifeline for food. Intuitiveness along with teachings of her father

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    Harrison Bergeron In 2081 everyone was treated equally due to laws 211th, 212th, and 213th. Can you imagine a world where nobody could be smarter or stronger than anyone else? In “Harrison Bergeron” the law said that everyone was supposed to be equal in every way but everyone was not truly equal. Everyone in “ Harrison Bergeron” were being treated equally because they are being treated differently, they have leaders that are treating them poorly, and all of these problems could be because of laws

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    Fourteen year old Harrison Bergeron is a passionate character that symbolizes equality in society during the year of 2081. Harrison rebels against the government in a way that shows how everyone in “Harrison Bergeron” was not absolutely equal. This community and its citizens has lost its rights after the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution. Everyone was not actually equal in the story since people could not use their own intelligence, express their true beauty, and display their

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    Imagine sitting on a cliff looking down on “By the Waters of Babylon” and smelling the wreckage of the atomic bomb being set off and burning balls that are moving around in the atmosphere. The technology in this story helped the world develope, then the bomb was set off and they went backwards in time to living like cavemen and in tribes. This is similar to the story “Harrison Bergeron”, in this story Harrison was taken away from his mother and father from the FBI because he was breaking the law

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    Have you ever thought what the world would be like if everybody was equal. Well in this essay you will find out why it would be a good idea. Harrison Bergeron is a book about a man named Harrison who lives in a total equal world where no one is better than anybody. Harrison has escaped prison and is now on the run where he finds himself on live television and dances with a ballerina then gets shot by the Handicapper general in front of his family. The short story Harrison Bergeron everybody was equal

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    Titus Movie Essay

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    “Titus” (1999) is a movie adaption of one of the earliest and least known plays of Shakespeare, “Titus Andronicus”. Directed by Julie Taymor, the movie takes you to another reality, and you can’t quite understand whether it is a dystopian future or a time-mixed world. From soldiers using swords, to using guns, from riding horses to motorcycles and tanks, you are left with the unanswered question to which point in time the story is taking place. The movie, as bloody and gruesome as the play is visually

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    Titus Titus is a film adaption of William Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy, Titus Andronicus. Sponsored by Overseas Filmgroup and Clear Sky Productions, director Julie Taymor and produces Conchita Airoldi and Jody Allen were able to bring Shakespeare’s vision to life. The main characters Titus and Tamora were played by Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange. Throughout the film the audience experiences how destructive revenge can be and the effects it has. A few important quotes that applies to this film

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    2081 Unit 1 Essay

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    The film 2081 directed by Chandler Tuttle is an adaption of the short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegurt Jr. Which looks into a dystopian society which everyone is finally equal. Vonnegurt wanted to show us how absurd the world will become when everyone is equal and Tuttle has convey that perfectly in his adaption. The story is told from George Bergeron perspective as he watches his son Harrison performs his act of rebellion and his own requiem. Tuttle uses Harrison to criticise how absurd

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    2081, Harrison Bergeron age fourteen broke out of jail. He is the first person to break out of jail in the history of the handicapped society. His plan to overthrow the government fails as he is clever, psychotic, and arrogant. Throughout the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Harrison tries to take over the government, in the end he dies and the government never changes. Being clever isn’t always the best trait. Harrison, the main character of the short story, “Harrison

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