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    Society often creates an unspoken set of standards on what defines “normal”. Then, we imprint these ideals into the brains of children and they live their lives conforming and never thriving. Tim Burton, an advocate for individuality, uses his films to break these standards. Burton incorporates Misfit protagonists and Motherly/Fatherly figures in Alice in Wonderland and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children to display that young people truly find themselves when they deviate from the path society

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    Pardoner's Tale

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    the theme of greed and corruption that Chaucer shows in the “Pardoner's Tale” along with the stereotypes of the drunks. The Tale starts in a tavern with the 3 drunks. A hand bell starts to ring and the 3 drunks ask the tavern-knave to go ask for the names, the tavern-knave told them that there was no need as he already knew who was dead, one being an old friend of theirs.

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    Throughout the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, many aspects of Victorian society are criticized through Alice’s experiences in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll indirectly incorporates his views of society into his book. The three main aspects that are criticized are Victorian Education, Victorian Government, and Victorian Classes. First, it is widely accepted that Lewis Carroll was criticizing aspects of Victorian Education of children. There is strong evidence that Carroll thought negatively

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    Lewis Carroll was a famous American author of the children 's classics Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Although his novels were primarily written for children, no other children’s book has received so much adult attention such as this one. Lewis Carroll has been inspiring directors, writers, and artists of all sorts for decades. The latest addition happened in 2010, where director Tim Burton created a film, Alice in Wonderland, based off of Lewis Carroll’s fantasy

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    The Hatter Quotes

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    is an abundances of tea accessories on the table. He is most notable for "murdering time" when he sang poorly for the Queen of Hearts. She hated it so much she sentenced him to death which he escapes from. In retaliation for the Hatters slip, Time stops himself resulting in it always being tea time (6:00pm) forever. The Hatter was the first witness at the Knave of Hearts trial alongside

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    causes Alice to almost disappear. Also, in the “enchanted garden,” the Queen of Hearts is rather seen the Queen of Death. The Queen is renown for her famous quote of “Off with their heads!” (54) • Justice is crucial to any government in the world. However, the world of Wonderland seems to be a parody of actual justice. Unlike the laws here where one has to be proven guilty to have action in court, the Queen of Hearts requests

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    Estella Chapter 1

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    meeting, Estella often patronises Pip, commenting on his 'coarse hands' and 'thick boots'. These phrases show that Estella is psychologically harming Pip by breaking his heart, (the effects of this can be seen when Pip starts harming himself later when out of sight.) Also, Estella comments on Pip's phraseology as he 'calls knaves jacks'. This also hurts Pip as he believes Estella will never be with him due to him being a commoner which deeply upsets Pip as Estella is the most beautiful girl he has

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    Red Bull Analytical Essay

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    The Red Bull theater is interesting because it tends to peak people’s interests because of scandal surrounding the theater and it’s broader community of Clerkenwell, not solely because of scandal regarding the content of the plays performed there. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good underdog story. Clerkenwell: economically disadvantaged, crime ridden (don’t forget those riots), and opportunity deprived; facing judgement from the evil and privileged elites of London. Kind of hard to imagine anything

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    1. What role does the Queen of Hearts play against Alice? The Queen of Hearts bears similar qualities as a boss in a game; she is the final obstacle Alice encounters before waking up. The Queen is the ruler over Wonderland and is described as a cold-hearted, short-tempered tyrant. When Alice in the last chapters of the book, meets The Queen, she encounters true fear. It is stated that Alice knows logically there is nothing to fear, since both the Queen and the royal prosecution are simply a stack

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    O Juliet, my sweet, fair child, lies dead in this cold and unforgivable place. What for? O lamentable day, it is because of her pure heart. She loved too deeply, too much for that Romeo, a Montague, the only son of her great enemy. Ah…But there cannot be nor was a better man for her than Romeo. He would have died for her and now he has. I am to blame, I should have seen this coming. When I saw them at the ball, a Capulet and a Montague-who would have thought-together, I knew it would only led trouble

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