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    knowing the infractions, threatens to send Bernard to Iceland . Edmund the illegitimate son of Gloucester faces the same conflict of being an out cast because of his background. This is when Gloucester introduces Edmund to a friend:''though this knave came something saucily into the world before he was called for, yet was his mother fair; there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.” (act 1 scene 1). Gloucester smiles and abuses his son, and Edmund smiles right

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    We are arrant knaves all; believe none of us. Go Thy ways to a nunnery. Where;s your father? This shows how complicated Hamlet and Ophelia’s relationship is because Hamlet loved this girl just a couple of acts ago and now he is telling her that she needs to become a

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    warning and point my lessons, I stole her heart away and put ice in its place.” (p.434) Being heartless and cruel, Estella will draw men as a candle attracts moths, and she will treat them as Compeyson treated Miss Havisham. For Joseph Miller, Miss Havisham “had deluded herself into thinking she is only letting her state of abandonment be a punishment. Through Estella, she will take an indirect, guiltless revenge and break a hundred hearts for her own heart that was broken.”(1958,p.258) She is willing

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    OTHELLO is a domestic tragedy of the English Renaissance-Renaissance in its source' as well as in the dramatist's conception, and therefore a reflection of Renaissance concepts of marriage, infidelity, and personal honor; and, from this background. The Othello is the play dealing with the humanity and their tactics to misjudge the relations. I saw the mixture of jealousy and racism which is all over the place and how beautifully characters knitted with it. Take

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    confidences as such," Pip knew that Joe was the only one he could trust and that Joe trusted him as well. This compassion between the two is seen again when Pip is in debt. Even though he cut himself off from Joe, they still loved each other at heart: "Joe had paid it, and the receipt was in his name." Joe had prevented Pip from being in debt although earlier in the book Pip had made it obvious he wanted nothing to do with Joe. If they had not had such a strong companionship because of

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    before she would have to wait for food to appear or for something to drink in order to change her size. The concept of size and growth played an important role in Alice’s journey to self-actualization, her growth during the testimony in the Knave of Hearts trial symbolizes her growing awareness of the world around her and that she was in control of her fate all along. This realization gave her the courage to stand up to the Queen, ‘“Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly…, “Hold your tongue!” said

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    Lewis Carroll's “Alice's Adventure In Wonderland ” a tale of a young girl named Alice who sits on a riverbank one day, reading over her sister’s shoulder. She got so bored that she fell asleep, and in her dream she sees a White Rabbit running through the woods that she followed down a rabbit hole into a magical world called Wonderland. Alice follows the Rabbit down the hole and stumbles upon a great hallway filled with different doors.she a table with a tiny golden key, and a bottle of potion with

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    Feste is presented as the fool or jester, hired by Olivia to entertain as an allowed fool. Feste can speak however he likes to anyone and everyone, including a well respected person such as Olivia. It seems that he almost reverses the roles. He talks down to people that have higher “ranks” than he. At one point, Feste says to Olivia “Do you not hear fellows? Take away the lady,” making everyone else seem as they are the fool. Feste is actually quite clever and witty, though it may not seem

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    Estella Havisham Thesis

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    the yard of the Satis House. On his walk home, Pip processed what Estella said to him and even agreed with her remarks by saying to himself “That my hands were coarse; that my boots were thick; that I had fallen into a despicable habit of calling knaves jacks; that I was much more ignorant than I had considered myself last night; and generally that I was in a low-lived bad way.” (Dickens 59). If by option, Pip would have never gone back to that cruel, dark house. However, because of the demand, he

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    Alice in Wonderland: The Play mymfksfjskBy: Lewis Carroll Do you like adventure?? Do you like to be on the edge of your seat during movies or plays?? Do you like magical stories with magical creatures?? If you answered with “yes” for all three of these questions above, then you should come and watch, “Alice In Wonderland: The Play”! “Alice In Wonderland” is an interesting, mysterious, exciting, funny

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