General Overview Gregory Maguire's novel, "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," allows readers to gain an entirely new perspective on the Wicked Witch of the West that is portrayed throughout L. ... Elphaba struggles to find her place in a world that makes no room for green women, or really for anyone that is different in any which way. ... Dillimad soon becomes more secretive with his work and Elphaba is convinced he is on to something big which is rather ironic and maybe an answer to the many questions following the end of this chapter. At the end of the summer, ...

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This ship transported anyone with European bloodline. ... For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? ... So anything doesn't line up with the Word of God I keep at a distance and pray for the change to come. ... When it comes down to my hot buttons, I dislike being falsely accused of something, being lied too, and when someone cusses at me, these things truly bothers me, but it's nothing that I can't handle. ... This is the season for change. ...

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"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" (Act 4, scene1, L44-45). These words are used to describe Macbeth, but is Macbeth truly wicked? ... Macbeth was never a wicked or corrupted person, he is just an indecisive and hesitant person; he wasn't confident with his own opinions and thoughts. ... This led to the death of Banquo because Macbeth planned the murder as he was paranoid. ... Macbeth was not an evil nor wicked person and his actions are absolutely influenced by the words and actions of other characters. ...

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"The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ... The human race at that time was evil and wicked. ... God wants us to learn something valuable from this narrative. ... The only way I can explain things such as that is there was catastrophic event that put things in places where they could not have been put without God using this event to do it. ... Through all the arguments for and against the flood it seems that this event is something that each person must come to grips with on t...

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The fact that Shakespeare uses this kind of dramatic technique in the first scene twice shows that he wants to make the wickedness of Oliver perfectly clear. ... It also presents us with strong character interactions and strong feelings: jealousy, hatred and wickedness, all of which are appealing for anyone watching the play. ... The comedy is diversified with the entry of Le Beau, whose actions make him the butt for more jokes and mockery; "Here comes Monsieur the Beu." ... The final line of this first act, in which Celia says: "Now go in we content To liberty, and not to banishment" ...

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(That's the way it is with an individual's realization of God.) ... We all battle forces that seem to come from outside us - our Wicked Witches of the East and West - and others play into our projections, but we all can learn the value of going within to find our God essence. ... From this simple, innocent state, Dorothy's troubles (the Wicked Witch) literally melt away in Oz. ... Do you sometimes feel that there's something lacking in your life? ... So when Dorothy sings, "Somewhere over the rainbow way up high," she is talking about this high consciousness that we will at...

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Later on in Act two something similar happens to Algernon and Jack's ward Cecily, where Algernon pretends to be Ernest Worthing, Jack's alter ego in the town and his "greedy wicked brother who live in town" when he is in the country. ... So in this way Wilde relates to the characters in the story and their deception of oneself and others. ... By using Lady Bracknell in this manner Wilde shows lightly the limitations and unhappiness produced by such a stern, conservative way of life. ... Jack announces that he has come to town to ask Gwendolen to marry him; Algernon responds: "I...

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Jekyll had turned into the wicked Mr. ... Hyde comes out, and does awful doings, Dr. ... There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet. ... He was now the wicked Mr. ... The signs of something that a junkie would do. ...

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One definition of "appearance" is: "An outward aspect of somebody or something that creates a particular impression." ... This theme is interlaced through each act of the play. ... Come, let me clutch thee. / I have thee or, and yet I see thee still. / Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / to feeling as to sight? ... "By the pricking of my thumbs, /Something wicked this way come ." (Act IV Scene i) Although the witches may appear to be in consensus with Macbeths yearn for power, they in actuality realize his "wickedness." ...

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while Lear states majestically how "When we are born, we cry that we are come/To this great stage of fools." ... Lear has generalized the wickedness of his two daughters as the wickedness of women. ... At this point in time, Lear might have come to new realizations, but he is still tortured and wracked in suffering. ... A storm isn't something you wouldn't think of when pain comes to mind, but it is an element and part of your environment, so are the people with whom one deals. ... Getting your eyes gouged out must be an excruciating way to experience pain. ...

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When he comes back from the battle, the Captain described Macbeth's honor and bravery to King Duncan in Act I, scene 2. ... However, his character changes throughout the play in a negative way. ... At this point Macbeth realized that the only way to keep the crown was by murdering people. ... At this point of the play, Macbeth had become so heartless and ruthless that even the weird sisters characterized him as wicked. When Macbeth knocks on the witches door one of them said: "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes ' (Act 4, Scene1, line 44-45). ...

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Sweet-sweet Jennifer, how wicked you turned out to be wicked. At one dinner, I used the wrong fork and then my colon gave way. ... It was just as the flowers were blossoming on the trees that I had noticed something was amiss. ... All of us come into this world without wishing for it. ... It was merely by way of explaining things. ...

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The frame of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a young man on the way to a wedding reception. ... The wedding guest begins to think about how long this story is going to be, and "beat his breast," but something in the mariner's eyes would not let him leave. ... The sailors all believed that the albatross was a good luck charm, and that the mariner had done a wicked deed. ... One day, out of nowhere, the mariner spots something coming towards them. ... What they can now see is a ship comes their way. ...

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Job wishes God would give him death, so he could die with the consolation that he had remained faithful to God all the way to the end. ... Why should he wait quietly for something to happen, when all his belongings and loved ones had been destroyed? ... God, for some reason, lets the blameless people suffer just like the wicked. ... The riches of this world corrupt mankind. ... He went to others when they were hurt, yet no one come to his aid. ...

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"There is something more, if I could find a name for it. ... Something troglodytic, shall we say? ... The connection between such ugliness and Hyde's wickedness may have been seen as more of symbolic during that time. ... The horror from this comes from the fact that violence is within him, something he cannot control. ... This novel shows us that true horror comes from the idea that we all have an element of Hyde within us, it just depends whether we choose to show it to the outside world. ...

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Tragedy focuses on a main action that is brought to pass by the actors, who must be characterized both by the way they look and by the way they think. ... He goes on to say that the character's "thought- reveals even more about their arguments or their statements in part because they reveal something more personal and private. ... The outcome is most important; the characters actions come first and their characterization should support that. ... In this way, things often should often occur contrary to the audience's expectation as Aristotle indicates, "A sense of wonder will be ...

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This clever technique captivates the audience entirely. ... There is something sneaky and naughty (enjoyable) about supporting Satan, which no doubt, the reader feels at some point. The admiration for Satan's prior achievement and his renewed vows are so very unusual because for all eternity humans have been educated about Satan's notoriety and utter wickedness. ... Tears such as angels weep burst forth; at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way:- "For me, be witness all the host of heav'n, If counsels different, or danger shunned By me, have lost our hop...

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She saw something she hadn't seen before, an incredible beautiful face. ... This was deliberate. ... The wish is made because she wants to escape her life and become something she is not. ... One day, Pecola's father comes home drunk and finds her doing the dishes, and he rapes her. ... By using this technique, Morrison shows the reader that Claudia is retelling her own story about the way she acquired her adult understanding of racial prejudices. ...

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The simplest way to describe The Lamb is that it is prelapsarian, that is to say, life before the fall. ... The speaker is talking rather simplistically to a lamb that most likely does not wonder where it came from or who created it; however, talking to lamb is a way for the child to remember where it came from, where all things come from. ... Blake sets up this notion that this is the true way of living, but later on will disagree with this as being the solely "good- existence. ... Even though Blake wanted to present innocence in such a way, he did present it with a sense of humor. ... ...

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Now my father on the other hand comes from a family that never cooked, and always went out to eat. ... This is absolutely true. ... This is something that is so much about a persons culture that everyone can notice the differences. ... This seem uncivilized to me, but it was a part of their culture and the way they lived their lives. ... This is something that my brother taught me, because of the culture he had learned from my parents. ...

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He questions Macbeth on if the witches" predictions will come true and he is quite weary on what the future holds, he show his weariness when he says," If you can look into the seeds of time." ... Duncan could die of natural cause or any other way but murder, so the witches didn't say that he had to kill him. ... This infers that Duncan shall arrive that night and something fatal will happen to him. ... This means that's if she had promised to do something for Macbeth like to dash the brains of a baby out she would and Macbeth has promised to do something just as hard for her and...

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I couldn't even imagine getting something like this from my father. ... This is all very true but I think that anyone in a position of very high power in some way or another has accepted money. ... He says that it is ok to defend a person whom you know is guilty so long as he is not a "deprived or wicked character" (147). ... Generosity comes next. ... Along with defense comes the ability to speak eloquently. ...

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We will observe later on how he takes in use this inspiration to thus creating something of marvel to modern day literature. ... Heaney also tries to justify the ruthless of human nature by saying it is something uncontrollable. ... And in a way, nature acts, maternally as her protection against the wickedness of reality. ... In the end, it all comes down to explain the dirtiness of politics with its controversies and secrecies. ... Although there are ways for him to make life easier for himself, the turf-cutter still chooses the honest way. ...

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Dracula is a warrior and enjoys the wicked role he is playing in the world. ... When this poor woman comes to plead for the life of her baby, Dracula replies to her entreaty by summoning the wolves to kill her... Although there are problems along the way, such as the turning of young Claudia into a child vampire, Louis never gives in completely to the darkness within him. ... The pain and anguish resulting cannot help but touch heart strings and cause viewers to feel sorry for this character who has to deal with something no one even wants to think about. ... By examining the way he handles hi...

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Moral development can come from personal observations of other people. ... Huck's realization about harmful lies motivates him to try to do something to stop the Duke and King's scam. "I says to myself, this is another one that I"m letting him rob her of her money. ... Many of the major moral developments made by Huck Finn come from his observations and experiences with Jim. ... I needn't tell what it was here, because I knowed it wouldn't stay the way it was. ...

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