In the following paragraphs, I will compare and contrast these two plays on the terms of the characters and the ending of both Pygmalion and Educating Rita. First, both plays presented similar characters and different ones but on different terms. ... Susan became a very knowledgeable human, and was very well respected as she answered a question to a group of strangers while she was working, late in the story. These strangers had a look of "How does she know this?" ... We saw an overall transformation from the female characters as well as different purposes by the male characters. ...

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Another example of such a character is Oedipus. ... A stranger discovers this baby; both feet bolted into the ground, and decides to save him. ... The audience obviously develops pity for such a character. ... However, the audience also feels terror when Oedipus kills a stranger on some dirt road. ... Jean Racine has definitely portrayed the perfect example of such a character....

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It describes a child coming into women hood before her time when advanced upon by an older male stranger. ... They walk in the woods filled with shadows towards the western light that leads to her birth, when the character is recognized as special. ... The temptation in this story is the male stranger who just happens to be hunting for "birds" (a term for women) in the very same woods that Sylvia is walking in. ... In this work the male stranger, "the enemy" intimidates Sylvia with his age, demands and his shotgun, which is the recurring phallic symbol in this story. ... In her return a part...

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I choose to analyze this character for my essay because it fascinates me, and reflects on my character at the same time. ... He thought that the stranger would feel sorry for him and would come in keep him company: he underestimated his ability of making people feel hatred for him. ...

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Michael O"Donovan, better known as Frank O"Connor, was born in Cork City, Ireland on September 17, 1903. As a young boy, he developed a special bond with his mother as a result of his father's abusiveness. He served as a member of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish Civil war. He later we...

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In my earlier years of life, I was taught not to talk to strangers but, everyone's a stranger if you don"t talk to them. ... As I opened the door, the stranger smiled and voiced "she waits". ... I had become aware of several interesting character traits during the whole day. ...

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In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees, main character Taylor obtains a completely unanticipated child upon her arrival in Tucson, Arizona after rigorously avoiding motherhood in her hometown of Pittman, Kentucky for several years. ... But as soon as she arrives she is given a young child by a complete stranger. ... Due to her history of abuse and the willingness of her original guardian to give her away to a complete stranger, it is likely that Turtle would be dead without Taylor. ...

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If all else perish, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the Universe would turn to mighty stranger. ... The characters within the story are truly fascinating, since they have numerous characteristic aspects. ... The central characters in the book are all likeable people. ... (Dickens, Charles) Today, Lucie Manette would by no means be taken seriously as a believable, even likable character. ... It is actually doomed by its own idealism and unrealistic characters. ...

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The characters within the novel, the plots that run throughout, and the very emotions that course through Jane Eyre, represent so many aspects of Charlotte's own life. ... Although society, family, and strangers made Jane Eyre into something inhuman, she constantly looked into herself for truth and direction....

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The Major is shown as a more positive character in the novel, and therefore used by Petry to imply the mixing of colors. ... Aside from Abbie, another character associated with only one color is Bill Hod. ... Bill Hod and Abbie, although very different characters, are similar in the sense that they both are very narrow-minded and stubborn. ... On the other hand, the characters of Link and Camillo are shown using two different shades. ... This line refers to the male's reaction when the female protagonist in the story turns off the light to the couple's bedroom after they had an inten...

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"In the room the women come and go/Talking of Michelangelo." (13,14) Prufrock is no stranger to these crowds and it is this knowledge that makes him waver out of fear that any effort to push beyond small talk will be met with a civil, and crushing, refusal. ... Prufrock draws a connection between himself and Hamlet's passivity of character, although, his greatness is incomparable to that of the king. ... He is not even the main character in his own story. ... His final descent is given weight because it is finally clear that reality has no place for him, and death is the only setting sui...

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He is unable to relate to the story and the characters because he doesn't understand them and the feelings they have for each other. ... He seems to come across as quite confused as he misinterprets the character of Heathcliff, he thinks Heathcliff is a gentleman when its obvious to the readers and other characters around him that is not the case. ... You might as well leave a stranger with a brood of tigers!" ...

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It acutely italicizes how a lonely person might view love as, and it elucidates how love was pre-empted into the very core of the world, of how even the beast and fowl of the air are no strangers no the concept, and what more Man. ... Paragraph 4 Then, it shows us how even the most different characters, the great' and the small' can be together, and that everyone has a soul mate, a life partner, it is impossible to not "find who seeketh-, as even the wind can find its branches and the bees their flowers.. ... They are also thought to bring couples together, much like the ficti...

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It is the most frequently used character virtue, appearing in all of the twelve lays. ... Dante does not give his female characters "flaws," but rather flawed character. ... Marie's male characters are far more multi-dimensional as are her ideas of the male gender. Ideal knight is ideal man, and she gives each knight at least one flaw to their character. ... He was considered to be a "lost cause by friend and stranger alike," despite being described as the best knight in the realm. ...

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Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole not toward one "object" of love. ... In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving not receiving. ... If two people who have been strangers as all of us are, suddenly let the wall between them break down and feel close, feel a moment of oneness it is the most exciting, miraculous, exhilarating experience in life. ... The 2 persons become well acquainted...

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The first clue that something unusual or violent is going to occur and also makes us question the mental health of the main character comes directly from the name of the poem. ... The sheer fact that the poem's main character is named after a deadly disease that attacks the nervous system, foreshadows someone's life being taken too soon, and the deteriorating loss of the mind. ... What is perhaps even stranger than the act of taking the life of his soul mate, is his justification and actions afterwards. ... Browning created such an interesting character in the poem that leaves a dis...

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Friend or Foe? Friendship is defined in the dictionary as two or more people attached to another by respect or affection. Friendship deals with trials and tribulations, but no matter what, is all worth the while. Paradise Hotel targets viewers of all ages. It communicates to the viewer that makin...

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Identity In the 1800's it was unusual if not forbidden for a women to leave her husband and children to find their own identity. In "The Dolls' House" Nora is all to willing to give up her security and family so she is able to discovery herself. Nora may seem to be deceitful and childish like, but ...

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I've never understood how a mother's bond with a stranger could be stronger than the bond she has with her own daughter. ... Furthermore, not keeping a successful bond with my mother has led my character to become more developed. ... My protective character came out instantly. ...

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These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character within the novel, Beloved. ... By examining the complexities of Sethe's character it can be said that she is a woman who chooses to love her children but not herself. ... Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character consistently displays the duplistic nature of her actions. ... The truth that Sethe's character selfishly avoids is the actual physical death that she has inflicted upon her child. ... Sethe's character is no exception. ...

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Both Sassoon and Findley's characters start off as joyful men who overtime can no longer stand the torture and agony that they face every day; which is what leads to their suicides that were committed in the same way. ... I'm just another stranger. ...

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The novel Songmaster is also telling a story about love, the love between student and teacher, the love between strangers and the love between two men. ... The main character Ansset learnt new songs and read people by listening to their voices. ...

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Other characters include Frasquita and Mercedes, gypsy friends of Carmen, Dancairo and Remendado, both smugglers and criminals. ... In the meantime Micaela is in search of Don Jose in the mountains, Don Jose fires his gun off into the direction of a stranger in the mountains to their attention, it turns out to be Escamillo (Bleiler 44). ...

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According to Dictionaries, blindness is defined as "unable to see and lacking of sight, but blindness that Shakespeare demonstrate is not only a physical inability but also a mental flaw that both characters present in the play. ... Firstly, Lear's blindness is the main issue of all the disaster in the play because he is the blindest among all the characters. ... He drive her away from his kingdom when he claim: "Here I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood, and as a stranger to my heart and me hold this from thee for ever... The suffering mainly affec...

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