There is another character from Claudia's circle that fits into the femme fatale natured character, Steve Angell, his looks are what cause Claudia to doubt his sincerity, fearing that he may be working for the Lavender. ... This is also people's reaction to the characters associated with Harry Lavender. ... He talks of the city saying "Its growth and mine are inexplicably linked", this is can also be seen to represent the people in the city that are part of his trail of corruption, as one person is rid off another is brought in, in an endless circle, making the web of characters so c...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the character of Claudia, Day has subverted the chauvinistic male stereotype in the detective genre, and changed the way people perceive women. ... The character Claudia is initially portrayed as a typical forties, hard-boiled detective. ... Day is creating a complex character and an interesting voice to express the flexibility and multifariousness of women in today's society. Day has created the character of personified Sydney as being guiltless, yet it is secretly corrupt. ... In created this character, Day has tried to show that in society there is always something to bring us down...

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Through an analysis of the character named Jack, this essay expresses how that same evil takes him over little by little as he develops mentally, physically, and emotionally throughout the novel. ... The more hunting Jack did and the further attacks he made on Ralph"s camp, the more complex his ideas became. ... People get into the role or the character their costume shows, and sometimes people get caught up in the drama. ... So to conclude with, William Golding created the character of Jack in an attempt to make him symbolize humans and humankind as a whole. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Director Sam Mendes has created a complex tale of human emotion, repression, destruction and rebirth, all linked together by one theme. The theme of beauty runs throughout the film, like a rose petal floating, falling and weaving through the lives of the multi-faceted characters we meet; hungrily looking for every perverse detail of their fragile lives, every flash of red, every cruel thorn, and every wilting innocent, as we watch them through rose-tinted glasses. ... The ongoing motif of the colour red is used to express beauty, the roses that fill Lester's dreary life represent structur...

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Along with these complex questions, I've wondered if love in any state is a selfless act that compels us to put others before ourselves or if it is actually a selfish and egotistic pretense to mask our own problems. ... Bradbury's short story, "The April Witch," introduces the setting of the story as spring time in Illinois where the gentle breeze flows through the grasses, the flowers are blossoming and young girls everywhere fantasize about falling in love.The main character of the story, Cecy, like most of girls of her young and naive age, desperately desires to find and experien...

• Word Count: 1907
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School