The Measure of A Man John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is an attempt to justify the ways of God concerning Creation and the fall of man. Part of Milton's effort at justification is providing the characters of Adam, Eve, and Satan with a measure of humanity and depth not found in the Bible. As a result, the characters and their motivations are much more complex, thus making it much easier for the complex human audience to relate to them. Adam in particular is a remarkably deep character, blending loyalty and perfect morality with emotion and conviction. ...

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Of Lear's character arrogance and vanity are his fatal flaws that pave the way for his downfall from grace. ... He is trying to measure love in a way it should not be measured. ... Lear's sins are primarily characterial sins and cannot be compared with Goneril and Regan's evil intents. ... Even if we measure up the sins by and sins committed against Lear we cannot say that, "I am a man more sinned against than sinning," is completely true. ...

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She has a father Polonius and a brother Laertes who have gone to great measures to shelter her from the harsh realities of life. ... Ophelia plays a very interesting and important character in the plot. ... Ophelia is a good-hearted character, but her child-like mind allows her to be taken advantage of. ...

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There are millions of parts to my personality, and it is hard to narrow such a complex structure down to an animated character. ... However certain aspects remind others as well as myself of the Disney animated character Ariel, from The Little Mermaid. ... Ariel is also a hopeless romantic, she wants to meet her "prince charming" fall in love and live happily ever after and she will go to any measure to achieve this goal. ... I feel out of all of the animated characters in the world I am closely related with Ariel, not just mentally but in some ways physically also. ...

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Mitch Albom's, Tuesdays With Morrie, is a sentimental story full of life lessons. The story touches your heart with the meaningful conversations between Morrie and his former student Mitch. Mitch has just found out that Morrie is dying. In the final months of Morrie's life Mitch visits Morrie eve...

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But as the peace's dove fly through the dark skies so the friendship has fly thru hates and fleers till it get to our characters that we are going to look at. ... Friendship is what really measures a good man. ...

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Sir Percy was an important character in The Scarlet Pimpernel. ... Although unable to warn him, Sir Percy was clever enough to know of Chauvlin's plans and took appropriate measures to deceive and elude him. ...

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