My presentation is going to focus on the minor characters that make up the cast of 1984 written by George Orwell. Each character has an important part to play as the story would not be whole or complete with out the minor characters. The role of these minor characters creates the surroundings or environment that makes for an interesting and complete story. ... To understand the importance of how each of the minor characters contribute to the plot I will use an analogy, this being that each person, no matter how small a role they may play is like a part in an engine. ... A number of p...

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Minor characters do not undergo a transformation in the course of the play. ... The appearances of minor characters on stage contribute significantly to the atmosphere of the play. ... Eunice is the most major' among the minor characters. ... From the examples above, it could be seen that minor characters contribute greatly to the play. ... The importance of minor characters in A Streetcar Named Desire is unquestionable. ...

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The minor characters in Macbeth are important to the overall plot of the play. ... Although he is a minor character, if it wasn't for him people wouldn't know the situations that occur throughout the play. ... These three Characters, rather they lead to the death of Macbeth, pushed him to do things or relied messages to him, helped make the play of Macbeth a great masterpiece....

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For most of the twentieth century, Americans have typically taken the perspective that juvenile delinquents deserve more of a second chance then their adult counterparts, a stance that is predicated on the idea that the moral character of these individuals is less formed and more malleable to change in a positive direction (Anonymous 2). Because of this perspective, minors have been tried and punished differently from adults. However, the rate of homicides committed by minors rose and peaked in the mid-1980s, with some particularly vicious, high-profile crimes receiving a great deal of publici...

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The characters excluded from the movie, are minor characters like some white folks, and some of George's grandchildren. ... The change in the names or personality of a few characters does not change the story, because most of the changes are made to minor characters. The director changes mostly the minor characters because, he does not want to alter a true story, but he still keeps the minor characters interesting, and a part of the story. ... The plot action that is changed a bit by the director, concerns minor situations including the minor details of characters" life, like Kunta's...

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I think the contrast between the two setting's underscore the changes experienced by the main characters who in this case is Harry Potter. ... Voldemort represents a serious evil, which is willing to kill people to gain power, but Draco Malfoy is a minor evil who is more unkind and horrible, than downright evil. ... The four characters I have mentioned in relation to this theme have been obviously good or obviously evil, but in one case this is not clear. ... Snape is not he most prominent character on the good side and I think he was only protecting Harry because he felt he owed i...

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Claudius is presented as a multi-faced character. ... Ophelia is a generally weak character; she bends to the will of everyone: the king and queen, her brother, her father, and Hamlet. ... Madness was a reoccurring theme in this play, two characters portrayed this themes are Ophelia and Hamlet. The phrase "something is rotten in the state of Denmark" is said by the minor character Marcellus. ... In the film to Hamlet Denmark is even more poisoned than it is to other characters. ...

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Being able to understand the personas of characters greatly aids the process of analyzing and comprehending the storyline of a novel. Factors like the upbringing of a character, the time and place, and the environments a character is exposed to, are usually seen as being the most important ones. ... The articles of clothing, including jewelry that the characters in Dom Casmurro and Chronicle of a Death Foretold wear assist the narrator in revealing the characters' personalities and in explaining the characters' actions throughout the two novels. ... It is easy to miss such minor d...

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With the use of this technique, audiences can read and feel the character's feeling better. ... Realization uses can imply many information on the character, as the character may be too naive if the signs are so clear, yet they still didn't come to the realization. ... Different from Double Indemnity, which is to help characters within the movie, the blocking used here in The Graduate are used for audiences' purpose – for them to see better, focus on the right place and capture actor's feeling through his minor movements. Last but not least, having clear objective...

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The two characters in this story are Franny and Ginny, these are two African American girls Franny is about seven to ten years old and Ginny is about four to six years old. ... It's very realistic and with minor adjusting it would be a great addition to most second grade curriculums. ...

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However, I am unsure if there is a modulation occurring in the music due to my opinion that the music is switching from minor the major. What indicted a sudden shift in mode, from minor to major, was the inclusion of the woodwinds and the brass instruments. ... Nemorino is a more serious character that has a serious love interest. ... As Nemorino gawks over his affection for his lover, Adina (played by Aleksandra Kurzak), the music seems to modulate between major and minor modes. However, overall the music was generally soothing and the tempo is a little slow gave me the impression that it was...

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Main characters are who the work is focused on. ... Minor characters are the less important characters in a story. ... I chose this quote as an example of a minor character because the headmaster impacts Gawaine but is still less important. 5. Dynamic characters are the characters in a story that do change. ... Static characters are the characters in a story that don't change. ...

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The main characters are Oskar Schindler played by Liam Neeson, Itzhak Stern by Ben Kingsley; Amon Goeth played by Ralph Fiennes. Often, the experiences of the minor characters provide the most lasting images. ... The opening scene is in color, as is the closing sequence (which shows the surviving "Schindler Jews", each followed by the actor who played their character, placing a stone on their savior's grave). ...

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There are many memorable characters in this book. ... There are many other minor characters such as Clarisse McClellan and Granger who play vital roles in the development of Guy's realization about books. Some characters in the story change throughout the book. Guy is the most changed character in this story. ... Underneath the central conflict are many minor struggles. ...

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The story "Revelation" has a major and a minor social conflict. The minor conflict is between Mrs. ... Turpin is conversing with another character and is not talking to the girl at all. ... She is also consistently observant of the other characters. O'Connor's characters are victimized and are images of lower intelligence. ...

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She incorporated many bold and at times far-fetched dreams into her characters as she wrote, and in the end she came up with a string of romantic fantasies. Major and minor characters alike had dreams; some of love and others of simply fame, but these dreams and fantasies make Frankenstein a true romantic novel. ... This is Shelley's first example in her novel of the dreams in which characters work to achieve. ... The next example of fantasy in the novel is with the main character Victor and his dream to create life. ... In conclusion, Frankenstein as whole truly shows a string of fan...

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A closer look at Cinderella's mother It is very easy to underestimate and overlook the importance of minor characters in the overall effect of stories. ... Their "minor role" in the total word count of the stories becomes the foundation for Cinderella's outcome in life. ... Her living conditions were not inflicted on her by other characters but rather chosen by her. She decides what is best for her, takes charge of her life and portrays a strong female character. ... Ashella's active character rewarded her with the achievement of her goals, the death of the Prince. ...

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A closer look at Cinderella's mother It is very easy to underestimate and overlook the importance of minor characters in the overall effect of stories. ... Their "minor role" in the total word count of the stories becomes the foundation for Cinderella's outcome in life. ... Her living conditions were not inflicted on her by other characters but rather chosen by her. She decides what is best for her, takes charge of her life and portrays a strong female character. ... Ashella's active character rewarded her with the achievement of her goals, the death of the Prince. ...

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The Women of Shakespeare Women in Shakespeare's plays were not of importance, compared to the male characters. Though, the women had a minor role in the plays, they played a big role in the lives of others in the play. ... In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet to me seems to be the most tragic of all Shakespeare's women characters. ... Each of the women in the four plays that we have read, each had a minor role, but that minor role turned out to be one of the important key factors in the conclusion of the play itself. ...

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It is through the minor or absent representation that black women learn to read between the lines of what is being presented to them and attempt to substantiate the black female gaze. ... The Mammy is a character trope in the same vein as the coon and the Uncle Tom. ... Still, Annie's character is coded as a Mammy. ... Her character is also completely devoid of a comic relief. ... Unlike Annie, Sarah Jane's character doesn't change much from Stahl's version. ...

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I don't think that this characters name lends any meaning to him or the plot. ... Minor Characters: The purpose the minor characters (Paul's wife Grace, Harvey's girlfriend Addie, and the crazy town mayor Jed) are to develop the main characters personality further. ... Jed is there to lend further knowledge of the characters past. ... This person who is telling the story doesn't seem to be bias to the characters situations. ... I think that irony lends a lot of insight into Paul's character. ...

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Henry was a very accomplished individual from a young age, and leaving out details from his childhood is counterproductive to the building of his character which the desires. ... In this scene the king of France offers his daughter and some minor dukedoms to Henry in exchange for peace, but Henry would not stand for it. ... Henry's character is again shown in the movie during his assaults on France. ... Henry returned to France in 1421 and fought several minor battles, finally falling ill in Sept 1422, and returning to England (Columbia) . ...

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Whereas, Hardy better describes the appearance of the characters. ... Dickens uses dialogue to develop the relationship of the two characters, convey the characters' personalities and carry the plot forward. ... Dickens and Hardy use characters and their relationships very differently. Dickens uses two main characters, the narrator and the signalman, and two very minor characters that were only created to conclude the story. ... Hardy also uses two main characters, Rhoda B...

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McCullough also sheds new light on how the war went down by focusing on minor, for lack of a better word, characters in the armies. ... Martin ended up becoming enamored with the war, and would "serve to the end" (293) By giving multiple accounts both by high ranking army officials and seemingly minor nobodies, McCullough is able to weave together a consistent narrative with emotion and understandable characters. ... McCullough recognises his various influences, mainly the main character of his favourite play, Cato, often quoting his favourite line "tis not in mortals to comma...

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On the other hand, the female characters in The Great Gatsby are not passive onlookers and are in a constant, breath-taking struggle against the oppressive system of the 'rule of men'. ... The novel revolves around the main female character in the novel, Daisy (the golden girl) who --uncluttered by the long lasting repression and unbounded by the oppressive culture −makes an attempt to marry the man of her choice (Fitzgerald 130). The three main female characters in the novel, −Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan−represent the deep-rooted disobedience of women that followed the unb...

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