Category: Character
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Female Characters in The Novel Briar Rose by Jane Yolen, and in Grimm’s Tale
The princess in the Grimm’s tale is portrayed as an acquiescent main character and a passive heroine. In the tale, her fate is determined before she is old enough to speak her first words. Throughout the tale, she continues to lack the gumption to alter her destiny, supporting the notion that her character does not…
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Willy Loman as an Epitome of The Classic American
In the Death of a Salesman, Willy is portrayed as an interesting character who has dreams to be liked and make money on the basis of being liked. He was a good handyman and would have been happier working in Alaska with his brother. His wife didn’t want him to, and he resents her for…
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Why Willy Loman is not a Good Role Model
Was Willy Loman, a good role model for his family? What were his teachings, virtues, and shortcomings as a father? Has he helped his boys or has he destroyed their lives? In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, he introduces us to Willy Loman’s and their views on raising children. The way Loman sees life…
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Analysis of Willy Loman’s Relationship with His Children
In the play, “Death of a Salesman,” Willy Loman experiences both the positive and the negative aspects of bipolar disorder: one moment he is upbeat and pleased, and the following he is furious and swearing at his children. Their connections are clearly difficult ones. Willy predictably has the more profound commitment, reverence, and near-hero worship…
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Factors of The Downfall of Willy Loman
There are a variety of reasons that may lead to a characters collapse. For example, Willy Loman has dreams of having a successful fortunate life, but unfortunately he is unsuccessful working as a travelling salesman his whole life. The psychoanalytic theory is noticeable in Willy’s behaviour. It is evident that Willy’s life is nonchalantly falling…
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The Theme of Selfishness in Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Trainspotting, written by Scottish author Irvine Welsh, is a captivating novel that takes place in Edinburgh Scotland that follows up the random events that occur during a critical time in a group of Scottish junkies’ lives. The novel is split into seven sections that follow the lives of a group of heroin users. From a…
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English 10 Reading Journal: to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
When autumn turns into winter in Maycomb County, Scout and Jem plan to create a snowman. This is an example of how their innocence is retained towards the beginning. Jem and Scout shape the snowman: “Jem glanced at me, his eyes twinkling: ‘Mr. Avery’s sort of shaped like a snowman, ain’t he?”’(67) The tone of…
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The Impact of Willy Loman’s Thirst for Money on His Life
In the book, The Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is a businessman from New York City. He has a concerned but loving wife, Linda, and his two sons, Happy and Biff. Willy is a man with a vision to live out the American Dream. Happy and Biff were raised to…
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Analysis of The Characters in The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The book “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” is a novella, the main character is the Ivan Ilyich, he and all his and his family are part of bourgeoisie, he distances himself from his family and focuses only on his work, living conformed to society in selfish attitudes, all of them consider social status to be…
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The Characterisation of Erica from ‘the Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid
Published in 2007, the novel ‘the Relunctant Fundamentalist’, written by acclaimed Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid, is a story set in America during the 9/11 attacks. It follows the fictitious journey of protagonist Changez, a young Pakistani Princeton graduate who attempts, yet ultimately fails, to assimilate into American society. The narrative takes place during a single…