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a romance, and as such, elements of romance have been very effectively woven into the plot, indeed the plot itself is a typically romantic one. Medieval romances are often set in the legendary court of King Arthur, and feature an idealistic and somewhat
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'THE INVISIBLE MAN'
The major characters were the following:
The Time Traveler - He inventived the time machine and traveled through time
Filby - Was very argumentitive, but a very close friend of the Time Traveler.
The Eloi - Arace
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Breton Lay, telling a story of romance concerned with human relationships and social order. To some extent he succeeds, but in some aspects the Franklin, who I am sure has best interests at heart, fails miserably. The Franklin, in his prologue,
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should not try and find a moral, a revelation or historical context with his words - there is none. McDaniel does exactly the opposite: "the Miller has preached a sermon on the sin of pride, couching his homily in the vulgar garb of a naughty story."
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the most analysed, critiqued and admired of all his characters. Even for the Miller, for his ridiculous and entertaining tale, is there not as much discussion and general literary contributions, than for these two characters. And that is exactly why
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hero fits Macbeth very well. In Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth has all of the characteristics that are needed to be a tragic hero. Macbeth is a man of great potential and is a man of noble birth, he has a tragic flaw with a downfall
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for many reasons, one of which was his drastic conversion from a miserable criminal into a heroic, peaceful man. Jean Valjean seems like a three dimensional character at first. But deep inside his emotions he shows a defined viewpoint on life making
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chaste young woman who faces a difficult decision when her brother is sentenced to death for fornication (unlawful sex). Isabella does not approve of her brother's actions at all, but she pleads for his life out of loyalty and sisterly devotion. She
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Desdemona "are well tuned" is a metaphor of harmonic music in which he uses to indicate the current harmony of Othello's marriage. However the comment is then followed by Iago's vow "to set down the pegs", which show his intentions to disrupt the harmony
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Iago anticipates and manipulates the other characters so skilfully that they seem to be acting simultaneously of their own free will and as Iago's puppets. For example, it takes only the slightest prompting on Iago's part to put Othello into the proper
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