Character Sketch of Bathsheba

FMC-BATHSHEBA CHARACTER SKETCH-DO HER VIRTUES OUTWEIGH HER FAULTS? Bathsheba is the heroine of the novel who is depicted as a continually growing and changing character. She is not a perfect or ideal woman and has her faults but overall her accomplishments and virtues definitely outweigh the shortcomings of her personality. Bathsheba is first portrayed as a poor attractive cottage girl admiring herself in a mirror. This vanity, Gabriel Oak is quick to observe is her chief fault. At the tollgate too she does not consider it necessary to thank Gabriel for paying the additional two pence she had refused to pay the gatekeeper to allow her to pass. Vanity was indeed a part of the innermost core of her being. She had a vain woman's desire to be looked at and admired and felt ignored when Farmer Boldwood was indifferent to her beauty and looks when she first visited Casterbridge market. However despite her self-confidence and independence she was an extremely jealous and possessive woman. It was this weakness that made her succumb to Troy's charms and agree to marry him when he tells her that has met another woman more beautiful than her. Initially she also feels jealous of the dead Fanny Robin when she sees Troy kissing her and proclaiming his true love for her and calling her his very own wife! She claims her love and right as his wife and when he rebukes her it leads to an

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Atticus character sketch

Atticus Character Sketch Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird written in 1960. Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb, the representative of Alabama in the State Legislator and the father of Scout and Jem Finch. The major themes and ideas in Lee's novel such as social inequality and intolerance, education, legal justice and bravery are represented through this character. Although he is the most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird (aside from the narrator, Scout), Atticus is never described in great detail. Atticus is rather tall (probably over six feet), has black hair that is turning grey, and wears glasses because of an inherited family eye problem. "He was nearly blind in his left eye, and said left eyes were the tribal curse of the Finch family. Whenever he wanted to see something well, he turned his head and looked from his right eye". Despite his age, which was older than most of Scout's fellow students' fathers, Atticus must have been in relatively good shape, since he rarely drove his car, preferring to walk each day to his office. As a citizen, Atticus is highly responsible and highly respected. He is elected unopposed to the state legislature and works hard for it. Miss Maudie spears for the community when she tells aunt Alexandra, "Whether Maycomb know it or not, we're paying him the highest tribute we can pay a

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Gallipoli - Character Sketch.

Jessica Hovagimian Britten Gallipoli - Character Sketch Australia is lead into World War 1 as the allies of Britain fighting the Germans for Gallipoli. Although at the battle of Gallipoli, noble as it was, was a needless massacre of young men in their prime. The excitement of the war revved up local boys and men wanting to join the army. Archibald was among these men, although he was only eighteen and turned down once in his hometown. Archie an irresistible young lad works on his family's farm in Western Australia, during the 1915. Archie has the makings of a champion sprinter. He meets Frank a cocky drifter, at a race in Archie's home town. Archie confides in Frank the prospect of joining the army and Frank volunteers to take Archie to Perth, Frank's home town, where no one knows Archie and therefore, he can enlist. Although along the way they run into problems and end up crossing a desert with nothing but a canteen of water. In the duration of their trek across the desert they discuss the enlistment. Within this Archie discovers that Frank is afraid to join the infantry and Frank sees that Archie is ambitious boy on an adventurous journey of excitement. Archie and Frank split up, while Archie winds up in the light horsemen and Frank in the infantry. They arrive at training camp to discover their fleets are together in Cairo. At this, Frank is able to gain support and join

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How Does Tennyson create Character in "Ulysses" and "Tithonus"?

How does Tennyson create character in ‘Ulysses’ and ‘Tithonus’? ‘Ulysses’ is a dramatic monologue shown by first person narration spoken by Ulysses, the King of Ithaca. Caught up in the routine of everyday life, he is miserable and yearns to go back to his days of adventure. He is indifferent towards his people and refers to them as ‘savage race’ – as far as he’s concerned, they haven’t evolved into normal people and are below him. His desire to escape from his role as an ‘idle King’ can be interpreted to show his selfishness because he wishes to up and leave. He claims that his people ‘know not me’, showing that he feels unappreciated and he exclaims ‘I am become a name’ – he thinks he is famous. Tennyson creates character in ‘Ulysses’ by giving him two sides – a heroic side and a self-absorbed, cowardly side. His desire to flee from his responsibility, family and people can be seen as selfish, as this would mean he is leaving his inexperienced son Telemachus to take his place. But it can also be seen as admirable, as he yearns to go life-threatening adventures and do things that others dare not. The language that Tennyson uses to create character in ‘Ulysses’ is egocentric, emotive and philosophical. ‘Myself not least, not honour’d of them all’ shows Ulysses egocentric nature. He claims that his people ‘sleep, and feed

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Character Sketch - Priscilla Lammeter.

Character Sketch - Priscilla Lammeter. Priscilla Lammeter is one of the smaller characters in Silas Marner. She is the sister of Miss Nancy, and the daughter of Mr Lammeter whom she lives with at The Warrens. Priscilla is rather plain and frumpy. She is, "Square-shouldered, clumsy, high featured". Priscilla is not embarrassed by her ugly looks, for her it isn't important. We know this because she says freely, "For I am ugly - there's no denying that." She says exactly what she thinks, such as, "Well, it just popped out". This is also a part of her honesty which is why she says, "For I'm a bad un to live with folks when the don't like the truth." Priscilla is loyal and loving to her family; she is even prepared to wear the same clothes as her sister because she loves her. Priscilla is, "good-natured self forgetful" and has a lot of common sense. She is a pretty cheerful person. Priscilla is modest and sarcastic. The doctor says, "She saves a little pepper to sprinkle over her talk." Priscilla is a bit bossy and organized; when her father gets old she looks after him. He says, "She manages me and the farm too." This also shows her love and loyalty towards her family. Another good example of her giving in to Nancy is, "I must dress myself like you." Priscilla is a spinster and therefore decides to take over her father's farm. She loves farming and thinks, "There's nothing

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Character Sketch - William Dane

Character Sketch - William Dane William Dane is described as a, "shining instance of youthful piety" but is "so dazzled by his own light that he holds himself wiser than his teachers." This stubbornness arises again when he dreams that, "he saw the words 'calling' and 'election sure' standing by themselves on a white page in the open bible", suggesting that he is on of the elect to pass directly to Heaven. Silas Marner has a petit mal fit in a prayer meeting and the sly William Dane says it looks, "more like a visitation of Satan than proof of divine favour." This is when William Dane's jealousness of Silas Marner's engagement to Sarah starts. He deviously frames Silas Marner by stealing money. He plots to, "lay the sin" at Silas' door. William Dane then, "exhorted to his friend to confess and not hide his sin any longer". This shows how far he would go to make his friend look guilty. Then when Silas Marner accuses him of plotting William Dane cunningly tells the brethren to, "judge whether this is the voice of Satan or not." By the end of the fiasco William Dane is no longer jealous of Silas for, "in a little more than a month from that time Silas was married to William Dane." By now Silas Marner has realized that William Dane has double crossed him. William Dane crosses Silas Marner. He betrays and deceives him. William Dane is no friend. He destroys Silas Marners trust

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Character Sketch of Atticus Finch

Character Sketch of Atticus Finch Kind and understanding, strict but fair, Atticus Finch in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, represents everything that a father should be. He educates his children with moral lessons and allows them to develop their own personalities by giving them more freedom. Although he is a widowed working father, he showed courage and tried to change injustice and racism in his small hometown. Atticus Finch is a good-hearted father of strong morals and principles and stands up for what were right. Atticus' character was considered to be round. There were many sides that appeared in him. For example, he revealed his responsible side when he gave Jem the pocket watch because he was trying to teach Jem how to take good care of it. His calm side was revealed when he told Scout not to worry because there will be bigger things to face. Atticus revealed his intelligent side when he was defending Tom Robinson during the trial. He also revealed his secret talent of having the most accurate shot in Maycomb County. Yet he remained to hide his secret talent so he can give an example to his children that courage is not about shooting dogs, rather it is the will to do something nice that triggers the motivation. Courage and bravery was something Atticus Finch had successfully shown in the novel. "...Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us

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How does Tennyson create a memorable character in Ulysses?

How does Tennyson create a memorable character in Ulysses? This poem is a dramatic monologue spoken by Ulysses, the King of Ithaca. He has just returned to his kingdom after fighting in the Trojan War, but once caught up in his daily routine, he expresses his unhappiness with his life and indifference towards his family and people. Ulysses compares his heroic past to his current state of boredom, and emphasises his desire to revisit his past. Tennyson creates a memorable character in Ulysses, by giving him two sides - a heroic one, and a cowardly one. His desire to flee from Ithaca can be seen as selfish, as he is running away from his family and people, leaving his inexperienced son to take over his role. However, it can also be seen as admirable, as he is following his life long dream and wants to explore the world. Ulysses heroic desire to discover new worlds and to fight life to the end makes him a memorable character. The use of enjambment represents the idea of pushing forward 'beyond the utmost bound of human thought'. Tennyson's constant use of movement verbs, for example 'roaming', emphasises Ulysses desire for travel. The eating and drinking metaphors such as 'hungry heart' and 'drunk delight' represent the idea of fulfilment and Ulysses insatiable appetite for life and adventure. The intensifiers such as 'greatly' and 'much' emphasise this. Ulysses wants to live

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Things Fall Apart Character Sketch

* Character Sketch Of Okonkwo * * Okonkwo is the protagonist of the novel, "Things Fall Apart". His father, Unoka was considered by society to be a failure. Having risen from nothing to being considered one of the most important men of the tribe. His entire life has been a never ending battle to attain a certain status and foothold in society. So, his main characteristics are that of being overtly proud, ambitious and ill-tempered. Okonkwo tends to speak in a briskly manner to those with significantly less achievements than him and also dismisses them as insignificant. Being the leader of the tribe, several people find him to be a dominating and a serious figure. Achebe tends to describe him as "tall and huge" with "bushy eyebrows and [a] wide nose [that gives] him a very severe look." When Okonkwo walks, his heels barely touch the ground, like he walks on springs, "as if he [is] going to pounce on somebody." Okonkwo "stammers slightly" and his breathing is heavy. He is quick to retaliate against men who are weak and lazy, this is witnessed at several times when he beats his son particularly. Okonkwo who cannot stand his father's flaws of idleness and weakness is the instigating factor. This hatred unfortunately manifests itself into physical violence amongst the family members. "Okonkwo ruled his hand with a heavy hand. His wives especially his youngest lived in

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Give a character sketch of Mr. Bennet.

Give a character sketch of Mr. Bennet Mr. Bennet was the head of the family living at Longbourn in Hertford shire. His property yielded just 2000 pounds a year. It was to be inherited by his cousin Mr. Collins, because Mr. Bennet had no male heir. He married Mrs. Bennet for her youth and beauty, without taking into account her poor understanding. His married life was unhappy so he sought relief in books. He detached himself from responsibilities of the family and his five daughters. He remarked that his three daughters were foolish and ignorant, but held a slightly softer spot for Elizabeth. He was a bit cynical also in his behavior as a husband and as a father. HE made fun of his wife in the presence of his children. When Jane was crossed in love, he took it in a very casual and cynical manner. He said to Lizzy that he congratulated her sister for being crossed in love. Apart from being married, every girl liked to be crossed in love now and then, because it gives her a source of distinction among her companions. Wickham he said would flirt with her (Eliza) next. He was not shaken when Lizzie informed him of Lydia's flirtations. He did not take the trouble of preventing Lydia from going to Brighton to live with Mrs. Forster. He said that they would have no peace at Longbourn, if Lydia did not go to Brighton. In other words, he did not mind buying personal peace at the cost

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