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Article on the fire in Carrie's war
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Gulluvers Travels
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Macbeth: Innocent Hero or Brutal Killer?
Macbeth: Innocent Hero or Brutal Killer? In Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, the main character, Macbeth, receives prophecies that he will become the king of Scotland. To help make this come true, he is encouraged by his wife. He finally kills the present king, Duncan and Macbeth becomes the new king. Macbeth thinks and reflects to himself after the murder when he says, "Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more/ Macbeth does murder sleep'-the innocent sleep,/ Sleep that knits up the ravel'd sleave of care." (II.ii.43-45) Macbeth becomes haunted and tormented by the murder he has committed. After this line, Macbeth changes from a generally good, innocent war hero, to a haunted, evil, power-hungry killer. This line shows how his innocence is lost, and Macbeth becomes a changed man. Now that he has murdered Duncan, he will no longer be able to get peaceful sleep. He says, I thought I heard a voice say "Sleep no more! Macbeth has ruined sleep" -the peaceful sleep to mend the mind from a hard day is now gone. He has murdered Duncan putting an end to Ducan's peaceful sleep. The voice also implies that Macbeth won't sleep any more as well, because of the guilt and loss of innocence. The murder he committed cannot be undone and he will always have to live with what he did, so in turn, he won't be able to get peaceful, rejuvenating sleep to heal him from other
Cousin kate analysis
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Macbeth coursework
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The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers Character traits, personality and emotions of D'Artagnan A hero is such a big word for us and when we hear it a lot of traits pop up into our heads. Heroes are very powerful people to us that give us their help when we need it the most and we look up to them. In the novel, The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas really describes the character traits and personality of d'Artagnan as brave, persevering and fickle which leads to a lot of problems throughout the story as well as to the rescue of some people and death of others. In the novel, d'Artagnan always has a way through his problems whether it's by being brave or rash. These traits come from him in part because he is a Gascon. He shows us that he is a very brave man when he tells a stranger, "You've mocked me for the last time sir! Turn and face me so I won't have to run you through from behind." He was very brave to do this because he really doesn't know what the stranger can do to him. Later on, d' Artagnan decides to fight Athos, Porthos and Aramis all in one day without even thinking about the consequences. He took the risk of fighting all of them because he's rash and doesn't think before doing or saying something. Therefore, d'Artagnan's heroic character traits helped him a lot through his adventures because he knew exactly how to defend himself and how to overcome obstacles that would
