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This paper compares and contrasts the characters in two plays, "Pygmalion" and "Death of a Salesman." Through this comparison, the reader gleans insights into the character development in each play and the resolved and unresolved issues in each play. The paper gives a brief plot summary of each play and describes the traits of the major characters. Also cited are the unresolved conflicts. The author concludes that both Eliza and Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," and Biff and Willy in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" consistently reveal only half-truths about themselves to each other, and to other characters in the play

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" If "Drama is the art of significant juxtaposition" (H.D.F.Kitto), that is to say that dramatic conflict springs from a dialectical opposition of ideas; e.g., a half-truth in debate with another half-truth, in analyzing two pairs of dramatic "opponent" characters, then, first Eliza and Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and second, Biff and Willy in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman one may define the nature of the respective "half-truths" of these characters according to how their confrontations are dramatized and resolved (or not). I will explore the issue of whether the dialectic between either of these two pairs of characters, Higgins and Eliza and Willy and Biff, is ever resolved."

Tags:Death of a Salesman, Pygmalion, George, Bernard, Shaw, Arthur, Miller

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This paper discusses the themes of contrasts, of honor and deceit, spinsterhood or bachelorhood and marriage and honor and betrayal that are found in William Shakespeare's plays "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing." The paper focuses on the main contrast of character type in both texts which is achieved by pairing two contrasting sets of lovers against one another. It discusses the articulate love of the couples of Petruchio and Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew" and Beatrice and Benedict in "Much Ado About Nothing."

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"Shakespeare suggests that all relationships are to some extent dependant upon mendacity. However, the question is how harmless these lies might be. The greater lie is in fact Claudio's perception of Hero as perfect, not the fact that Beatrice has not been dying of love for Benedict. In fact, as the audience is well aware if not the lovers themselves, Beatrice and Benedict are ideally suited for one another. They alone speak the same language of all the characters in the play, a dialogue of witty repartee. When engaged in dialogue with other characters, quite often the other characters are overcome by their wit, like Don Pedro when he attempts to woo Beatrice, and Claudio when Benedict expresses his dim view of love at the beginning of the play. In "The Taming of the Shrew," until she meets Petruchio, Kate is utterly dominant over her father and her sister. Only by finding a man who can match her barb for barb is she re-integrated into the society, just as Benedict is not reintegrated into peacetime society after war, until he finds a match in Beatrice."

Tags:deception, relationship, juxtaposed

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This paper explains that Kennedy's speech of June 11, 1963 implements effectively various rhetorical techniques portraying not the acceptance of racial integration to create tension against peace and order but rather a dynamic, complete commitment towards the accomplishment of a new social order in which racial segregation becomes socially intolerable. The author illustrates several linguistic features of the speech which generate particular reactions that can lead to applause and approval: (1) the three-part list, (2) the repetition of a key idea or phrase, (3) the use of contrastive pairs and (4) the use of pronouns. The paper concludes that the speech is particularly impressive because of the strong personal engagement of the President who presents himself as a figure of moral leadership working for a just foundation, with regard to the basic values of the American society.

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"The Civil Rights Movement's began when the Supreme Court, as a result of a court case initiated by the NAACP (the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas; insistent in opposition to racial segregation) confirmed racial segregation in schools, universities and other public institutions unconstitutional, therefore bringing to an end the era from 1896, during which the functioning standard was "separate but equal". Separate but equal meant that African-Americans had separate schools, railroad cars, buses, restaurants, bars and recreational facilities, but that they hardly ever were equal."

Tags:commitment, three-part, repetition, contrastive-pairs, pronouns

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The goal of the assignment was to compare/contrast the styles of Gloria Naylor and Amy Tan based on a pair of articles in which each describes anecdotes that illustrate differences between standards English and that which was practiced within their families.

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- Comparative Analysis: The Rhetorical Styles and Use of Language By Amy Tan and Gloria Naylor Both Amy Tan and Gloria Naylor described ways in which the language of their culture are sources of strength and understanding even while being subject to derision and contempt by the dominant White culture. Both saw language as sources of strength, pride and distinction for people of their respective cultures. Both Tan and Naylor are authors who, despite tremendous odds, wrote best selling novels while very young. In both cases the books were somewhat autobiographical, drawing heavily on their

Tags:racism, language, mother

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This paper compares and contrast two stories from the book "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. The two stories discussed below are "Double face" and "A Pair of Ticket" and will be supported by quotations and explanations.

Tags:joy, luck, club

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This is a research paper that discusses the effect mentoring can have on youth and their academic achievement and self-worth. The research sets out to examine the main effects of mentoring on youth for three measured variables (academic achievement, self-worth and racial perception) as well as the interactions that occur when mentoring pairings (same race vs. different race) are contrasted. The authors are particularly interested in what interactions exist between mixed-race pairings vs. same-race pairings, and the interaction between the two mixed-race pairs.

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''It has long been theorized that adverse situational variables for youth can be overcome through positive interactions experienced with a mentor. However, studies of the actual effects of mentors on at-risk youth have produced mixed results. Mentoring programs are widely believed to positively affect academic achievement, peer and family relationships, self-worth, and to help develop acceptable social skills. Based on this assumption, many believe that mentoring programs should be instituted in schools nationwide. While many studies have demonstrated positive results from mentoring programs such as, Big Brother/Big Sister, others have found no significant effects of mentor interventions. This discrepancy is not surprising because most previous studies have found the quality and type of mentoring are key factors in terms of effect on the youth (Grossman and Tierney 1998, Royse1998, Slicker and Palmer 1993). Furthermore, not much research exists on how race of the child and mentor plays a part in the impact on these variables, as well as, any impact on inter-racial perceptions and relations.
''Much fanfare exudes from the positive correlations between mentoring and the many categories of improvement that developmentally and academically at-risk youth show after mentor intervention. However, specific causality for these improvements has not been determined. It is assumed that the mentor plays some important role, but it has never been truly shown to be responsible for the positive results obtained.''

Tags:social behavior, intervention achievement

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The paper describes the two extremes of mankind seen in the film, ?Full Metal Jacket,? in which Matthew Modine plays Private Joker, a soldier confused by the duality of man. It discusses how Joker is paired up with Private Gomer Pile in the film to show the contrast of success and failure. The paper shows how, throughout the movie, Kubrick plays with the idea of pairs to let us know that some things only appear as two opposites when they are in fact similar in many ways. It describes how Joker?s confusion is a key theme in the movie, the contradiction of love and hate in wartime.

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"Kubrick uses a confusion between good and evil to portray the notion of two sides of mankind. During a line up at boot camp the drill instructor asks Private Joker, "Private Joker, do you believe in the virgin Mary"? Joker answers no, and is smacked across the face. The drill sergeant proceeds to ask him the same question over again, and Joker again answers no, and explains that he is an atheist. Joker tells the sergeant that if he reverses his retort then he will be subject to more extensive abuse. The sergeant admires Joker's loyalty and grants him a promotion."

Tags:movie, review, boot, camp, Marine, Vietnamese

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This paper examines how William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" chronicles the relationships of two father-daughter pairs, and shows how a father's selfish behaviors can ruin his daughter's marital success, whereas a nurturing father-daughter bond creates an environment conducive to a successful, happy marriage. The paper looks at how Shylock keeps Jessica a prisoner, nothing more than another of his many possessions and how, in contrast, Portia's father treasures his daughter, respects her and looks out for her best interests.

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"Jessica portends the negative impact that her folly for revenge and escape will have on her marriage when she says "But love is blind, and lovers cannot see/The pretty follies that themselves commit," (2.5.36-37). Despite having everything she thinks she wanted - a life free from her father's house, and marriage to a man she loves - Jessica's actions will always hang over her life like a dark cloud. As she and Lorenzo sit and sing together near the end of the play, they "uneasily equate their love" to doomed couples such as Troilus and Cressida, Jason and Medea, and Pyramus and Thisbe, "all ominous archetypes of bonds somehow shattered in conjunction with attempts to invalidate family or cultural allegiances" (Boose 337). Lorenzo says "In such a night/Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew,/And with an unthrift love did run from Venice" (5.1.14-16). This suggests that despite Jessica's desire to be free of her father, she remains dependent on his money (Boose 337). "

Tags:Shylock, Jessica, Portia, Lorenzo

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This paper summarizes the story of Edwidge Danticat's "Breath, Eyes, Memory," and clearly links the novel to that of the life of the author. It correlates the Greek mythological story of Demeter and Persephone to that in the book in the context of a mother and daughter relationship and link. It also examines the connections mothers, daughters, and women have throughout a bloodline that extends for generations.

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"Running throughout this book is a sense that this is the darker version of the Demeter and Persephone story. The connection of these divinities is so great that they cannot bear to be parted, which is something like what happens in this Haitian story. But the story of Demeter's love for Persephone is bound up with images of fertility and lushness while Sophie's mother is a force for virginity and sterility. This contrasting set of pairs joy and fertility in the Greek myth and sorrow and sterility in the Haitian story may be seen to be a commentary on the nature of what happens to women's bodies when they are colonized."

Tags:women, mother, daughter, Haiti

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This paper reviews the book "The Resurrection of Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton and examines how the author presents a variety of characters, each representing a certain social and political faction and its related interests. In particular it shows how he presents two pairs of characters, one North American and one South American, to create a context of comparison and contrast and how through these characters Chesterton creates both the argument against and the defense for the role of the Church in colonial lands. It examines how Chesterton tries to reverse the notion that Catholic missions exploit the innocence and ignorance of native people by suggesting a deeper plot of exploitation perpetrated by the convergence of various conflicting factions.

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"The first and most important character we meet in the story, the American newspaper man, Paul Snaith, displays what can in many ways, be considered a typical North American attitude. Beginning with his opinion of the "natives," he displays opinions symbolic of the American outlook. Displaying an infamous indifference towards other peoples and cultures, Snaith, upon encountering the locals, "would probably have described them as natives, though some of them were very proud of their Spanish blood. But he was not one to draw any fine distinction between Spaniards and Red Indians, being rather disposed to dismiss people from the scene when once he had convicted them of being native to it (94)." "

Tags:miracles, missionary, natives, priests, protestant