Essays on Behavior Page 45

Charles Dickens was born on the 7th February 1812. His father was sent to prison because he could not afford to pay his debts. Dickens had to go to work at an early age because his father was in prison. At the age of 12, Dickens was working in the blacking factory. A blacking factory…

In this essay I will be exploring the many different ways in which Charles Dickens creates sympathy for his character of Pip; the setting of the story, the interaction with other characters, the language used, the mood created and the effect given. I will also be reflecting on Dickens’ life and drawing comparisons with that…

By what means does Shakespeare establish the main themes and characters and engage his audience in the Prologue and Act 1 sc I of ‘Romeo and Juliet’? What are our expectations for the play to come? ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a perennial and universal play, tracking two young lovers, faced with adversity as they try…

The poems I am comparing are “Half-Caste”, written by John Agard possibly during the twentieth century, due to that being the era Agard moved to England, encountering racism and misunderstanding of other cultures. The other poem is “Unrelated Incidents” written by Tom Leonard in 1969, the date is also shown in his poem by mentioning…

What advice would you give an actor playing this part? In this passage Juliet has strong conflicting emotions. It is all showing how Juliet copes in a time of despair and how she deals with such a traumatic circumstance. It is a solo scene, and therefore I feel it shouldn’t be acted with too much…

Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens is the novel I have been reading and analysing. Charles Dickens has used his childhood memories for this story but this book also shows the effects of society. Pip, fully named Philip Pirrip, is the protagonist of the story. The novel takes us through Pips life, from being ‘a…

The leading character of the novel is Phillip Pirrip or as known as Pip. The novel centres on him and throughout the novel we follow his life. He is the male lead and also the narrator of the novel. The novel has many big issues one of these are society where people stand and are…

Both a birthday and remember are written by Christina Rossetti. This particular poet usually writes about death or religion in her poetry, sometimes both. In Remember the theme of love is shown by her wanting her partner to remember her and wanting him to think about the times he was describing his and her future…

Examine the ideas of manliness, hostility and aggression in ‘A View From the Bridge’. How are these ideas connected? Manliness, hostility and aggression are important ideas in ‘A View From the Bridge’. Clearly, in most cases, these ideas are displayed by the play’s protagonist, Eddie. This aggression leads to his eventual downfall. Eddie has a…

The Eve of St. Agnes is built up of a series of deliberate contrasts. By means of a close examination of three distinct passages, explore Keats’ use of contrast in the poem. There are three main contrasts used in this poem – Christian/Pagan imagery, cold/warm images, and often the contrast of colour. In a way,…