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    Shakespeare uses different situations to bring out different degrees of savagery and civilisation within each character of the play. Shakespeare uses the characters of Miranda and Ferdinand – ‘civilised’ gentries‚ and presents them nobly and compassionately: both through the nurture of their loving fathers. Shakespeare presents Miranda as a compassionate “creature” from the moment she is on scene. In Act I‚ Scene ii‚ she demands her father “allay” the storm he is creating: suggesting she doesn’t want

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    kill his brother so that he could use Sabastian. 4. Given the serious character of the previous episode‚ this scene brings a welcome helping of comic action. What does Caliban think when he sees Trinculo? (Compare this with the reactions of both Miranda and Ferdinand when each sees the other first‚ in I‚ ii.) 5. How does the conclusion of this scene provide a comic parallel to what happened to Prospero twelve years previously‚ and even more to the events of the preceding scene? It seems like

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    self-incrimination‚ and the Miranda warning enforces the 5th amendment with the right to remain silent to avoid any words from being used against the suspect. Despite the protection of the 5th amendment‚ the Reid technique is still used against most suspects to obtain a confession‚ and during the arrest of a suspect‚ the Miranda Rights can be ignored if there’s no witnesses around. Since the Reid technique is highly endorsed‚ the only legal protection for the juvenile suspects are the Miranda Rights and 5th amendment;

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    Analysis of "The Grave"

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    July 2010 An Analysis of “The Grave” The grave is the story of a young girl named Miranda who goes exploring and hunting with her brother Paul‚ one afternoon. Upon trespassing onto private property that their family had sold‚ and inspecting some empty gravesites‚ both Paul and Miranda find hidden treasures inside the empty earth. Both had something the other sibling admired‚ Paul a thin‚ golden ring and Miranda a silver dove. After trading their discovered items‚ and returning to their hunt‚

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    Sycorax‚ a which). This is contrasted with Ariel whose very name associates him with the air‚ and being a spirit he is also seen as a positive embodiment of the super-natural. Caliban’s lust for Miranda in "seeking to violate the honour" of her‚ is contrasted with Ferdinand’s true love. Miranda: Do you love me? Ferdinand: ...I...do love‚ prize‚ honour you. There are many suggestions in ‘The Tempest’ that give us clues into the character of Caliban such as being referred to continuously

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    used a variety methods and techniques to give the audience an idea about what was most likely to happen throughout the play. because the play is a murder and mystery genre‚ the audience are not given any real cause on why Eva Smith killed herself. Priestly is providing hints on who might of killed Eva Smith but the audience are not sure on who exactly might of been the cause of her death‚ which leaves the audience on the edge of their seats until the end of the play. In the play the inspector says

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    Essay in Draft Prospero is a complex character with a variety of emotions and aspects to his personality. These different characteristics are revealed in the language he uses. For example‚ Prospero comes across as violent when he threatens Ariel with a further twelve years of imprisonment‚ this time wedged into an oak tree. Prospero says‚ “If thou more murmur’st‚ I will rend an oak and peg thee in his knotty entrails till thee hast howled away twelve winters.” This shows that Prospero will threaten

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    Act one begins at sea with the storm‚ which gives the play its title. The King of Naples Alonso‚ his brother Sebastian‚ the Duke of Milan Antonio and the other mariners begin to fear for their lives. On the island Prospero and Miranda are introduced. Miranda pleads with her father to use his magic powers to calm the storm. He explains to her that he has orchestrated the entire event and assures her that no one will be harmed in the storm. He recounts the story of how they came to live on this

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    The playwright of ’An Inspector Calls’ John Boynton Priestly was alive between 1894 and 1984‚ in this time he served in the First World War where in 1916 he was badly injured. It wasn’t until the end of the Second World War in 1945 that he wrote ’An Inspector Calls’; he chose to set the play thirty years in the past before either wars had happened- in 1912. Priestly was a renowned socialist and highly respected in his time- with his own radio show which around twenty million tuned into each week

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    Dress Code Violation

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    talks about the unfair dress code policy and the embarrassing punishment that follows. Miranda Larkin‚ 15‚ was wearing a skirt that was past her fingertips and just above her knees. She was told that her skirt was ‘too short’ and was sent to the office to change into a school-provided outfit. This outfit was a big‚ bright yellow t-shirt and red baggy sweatpants that was labeled “Dress Code Violation”. Instantly‚ Miranda started to bawl and broke out into hives all over her neck-she had to walk around

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