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    The Film Miss Congeniality (2000)‚ directed by Donald Petrie‚ attempted to show typical stereotypes of women and show how they can be disproved and unfair in a slightly dramatic and comical way. This holds true throughout the whole movie. The film shows a typical tomboy whom no one notices to be attractive change into a stunningly beautiful woman that most definitely everyone notices. This happens because Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) who is at the bottom of the ranks in her FBI division takes on

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    Miss Congeniality was the first of three Sandra Bullock films to be directed by Donald Petrie. Rated ‘M’‚ due to its low level violence‚ the all American comedy film was released by Warner Bros in 2000. Miss Congeniality later went on to claim the ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy’‚ ‘Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture‚’ and ‘Favourite Actress – Comedy’ .The success of this film is based upon Bullock’s acting abilities and a great script that includes adventure

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    and beauty. According to the editor of the political cartoon‚ Francoise Mouly‚ Trump “called [Alicia] “Miss Piggy” when she gained weight after [her] pageant” (Mouly). In response of the derogatory comments made about Machado‚ The New Yorker featured Trump in this political cartoon with the title‚ “Miss Congeniality”‚ written on Trump’s sash. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ Congeniality means “affinity of genius or disposition; agreeableness to one’s nature or tastes” (OED). To simplify

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    Miss Havisham

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    Development of Miss Havisham In the novel‚ Great Expectations‚ many characters heavily influenced the plot. The author‚ Charles Dickens‚ cleverly used indirect characterization to help the reader infer how a character was going to be. By far‚ the most unusual character in the character in the story was Miss Havisham. She was also the most memorable character. It was her part in the story that led Pip into making most of the decisions that he did. Miss Havisham was indeed one of the most important

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    Miss Julie

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    Intro to Theater 10/30/10 Script Essay on Miss Julie Miss Julie is a well written play by August Strindberg. This play is mainly about two characters one who is obviously Miss Julie and the other Jean. Miss Julie is a twenty-five-year-old tragic heroine. The other major character Jean is a thirty-year old valet who is chosen as Miss Julie’s lover. There are other characters such as Christine and Serena who are relatively minor characters. The setting for this play takes place in a kitchen of the

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    Miss Brill

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    Stylistic Analysis of “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield Shenli Song College of Foreign Languages‚ Zhejiang Gongshang University Office of Foreign Language College at Zhejiang Gongshang University Xia Sha City-University-Town‚ Hangzhou 310018‚ Zhejiang‚ China E-mail: windyforever@gmail.com Abstract Katherine Mansfield‚ remembered as one of the finest writers of English short stories‚ enjoys enduring fame and a somewhat awesome literary status with her short stories‚ Miss Brill as one of her representative

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    Miss Julie

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    Importance of Social Status in Strindberg’s Miss Julie August Strindberg’s Miss Julie underlines the essence of the social status conflict‚ where both aristocrat‚ Miss Julie‚ and servant‚ Jean‚ are unsatisfied with their current positions of class. Strindberg emphasized the importance of gender roles of men and women‚ while challenging the audience by breaking these social barriers set by society‚ only to demonstrate there is no eluding “class destiny”. These beliefs were portrayed effectively

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    Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield Miss Brill‚ a short story written by Katherine Mansfield‚ describes an afternoon in the life of a middle-aged spinster who visits the public park on a weekly basis‚ leading to her reassessment of her view of the world and the secular reality. Though short in form‚ it is really worth detailed interpretation and appreciation. The author tells us of her character that: “She had become really quite expert‚ she thought‚ at listening as though she didn’t listen‚ at

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    The selected passage is from the end of the short story Miss Brill‚ beginning where Miss Brill sees the boy and girl who sits down on the bench near her right to the end of the story. In "Miss Brill‚" by Katherine Mansfield‚ we are introduced to the titular woman called Miss Brill who finds Sundays magical until she is forced to step out of her daydream and face reality. Every Sunday Miss Brill‚ who is presumed to be an English school teacher‚ goes to the Jardins Publiques and takes her "special

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    Miss Havisham

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    Miss Havisham is first introduced to the reader when Mr Pumblechook (Pips Uncle) announces that Miss Havisham Requests Pips presence to play at her house. Miss Havisham fits into the main plot because she trains Estella to “ break their hearts.” When Pip sees Estella for the fist time‚ he instantly falls in love with her. Miss Havisham sees this and she encourages Pip to do so. Miss Havisham was also‚ in Pips eyes‚ the cause of his ‘Great expectations’ Miss Havisham may also have been

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