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Many works of literature are written to draw attention to specific…

- - - - What characters does the writer show this through?
        
        Marcus
        
        Marcus has a terrible fear of water which Marjorie helped him overcome in Ghana
        
        How do we know?
        
        The use of the symbol of water and how it ties back to a loss of culture through the transantlantic slave trade and how it still affects ancestors of slaves
        
        Willie
        
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        Sonny
        
        Despite slavery being abolished years prior to Sonny's birth, he still had to suffer the effects of slavery in the form of discriminaton and racism. This is manifested within him through protests for his rights within the NAACP
        
        How do we know this?
        
        This is expressed through the use of rhetoric questions to emphasise the frustration of fighting for civil rights - "How many more hours could he spend marching? how many bruises could he collect from the police?"
    - - What characters does the writer show this through?
        
        Willie
        
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        Sonny
        
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        Marcus
        
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    - - What Characters have writers addressed this issue through?
        
        Willie
        
        Once Willie goes to new orleans with Robert, she is unable to pursue her love for singing because of her skin tone as she was compared to a paper bag and told she was "too dark"
        
        How do we know?
        
        The use of the foil character Robert - he is very light and is mistaken as white, because of this, he is given job opportunities (when not with Willie), this contrasts Willie's inability to obtain the job of her desires (a singer in a bar)
        
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        Marcus
        
        Gyaasi shows him go against the limitations and restrictons placed upon people because of their race - Marcus goes to an ivy league university in which African Americans were once segregated against joining.
        
        How do we know this?
        
        The use of diction to express joy from Sonny, marcus' dad once he heard that his son got into "insert name of univeristy"
- - - - What characters does the writer express this through?
        
        Mrs Linde
        
        Mrs Linde was forced to by the expectations placed on her as a woman to marry and provide for her ailing mother - This caused the deterioration of her and Krogstad's relationship
        
        How do we know this?
        
        mrs Linde as a foil character to Nora showing how Nora was lucky enough to marry for love but she had to marry for survival
        
        Krogstad
        
        krogstad was desperate to advance in her career because of the expectaton that he had to because he is a man
        
        How do we know?
        
        krogstad as a foil character to Helmer contrasting how helmer had it easy advancing in his career whilst krogstad suffered from the pressures of the expectations of a man within the Norweigan society
        
        Nora
        
        the expectations placed upon Nora caused her distress when faced with an issue that she could not be able to help with directly as she was expected to not have a job, or to make an income for her. This causes deciet and thus a deterioration of her and Helmer's relationship
        
        How do we know?
        
        Symbolism of macaroons where macaroons = deciet - which eventually caused Nora and Helmer to seperate
        
        Helmer
    - - Helmer
        
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      - Mrs Linde
        
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      - Nora
        
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