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DON'T USE IF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE "in your own words"
the american dream:
the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved
An easy example can be Hamlet. Some directors of the play put him in the setting where the ghost is real and played by another actor. Others put him in a setting where the ghost is played by the Hamlet actor giving off the impression that he is insane. These are two different settings for the same character and create completely different images. Use this paragraph as a starting point for your essay.
