The Boom family had a buzzer inside of the house, which would signal danger, and would give the fugitives, a little over a minute, to seek sanctuary in the hiding…
3) The alarm at the old woman’s house is so “inconvenient” because usually before the firemen arrived at the house and the occupants had already been arrested and taken away. However, in this call, she was still at home.…
Timing of entrances and exits is crucial. For example, the Inspector arrives immediately after Birling has told Gerald about his impending knighthood and about how "a man has to look after himself and his own. The sound of the inspector ringing the bell can be seen as a clear division between the peaceful ignorant life the Birlings once knew and the disaster of learning the truth about…
Despite Ben’s promise that he will never use the Call again after he has left Greg, he makes a call to warn away a horse and rider. The horse panics and slips, breaking its leg, and Ben is guiltily forced to kill it before fleeing from the terrified rider. He continues on his path to Sydney, he hears a distant sound from a mysterious and fearless creature, which urges him on.…
First of all, in many instances the reader sees how Pearl wishes for Arthur Dimmesdale to stand by her and embrace her. In chapter 12, the reader becomes accustomed to Pearl’s insistence in seeking a desired response. In this chapter, Pearl continually asks Dimmesdale whether he will stand with Hester and herself, despite his denials. Secondly, Hawthorne stresses Pearl’s rebellious nature in a couple of occurrences, one of which happens when Hester takes Pearl with her to the Governor’s house. In chapter 8, when Governor Bellingham questions Pearl as to whom created her, implying that it was God, Pearl smugly responds that she “had not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses, that grew by the prison door.” (Pg. 76) Knowing full well that her answer will result in a maddened reaction from the Governor, Pearl proudly claims that her mother specifically chose her. This comment illustrates Pearl’s rebellious nature and disregard for what others think of her. Lastly, Pearl repeatedly demonstrates her inquisitive manner when interacting with main characters such as her mother. In several cases, Pearl continually pesters Hester, inquiring about the scarlet letter on her chest until Hester dismisses the question or remarks such as, “Go now, child, and thou shalt tease me as thou wilt another time.”(Pg.128). Furthermore, when Pearl posed a question to Hester, Pearl…
Adorning the passage with sentences of increasing length, he creates a sense of mounting action. If one were to read the passage out loud, the sheer number and length of clauses would cause one to continually pause, breathless. In constructing this passage so, Hawthorne emphasizes Pearl’s wild energy and tirelessness. Hawthorne’s juxtaposition of descriptions of Pearl’s imagination with comparisons of Church elders to “pine trees- aged, black and solemn” emphasizes the great contrast between Pearl’s vivacity and the stoicism of the Puritan elders. Hawthorne uses the alliteration of certain words (“darting up and dancing” and “vast variety”) to lend a euphonious sound to the passage. In contrast to this euphony, the passage ends with the repetition of a series of hard c sounds (“constant”, “cause in the contest”). These words create harsh sounds that correspond with the sentence’s harsh subject, an adverse world. In addition, the staccato consonant sounds contrast with the fluid prior clauses. This contrast reinforces Pearl’s variability, because just as Pearl is changeable, the sentence is changeable, dynamic in sound and construction.…
Birling is revealed to be very selfish and have no understanding of community this is shown when he says ‘a man has to make his own way’. This shows Birling is only worried about himself and his money. It also conveys his lack of empathy towards those not as fortunate as him. Birlings selfish philosophy conflicts with Priestlys message about responsibility and community which is empathised by the doorbell. The doorbell gives the audience a clue of what the moral of the play is.…
Dimmesdale and Hester, at the time Pearl is conceived, only thought of themselves and their love instead of thinking about the depth of their sin (Morey 91). Their selfishness makes…
In William Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night or What you Will, The characters in the play face a plot complete with love and trickery. William Shakespeare includes many examples of love and trickery throughout the play and it makes it very detailed and interesting.…
Invision this: you live your entire life being unaware of your paternity. Worse yet, your father refuses to accept you as his daugher. Unfortunately Pearl has to live with this tragic fate. As Pearl flourishes from infant to animated child her father, Reverend Dimmesdale, observes unobtrusively. Yet, he remains anonymous, refusing to affirm the truth, of his role. As if this abandonment is not bad enough, Dimmesdale constrains himself from interacting with Pearl. The inadvertency and desertion of a father contributes to Pearl’s ideas regarding her earthly and heavenly father. Readers who conceive Dimmesdale as not a coward dispute that, despite his dismissal of Pearl, he endorses Hester as caregiver to sustain Pearl. Admittedly, keeping Pearl is a benefit, as “she [Pearl] is the only treasure in my [Hester’s] life.” Nevertheless, Dimmesdale abstains from helping Pearl; monetarily, physically, emotionally. His actions leave Pearl indignant with fatherly figures. Readers detect the trait when Pearl renounces her heavenly father, and later when she hails her birth father as the devil. Pearl’s etiquette is normal by the inexistence of a father figurehead, Dimmesdale. By being cowardly and not accepting Pearl as his own, Arthur sentences her to a rough life. What Dimmesdale does to Hester however is iniquitous.…
What would you do if you peered into a mysterious room, found a small golden bell hanging from an arch with a tiny hammer sitting beside it? In The Magician’s Nephew, Digory was faced with this very decision. Digory should have rung the bell for three main reasons: Digory excitedly wanted to know what would happened if he rang the bell, ultimately learned life lessons by ringing the bell, and happily healed his mother. The first reason Digory should have rung the bell is he excitedly wanted to know what would happen if he rang it.…
Penny and Primrose had the same fears about of being teased and going to the bathroom at night. While they were in the forest, they both could smell the creature and felt the fear from the creature. Both little girls heard the same sounds the monster made throughout the forest.…
Reverend Dimmesdale knew just as well as Hester did, that Pearl was his child. Reverend Dimmesdale sinned just as Hester did. He was seen as…
While Eleanor and Theo hears a sound of a child crying outside of their rooms, the two was in their room, setting up their beds. For the obvious reason, as Eleanor fears the nuisance noise, she grabs a hand to only realize and say: “Good God –whose hand was I holding?” (102), that she is starting to have a connection with the Hill House itself. Another really proof to this is the writings on the wall. As the group passes by the long hallway, a massive writing that shouts “HELP ELEANOR COME HOME” (91) suggests to the readers, that out of all people, Eleanor attracts the attention, more than anyone else. Through this, Eleanor feels a sense of connection and gives a “signal” to her that she is part of Hill House. However, Dr. Montague thinks that this is getting out of hand. As Eleanor connects with the house, she is also being link to the supernatural living in it, which is to every paranormal expert is a “no-no” for it can attract spirits to use you since they can lay hands on you for having that connection. For this reason, Dr. Montague tells Eleanor to pack her bags and leave as soon as she can, after breakfast, but Eleanor insist that “I want to stay here” (150). Eleanor keep her reasoning that she needed to stay that she wasn’t afraid after all (151) and that she is “fine now… and happy” (151) to stay at…
After it began to ring, the mom told Bigger to turn it off. Bigger does not sleep in the same bed as her mom, but by telling him to turn it off it makes sense that they however sleep in the same room. Not only that but it shows the conditions the family is forced to wake up to, in this case a rat. The rat shows the poor living condition the black family live in. It shows how blacks had to live in small houses where rodents such as the big rat was common. Not only this but the way Bigger treats the rat is comparable to how whites treated blacks during this time period. In the society where whites were dominant, the blacks were the…