English Controlled Assessment Draft: Conflict in the Crucible The play I am studying for this essay is called “The Crucible” and I will be focusing on Act 1 of the book. The question I will be answering is what’s the most powerful type of conflict in the opening act of the crucible? The word conflict means a state of disharmony‚ opposition and or fighting. The conflict portrayed in the Crucible is often described as tools used to describe events in Millers time period. For example‚ witchcraft doesn’t
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How does Barack Obama use language to create impact in his speech? Barack Obama’s acceptance speech was spoken on the 4th November 2008 after he was elected president. His speech included many different rhetorical devices to enable that it was most suited to the situation and have a huge impact on the Chicago audience but most importantly‚ on the world. Throughout Obama’s speech he continuously creates a sense of friendship with his audience in a number of ways. In terms of structure he addresses
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marriage. Gothic horror combines the elements of horror and romance into its own style‚ the style includes different aspects that normally re-occur in the genre; A darkened atmosphere and a rickety old house which gives home to a sinister villain that creates havoc for a certain victim of their choice. In this instance the narrator is the villain wrecked my madness and distress and the victim which is an old man who is wanted dead for his “Evil” “vulture” eye that torments the narrator .This end with
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Shakespeare cleverly creates sorrow for Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff through various techniques such as order of their scenes‚ their company on stage and most importantly by their circumstances. In the case of Lady Macbeth we know her from the start of the play while in the case of Lady Macduff we are introduced to her with no prior knowledge only in Act 4 scene 2. Moreover with the use of dramatic irony Shakespeare lets the audience know certain events about to happen which naturally influence
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How does Harper Lee create interest in Chapter one of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’? During the first chapter of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses many style techniques and character and plot devices to create interest and leave the reader wanting more. The most obvious style technique is introduced on the very first page of the book‚ where it is revealed to us that that the narrative of the story is told from two different viewpoints – one detailing the story from a child’s point of view in 1936
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subverting to the system to the extent possible. Primo Levi uses symbolism to emphasize that the choices made by the men in the camp were not real choices‚ for they were made under duress. Levi states that “the Lager was pre-eminently a gigantic biological and social experiment” When a group of people are forced to live under conditions never seen in human history‚ they will make decisions beyond comprehensible. In Chapter 16 “The Last One”‚ Levi highlights the final destruction of the prisoners’ humanity
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How does Faulks create an increasing sense of foreboding during Act One? Faulks conveys an increasingly strong sense of foreboding throughout Part One of Birdsong. Although Faulks makes use of various portentous motifs‚ the ‘water-gardens’ scene‚ and ‘cathedral’ scene‚ are two clear examples of Faulks foreshadowing the turbulence of the future. Notably‚ prior to the ‘water-gardens’ scene‚ and ‘cathedral’ scene‚ as Stephen ‘emptied his pocket of items he no longer needed’‚ Faulks provides the reader
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grave-digging and murder in many of his works‚ which were the acute reflection of Victorian society’s foremost fears. One of the main assets of his work‚ however‚ was his ability to build intense suspense. By using a variety of techniques‚ Poe was able to create tension and mystery in his short stories. In this essay I will aim to describe his myriad methods. Poe employs excessively detailed descriptions and repetition to delay the reader’s arrival at the final climax; he did this because he wanted to give
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Ryan Solitro 4/9/13 C period LA Argumentative Writing Piece Does television have educational value? It has been said that television‚ has little or no educational value. I strongly disagree with this statement for a number of reasons. These reasons include that there are television shows that talk about and teach many children about subjects they learn in school such as the science and history. Also‚ TV catches children’s attention in such a way that a teacher couldn’t‚ because the way producers
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Jane Eyre‚ as the eponymous character‚ has become closer and better known to us than to any familial member or friend. Because of this we understand the way she writes‚ and subsequently how she views her own new environment. Her vivid descriptions and powerful imagery remind us of where her imagination (more spirited than that of any other child) originated in the time spent engaged in Bewick’s ‘History of British Birds’‚ her only form of escapism from the dreary conditions at Gateshead Hall. So
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