Turton is very degrading towards the guests: “You’re superior to them‚ anyway. Don’t forget that. You’re superior to everyone in India except one or two of the Ranis.”51 The changed attitude of Ronny is a question mark for his mother: “What do you and Adela want me to do? Go against my class‚ against all the people I respect and admire out here? Lose such power as I have for doing good in this country because my behaviour
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rational and open-minded examination of facts. They therefore fall into logical inconsistencies which the author exposes with his favourite weapon: irony. For example‚ at the hysterical Club meeting following Dr. Aziz’s arrest for allegedly molesting Adela Quested‚ the subaltern defends an anonymous native with whom he had played polo the previous month: “Any native who plays polo is all right. What you’ve got to stamp on is these educated classes” (pp. 184-85). The reader knows‚ as the subaltern doesn’t
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theater that alternated in use to provide different effects and distribute light evenly. The color of lighting created dramatic shifts in the mood despite nothing in the scenery changing at all. Red was used to symbolize dramatic events‚ such as when Adela had sexual intercourse with Pepe. Blue was used to symbolize sadness‚ such as when Bernarda’s husband died or when Maria Josefa‚ Bernarda’s senile mother‚ is locked up in here room. Lastly‚ they used movement when they made the spotlight follow a moving
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women’s suffering and the promise of gain through that suffering. -There’s no moral ambiguity—characters are either goodies or baddies‚ no shades of grey. -They also lack complexity to the point they’re almost caricatures. There’s the angry teenager (Adela)‚ the naïve‚ clumsy fat girl (Marisa)‚ the haughty rich girl (Greta)‚ the spoiled pop star (Nina)‚ the presumed-lesbian tomboy (Valentina)‚ and the quiet girl with a dark past (Pía). The characters may have different personalities‚ but a few struggles
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Mrs. Moore who comes to India with the kindness and understanding heart of a devout Christian but leaves morose and peevish. Perhaps she is haunted into this state by professor Godbole’s strange song. It is this song that forces Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested into emotional cocoons from which they only escape to meet horrible circumstances: Mrs. Moore is terrorized to the point of apathy and Mrs. Quested meets horror in caves. Another significant aspect is the enormous difference between the
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released after enduring threats‚ being maltreated‚ and made to witness the excesses of repression. Another case is that of the Candelas family‚ which involved eight armed men entering the Candelas home looking for Adela Ester Candela de Lanzilotti and her husband Osvaldo Daniel Lanzilotti. Adela and Osvaldo were not present so instead the men took Adela’s parents Maria Angelica Albornoz de Candela and Enrique Jorge candela. Upon learning that the couple was at Adela’s grandmothers house they threatened
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|“Not one of them comes out of this alive‚ not one.“| Teleplay By: Nicole S. Brian C. Shelly Z. CHARACTERS: The Barber Torres Narrator Barber’s thoughts Julien Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Judge Just lather‚ That’s all. BY: Hernando Tellez [pic] ACT 1 Scene 1 (CAMERA FADE IN SLOWLY‚ the street is quiet. CAMERA PANS CLOSER IN A SALON BESIDE THE ROAD. We hear the narrator) Narrator: It was a regular sunny day for
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a Barber and a Captain. Captain Torres goes into to get his hair cut at the Barbers because he hears a rumor of what the barber would do if the Captain was to come into the barber shop. Captain Torres and The Barber are similar because they both value their jobs where as they are different because Captain Torres values leadership and punishment and The Barber values respect and peace. Captain Torres and The Barber both vaule their jobs‚ in one way Captain Torres values his job by killing people
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The theme of “The Landlady” and “The Possibility of Evil‚” are things are not what they seem. In “The Landlady‚” the owner of a little bed and breakfast is an old lady‚ but she’s hiding the true purpose of her bed and breakfast. She somehow knows when the person she selects is in town and she summons them into her bed and breakfast. Where she then acts all innocent and drinks tea with them. Soon readers realize that something’s not right‚ and start to notice the signs. This short story ends up with
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Character Essay- Ms. Strangeworth Ms Adela Strangeworth is the protagonist and is as well as the antagonist from “The Possibility of Evil‚” a short story written by Shirley Jackson. She is the kind of person that is secretly all within us. She has all the motives to be good intention but hurts others without meaning to‚ which is very common now a days. Ms. Strangeworth is a dainty 70 year old women who is often seen wearing a nice neat skirt so who would ever suspect her as “evil?” Strangeworth
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