Many stories‚ especially in the fantasy genre‚ feature an object or objects with some great power. Often what drives the plot is the hero’s need to find the object before the villain and use it for good rather than evil‚ or if the object has been broken by the villains‚ to retrieve each piece that must be gathered from each antagonist to restore it‚ or‚ if the object itself is evil‚ to destroy it. In some cases destroying the object will lead to the destruction of the villain.[according to whom?]
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I. EXTRACTS BASED QUESTIONS Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow : 1. “I am going back to my grandmother. My lawyer will communicate with you later ?” (a) Who speaks the above lines ? (b) Why is she going back to her grandmother ? (c) What effect does the above extract have on the listener ? 2. “Well‚ I was not in a position to contradict Jenkins.” (a) Why was the narrator not in a position to contradict Jenkins ? (b) Who was Jenkins ? (c) What had Jenkins
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delineated beginning‚ middle‚ or end.." (qtd. in Kirszner and Mandell 1121) Upon closer inspect we can clearly see that Glaspell does indeed have a beginning‚ middle and end‚ and the action does not meander. The plot of Trifles follows the pyramid created by critic Gustav Freytag to follow the plot of dramatic work. According to Freytag‚ a play usually starts with exposition‚ this is where were introduced to the charters‚ setting and the basic situation the characters are involved. Exposition is then followed
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Plot Summary By Michael J. Cummings...© 2009 .......Wounded‚ the narrator takes refuge at nightfall with his valet‚ Pedro‚ in an apartment in the turret of a grand but gloomy chateau in Italy’s Apennines Mountains. Pedro had broken into the building‚ which appears to have been temporarily abandoned‚ so that his injured employer would have a place to rest. .......The furnishings are elegant but old and run-down. On the walls are tapestries‚ armorial trophies‚ and modern paintings in frames
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Youngil Yoon Professor Virginia Shirley English 300W 08 October 2013 Harold did not Ruin her Suicide In 1997‚ the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress selected the movie‚ “Harold and Maude “by Hal Ashby‚ 1971‚ for preservation for being “culturally‚ historically‚ or aesthetically significant.”1 This movie was dealt with black comedy and‚ at the same time‚ romance that leaves uncertainties in the ending which was significant at that time because it was unusual for Hollywood films
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starvation and even death‚ she is determined to survive and does so by pick cotton‚ running her entire plantation‚ forging a successful business‚ and even killing a man. Scarlett also aims to win Ashley Wilkes‚ and her failure to do so guides the plot of the novel. Ashley’s marriage to Melanie Hamilton and rejection of Scarlett drive nearly all of Scarlett’s important subsequent decisions.
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The Boy and His Family Relationships In a sort of short story style‚ Marie Howe illustrates a depleting family relationship between a father and his children in the poem‚ “The Boy‚” through its many symbols. With no discernible rhyme scheme‚ the plot develops‚ climaxes‚ and concludes alluding to a short story but in poetic form. The speaker‚ discovered through clues within the poem‚ is the younger sister of the boy and she is listening and learning from the examples set by her brothers. There is
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Shady plot What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Answer :Jenkins had always called upon Hallock whenever he wanted a ghost story to be published in his magazine. John’s ghosts were live propositions as Jenkins called them. This time again Jenkins wanted Hallock to come up with another supernatural thriller‚ which would give the readers horrors and that is what the public wanted too. Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence
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My Fair Lady (1956‚ filmed in 1964) were equally successful and only added to the stature of the original. Despite its seemingly plastic adaptability‚ Pygmalion is actually a carefully crafted play‚ a well-made play with a classically structured plot. It is an actor’s delight‚ and does not demand complicated staging‚ though it does offer lush scenic possibilities‚ as both the film and the musical demonstrated. Shaw’s satire seems muted‚ and for many the play creates its own rather warm world and
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The feeling of superiority and competency makes one arrogant and inconsiderate of others they deem as less significant due to another’s lack of power in which is crucial in the social hierarchy. Harold Witt’s ‘The Hawk’ depicts the vitality of power in a natural hierarchy that sees the world through black and white‚ dominance and inferiority through the use of symbolism of the hawk‚ an extended metaphor‚ and the structural features. A combination of concrete and abstract ideas portrayed the incident
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