Privy Chamber Attention to my fellow Englanders in support of King Henry VIII‚ I am the night of the Shire for Surrey‚ and although I may not take vote in today’s agendas‚ I can still inform you on important matter. As a dear friend of the King‚ I‚ nor should any of our other Englanders wish struggle‚ persuasion‚ and corruption on to our king. Which is why I am here telling you about this chamber in which we meet and discuss public and private matters with the King and help him make decisions‚
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Stephen King holds the position that reading a bad novel can be just as useful for a writer as a “good writing school.” Being able to recognize “bad” writing in itself has many merits. He believes this because reading poor quality literature can teach someone what not to do in their own writing. This information can be used to craft more novel stories that don’t make use of tired tropes or trite concepts. A book that does many things wrong can be infinitely more helpful to a writer’s technique than
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For my project I chose to write about Stephen King‚ Winslow Homer‚ and Robert Frost. I chose these men because their styles are unique‚ also all three men are very widely known. In Stephen King’s book Carrie the main character had no control over her isolation. Her classmates and mother had all of the control. Whereas in The Shining Danny had complete control over his isolation. He chose not to tell his parents about his gift. In Robert Frost’s poem The Lockless Door the man in the poem was in
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‘The role of women in the gothic genre is as victims always subjected to male authority’‚ compare and contrast to which this interpretation is relevant to your three chosen texts. By Kristina Addis Within My Last Duchess‚ The Bloody Chamber and Dracula‚ there is evidence to suggest that women within the gothic genre as portrayed as victims of male authority‚ as well as evidence to disprove this argument‚ instead suggesting that it is the women within the Gothic genre which makes themselves
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------------------------------------------------- Anechoic chamber An anechoic chamber (an-echoic meaning non-echoing or echo-free) is a room designed to stop reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves. They are also insulated from exterior sources of noise. The combination of both aspects means they simulate a quiet open-space of infinite dimension‚ which is useful when exterior influences would otherwise give false results. Anechoic chambers were originally used in the context of acoustics (sound
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TITLE | SUMMARY | KEY QUOTES | The Bloody Chamber | A young girl travels on a train to her husband- the Marquis. While at his French castle‚ she learns that he takes enjoyment in her embarrassment. She is a pianist- a blind piano tuner hears her playing and falls in love with her. The Marquis tells her that he is leaving on business‚ forbidding her to enter one particular room. She enters the perverse room‚ encountering all the dead bodies of his previous wives. The girl realises that the Marquis
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The bloody chamber is a very interesting story to read. At the beginning of the text it seems as if the story is about a young woman who is nervous about her new adventures in becoming a young bride. She tells of how at first she feels guilty leaving her childhood and her mother‚ but is anticipating her new life as a marquise. When the narrator was first explaining how her husband came across it reminded me of a stern man. However the way he courted her and acted when he took her virginity gave the
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feminity is essentially passive‚ that female sexuality is simultaneously vulnerable and dangerous‚ and that young women undergo certain rite of passage designed to teach them how to control their bodies and their desires.” In which ways do you think carter depicts and challenges this view within the ‘Bloody Chamber’? Angela carter shows two side of the argument. Carter uses the ‘new woman’ and ‘puppet’ women in her stories as she gives the ‘puppet’ women voices that they never had before and shows
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Stephen King: Two Books‚ One Story In 1974‚ the world was first introduced to Stephen King through the publication of Carrie. Since then‚ King has released over fifty-four novels‚ short stories and essays (King‚ Written Works). His themes are vast and touch such subjects as aliens‚ telekinesis‚ life in prison‚ trucks coming to life‚ and the end of the world. In 1999‚ a car accident almost ended Stephen King’s life. After his recovery‚ he published five novels that were received with poor sales and
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fearing such‚ people still subject themselves to horror movies‚ novels‚ and so on. Why is this‚ and is it part of our human condition? The famous author‚ Stephen King‚ wrote an article “Why We Crave Horror” explaining exactly that; why humans as a race feel the need to subject themselves to the gruesome scenes found in modern day thrillers. King correctly claims that humans crave horror as a way to feel ‘normal’ again‚ as a way of cathartic release‚ and as a way people face their own fears. Humans
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