toward his brother Sonny‚ growing up as an African American in the poverty and despair of Harlem. Also‚ it highlights the salvation they desire in themselves and with each other. The plot encompasses the initial situation‚ conflict‚ complication‚ climax‚ suspense‚ denouement‚ and the conclusion to achieve the message of the story. The initial situation is set up when the narrator reads the newspaper and learns that Sonny has been arrested for using and selling heroin‚ which leads the narrator to
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The conflict in the story largely revolves around the mystery of Emily Grierson’s life‚ particularly what occurred between her and Homer Barron. The conflict between the two came to a climax after Emily’s death in which the townspeople discovered his dead body and were able to determine that he was killed. Throughout the course of the story‚ Faulkner placed much emphasis on the lack information that was known by the townspeople regarding Emily and Homer. Faulkner first alludes to Homer’s death when
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Use of Irony- Enhancement By Janice Lai A story is comprised of literary elements and literary devices. The basic literary elements of a story are setting‚ character‚ conflict‚ point of view‚ plot and theme. A story must have all these elements in order to become a fully developed story. Aside from these elements‚ writers often use literary devices to enhance the story‚ perhaps making the story more popular. Irony‚ a statement meaning the opposite of what is written literally when taken in context
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the family hearth as the war looms. The prevailing prose system used is dialogue intermingled with description in order to characterize every member of the family. General atmosphere of the text is ominous tension. The text is based on the effect of climax‚ but suspense and parallel constructions also play very important role in this text. We understand that the theme of this text is war and the way it effects people wherever they live. But in fact there are no concrete words about war‚ the author
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dress‚ manner‚ and actions. Readers come to understand the character Miss Emily in Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily" through what she says‚ how she lives‚ and what she does. Climax The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work. The climax of John Updike’s "A & P‚" for example‚ occurs when Sammy quits his job as a cashier. Connotation The associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning. Poets
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Paper #2 Hemingway bases most of his books on events that he has experienced. Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is a book about war‚ identity‚ and individualism. His style of using in media res‚ character‚ and dialogue‚ and how he splits the book into five parts‚ changes the way readers interpret the book. Ernest Hemingway lived through World War I and World War II. During World War I‚ Hemingway wanted to join the American army‚ but he was not accepted into it because of his eye sight. Since he wanted
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Macbeth it was three witches who set the climax of the play for the way it appears to the audience. Sometimes when the plays become excessively serious or too heavy for the audience to imbibe‚ the minor characters are employed to add humour and ease the tension. Easing the tension builds up more pity and fear in case of a cathartic climax and in case of other kinds of climax as well the easing of tension is what brings out the final element of shock at the climax. Without the minor characters‚ the playwright
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convey the rising tension and emotions of the characters. This sequence particularly makes use of slow pushes‚ pull backs and off centre framing to express the chaotic nature and suspense of the sequence as it brings the film towards its explosive climax. One particularly notable use of camera is the reveal of
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provides the necessary background information‚ sets the tense‚ establishes the situation‚ and dates the action. It introduces the characters and the conflict‚ or at last the potential for conflict. 3. What is the climax of the story? Practically at the end of the story we can see climax: “And also in a moment his heart responded thrillingly to this novel mood. An instantaneous and strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fate. He would pull himself out of the mire; he would make a
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shot‚ scene transition‚ and camera movement‚ can greatly influence the structure and meaning of a film. These techniques include the hook‚ establishing shot‚ montage‚ leitmotif‚ foreshadowing‚ transition‚ ‘MacGuffin’‚ ‘red herring’‚ ‘bus’‚ flashback‚ climax‚ and twist ending‚ and will be discussed in detail. The first and most important technique is the hook. The hook is the core of both a film and its screenplay. It is what grabs the viewer’s attention‚ usually in the first 5-10 minutes. It is used
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