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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1. (a) State what ecologists mean by the following terms: (i) habitat ................................................................................................................ [1] (ii) niche ................................................................................................................ [1] (iii) ecosystem. ................................................................................................................ ..............................................
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structure can further enhance the simplicity of this novella. The idea here is that distinguishable sections of plot structure‚ such as the exposition and climax‚ differ as much as possible‚ once again eliminating confusion. For example‚ in this novel‚ the exposition is the day before his voyage‚ the rising action is the days leading up to his catch‚ the climax‚ the falling action is his voyage home and the shark attacks and finally‚ the resolution would be the day after he came back. When a section of the
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‘Jealously remains the ultimate corrupting force within action.’ To what extent do you agree with this? Within the play Othello‚ jealously remains the ultimate corrupting force‚ as it is through jealously that dramatic conflict occurs and the tragic events unfold. The consequences of jealously have a catalytic impact on the characters of the play and their mutual relationships. This is clearly demonstrated through the machiavellian villain of the play‚ Iago‚ whose actions and dialogue are driven
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and is a dramatic re-enactment of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. The story is of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition‚ paranoia and malice due to the “threat” of witchcraft. It culminates in a violent climax where many of the inhabitants are sent to hang. The protagonist of the play‚ John Proctor‚ in turn gets caught up in inner and outer conflicts surrounding the complications in Salem - leaving the audience almost sympathetic. When Proctor’s family
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arrangement. Without predictability there would be no coherence and no decoding. Defeated expectancy may come up on any level of the language. Among devices that are based on this principle we can name pun‚ zeugma‚ paradox‚ oxymoron‚ irony‚ anti-climax‚ etc. A Pun is a joke that makes a play on words. A pun‚ also called paronomasia uses words that have several meanings or words that sound similar but have different meanings. The general formula for the pun is: “A equals B and
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