novel‚ Romeo and Juliet fall in love‚ unknowing of their families feud. Being a Montague‚ Romeo could never fall in love with a Capulet. Thus‚ it was frowned upon by both families. In Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to show that Juliet is in love with her enemy. It is dramatic irony because the readers know something the characters don’t. Eventually Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 – Dramatically Effective? Romeo and Juliet is widely regarded as William Shakespeare’s greatest piece of writing; one of the greatest tragedies ever written. It is a tragic love story‚ a story of love and hate. While there is a blooming love between the main protagonists of the play‚ Romeo and Juliet respectively‚ there is hate between the families of the two‚ the Capulet and Montague. One of the key ways that Romeo and Juliet became a classic is because it is dramatically
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A Cream Cracker Under The Settee is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television‚ as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. In A Cream Cracker Under the Settee Alan Bennett has addressed the issue of elderly people in our society and how they are treated by others. It revolves 75-year old Doris on an ordinary day in her house. The play begins after her fall from the buffet and her reflecting on the events that led up to it. The reason the writer uses a monologue is
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How does Alan Gibbons create dramatic tension in The Edge? Alan Gibbons creates dramatic tension in The Edge using a variety of different techniques such as; pathetic fallacy‚ animal imagery‚ dramatic tension etc. The book is based on a young boy called Danny Mangam who lives in north London. He and his mother are on the run for Chris Kane‚ Danny’s abusive step-father. They try to get away and manage to get to Cathy’s mother and fathers house on the Edge Cliff Estate. But even there‚ nothing is
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How does Steven Spielberg make the opening scene of Jaws so dramatic? Introduction: Jaws’ is a Blockbuster hit and is still going strong‚ even though it was released in 1975. It was directed by Steven Spielberg. It was his first blockbuster hit and a brilliant way to start off his career. The genre of the film is a Thriller. It is a very clever Thriller a mix of suspense and goryness’. The film Jaws’ was based on novel called A Stillness in the Water’‚ written by Peter Benchley. Peter Benchley
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Marsha Norman’s night‚ Mother illustrates a central point about the nature of what creates drama in a play: the anticipation of an outcome. In this case‚ that means that Mama‚ and the story’s audience‚ learns early on of Jessie’s plans. And because of learning Jessie’s plans‚ both Mama and the story’s audience are thrust deep into the heart of this story’s question: Will Jessie really kill herself‚ or can Mama find a way to stop her? What’s at stake in this story is also made very clear: Jessie’s
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memorable of which would definitely be the strange idea that someone could be led to kill the person the love the most‚ as readers are throughout the play searching for why this comes about and where to lay the blame. Shakespeare uses many different dramatic techniques to show that Othello is in fact the victim of racism‚ pushed over the edge by Iago’s extreme hatred. He also reveals through the play the discriminatory nature of society at the time and shows that Othello was constantly made to feel an
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The author of the play “Blackrock”‚ Nick Enright has written a very dramatic play towards today’s society. During the play he uses lots of techniques to make it relate to the audience‚ therefore making it more appealing to the readers. Friendship is also a major factor in the play‚ “Blackrock”. Throughout this play‚ many different attitudes and values are brought up. It is very appealing towards teenagers‚ because of today’s society and how it relates to the problems of today. In the play
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Discuss the ways in which the settings contribute to the dramatic foci of the play. The settings contribute towards the three main foci of the play‚ that being racial prejudice of Othello being black and the view of people of colour being lesser‚ sexism faced by the female characters with a similar stigma to people of colour yet still favoured over them and the jealousy and manipulation shown by Othello and Iago due to their submission to love of women and power. Sexism is first shown through
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On Hassan’s birthday‚ Baba had hired a plastic surgeon to correct Hassan’s harelip. Amir was jealous that Baba was giving Hassan a such special birthday gift. The surgery went well and Hassan could finally smile an unbroken smile. The author uses dramatic irony to foreshadow the incident after the annual winter kite-fighting tournament. Amir did not stand up for Hassan or tell anyone about the rape because he was envy of Baba’s affection for Hassan. ’’He wrinkled his nose when he said the Shi’a‚
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