How does John Harding use gothic techniques to create horror in Florence and Giles? Horror permeates much of Harding’s beguiling novel Florence and Giles (2010). In a retrospective first-person narrative foretold by young didactic protagonist Florence‚ Harding’s richly textured novel attempts to masterfully create horror through various gothic techniques. For example‚ Harding employs recurring weather motifs to compel his audience ’It was December now and we’d have had a lot of snow’ says Florence
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themes of betrayal ‚ death ‚ and foolishness. Arthur Miller centers on Abigail Williams ‚ a troubled 17 year old girl ‚ who starts the main conflicts of the play. Her false confessions of witches convinces the local Puritans that witchcraft is among them. With false confessions ‚ her personal affairs are scandalous. Her relations with John Proctor have an effect on his marriage & his wife. In this essay ‚ I’ll center on Abigail Williams & how she affected the town. Abigail being so naive
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and his mother‚ who were visiting New York City. As they traveled by subway‚ a gang of men climbed on board. This throng of men approached the mother and began to harass her. The young man‚ who quickly realized the intentions‚ separated his mother from the crowd. He was all that stood between the group of men and his mother. As they attempted to move him away‚ he stood firm. Facing the crowd with defiance his eyes glanced a small reflection‚ but before he could react he was stabbed. Bleeding to death
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How does Miller create Mood and Atmosphere in this extract? (Scene where Eddie kisses Catherine and Rodolfo) At the beginning of this extract there is a sense of dramatic irony as the audience knows that this will be a drama filled extract because they know that Rodolfo and Catherine have gone into the bedroom and may have assumed that they have slept together. They also know that Eddie is drunk‚ ‘He is unsteady‚ drunk.’ The tension in the atmosphere is caused by the fact that Eddie is drunk
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All people -- from millionaires with mansions living on the hilltops to the poor and unhealthy bums living on the streets -- have one goal: to reach their fullest ability‚ or achieve their American Dream. The above examples are the extremes of an American system in which wealth and status decide your friends‚ future‚ and well-being. Personally‚ I think the American Dream is to attain the status that you desire -- whether it is social prosperity or affluence. Everyone’s definition is different with
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between Arthur Miller’s history and the novel: In 1956‚ Miller divorced his first wife Mary Slattery who he had two children with‚ and married Marilyn Monroe. Monroe was one of the most famous actresses in America and her love life was thrust onto every tabloid. Shortly after their marriage‚ Miller was called before the HUAC (House of Un-American Committee)‚ which could have potentially ruined both his and Monroe’s career. There are links between the characters. John Proctor as Miller‚ and Elizabeth
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Billy Elliot Topic: “Societies often create gender stereotypes that set impossible standards for men and women‚ leading to unhappiness‚ loneliness and possibly violence.” How apparent is this problem in English society of 1984‚ as seen in the film‚ Billy Elliot? Stereotypes are generalizations‚ or assumptions‚ which people make about the characteristics of all members of a group‚ based on an image about what people in that group are like. For example‚ in the Billy Elliot‚ Jackie Elliot had to
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How does TQM Create an Environment that Promotes Quality? TQM is more than a theory. In addition to proposing new speculations about the working environment‚ it advocates particular changes that chiefs need to make in the event that they need to improve the system. These progressions are best depicted in Deming’s "14 Points‚" which are dense under the four classes beneath: • Customer Relationships: Customers can be either interior or outer to an association. Similarly as a client is the individual
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In Book IV of “Confessions‚” St. Augustine is talking to God about the death of a close friend and how he feels nothing but sorrow. He realizes that everything on this Earth is mortal‚ and by his tone‚ it fills him with sadness. As he continues with his prayer‚ St. Augustine begins to question his emotions and belief in God. He then states‚ “For that first grief had pierced so easily and so deep only because I had spilt out my soul upon the sand‚ in loving a mortal as if he were never to die.”1 If
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is definitely a tragic hero and he shows this in many ways in The Crucible by Arthur Miller through means of catharsis and a tragic flaw‚ hamartia. John Proctor is an honest‚ blunt-spoken‚ overall good person with one fatal flaw. In the play‚ he starts off as a respected and successful farmer whose main focus is himself above all and then his flaw is highlighted. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero usually comes from a position of nobility or is a well-respected individual. Although John
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