description of Thomas planning to spread Victor’s dad’s ashes helps the reader understand how the young men feel about his death. Alexie
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to his determinations of what she can and can’t have‚ traps Minnie. He was attracted to her beauty and happiness‚ but held her captive until her spirit could no longer “fly”. The bird remains a symbol even through its death. As the bird dies‚ so does Minnie’s spirit. The bird’s ultimate “freedom” through death also parallels with Minnie’s freedom through her husband’s death. Even though she is jailed in the play‚ her spirit
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Jaggers has other incentives than justice. He takes a case in which the person who he is defending is most definitely guilty of committing murder. His client‚ named Molly escapes conviction‚ but he hires her as his housekeeper. Jaggers sadistically reminds Molly that he knows that she was guilty by showing her muscular and scraped up wrists to his houseguests. In the case in which he defends Molly‚ he does not have much of a defense for her‚ but he uses her size saying she is much too small to have murdered
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of the world set apart from the rest of society. The sense of isolation runs like a thread right through the whole book. Hill does this by creating vivid pictures in the reader’s mind. She uses detailed descriptions or imagery with frequent use of metaphor‚ simili and personification techniques. She also uses short and effective phrases with repetition of words to help create the impact of the descriptions on the reader. Hill was a big fan of Dickens who also used this technique. Hill begins the story
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In suspenseful stories there are several twists‚ turns‚ and surprises. Often to catch a reader’s attention. “August Heat” by W.F. Harvey creates suspense in many ways throughout his entire short story. He leaves people wanting more and to continue reading it. As well as leaving a bit of a mystery. Although mystery and suspense is different in suspenseful story the protagonist gradually becomes aware of the dangers‚ which the readers already know. Meanwhile in a mystery‚ a major event such as
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“How is suspense created in The Turn of the Screw?” The Turn of the Screw is a very suggestive and highly ambiguous story. Its suspense and horror is generated primarily by what is not said and what isn’t shown. Because of the vague and very mysterious story‚ the viewer is compelled to fill in the blanks from his/her own personal fears. The audience ultimately conjures up a more horrifying set of images and circumstances. The story is set in the 1840’s‚ in a country home in Essex‚ England
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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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from old Victorian England‚ where the most popular belief stated that art was not only a figure of morality but also had the means of enforcing it. In addition‚ two other contributing
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The Most Dangerous Game compared to The Hunger Games In “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff can be described as a dangerous‚ cruel‚ and mean person. General Zaroff is dangerous because he kills people and he thinks it’s a game/for fun. This is seen in the story when it says. “It’s a game you see I give him a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife‚ I give him 3hrs to start I am to follow If I find him he loses” (Connel 50). General Zaroff doesn’t care about their feelings and kills them
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a tendency to end the characters lives by suicide or murdered. For characters to take suicide from other characters‚ which in turn took suicide‚ is not an unusual paradox in Shakespeare’s works either. Maybe the most famous one is Romeo and Juliet. And with no exception for this play most lives took the destructive turn. As of the other play‚ Othello‚ the general theme is almost as drenched in sinful feelings: revenge‚ jealously and lastly deception. Shortly‚ Othello was a moor and he married
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