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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Explain How Arthur Miller Uses Act Three As A Dramatic Device To Expose The Rivalries Which Exist In Salem. In 1952‚ Arthur Miller wrote a play entitled‚ ‘The Crucible’. The play is centred on the witch trials that actually took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote about the event as an allegory for McCarthyism which occurred in the United States in the 1950s. McCarthyism was a time of great anti-communist suspicion in the late 1940s and 1950s. The key connections
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Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare and was first published in 1597‚ but the revised edition of 1599 is mainly used today. Shakespeare’s principal source for Romeo and Juliet was a poem by Arthur Brooke (1562) Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet so that it could be performed by actors and enjoyed by audiences. Romeo and Juliet is ’A tragedy of youth as youth sees it’‚ wrote Harley Granville Barker. It is set in a Veronese high summer‚ and is both a tale of ’star-crossed lovers’
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the moral of the play was‚ and debated on whether Shakespeare was putting a point across about how injudicious behaviour can result in your downfall; or whether fate will choose the path to lead despite whatever you may do to stop it. This is left to the audience to interpret for themselves. During the previous act: Act 2 Scene 6‚ Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Lawrence. The atmosphere in the scenes are juxtaposed‚ as Act 3 Scene 1 is extremely tense and ultimately becomes the matter
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This scene takes place near the end of the end of the play. Ophelia has just died and her grave is being dug in the graveyard. Hamlet and Horatio come in and speak with the grave diggers. Later in the scene the funeral procession come through with Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ and Laertes. A major theme in this play is the conflict between action and inaction. Very few times in this play do the characters take action. It mainly a play of words and observation. So many scenes the characters stand‚ talk
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a party that same night. Even Friar Lawrence‚ with whom Romeo seemed to confide in frequently‚ chided him for his fickleness- “Holy Saint Francis‚ what a change is here! Is Rosaline‚ that thou didst love so dear‚ so soon forsaken?”(Shakespeare‚ 1992). And so soon does this couple marry and be separated and then die together over a surprising span of only four days. The brisk pace at which the events proceed can also be attributed to
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How effective is act one as the opening to the play? The opening of the play is enigmatic and tense‚ almost gothic as it is set at night time‚ just before the ‘dead hour’. This is during the changing of the guard at Elsinore castle. This image is strengthened through the connotations of descriptions such as ‘tis bitter cold’; ‘not a mouse stirring’ creating an eerie and silent atmosphere. One guard‚ Francisco‚ questions the arrival of new characters with a feeling of paranoia and anxiety: ’stand
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Explore how shakesphere presents emotion in Act 3 scene 5 Romeo and Juliet is a famous play about love and sacrifice. It is based on two star crossed lovers which clashes with other kind of power the play was written in Elizabethan times. Which was a long time ago and society has changed throughout time so it is a bit old – fashioned and the rules were different at those times unlike now. I am going to explore and write about William shakesphere portrays emotion in Act 3 scene 5. In act 3‚ scene 5 in
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How does Shakespeare portray strong emotions in Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet? In act 3‚ scene 5 in Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ a lot of emotions are being shown by different characters. In this scene Shakespeare has involved some of the main themes; family‚ hatred/anger‚ violence and the most notable theme‚ love. Shakespeare has made Lord Capulet seem joyous as he enters the room/scene as he thinks that his daughter will be getting married to Count Paris. This is shown by
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How does Shakespeare present love and hate in Act 1 scene 1 and Act 1 scene 5? Shakespeare wrote the play of two lovers’‚ Romeo and Juliet. Thought to be‚ one of the greatest‚ tragic love stories of all time‚ however‚ throughout the play‚ Shakespeare contrasts love with hate at every possible moment. The two themes‚ love and hate‚ are like twins separated at birth‚ brought up in different backgrounds‚ a totally different society. Combining these two themes‚ creates curiosity into how ’a pair of
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