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    These works‚ still popular today‚ prove him to be a consummate dramatist. Shakespeare knew how to craft dramatic scenes full of external and internal conflict and emotion‚ something the Elizabethan audience delighted in; he also intertwined superstitions of this era and pageantry‚ which the Elizabethans also loved. Shakespeare creates external conflict between opposing characters to build tension onstage. When Hamlet and King Claudius

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    As seen in all works of literature‚ there is the division between good and evil. Most readers can instinctively comprehend the protagonist from the antagonist‚ the hero from the villain‚ and so on within a story. Writers take this idea to a whole other level when their characters possess attributes of both sides‚ enhancing the possibilities of their motives and decisions. One of the many authors that emphasize these roles would be Charles Dickens. His most complex displays of morals and ethics can

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    Explore the ways that Shakespeare presents his characters in difficult circumstances in Romeo and Juliet and Othello. In Romeo and Juliet and Othello‚ Shakespeare presents Romeo’s love for Juliet through references to the stars and other cosmic images. The fact that Romeo says‚ “arise fair sun and kill the envious moon in “suggests that because he loves Juliet and is willing to marry her ‚she should lose her respect and loyalty to the moon which represents the goddess Diana who at that time was referred

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    How does Steinbeck present the lives of migrant workers in chapters one to three in ‘Of Mice and Men’? John Steinbeck’s novel‚ ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ was published in 1937. At this time America was still suffering the from the depression and the wandering workers who form the basis of the novel were very much within the consciousness of a nation separated by wealth yet driven by the idea of ‘the American dream’. Steinbeck’s novel is‚ however‚ essentially a tale of loneliness and of men struggling alone

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    Explore how Steinbeck presents and develops the character of Crooks‚ in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ written by John Steinbeck‚ the author presents and develops the character ‘Crooks – The stable buck’ to highlight one of the major themes of Racism and Discrimination in the novella which was a problem that troubled American Society in the 1930’s‚ during the great depression. Steinbeck explores the character Crooks by examining the nature and effects of the racism

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    How does Shakespeare present Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Act 1? In Act one Shakespeare introduces the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth using a range of dramatic devices. At the start of the play Macbeth is introduced from two different perspectives. He is firstly introduced by the three witches whom are discussing a meeting with him ‘There to meet with Macbeth’. This scene would create immense tension for the audience as the presence of the witches in the play would indicate a series of evil

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    derives from misunderstandings between characters and their opposing beliefs about what it means to be Australian. These differing beliefs lead to tension of relationships between the characters Stephen‚ Judy and Ron. The conflicts and dilemmas within these relationships lead to Stephen’s progression to enlightenment. This action can be analysed through the elements of drama. However for the purposes of this essay‚ the focus will be on the human context and tension‚ and how they worked together to create

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    In the novel Rebecca‚ du Maurier uses techniques‚ such as dialogue and setting description‚ to create suspense and tension. But in the movie‚ Hitchcock uses different techniques‚ like music and scenery‚ to create the right kind of suspense and tension for his audience. The plots are the same‚ but the techniques are not. In the novel‚ the author uses a lot of dialogue to create the suspense needed to make the storyline interesting. For example‚ on page 259 in chapter 19‚ the narrator is speaking

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    finds barbarous behavior as a source of entertainment and he does this by bullying the ranch workers and whom is socially beneath him. Steinbeck illustrates the barrenness of the ranch life using the main characters‚ George and Lennie talk about how different their lives. The ranch is a world without love and in which friendship is viewed as remarkable as described by Steinbeck. Steinbeck also illustrated the ranches to comment on how it is atypical for two men to travel together. It is not expected

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    students on a daily basis. We generally have an intuition about how we arrived at this conclusion‚ but how are we going to actually explain this rule of thinking. Just like when we are faced to make behavioral decisions. Will we judge our decision on the situation and the student‚ the protocol‚ or the consequence about the decision.. Educators or leaders make this decision based on whether they are idealist or pragmatist. Idealism An idealist focuses on the absolute or the idea to always do in

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