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    making a dystopia a nightmarish place with many things wrong with it. The book "1984" is based in a dystopian world in 1984. This is the future from when the book was written. Orwell has to use many ideas and very twisted thoughts and nightmares to create this world‚ which seems to become more like reality year by year. An example of the dystopia being created would be the weather note on the first line of the book. "It was a bright cold day in April"‚ this puts forward the idea that that in the time

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    Steinbeck uses the beginning of each chapter to paint the image of the room or location in which the chapter takes part. The main locations are the place near the pool‚ the bunkhouse‚ the dream farm‚ Crooks’ room‚ and the barn. Steinbeck picks items or feature of each place to help evoke the atmosphere of the place and to symbolise the greater ideas of the story. The idealised setting near the pool is where people start waiting to begin working towards the American dream‚ hoping to live an idealised

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    William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin‚ Ireland. His father was a lawyer and happened to be a well know artist of the time. Yeats was educated in both England‚ specifically London‚ and in Dublin‚ Ireland. Although the majority of his summers were spent in the west of Ireland in the family’s summerhouse. Yeats was involved in societies that attempted to write and compose Irish literature. His first piece of literature appeared in 1887‚ but in his earlier period his dramatic production outweighed

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    concept by using an object or character. In the parable‚ The Pearl‚ Steinbeck uses symbolism extensively to create and develop the novel’s themes. The pearl of the book’s title is a symbol‚ which develops from a paradise of hopes and dreams‚ to a destructive centre of evil. The key symbol of the pearl generates the theme of the destructive nature of greed throughout the book. The doctor as a symbol develops the theme of oppression. Steinbeck elaborates the theme of humanity in the natural world by changing

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    John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men does not portray women very respectively. Curley’s wife walks the ranch as a seductress. Bored‚ lonely and always looking for her husband‚ Curley. When we first encounter her appearance‚ Steinbeck describes her as having ‘full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up’ this is a prime example of her superfluous character. She is flirtatious and her body language is provocative. Before Curley’s wife makes her first appearance‚ her personality is emphasised

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    What could have possibly caused this overwhelming rise in racial tension? As it turns out‚ some of America’s greatest leaders have addressed what is behind this ethnic strain in cities all around the country. Some of these leaders include Governor Wallace of Alabama‚ Stokely Carmichael‚ and the late Malcolm X. George Wallace‚ the current governor of Alabama has a very clear idea as to what is the cause of the recent rise in tension. As an old time southerner‚ Governor Wallace is a firm believer

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    3 scene 1 is a terrific piece of drama. How does Shakespeare engage the audience’s interest and build up tension and anticipation of future events in the play? Romeo and Juliet is a terrific Shakespeare play. It is a play of love and tragedy. It shows two people from families who are enemies‚ and who fall in love. In act 3 scenes 1 though it all turns around‚ the tragic death of two people turn it. I will say in this essay how it changes the play and how the langue and style in this play keeps

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    How does Shakespeare create sympathy for Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare creates sympathy for the two protagonists in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ skilfully using emotive language‚ sonnet form‚ alliteration and metaphor. Before the play begins‚ the audience are told that it will end in a disaster. This creates an emotive reaction in the audience throughout the play as they are reminded of the fate of the two young lovers. This is emphasised by the fact that the protagonists foreshadow their own

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    Throughout the short story “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton‚ tension and suspense are created by making the audience wonder what is behind the door. There is a kingdom in which the king always gets his way. He decide to create a semi-barbaric‚ yet civilized form of a justice system‚ where any person accused of a crime will be given the choice of two doors. One has a tiger that will viciously maul and murder the person‚ “proving” their guilt. One has a maiden behind it‚ and the accused is

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    with their “dream” of owning land‚ Candy begs to join the “dream.” Candy lost everything including his beloved dog; he is desperate. This leads to my question‚ why did Steinbeck choose to make Candy join the dream over any other character? Steinbeck chose Candy to join the dream because he is the most desperate and Steinbeck wanted to

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