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    tragedy how people react tends to be radically divided. When looking back at unjust acts done against others there always seem to be a large amount of people who seem to agree with said action‚ or are indifferent to it. It is difficult to look back at times when people were being mistreated and completely understand why more people didn’t fight against the injustice. And though there are people who we now consider hero’s for taking a stand against oppression‚ they only make it harder to grasp how people

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    How Does the Composer Create meaning in the tempest? Refer to techniques and quotes in your answer Meaning increases the understanding and view of the world and by the use of dramatic techniques‚ themes and character development Shakespeare creates depth and insight to provide the reader with a view of the world from his perspective. In The Tempest Shakespeare uses themes such as power‚ colonisation and distinguishing man from monster to create meaning and also techniques such as exclamations

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    How does Arthur Miller create tension and suspense‚ building to a climax at the end of Act I? In Act I‚ trouble was already starting to brew as soon as the illegal immigrants Marco and Rodolfo got into the country. Eddie’s dislike of Rodolfo triggered several other problems which finally led to Marco threatening Eddie at the end of the play. Arthur Miller uses several techniques such as dramatic dialogue‚ foreshadowing and paralanguage to gradually increase the suspense and tension until finally

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    Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck Journey is a term that implies travel‚ which can offer up new insights‚ experiences‚ cultures and perspectives. Journeys can have positive or negative effects‚ as we see in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”. In the novel‚ the writer takes us into the American outback‚ and we journey with the characters as they face the various challenges and barriers that arise as they attempt to achieve the ‘great American dream’ – settling down and farming their own land.

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    How does Hill create a sense of conflict and tension between the boys at this moment in the novel? Hill uses the narrative voice to show how the both of the boys react negatively to the new arrival . “we do not properly belong” (Kingshaw) ‚ “we live here ‚ its ours ‚ we belong” (Hooper) in this two quotes the reader can see that Kingshaw already feels unwelcomed in the house while Hooper is showing his egoistic personality. The repetition of the word belong highlights rises up the tension as the

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    Violence in Macbeth Violence in Macbeth is brought from the witches‚” fair is foul and foul is fair”. The behavior involving physical force intended to kill someone which is the most obvious level of physical tragedy throughout the scenes of Macbeth. There was a lot of violence starting with the prophecies that were given which caused Lady Macbeth to plan the violent murder of Duncan. Killing Macbeth was a great idea but there was a lot of murdering involved. She did a well job of leaving

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    How does the writer create tension and convey sympathy for Ikemefuna in this passage from the novel?                 In his novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ Achebe interconnects and associates events that occur in Umuofia with emotions and feelings that hint at what is to come. A prime example of this is Achebe’s use of literary techniques in chapter seven‚ that create tension and convey sympathy for Ikemefuna and conclude in his tragic death.             At the beginning of the novel‚ we find out

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    non-fiction Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 1. How does Steinbeck show the power of dreams and dreaming in the novel? 2. Explore why the relationship between George and Lennie seems so special in the novel. 3. How does John Steinbeck show the influence of ranch life on the behaviour of the characters in the novel? 4. Explore some of the ways in which Steinbeck presents disadvantaged characters in the novel. 5. “Guys like us are the loneliest guys in the world”. How far does the relationship between George

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    In the novel “Of Mice and Men”‚ John Steinbeck uses symbolism in the book to make it easier for the readers to understand the story. He also uses symbolism to make his readers think and allow his readers to see things on a deeper level. The use of symbolism helps create imagery for the reading‚ enhancing the plot‚ and helping to develop characterization. Some of his common symbols in the book include: the dreamhouse‚ hands‚ and rabbits. John Steinbeck first uses symbolism with George and Lennie’s

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    simpler to appoint “good” and “evil” characteristics onto a character and call it day. Although Shakespeare in his plays was never as blunt as “you are good and you are evil”‚ one can see how his villainous characters (and protagonists as well) developed more subtlety while he perfected his craft. Today we will examine how the select implementation of visceral imagery‚ the use of clever linguistic structuring‚ and the use of realistic conclusions makes villains

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