1. In what ways and to what ends do authors create a distinct narrative voice? In the novel ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’‚ Muriel Spark uses a chronological narrative structure‚ running from the 1930s to the 1950s to tell the story. Within this framework‚ she creates a distinct narrative voice in a number of ways. There is much debate over who the voice is. One might argue it is the consistent and overarching voice of an omniscient narrator who can relate to the plot as a whole‚ moving back and
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Tension is an element that has been intricately woven at the heart of the Birling family. The Birling’s are a family of two generations; the older assertive and callous generation and the younger ambitious generation with not yet fully sculpted minds. The lack of understanding and empathy for the younger generation (Eric and Shelia) feeds the tension at heart:- ‘Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble-that’s why.’ This quotation reflects on Eric’s sense of
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Assignment: The works of Shakespeare and Dickens Introduction Julius Caesar takes plays in the ancient Greece‚ and the plot is based on the assassination of Caesar himself. Caesar returned to Rome from war. As the citizens honor him‚ an alliance was formed between the senators Brutus and Cassius. They shared a dread if Caesar would become corrupted from all the power and as a result‚ they plotted the death of him. They stabbed him to death and on his funeral the truth were set free. A man called
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personal event his in life and how the event taught him an important lesson. Hughes starts the narrative off capturing the reader’s attention by directly stating what his narrative is about‚ him being “saved”; then creating suspense by stating that he was “not really saved.” Hughes uses this technique to get the readers thinking about what he means. He goes on to further explain how the event began. He starts off by telling the reader the basics of the event; how his Auntie Reed took him to church
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many ways. He used him to drive the plot‚ create some conflict‚ and most of all he made him unforgettable. Shakespeare used sir Sir Toby Belch to create conflict by making him one of the first characters introduced. We immediately find him coming home after partying and drinking. Maria his maid is not happy she tells him “By my troth‚ Sir Toby‚ you must come in earlier o’ nights. Your cousin‚ my lady‚ takes great exceptions to your ill hours.” Sir Toby does not care that she says this
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selling their labor power in order to live" (131). This classification is present in Fight Club‚ as the narrator describes "You do the little job you’re trained to do. Pull a lever. Push a button. You don’t understand any of it‚ and then you just die" (12). Tyler Durdern innovates a way to degrade the upper class. He announces fight club as a religion with ethics to follow and a day to worship by saying‚ "Fight Club is not about words … There’s a hysterical shouting in tongues like at church‚ and
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‘How does Priestley show that tension is at the heart of the Birling Family?’ Tensions in the Birling household are shown from the beginning of the play. The house is described as “not cosy and homelike” which represents the cold and unfriendly atmosphere; these characteristics very much reflect the family itself. There is a significant contrast between the older and younger generations throughout the play. An early hint of this is evident at the start of the play when Sheila says she would
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of these words are feelings that Romeo and Juliet are no longer feeling‚ causing them to take their own lives. Because they are each other’s enemies and therefore cannot be officially together‚ leads them to be psycho over their love. The balcony scene where Romeo and Juliet talk‚ gives several examples with why they are angry and depressed; in which is because of their family feud. This hatred is a barrier to not only Romeo and Juliet‚ but to the teenage character’s brains to properly develop and
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The ideas surrounding utopian and dystopian societies are popular because authors use the context and setting of dystopian novels to voice their opinions about local or global politics. Everyone is seeing the news about black lives matter and how women should have rights and racism and sexism and ageism. But when the authors see the news they’re like‚” Oh‚ I’m going to tell everyone my opinion about racism and sexism and ageism except in the form of a book because that’s the only way people will
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information‚ putting an important character in peril‚ or the character must choose between two dangerous courses of action‚ or reversals. In the short story August Heat the author creates suspension through the use of foreshadowing and withholding back on some information and through assumptions. The story begins off and does not introduce the protagonist‚ but instead they introduce us to the settings. The author suggests
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