century AD overtime Literary works have been develop such as novel‚ poems‚ and short stories. Short Stories are described has miniature versions of books or novels‚ where an author takes a tale and crams it into a ten to twenty page story. John Steinbeck is not only a well-known novelist‚ but also writes short stories like “The Chrysanthemums” and “Flight”. In Steinbeck’s “The Chrysthemums” Elisa Allen is married to a negligent ranch owner. While her husband works on the ranch‚ Elisa tends to her
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Emily Dickinson uses personification to similate how death is a gentleman that stopped to give someone a pleasant ride to their destination. The gentleman (Death) waits for her is the way the poet conveyed in the poem. As if death is a person waiting for her to join him. Another personification is when the writer compares death to someone having good manners‚ although this is not possible‚ they travel together at no certain speed with no time limit. As they pass through the town the sun sets
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I read is the story about how the society was manipulated by the fear of the unknown or different. Therefore‚ in my opinion people in Salem were afraid of a devil and this fear shaped their society to judge and perceive normal women as witches and in consequences killed them. Fear was one of the most important things which shaped society but as Miller wrote in his book lies were affected society almost in the same way. Abigail‚ the main character in The Crucible‚ uses intimidation to create an
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Blood is known to all of us to represent life‚ death and often injury. Blood is an essential part of life‚ and without blood‚ we could not live. This is known to everyone‚ and because of this‚ when Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood to represent treason‚ murder and death‚ it is easily understood and fits in perfectly with the ideas we have of blood.<br><br>Blood is mentioned often in the play and most times in reference to murder or treason. The first sinister reference to blood is in Act 2‚ Scene
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John Steinbeck was born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas‚ California. "Of Mice and Men" was published in 1973‚ it was immediately successful and Steinbeck was beginning to be recognised as an author. The novel is set in Soledad‚ California and is about two migrant agricultural labourers‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. The two workers travel together which are unlike most of the other migrants. Lennie has a body of a grown man but a mind of a child and relies on George to look after him. The story
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How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to
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Explore how Stevenson creates a sense of intrigue and engages the reader’s interest in ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. Throughout this novel Stevenson consistently uses his characters to create and engage the reader’s curiosity; Utterson first stokes the mystery of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde when he regards to Mr Enfield; ‘Did you ever remark that door?’ – Enfield returning with the recital of an unusual story in which Mr Hyde is mentioned for the first time. Stevenson uses Hyde’s brutal and seemingly horrifying
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How does Act 1 of Antony and Cleopatra prepare the audience for tragedy? In this essay i will discuss how act of Antony and Cleopatra prepare the audience for tragedy. Firstly the character of Antony is one of three who rule Rome after the assassination of Julius Caedar. But Antony’s popularity is shortlived‚ as Shakespeare’s audience discovers when Act I opens in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ where Antony languishes under the spell of Cleopatra’s incomparable beauty and charm. She spends her every wile and
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In this passage‚ what methods does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitudes of others around her? And How does Steinbeck present attitudes towards women in the society in which the novel is set? Steinbeck uses Curley’s wife to represent how many women in the 1930s were classed below men‚ and how this prejudice allowed their lives to be defined by the men around them. In this passage‚ Steinbeck has manipulated Curley’s wife’s appearance in order to reinforce our pre judged feelings
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killings during this horrific event. “Considerations of public opinion influenced Bill Clinton’s decision on going into Somalia in 1993. Ninety-seven per cent of the American public agreed that Clinton made the right decision” (Publics opinion on use of force‚
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