Discuss Millers use of tension throughout act 3 of the crucible? The play ‘the crucible’ illustrates how people react to mass hysteria created by a person or group of people‚ as people did during the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Miler lived in America at the time of the McCarthy hearings and linked the Salem witch trials analogically to the events of the time. This meant that miller could use the same type of dramatic tension he was witnessing and use it in his play. Miller masterfully builds
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"Romeo and Juliet" was based upon Arthur Brooke’s poem - "The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet" (1562). He wrote a play that the audience already knew - Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy originally written in 1599. The opening of the play creates tension‚ which is followed throughout the ply by the dramatic irony of the chorus giving the prologue to the play‚ making the audience start to wonder when things will happen. "Who will fall in love?" "Who will die?" "Who will fight?" "Who is the
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The movie “the lives of others” is a German film that takes place in East Berlin‚ November 1984. Five years before its downfall‚ the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance. Party-loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend‚ the celebrated theater actress Christa-Maria Sieland. After all‚ the "operation" is backed by the
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the chimney.” Based off of this quote‚ this shows how there is a sense of fear and panic in the old man which‚ brought that horror characteristics into the story. Then‚ there was also fear of insane that was brought towards the end of the story. It says‚ “Yet the sound increased and they heard! They suspected! They knew! Villains! I shrieked dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear the planks! It is the beating of his hideous heart!” This shows how the killer let the fear get closer to his insanity
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“Scar‚” the symbol of food is used to show the tension in the family‚ and the sacrifices the daughters make for their mothers. During dinner‚ An-mei’s mother appears at the door. She has been kicked out by her family after becoming a concubine for another man; this is viewed as a great dishonor to the family. As tension grows between her mother at the door and the family seated at the table‚ An-mei stands up and calls out to her. The break in tension clears a path for everyone else’s anger‚ and they
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Hamlet 1. Show how Act I‚ scenes i and ii provide an introduction to the main plot of the play providing background information‚ establishing mood or atmosphere‚ and introducing key characters and their relationships. The introductory scenes of Hamlet convey a dark and somber mood with bitter cold temperatures and news of the recent passing of the king of Denmark. It immediately becomes apparent that the death of Hamlet was of unnatural causes‚ as his ghost is seen meandering aimlessly around Elsinore
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quite how the Wingfields have. Amanda Wingfield and her two children‚ Laura‚ and Tom‚ are all trapped within the confines of their apartment‚ they each have their own methods of escaping from the complications of the outside world. Tom smokes and drinks while Laura avoids school and work‚ instead losing herself in the fantasy of her glass menagerie. Amanda lives vicariously through her children and yet seems trapped in the memories of her past. As the play continues‚ the reader begin to see how these
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Cecilia Ramirez Serafini Film-Analysis (2) 11 April‚ 2013 Shark Encounters Steven Spielberg created a film based off the thriller novel‚ Jaws‚ by Peter Benchley. Both the movie and the book tell the story of a giant man-eating great white shark and focus on the terror brought to the people of Amity Island. The movie does follow the novel’s main story line closely‚ however‚ when a producer turns a book into a film‚ it’s practical for one to thicken its plot line‚ and for two‚ tell the original
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How does Sheriff build tension in Act 2? Jodie Horton Sheriff creates a lot of tension in Act 2 in many different ways. He uses structure as a way to create tension including‚ stage directions‚ setting/staging and characters actions. Tension is initially built in scene 1 by the use of Sheriffs structure‚ the men are waiting in the trenches for six days with nothing to do‚ to the audience the real boredom of the trenches and the men would be exposed. The men talk about everyday
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How does H.G Wells create tension and suspense in “the Red Room” The red room written by H.G.Wells was written in the year 1894. It is written in a gothic style and is a physiological thriller that was very popular at the time. The story involves many of the typical themes and settings such as a dark haunted castle‚ spiral staircases‚ evil shadows and subterranean passages. H.G.Wells uses a lot of language techniques like similes‚ metaphors‚ onomatopoeia‚ alliteration and repetition to create
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