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 Faulks create an increasing sense of foreboding during Act One? Faulks conveys an increasingly strong sense of foreboding throughout Part One of Birdsong. Although Faulks makes use of various portentous motifs‚ the ‘water-gardens’ scene‚ and ‘cathedral’ scene‚ are two clear examples of Faulks foreshadowing the turbulence of the future. Notably‚ prior to the ‘water-gardens’ scene‚ and ‘cathedral’ scene‚ as Stephen ‘emptied his pocket of items he no longer needed’‚ Faulks provides the reader
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English Controlled Assessment Draft: Conflict in the Crucible The play I am studying for this essay is called “The Crucible” and I will be focusing on Act 1 of the book. The question I will be answering is what’s the most powerful type of conflict in the opening act of the crucible? The word conflict means a state of disharmony‚ opposition and or fighting. The conflict portrayed in the Crucible is often described as tools used to describe events in Millers time period. For example‚ witchcraft doesn’t
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Surface Tension My problem was to find out how to test or measure surface tension. I think the reason of some of the force in surface tension is cohesion and gravity. Surface Tension is the condition existing at the free surface of a liquid‚ resembling the properties of an elastic skin under tension. The tension is the result of intermolecular forces exerting an unbalanced inward pull on the individual surface molecules; this is reflected in the considerable curvature at those edges where the
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in non-polar molecules. Cohesion‚ along with adhesion (attraction between unlike molecules)‚ helps explain phenomena such as meniscus‚ surface tension and capillary action. Mercury in a glass flask is a good example of the effects of the ratio between cohesive and adhesive forces. Because of its high cohesion and low adhesion to the glass‚ mercury does not spread out to cover the bottom of the flask ‚ and if enough is placed in the flask to cover the bottom‚ it exhibits a strongly convex meniscus
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he is wise as he uses his Father’s advice who happens to be a veteran meaning he is rather wise. By not passing judgment on people‚ this means that he does not give out first impressions which can obviously lead to negative things and are never reliable. People would not trust Nick if he gave out first impressions as they mean nothing and it does not prove anything. The advise which he has been turning in his head ever since illustrates that he is reliable for the fact he doesn’t judge people without
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individual and every country in world are facing with racial tension. Racial tension can be described as‚ groups of people or more than one race who live around the same area and they are facing a serious conflict with each other. The effect of racial tension can be a everybody’s worst nightmare‚ but the most important is to study the causes of racial tension. The reason to study the causes of racial tension is to understand why and how racial tension happens‚ rather than pointing finger with eye closed
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knowledge about life and sin. For Hester‚ the scarlet letter functions as “her passport into regions where other women dared not tread‚” leading her to understand about the Puritan society and herself as well as about life. She sees that no matter how hard it is to live a life‚ where even the people Hester Prynne continuously helps‚ looks downward upon
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How does the Prologue at the start of Romeo and Juliet create suspense? William Shakespeare‚ writer of Romeo and Juliet‚ creates suspense through the use of different techniques. Shakespeare is very particular in his choice of diction‚ by wisely picking specific vocabulary to create an atmosphere. It is usual that a Greek tragedy‚ such as Romeo and Juliet‚ contains a Prologue to set the tone for the rest of the play. Shakespeare wrote the Prologue in a Sonnet form using Iambic Pentameter‚ which
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Scott Buchanan Mrs. Poma English Honors / Block H 28 May 2009 Tension of Opposites One of the greatest aspects of humanity is that no two people are identical; rather‚ every individual has his own perspective‚ beliefs‚ and ideas. This discrepancy among opinions is the basis for all conflicts and arguments. However‚ these conflicts can be beneficial‚ as two opposing sides may negotiate with each other to reach a verdict that is more acceptable than either of the sides’ views alone. In Tuesdays
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