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    How does Poe use language and character to create tension in ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’? Edgar Allen Poe is considered to be a master of writing macabre stories. Poe generally writes using this theme which shows he is comfortable with writing morbid dark tales. He is able to write short stories which are full of tension – one main example being ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. The genre choice being ‘short story’ automatically creates tension. Compared to a general ‘novel’ they are massively different. A short

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    John De Cleene English Harris Due: December 2‚ 2010 Horror and Tension Within The Tell Tale Heart Edgar Allen Poe is most famous for his remarkable gothic fiction stories. In fact‚ some would almost consider him to be the father of them. One of his most recognized pieces is The Tell Tale Heart. This particular tale tells the story of a man who in the end turns out to be insane when he hears the beating of a dead man’s heart. The narrator kills an old man who did nothing wrong. The only thing

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    How does Shakespeare create Tension in act1 scene 1? In King Lear‚ Act I establishes the nature of the conflict between Cordelia and Lear‚ among Goneril and Regan and Lear‚ and between Gloucester and Edgar. This first act also establishes the twofold nature of Goneril‚ Regan‚ and Edmund‚ while demonstrating that Cordelia and Edgar are good characters. The remainder of the play’s central characters also make an appearance in this act. At the start of the play Lear intends to divide his kingdom

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    How does Susan Hill build tension and suspense in the opening of this chapter? The chapter starts with Kipps walking across the Nine Lives Causeway after seeing the woman in black in the graveyard. He was already on edge because of this experience‚ ‘I glanced over my shoulder‚ half-expecting to catch sight of the black figure of the woman following me’‚ which makes the reader uneasy too. However Kipps tries to persuade himself that she was not a ghost and tries to forget about it‚ which makes him

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    How does Alan Gibbons create dramatic tension in The Edge? Alan Gibbons creates dramatic tension in The Edge using a variety of different techniques such as; pathetic fallacy‚ animal imagery‚ dramatic tension etc. The book is based on a young boy called Danny Mangam who lives in north London. He and his mother are on the run for Chris Kane‚ Danny’s abusive step-father. They try to get away and manage to get to Cathy’s mother and fathers house on the Edge Cliff Estate. But even there‚ nothing is

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    which a woman kills her husband as an impulsive reaction to his husband’s claim of wanting divorce. • The use of literary techniques in “A Lamb to the Slaughter” cause the readers to experience a feeling of tension. • The use of sensory imagery at the beginning of the story produces tension in the readers. • Since the moment that Mr. Maloney arrives home‚ everything is described with such detail that we can picture the scene‚ “He lifted his glass and drained it in one swallow although there was

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    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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    How does the director Stephen Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and build tension for the audience in the film Jaws? Stephen Spielberg is a very famous director and well known for his high budget action films. The film that will scare anyone and live on for generations is the terrific Jaws‚ the first ever block bluster in 1975. His tagline was very catchy and ment something to people as in when people went to see Jaws‚ to then go on holiday they did exactly what it said “Don’t

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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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