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    marriage. Gothic horror combines the elements of horror and romance into its own style‚ the style includes different aspects that normally re-occur in the genre; A darkened atmosphere and a rickety old house which gives home to a sinister villain that creates havoc for a certain victim of their choice. In this instance the narrator is the villain wrecked my madness and distress and the victim which is an old man who is wanted dead for his “Evil”  “vulture” eye that torments the narrator .This end with

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    Blackadder How is humour created and employed in episode 6 of Blackadder goes forth? The media release thousands of programmes every day each with their own type to be placed within. Humour is just one of the many types of program there are and many people have the stereotypical view that a comedy has to be full of laughs. The comedy I will be looking at is Blackadder goes forth. Humour must rely on several things‚ one of the most important things is the time of making if it is about a sensitive

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    Act Three of Arthur Miller’s script The Crucible opens with a very hostile‚ tense and desperate mood due to the Salem Witch Trials being in full swing. Hathorne is questioning the wife of Giles Corey‚ Martha‚ about whether or not she is aligned with the Devil and one of his witches until Giles comes barging in “roaring to the court” that he has “evidence” for them to see until he is eventually “removed by the court marshal” (83-84). Giles is angered and furious that his wife is being put on trial

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    Jane Eyre‚ as the eponymous character‚ has become closer and better known to us than to any familial member or friend. Because of this we understand the way she writes‚ and subsequently how she views her own new environment. Her vivid descriptions and powerful imagery remind us of where her imagination (more spirited than that of any other child) originated in the time spent engaged in Bewick’s ‘History of British Birds’‚ her only form of escapism from the dreary conditions at Gateshead Hall. So

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    used to create tension and suspense in ’The Monkey’s Paw’. From the very beginning we can see that the language used sets the scene and conveys the mood of the story; "the night was cold and wet". Pathetic fallacy immediately implies that the story will be based on evil and creates tension as it intrigues the reader. We can see that the language used helps the story to become fast paced which contributes to creating tension and suspense. We can also see that there are many words that create suspense

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    How does the writer explore the themes of tolerance and empathy in chapters 2 and 3? In chapter 2 Miss Caroline is introduced. She has come across as a very sweet and innocent lady. “She had bright auburn hair‚ pink cheeks and wore crimson finger- nail polish. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop”. This quote highlights her innocence and exaggerates the difference between Miss Caroline‚ who is very clean-cut‚ to the rest of Maycomb‚ which is less educated and poor. Miss Caroline states that

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    Truman won by a 49% to 45% margin and in his surprising victory decided to create a change when he became president. He modified the prior “New Deal” with his version of the “Fair Deal.” He created more public housing‚ increased minimum wage‚ encouraged and helped spread education‚ protection against natural civil rights‚ and created national health insurance. Sadly‚ all this really did was unintentionally create tension that eventually started the Cold War. During this time though‚ Chinese Communists

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    back and how the story can keep you up at night. Giving you goosbumps also relates to one of the famous authors being R.L. Stine writing the novel of Goosbumps on different scary topics. But this is not the person that we are focusing on‚ How do horror writers create suspense? By Percy D Aco and August Heat by W.F. Harvey. One of them writing about how they get there idea of suspense and the other writing about suspense. The How do horror writers create supense? Is very interesting how these writers

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    How does Steinbeck create tension in the fight between Lennie and Curley in Chapter 3? Steinbeck cleverly builds up the tension throughout Chapter three to foreshadow the fight. It is important to note how Steinbeck builds up the tension beforehand‚ as he jumps from scene to scene which has conflicting emotions for both the characters and the reader‚ to perhaps manipulate us to believe that Lennie will be in grave danger‚ due to the violent and discriminatory characters present in the early-mid 20th

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    How does Edgar Allan Poe create atmosphere and build tension in The Tell Tale Heart?   The Tell Tale Heart is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the story is written using  the ‘gothic’ style language and fits into this genre because Poe builds up the  atmosphere‚ suspense and tension this way‚ the story is set at night in a house‚ the  gothic style contributes to the readers mind and reaction of tension in several different  ways‚ Poe uses a narrator to tell the story and who murders an old man that he is living 

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