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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The short story Anil was written by Ridjal Noor and the story is set in a small village is Malaysia. Noor begins the story by describing the setting which make the reader feel slightly uneasy yet intrigued as to what might be occurring on the ’hot sweltering night in the middle of march’. Quite disturbing imagery is used and it becomes clear at the beginning that poverty is a big theme throughout of the story. ’When mosquitoes were in their reign of terrorism there was a little village where the
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Conn 1 Jennifer Conn Professor Michael Hickman GWRTC 103 –Sect. 61 15 April 2013 Reader Response #3 Though Meyerhardt states that the opening account on female circumcision seemed “Amusing”‚ I personally found it far more disturbing. I was very shocked and disgusted while reading this piece‚ as I am sure my classmates were as well. The “small opening left for urination and menstruation . . . held open by a single piece of straw which is left there during the healing process” (1) forced me
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based on how two different types of readers read and interpret the book in different ways. Their different views upon this book will be based on who they are and on the characteristics they hold. My two different readers are an upper-class‚ female Russian who is merely a teenager‚ very interested in the happenings in history and lastly an upper-class male German who is middle-aged and is supportive over his nationality. From these characteristics described I am able to answer the question; “How could
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themes in “Mirror Image” and I think it is the most important. Humans have a tendency to dislike themselves and only see their faults. The first sentence‚ “If only there were no mirrors” talks about how she doesn’t actually want to see how she looks and that life would be easier without seeing how you look all the time. Alice had a brain transplant and since she has a different body she has started to act differently. Her identical twin sister has noticed that she is not herself and she doesn’t
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What is E-Book Reader? Compare any three E-book Reader. 1. Introduction: Humans always love reading; in fact‚ it continues to be a favorite pastime around the globe. Aside from simply being relaxing‚ reading also contributes towards sharing of information and knowledge between people from all around the world. Luckily‚ technology has caught up with reading enthusiasts in the form of electronic readers. Reading actual paperback books still has its own charm‚ but now more and more people
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the question seriously. Many people have told her the mark is a charm‚ and she has always thought maybe they were right. Aylmer says‚ because her face is almost perfect‚ any mark is shocking. Georgiana is angry at first‚ and then she weeps‚ asking “how he can love her if she is shocking to him”(Hawthorne pg. 1). Aylmer obsesses about the birthmark. For him‚ it symbolizes mortality and sin and comes to tower over Georgiana’s beauty in his mind. Franz Kafka‚ another great gothic novelist‚ wrote one
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How Does James Seek To Disturb and Involve The Reader In The Turn Of The Screw? The Turn of the Screw‚ written by author Henry James‚ although defying many gothic conventions remains one of the most suspenseful and sinister tales of the Victorian Era. The novella’s enthralling nature effectively seeks to disturb and involve readers and this is made evident through James’s successful use of a variety of structural and literary techniques to create and prolong suspense and ambiguity. James first
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New Criticism vs. Reader-Response A piece of work can be evaluated in plenty of ways. Critique methods such as Reader-Response‚ Deconstructive Criticism‚ New Criticism‚ and many others act as examples of literary evaluations. All of the critique methods share similarities‚ but differ in other ways. Reader-Response and New Criticism‚ for example‚ share characteristics but they are also two very opposing things. Reader-Response focuses on attention towards the text influenced by the reader’s thoughts
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it is better known as guilt. Guilt is a reoccurring theme in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business‚ and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ that is demonstrated by various characters including‚ Dunstable Ramsay‚ Paul Dempster‚ Hamlet and Claudius and this essay shall compare the theme of guilt between the two literatures. In the novel Fifth Business‚ guilt is a plague that has spread throughout the lives of Dunstan Ramsay‚ and Paul Dempster; both characters are drenched with guilt that was a result of a
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