How does the opening chapter of The Handmaid’s Tail introduce the main ideas of the novel? One of the main themes in the novel is that of hierarchy. This is demonstrated in the first chapter‚ through the violent and animalistic imagery of “electric cattle prods” carried by the Aunts “slung on thongs from their leather belt(s)”. This immediately hints to the reader that the women are being kept in the gymnasium by force. Another theme displayed in the first chapter is regime. The description in the
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How does Dickens introduce the main themes and concerns of the novel in the opening chapters of “Great Expectations”? “Great Expectations” is a “Tragi-comedy” written by the famous novelist Charles Dickens during the early 19th centaury. It is synonymous with the suffering of real people during the Victorian Era‚ and it looks at life from the downcast eyes of a small boy unknowingly pitched as an apt pinup boy for the era of poverty and hardship‚ in harsh juxtaposition with the perspective later
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Q. How does Dickens use language to set the scene and introduce us to the characters and themes in the opening chapter? Great Expectations was written in the Victorian era‚ a time of extreme poverty and deprivation‚ and where large families were crowded into small insanitary housing. This was the backdrop to the novel written by Charles Dickens who was born in 1812 and married with ten children. The novel was published in weekly form‚ with a cliff-hanger at the end of each instalment. The opening
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OpeningThe style of Prestlies play seems at a first glance to be that of a straightforward‚ detective thriller‚ but as the inspector arrives with announcement of Eva smiths death‚ and the involvement of each members of the family is progressively established. The structure becomes that of a wodnut‚ with the inspector slowly unraveling the history of Eva Smith. The audiences interest is sustained not only by progressively revelations but their desire to find out whom ultimately‚ was responsible for
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Shakespeare portrays Iago’s character in the play ‘Othello’ with villainous content by using dramatic effects and specific representations of speech in order to engage the audience to witness this deceitful‚ dishonest and disturbing man. Iago portrays himself as an innocent and rejected man with the use of powerful and emotive language such as ‘despise me’ and ‘abhor me.’ The abrupt language used by Iago enables the audience to witness his disgust after Roderigo accuses him of withholding some information
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Next to the family‚ the Montessori classroom is the place of importance in the world of a child. The Montessori classroom is a social institution that not only determines the present state of the child but also their future. In “The Absorbent Mind”‚ Dr Maria Montessori wrote‚ “The most important period of life is not the age of university studies‚ but the first one‚ the period from birth to the age of six. For that is the time when man’s intelligence itself‚ his greatest implement is being formed…At
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How do “An Unearthly Child” and “Rose” introduce the Doctor Who concept‚ and make this appealing to their contemporary audiences? Doctor Who was designed by Sydney Newman‚ the director of the BBC in 1963‚ who was faced with a dilemma. He was to produce a program for the family audience‚ which could be played between a sports programme‚ Grandstand‚ and a teen pop music programme‚ Jukebox Jury. Newman wanted the programme to entertain and educate people at the same time‚ in the ways of science and
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How successfully do Walton’s letters introduce the central themes and concerns of the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley? Walton is a sailor looking for a paradise. He believes that it exists on the north pole‚ even though most people would strongly disagree with this hypothesis. There are many similarities between his character and that of Victor Frankenstein‚ helping introduce the central themes and concerns to the novel. Walton’s letters to his sister are the frame of the story. Even the
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