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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New York Chad Lieberman Chats about Minuscule Artjustick Cell Phone 1888 PressRelease - Top Rated PPC Expert Chad Ian Lieberman describes how a pen-like device easily becomes a usable cell phone device. Internet marketing expert‚ PPC entrepreneur and technology lover Mr. Chad Lieberman recently organized a professional peer-to-peer meet-up to discuss the impact of technology on the future of mankind‚ during which many different futuristic technologies were analyzed in detail. One such technology
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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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The car industry environment is very complex due to the large number of product markets‚ buyers‚ suppliers and customers‚ which spread across the globe. As such‚ it has often been described as "the industry of all industries". There are various forces that influence this environment. Hence‚ this report analyzes some of the political‚ economic‚ socio-cultural and technological trends‚ key to understanding their impact on the industry‚ with particular reference to the Western European market. First
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“How does Nick Carraway’s first person narration impact on the way readers understand characters and events in the novel?” In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ written by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author presents to the reader the narrator of the story Nick Carraway. Carraway’s first person narration gives the reader an inside view to the characters that as a third person narrative the reader would normally not have. Nick’s personal relationship with each character makes him biased towards them all in some
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How does Shakespeare use linguistic and dramatic devices to introduce the character of Hamlet in Act 1? Hamlet is first introduced in Act 1Scene 2 by Claudius; “But now my cousin Hamlet‚ and my son - ” There is the use of a dramatic hyphen which emphasises the significance of the entrance of Hamlet‚ as well as the use of a paraprosdokian sentence which surprises the audience and potentially causes them to try and reinterpret what has been said. Claudius’ sentence could also be interpreted as a
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