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    describes Poe’s use of the first person voice to create intimacy. The paper illustrates the dark quality of the story‚ and the main character’s desire for brutal revenge. From the Paper "In "The Cask of Amontillado‚" Edgar Allan Poe uses vivid dialogue to give his characters life. He begins his tale by speaking directly to the reader. He pulls the reader in by saying that "You‚ who so well know the nature of my soul‚ will not suppose‚ however‚ that I gave utterance to a threat" (Poe‚ 191). The

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    1. Date: 1945. 2. Composer: J.D Salinger. 3. Where published: Penguin books USA. 4. How does this text relate to the concept of belonging? The Catcher in the Rye is about the protagonist‚ Holden Caufield getting kicked out of his boarding school and spending a few nights in New York. At the start of the novel Holden is leaving his school‚ Pencey Prep he feels alone and doesn’t belong anywhere feeling very negative about the situation. Throughout the novel he explores New York catching

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    Although the actions are the same‚ their intentions are ironic. The dictions they use when describing the situations are similar‚ because they both use “planted” and “fistful” (Hosseini 242). However‚ readers know that adult Amir is trying to do good by helping‚ because he did the action right after he realized

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    P : Point E: Evidence T: Technique E: Elaboration R: Response Point : State the point you are trying to prove eg. the conflict in the extract symbolizes change.... Evidence : Give evidence for the conflict by quoting.. Technique : State Literary Features Elaboration : Develop your point further and give a deeper explanation on your point. Also state the reason for the point that the author was trying to make‚ or the reason for which the literary feature was used. (Why was is used?)

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    For instance‚ during the first conversation between Oedipus and Teiresias‚ Oedipus states: "You sightless‚ witless‚ senseless blind old man!" (Sophocles 1394) After the two exchange some dialogue‚ Teiresias responds: You mock my blindness‚ do you? But I say that you‚ with both your eyes‚ are blind" (Sophocles 1395). This scene ultimately sets the foundation preparing for a future irony in the story. Walton writes‚ "Only when he has become

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    presents Curley and slim and what techniques he uses to make this comparison evident. Slim is presented as a very opposing character to Curley in the book through his appearance‚ actions/body language‚ his history‚ dialogue etc. Slim is described as the “prince of the ranch”‚ which is ironic as if Curley’s father is the boss of the ranch‚ or in this case the King‚ then surely Curley should be the prince‚ however it is else wise. We discover that Curley does not live up to that status. Slim is more

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    Lockwood is an outsider‚ entering the home of Heathcliff. This is effective because it allows the readers to meet Heathcliff’s character at the same time as Lockwood and really feel the awkward relationship that they have. Bronte effectively uses dialogue to show that these two characters have dissimilar personalities‚ if not opposite. Heathcliff uses short‚ snappy speech as opposed to elongated words or elegant sentences. This may symbolise his unfriendliness or hostility at the situation he’s presented

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    Paradise + The Gruen Transfer MUST DO 3 POEMS!! ONLY DO 2ND ADDITONAL TEXT IF YOU HAVE TIME!!! Introduction • Answer the question • State poems I am using Dialogue can be defined as an attempt by the writers to mimic spoken language‚ by using written language features to represent verbal language features. Dialogue can be direct‚ which is verbal‚ or indirect‚ which is shown through thoughts‚ non spoken‚ in novels or poems. Poem 1- Outline & LFs in ‘Up the Wall’ Bruce Dawe’s poems

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    play offers a nice one. It reminds one of the classic “CLUE” film. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. The play offers a despicable victim‚ a cast of offbeat suspects‚ a determined detective‚ as well as betrayal‚ secrets‚ a twist‚ and a very ironic and delightful ending. The stage play is fun and the ensemble cast of characters share nice chemistry with each other. It’s easy to engage in the mystery. The opening introduces the core characters. Greg Sutton is the main character that

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    “The Castle” tells the story of an Australian working class family the Kerrigan’s and their neighbourhood. It dramatises how the global village can be used as a means of colonisation and negatively attack the individual. The film uses satire as substantial technique to create layers of contextual meaning and the comparisons humorously exaggerates the negative impacts of globalisation on the individual. This in a way simplifies the concept of global village creating a light hearted approach which

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