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    shady plot

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    I. EXTRACTS BASED QUESTIONS Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow : 1. “I am going back to my grandmother. My lawyer will communicate with you later ?” (a) Who speaks the above lines ? (b) Why is she going back to her grandmother ? (c) What effect does the above extract have on the listener ? 2. “Well‚ I was not in a position to contradict Jenkins.” (a) Why was the narrator not in a position to contradict Jenkins ? (b) Who was Jenkins ? (c) What had Jenkins

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    suffering. William Shakespeare‚ an English playwright of the 17th century‚ composed many tragedies‚ including King Lear and Othello‚ which exemplified the characteristics of a tragic hero outlined by Aristotle. The main characters in King Lear and Othello share many of the traits essential to tragic characters‚ yet they differ in their specific actions taken. At the start of the two plays‚ both King Lear and Othello are presented as men of a high rank and importance. Othello is presented as a courageous

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    Plot In The Alchemist

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    Plot in The Alchemist The four obstacles are presented to us in the early pages of the introduction. The first obstacle: we are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. The second obstacle: love. The third obstacle: fear of the defeats we will meet on the path. Finally the fourth obstacle: the fear of realizing the dream of which we fought for all our lives. We find the first obstacle Santiago faces in page 9‚ where Santiago mentions to his father at a early age that

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    Trifles Plot

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    delineated beginning‚ middle‚ or end.." (qtd. in Kirszner and Mandell 1121) Upon closer inspect we can clearly see that Glaspell does indeed have a beginning‚ middle and end‚ and the action does not meander. The plot of Trifles follows the pyramid created by critic Gustav Freytag to follow the plot of dramatic work. According to Freytag‚ a play usually starts with exposition‚ this is where were introduced to the charters‚ setting and the basic situation the characters are involved. Exposition is then followed

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    POEM : On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again O golden-tongued Romance with serene lute! Fair plumed Syren! Queen of far away! Leave melodizing on this wintry day‚ Shut up thine olden pages‚ and be mute: Adieu! for once again the fierce dispute‚ Betwixt damnation and impassion’d clay Must I burn through; once more humbly assay The bitter-sweet of this Shakespearian fruit. Chief Poet! and ye clouds of Albion‚ Begetters of our deep eternal theme‚ When through the old oak forest I am

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    Plot Summary

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    Plot Summary By Michael J. Cummings...© 2009 .......Wounded‚ the narrator takes refuge at nightfall with his valet‚ Pedro‚ in an apartment in the turret of a grand but gloomy chateau in Italy’s Apennines Mountains. Pedro had broken into the building‚ which appears to have been temporarily abandoned‚ so that his injured employer would have a place to rest. .......The furnishings are elegant but old and run-down. On the walls are tapestries‚ armorial trophies‚ and modern paintings in frames

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    Shady Plot

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    Shady plot What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Answer :Jenkins had always called upon Hallock whenever he wanted a ghost story to be published in his magazine. John’s ghosts were live propositions as Jenkins called them. This time again Jenkins wanted Hallock to come up with another supernatural thriller‚ which would give the readers horrors and that is what the public wanted too. Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence

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    Macbeth Plot Analysis

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    01.08 Macbeth Plot Analysis Graphic Organizer Plot Elements Element Definition Act in the Play Exposition:    What you need to know. Background information is presented‚ main characters are introduced‚ and the conflict is established.  Act 1 Rising Action:   The conflicts and challenges encountered by the characters. How they respond keeps the story moving forward. Act 2 Climax:   The turning point in the conflict. Tension builds until the main character must make

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    Gatsby vs lear

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    Both Jay Gatsby and King Lear exemplify what Edgar quoted because both characters started out with everything‚ they were both on top of the world‚ but as both stories continued on there true measure weathered away and both men became empty. Both men started to lose their sanity in different ways‚ for Lear he lost his mind after his daughters betrayed him‚ and Gatsby lost his sense of reasoning over the love he felt for daisy. Both men were blind to think that their power could not go away. Both

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    Plot of Othello

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    Othello begins on a street in Venice‚ in the midst of an argument between Roderigo‚ a rich man‚ and Iago. Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona. But Roderigo has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello‚ a general whom Iago begrudgingly serves as ensign. Iago says he hates Othello‚ who recently passed him over for the position of lieutenant in favor of the inexperienced soldier Michael Cassio. Unseen‚ Iago and Roderigo cry out to Brabanzio that his daughter

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