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    COMM 332 News: Content and Practice Assignment 1 David Robbins Student: 097047659 TOPIC 1: Is the Fourth Estate being eroded by the new media? Serious journalism‚ or the Fourth Estate‚ which accurately informs the public and scrutinises the powerful‚ according to the pundits‚ is an endangered species and its demise is fairly imminent.1 Although mainstream journalism has been eroded by a combination of emerging new communications technology and the self inflicted wounds of the business

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    “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe that contains horror elements. The story begins in the 1800s when an unnamed narrator arrives at a house. The house belongs to his childhood friend‚ Roderick Usher‚ who has a mental disorder. Similarly‚ Madeline Usher‚ Roderick twin sister‚ has a physical illness. Even though Madeline Usher died‚ the unnamed narrator never realizes how the house and the twins are connected simultaneously. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story‚ “The

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    various other medias for centuries. As humans‚ we constantly create paranormal explanations to aspects of existence we cannot comprehend or give reasons for. In many of Poe’s short stories‚ you are left with a strange feeling of uncertainty after finishing. Many scholars have started debating about the endings of some of Poe’s stories. Although many theories have been stated‚ the most logical explanation would be vampires were the cause of the “hauntings” in “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar

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    of the House of Usher” tells how two childhood friends the narrator and Roderick Usher after many years Roderick writes to the narrator and ask for help because of his illness that runs through his family. The mansion that Roderick lives in has been there for generations that has been past down. The narrator is freaked out by the house because of the noises from the wind and the appearance of the mansion. Roderick’s illness is making him go insane as well as his sister Madeline Usher. As time went

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    short story‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” the house is compared to the owner in a few different ways. Edgar Allan Poe‚ the author‚ uses the House of Usher as a symbol to the owner. He uses personification on the house and compares it with Roderick Usher’s eyes‚ hair‚ and overall appearance. Poe describes the House of Usher and says it has eyes. He describes it almost as a person and states it has “eyelike windows (p.308).” Later on‚ when he sees Usher again‚ he focuses significantly on his

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    Effective Dramatic Irony

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    Effective Dramatic Irony In Oedipus The King‚ Sophocles creates rising action by asking dramatic questions throughout the play. These questions generate suspense in the audience when they become dramatic irony and amplify the climax. During the falling action‚ Oedipus is engulfed in misery when he experiences a reversal of fortune. Finally‚ Oedipus goes through a discovery process ending when he discovers his tragic resolution. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy consist of a drama that contains

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    Authors use many literary devices in order to heighten and enhance their works. Dramatic irony‚ expressions to complementary attitudes understood by the audience but not the characters‚ can make the emotions stronger in literature. Homer is one of many authors who used this technique well. In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses dramatic irony in order to enhance the emotional effect of crucial moments in the storyline‚ especially during the journey of Telemachus‚ the initial return of Odysseus‚ and the restoration

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    House of Usher”‚ “House Taken Over” and many psychologists provide much insight as to why and when imagination overcomes reason. It seems that the point where logic and reason are gone‚ is due to the unknown being in question. First of all is the short story‚ “Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe (1839). The reader is brought into the story not knowing anything. All the reader knows is what the narrator of the story knows. The reader knows that he was an old friend of Usher

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    Dramatic Irony on Macbeth

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    Dramatic Irony in Macbeth Introduction: William Shakespeare effectively uses dramatic irony to intrigue the reader and deepen the impact of the consequences Macbeth ultimately faces. Dramatic Irony Definition: Dramatic Irony is a literary term that defines a situation in the play where the reader knows more than the character does. Thesis: Throughout the play Macbeth‚ the reader is given the advantage of knowing more things than the characters in the play through the literary device‚ dramatic

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    democracy by offering greater access and participation to citizens than traditional media. Discuss. Digital communication systems have largely enhanced democracy‚ offering greater access and participation to many‚ but not all‚ citizens. This essay will discuss both sides of the argument‚ beginning by examining the notion of new‚ digital media as compared to old‚ traditional media‚ the concepts which make such medianew”‚ and how this adds to democracy and greater participation. On the other hand‚

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