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    For the majority of The Lottery Rose‚ Georgie Burgess had absolute hatred for Molly Harper because when Georgie snuck out and planted his rosebush in her garden. The next day when she saw the rosebush and multiple bulbs out of the ground‚ she was furious and ripped the rosebush out of the soil it was in and threw it down onto the road. Mrs. Harper then proceeded to tell Georgie that if she ever saw him trying to plant his rosebush anywhere on her property she would rip it out of the fragile soil

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    PLOT AND PLOT STRUCTURE THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES The impact of a literary work‚ as it has already been stated‚ depends on all its elements. Among them plot and plot structure play an important role. The plot is a series of interlinked events in which the characters of the story participate. The events are arranged in a definite sequence to catch and hold the reader’s interest. The writer arranges the events‚ ordering them as he sees fit. Most stories and novels have plots. But

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    churchyard near Elsinore. Offstage action in the play (referred to in dialogue) takes place on a ship bound for England from Denmark on which Hamlet replaces instructions to execute him (see the plot summary below) with instructions to execute his traitorous companions‚ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet -- Plot Synopsis After the death of his beloved father King Hamlet‚ a grief-stricken Prince Hamlet returns home from his studies in Wittenburg to the Danish court at Elsinore. Hamlet senior’s brother

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    “Fahrenheit 451” is becoming very significant to advance the plot of the story. Guy is thirsty for books and the knowledge they contain. He is becoming very eager to find a way to legalize them and leave books open to the public once again. He has met with an old professor by the name of Faber who he thinks will be able to help help come up with a plan. They hope to make copies of books and gather other old professors to plant books in fire stations all around corrupt the system of burning houses

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    "The Scarlet Ibis" has a rather poignant plot. It focuses on how a physically disabled child‚ born William Armstrong‚ later referred to as Doodle‚ grows up with much influence from his older brother. The story is written in the eyes of his unnamed brother‚ and begins with the narrator’s words of grief that fade into his memories when his brother was still alive‚ when William was first born. The older brother was first extremely disappointed to have an "invalid" brother and was so raged at this that

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    of a pancake house. Hoot is a novel that is appropriate for readers who are 9 and older. Even though the book is meant for a younger audience‚ it still contains themes and techniques that people will see in other books intended for older viewers. Plot summary Roy Eberhardt has recently moved from Montana and now goes to Trace Middle School in Coconut Grove‚ Florida. His family moves often and this is stressful for Roy. Since he is the new kid‚ he is picked on by the school bully‚ a boy named Dana

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    In part 7‚ the aim is to arrange and length of the play. Most important and the first thing in Tragedy is proper structure of the Plot. Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete in it and whole of a certain magnitude. A whole has beginning‚ middle and end. A well-construed plot must neither begin nor end randomly. Plot cannot either begin or end at any point. A beautiful object that is certain living organism or any whole composed of parts must not only present a certain order in its

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    RJ Walker Mrs. Dewar 6th Period AP English 20 October 2010 “A Rose for Emily” – Plot Analysis ​William Faulkner’s story‚ A Rose for Emily consists of a non-linear plot that impacts the story by making the judgments and perceptions of the townsfolk authentic realistic.   ​Faulkner’s presentation of the story and the plot structure amplifies the interpersonal conflict between Emily and society.  The story begins with the narrator recapping the life of Miss Emily as the townspeople prepare

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    In short fiction‚ characters experience conflict that impacts plot development. Firstly‚ in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the conflict is man vs. nature. To provide a reason why this happens in the small town‚ Jackson wrote “Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon.” (Jackson 4). This was said by Old Man Warner‚ the oldest person in this town and this shows that Tessie‚ the women who gets sacrificed‚ is conflicting with the actual agriculture sacrifice. This conflict only starts to show at the end

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    three types of irony that we see in these stories are dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal irony. Without irony‚ a lot of these stories would be lacking depth and feeling. In “The Bet” by Anton Chekov; “He—y‚ Come on Ou—t!” by Shinichi Hoshi; and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson it is unveiled that each and every type of irony plays its own important role in forming stories. Out of the three types of irony‚ dramatic irony creates the most suspense. We know something that one of the characters don’t know

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