The English author William S. Maugham is best known for his short story “Mr. Know All”‚ in which he employs the irony technique brilliantly. Written in the same fashion is “The Verger”‚ another short story about the path of making success of an illiterate verger. Maugham‚ in this amazingly ironic literary work‚ has put the art of utilizing irony to the top degree with the reply of Foreman the protagonist to the bank manager at the end of the story. Foreman has been the verger of St. Peter’s for
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ENGL 100.58 9/11/13 THE PERFECT DATE What exactly is a perfect date? It can be as simple as a candlelight dinner or as outgoing as a trip to an amusement park. Some dates last a few hours while some are all day long. My perfect date would last all day with my significant other of 10 months! As we drive along I-73 to Myrtle Beach in his sleek black Nissan Altima‚ we blast our favorite rap and R&B songs with the windows down. We approach the beach about 2 hours later and park at the first spot
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IMPORTANT NOTICE STATE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION UPSEE-2013 G. B. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY‚ LUCKNOW (Formerly U.P. Technical University‚ Lucknow) EXTENSION OF DATES FOR AVAILABILITY AND SUBMISSION OF OMR & ONLINE APPLICATION FORM Gautam Buddh Technical University‚ Lucknow is conducting State Entrance Examination (UPSEE-2013) on st 21 April‚ 2013 for admission to degree courses in Engineering (B.Tech.)/ B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.)/ Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)/Architecture (B.Arch.)/Hotel Management (BHMCT)/ Fashion
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Many stories‚ especially in the fantasy genre‚ feature an object or objects with some great power. Often what drives the plot is the hero’s need to find the object before the villain and use it for good rather than evil‚ or if the object has been broken by the villains‚ to retrieve each piece that must be gathered from each antagonist to restore it‚ or‚ if the object itself is evil‚ to destroy it. In some cases destroying the object will lead to the destruction of the villain.[according to whom?]
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"Kristin’s Story". The essay includes poetry‚ letters and descriptions from the personal journal found next to Kristin’s body on the night of her death. It was not until Cooper read the journal for the first time that she realized her daughter had been date raped prior to her suicide. Since then‚ Cooper has traveled around the country to speak to campuses and conferences about the aftermath of rape and to try to convince victims to come forward. She visited 45 colleges‚ four conferences and more than
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A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film‚ television series‚ video game‚ novel‚ comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience‚ usually surprising them with a revelation. Some "twists" are foreshadowed and can thus be predicted by many viewers/readers‚ whereas others are a complete shock. When a plot twist happens near the end of a story‚ especially if it changes one’s view of the preceding events
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The event I chose to write about is a TV show called Narcos. I chose Narcos for several reasons that relate to what we are talking about in class as well as being a decent representation of what politics are like in certain situations. The Plot of Narcos is that the American Government made a deal with Columbia to track down the major cocaine suppliers and drug lords and extradite them back to the United States for processing in the 1990’s. This show is based on true events and it represents many
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movie because of the plot suffered and production of the movie was poor. The plot was a very apparent problem; with the bad pacing and easily avoidable plot it made for a less interesting movie. For the first thirty minutes of the movie the characters are introduced and the story of how Scotty Smalls became friends with the kids at the sandlot was shown. The rest of the movie‚ until the last thirty minutes‚ consisted only of random fillers that provided little for the plot that made the movie much
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Pride and Prejudice Plot Analysis Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation‚ conflict‚ complication‚ climax‚ suspense‚ denouement‚ and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice. Initial Situation We meet the Bennet family: five single daughters with no money. Then a young‚ rich‚ single man moves into the neighborhood. This is clearly an initial situation because there’s way too much instability in this system. Pushy
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Plot The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict‚ Climax‚ Denouement‚ andFlashback. Dialogue The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction‚ dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays‚ characters’ speech is preceded by their names. act n. 5. One of the major divisions of a play or opera. scene a. The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation mo·tif a. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work
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