ugpeogperjpgiejgpeirjgperjgpoeirjgpeirsinljnlskncvur einsu fisbvir gfis vlfi rglo fsl fgeofvsfj sds id flksfbtijskfjg dfkg elfg fog spo gpofeljrgs goe psfkg r gperkg sifgwrkns gpownrgjw rljwkrlms lk This is perhaps the bleakest of O. Henry’s best-known stories. Although the basic ironic plot can be summarized in a sentence—a young man commits suicide in the same room where a young woman for whom he has vainly searched killed herself—it is the musty atmosphere of the room and the suggestion that every place bears the traces of the lives
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INTRODUCTION In literary works‚ characters usually illuminate the overt and covert themes of the story‚ the setting‚ the plots and subsequent subplots. The literary works’ creators need characters so as to emphasize on the major issues affecting our contemporary society. In his short stories anthology‚ ‘Ways of sunlight’‚ Samuel Selvon uses characters to present the themes and explain the actions they undertake in their lives. Using five short stories from the anthology we are able to understand
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Margaret Atwood’s poem The Landlady presents a depressing and frightening experience of one living in a rented room. The landlady is very much the dangerous gaoler of this prison‚ and one who specializes in oppression. The poem is striking in its use of language‚ including imagery‚ sounds‚ and rhythms‚ that vividly portray the feared landlady and the shrinking tenant. The comparison of the speaker’s living situation to that of a prison‚ a place of oppression‚ is the dominant thematic
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Character Essay/Landlady In the short story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl‚ the Landlady begins as very kind‚ caring‚ and motherly. But her pretention is all part of her both psychotic and evil plan; although she is aware of her actions‚ there is no clear logic to the murders‚ creating an interesting‚ complex character. In her pretentiousness the Landlady hides her true character to gain the trust of Billy and her recent victims. “She seemed terribly nice‚ she looked exactly like the mother of
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into this stranger’s house and doesn’t even know here. Billy Weaver goes inside and sets down on the couch. The Landlady asked him if he wanted anything to drink. He said yes please ‚and she said what do you want. The Landlady said we have fruits‚ snacks and candy. He said thank you I would have a couple of snacks. The Landlady went to go get the snacks for Billy Weaver. The Landlady came back and gave him the snacks. He ate the snacks and he probably new they we’re poised. He eat them cause
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HISTORY OF WEST BAATSONAA PRESBY CHURCH‚ NUNGUA The west Baatsonaa Congregat6ion was started as part of the Centenary Celebration of the Zimmermenn Memorial Presby Congregation‚ Nungua‚ in 2002. This was at the time when new demarcations in the Presbytery were taking effect and Congregations like Santeo‚ Oyibi‚ Katamanso‚ Lashibi‚ East Baatsonaa‚ etc; had been ceded to other Districts. The then local Mission & Evangelism Committee‚ as part of the Centenary
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negotiates the renting of an apartment with the landlady over the telephone. They were agreeable on the ‘price’ the ‘location’ and privacy. The price was ‘reasonable’ to the poet‚ the location‚ has been described as ‘indifferent’. It may mean that the poet is not bothered with the neighborhood or it might indicate that the neighborhood is free of racism about which the poet is touchy. Another factor which was favourable to the tenant is that the landlady lived ‘off premises’ that is‚ the property ensured
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Introduction: • Topic sentence:There are so many reasons why "The landlady"and “"Lamb to the Slaughter"”create suspense.They play important roles in the stories one is a murder and another wants certain men.These roles create suspense and will tell the author what is going on in the story. Summary of both stories : In lamb to the slaughter Mary kills her husband‚Patrik‚because she wants to be with him because him and Mary are having a child.As Mary hits patrick with the lamb Mary tries to hide
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society- country squires‚ divines and philosophers ‚ lawyers and surgeons ‚ landladies ‚ beggars and highway men- and exposes the contemporary social evils as well as human follies and foibles of a more general nature. Finally ‚ the rambling or destructive narrative of Joseph Andrews also enforces the picaresque motif of the novel. Fielding employs here a very lose plot‚ for his purpose is the depiction of the society and the plot is not given much importance. How does Fielding as a satirist project
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some tea that seemed to have a weird effect on him. I believe that the landlady poisoned and killed Mr.Weaver with intentions to keep his body. My evidence that proves this statement goes as follows. Once Mr. Weaver drank the tea‚ one paragraph 480 he claimed to smell bitter almonds which is a smell that is released from cyanide poisoned victims. On paragraph 340 he noticed while he was signing the guest sign-in paper the landlady was moving pretty fast as if she was in a rush‚ this could have been
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