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    My case is called ‘The Landlady’‚ this case is proving that the landlady is guilty of murder. This lady has murdered a 17 year old boy named Billy Weaver‚ and has also murdered 2 other boy named Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple‚ who were also at the age 17. Billy’s branch manager noticed he had not come in for his job‚ so he sent me to investigate the lady who last saw Billy. The lady owns a bed and breakfast and offered Billy to stay there‚ but after that Billy went missing. I chose this

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    In this article‚ Goldstien attempts to describe the aspect of AIDS in Newfoundland. In order to sufficiently do so‚ she illustrates three main elements which relate to the expansion of the legend in the province; Cultural variability‚ localization and contemporary legend. The idea of doing this is to give the reader a general understanding of what stories were told in order to enhance the generation of these legends. Throughout the article‚ Goldstien provides examples of different versions of the

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    hosted at Bed and Breakfast‚ were named James Mulholland and Gregory Temple. Later that night‚ the landlady gives him tea that as a faint and bitter taste of almonds. The reader can infer that the tea had poison in it‚ and the old lady would kill him then stuff him like she did to

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    1‚ No other housemate sharing the common bathroom. Landladies and their domestic helper are using their master bedroom attached bathroom. 2‚ Domestic helper can help to clean up the room 3‚ Landlady allow tenants to do light cooking (e.g. instant noodle) 4‚ The room is bright with nature light shining 5‚ Giant Express super market is just downstair 1‚ The nearest coffee shop is about 800m away‚ about 10mins walking distance 2‚ Located furthest away from your company (about 3.1km‚ approximately

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    Dahl The Landlady‚ Billy gets taken in by a nice old landlady into her den. There are two main themes in this story the irony of Billy’s situation and the deception of the landlady to trick Billy to be at ease. In this short story‚ the theme of irony is shown best by the situation Billy is presented with. On the way up the stairs to Billy’s room‚ she is explaining she is always ready just in case someone‚ as perfect as him‚

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    The Landlady Roald Dahl The Landlady by Roald Dahl is about a story of Billy Weaver‚ and how he finds someone who seems to be too good to be true. The landlady appears to be a harmless old lady but turns out to be something much more. Unfortunately for Billy he judges the old lady to be something she is not. Roald Dahl builds a sense of foreboding by making the landlady appear to be too good to be true and drops hints about how not to judge a book by its cover. Billy had a suspicion about the

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    Roald Dahl builds a sense of foreboding by writing a very descriptive story about a creepy scary land lady and how she lures people to her house and kills and stuffs them. In the landlady by Roald Dahl he tells a short story about judging a book by its cover and how this sweet innocent lady can actually be a cold hearted killer who stuff people and her pets. And how a man name Billy fell for her psychopathic trap. She talks to him and says the wrong name every time. She says how does time

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    When creating a movie based on a story‚ some things may change and others may be kept the same. When comparing “The Landlady” and “Tales of the Unexpected”‚ one can notice several similarities and differences between both. “The Landlady”‚ by Roald Dahl‚ is a fictional story. “Tales of the Unexpected” is a series of fictional stories that involves mystery‚ horror‚ and suspense. When comparing both the story and the episode‚ one can notice many similarities and differences. The story and the episode

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    In the short story The Landlady by Ronald Dahl‚ a young man named Billy Weaver is traveling alone for business and is looking for a place to stay. As he’s walking down the road‚ the sign catches his eye and it said “BED AND BREAKFAST‚” He walks up to the door and knocked‚ She immediately let him in. She welcomed him and was in his personal space constantly and talkative with him and kept a conversation all the time. She started telling him more intimate details about everything he could do and how

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    THE PLOT DIAGRAM The plot diagram: most people learn about it somewhere in elementary school‚ and indeed‚ it is the most elementary of tools a writer and reader can use in summarizing and outlining a story. It is so basic and flexible that pretty much every story written in existence can be outlined via the plot diagram. And yet‚ there are stories that‚ when outlined‚ twist the plot diagram into interesting shapes‚ which leads me to suspect that there is a missing step in the plot diagram: the elusive

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