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    Violence In Apacolypto

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    Why do we enjoy watching bloodshed and death? I believe that people are drawn to movies of violence‚ gore‚ suspense‚ and death because we are always creating our own outcomes. I believe that people are constantly anticipating the outcome of every situation‚ and that’s exactly what movies do. What makes a good movie is one that keeps and audience interested‚ and

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    Mockingbird feel and what they are going through/what they are feeling. Throughout the series of unfortuante evnts that happens to Tom Robinson: Harper Lee gives the characters a tone of hopefullness.through the tone she demonstrates remorce and suspense. Throughout the events that happen to Tom Robinson harper Lee give his Lawyer Atticus Finch a tone of Hopefullness. It is this tone that puts the will in his ways‚ the will in helping

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    held a congregation. The words peaceful congregation juxtaposes the word murderer. Opposites occur throughout this sentence. For example the words understandably and distrusting‚ peaceful and murderer juxtapose each other. This creates a tone of suspense and tension. The dull town of Holcomb is now losing its innocence and starting to gnaw at the residents’ minds. The residents are now becoming fearful of one another. · “I didn’t want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman

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    through the short story‚ To Build A Fire by Jack London. In this tale‚ an unnamed man makes an attempt to go through the snowy setting of Alaska during the freezing season of winter with only a dog by his side. Throughout the book‚ London builds up suspense and makes people uncertain about how the book will end. However‚ through the foreshadowing of the rising actions‚ climax‚ and repeating details‚ the inevitable end can be clearly seen. London’s story unfolds with suspenseful rising actions and elements

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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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    Riders to the Sea

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    play: it is both provider and destroyer; it provides life‚ connection with the mainland‚ but it takes life. The dramatic structure of the play centres around the sea: in the beginning there is suspense as to whether the sea has given back the dead body of the young man it has taken. At the end there is suspense as to whether the last remaining son will survive the storm. The power of the elements is demonstrated to the audience in the opening scene as the wind tears open the door of the cottage. The

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    Romantic Movement. Writers of the Gothic Genre were focused on drawing on the emotions of the reader and creating an atmosphere of suspense‚ mystery‚ terror and dread. The writers also emphasized the supernatural‚ and how horror can be present in many everyday situations. Gothic texts also place emphasis on emotions such as agitation‚ hysteria‚ mystery‚ venerability‚ suspense and panic. Many Gothic texts are based in places that are decaying‚ deserted‚ abandoned‚ isolated or that have a have a history

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    10/7/12 The Third Man Sequence Analysis In Carol Reed’s The Third Man‚ the sequence in which the police and their bait‚ Holly‚ anxiously wait for the arrival of their target‚ Harry‚ is full of suspense and displayed through over 25 shots in less than 3 minutes. The sequence captures the anxiousness and suspense experienced by all the characters through its quick cuts of empty streets‚ destroyed buildings‚ and dark shadows. The score of this sequence heavily influences the mood and different thematic

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    effect of a dreamlike quality b. Chaos of irrationality c. Personified setting ii. The setting so intricate‚ charged with emotion‚ and detailed that it becomes a character in itself d. Themes iii. Terror and suspense iv. Disillusions of appearance

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    Oedipus Rex

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    with that same violent hand. / Helping that one‚ there fore‚ I am helping my self.” (Sophocles 146-148) This instance of irony is a point when the audience know more about what is going on than Oedipus himself. The reason for this is to cause suspense within the audience‚ it is suppose to draw the attention of the audience and keep them intrigued. Furthermore‚ Oedipus ironically makes an order against himself as he makes an official order that no one will be allowed to speak to the person who

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