Second‚ in his essay about Hell‚ Joyce uses intensive imagery to create a scenery of Hell. Imagery is the figurative language that is most prominent in this passage. Without it‚ describing what hell looks like is useless. For example‚ in paragraph six‚ Joyce gives a description of the sensation of hellfire. He states “Every sense of the flesh is tortured eternally and every faculty of the soul therewith: the eyes with impenetrable utter darkness‚ the nose noisome odor‚ the ears with yells‚ howls
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In the book /The Crucible/ the author Arthur Miller portrays one of the main characters judge Danforth as a stern cold man of unfailing faith in his judicial powers. For not only did Miller establish Danforth as the man responsible for determining the fates of those accused‚ but Miller also establishes that it only takes a simple accu-sation for a person to be convicted of witch craft. Danforth is so confident in his power that he states‚ “A pure heart needs no lawyers” (Miller #). But is further
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Tension is an element that has been intricately woven at the heart of the Birling family. The Birling’s are a family of two generations; the older assertive and callous generation and the younger ambitious generation with not yet fully sculpted minds. The lack of understanding and empathy for the younger generation (Eric and Shelia) feeds the tension at heart:- ‘Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble-that’s why.’ This quotation reflects on Eric’s sense of
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lasts for the novel’s entirety. We are shown similarities between Dickens’ early childhood memories and the protagonist’s inability to defend himself against the injustices he discovers throughout the early years of life. Dickens successfully creates a sympathetic mood through a range of techniques‚ including an exquisite use of emotive dialogue‚ sophisticated imagery and symbolism. He explores and brings originality to timeless themes such as fear‚ loneliness‚ luck‚ classism‚ social justice
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Bennet’s shamefulness‚ and in addition in her absence of instruction‚ intolerance‚ and childishness‚ is that her character influences everybody around her. The most serious threat is that she is bringing up her three most youthful little girls to act in precisely the same. As Elizabeth regularly brings up‚ Kitty and Lydia are in threat of turning into flirtatious young ladies and‚ essentially‚ of destroying their whole family’s notoriety. Truth be told‚ by running of with Wickham Lydia put the family’s
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personal event his in life and how the event taught him an important lesson. Hughes starts the narrative off capturing the reader’s attention by directly stating what his narrative is about‚ him being “saved”; then creating suspense by stating that he was “not really saved.” Hughes uses this technique to get the readers thinking about what he means. He goes on to further explain how the event began. He starts off by telling the reader the basics of the event; how his Auntie Reed took him to church
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many ways. He used him to drive the plot‚ create some conflict‚ and most of all he made him unforgettable. Shakespeare used sir Sir Toby Belch to create conflict by making him one of the first characters introduced. We immediately find him coming home after partying and drinking. Maria his maid is not happy she tells him “By my troth‚ Sir Toby‚ you must come in earlier o’ nights. Your cousin‚ my lady‚ takes great exceptions to your ill hours.” Sir Toby does not care that she says this
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Live by the sword‚die by the sword is a great portrayal of what happens as Macbeth uses violence to get what he wants‚but eventually violence is used to kill macbeth. in Macbeth In the fiction novel Macbeth by William Shakespeare the reader meets the main protagonist Macbeth Early on in the story he is described as a fearless warrior who always is loyal. The cause of the tragedy that happened to the main protagonist Macbeth was his ambition.His ambition caused the tragedy in three steps. First his
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The author begins to raise my level of tension in verse four of Chapter one by stating the Lord hurled a great sea storm. This rises the level of tension because you believe an even more tragic event is bound to happen. During the entire first chapter of Jonah the author is always raising the tension because every terrible event seems to arise by the minute. While it did begin with the Lord hurling a great wind to sea then downgraded to the mariners and sailors tragic events despite the characters
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In Ambrose Bierce’s “The Boarded Window”‚ the building of suspense and the use of a cliffhanger creates an uncomfortable mood for the reader. Bierce starts her short story having the narrator tell a tale about a man‚ Murlock‚ who lives in a cabin deep in the woods with his wife. Murlock’s wife soon gets very ill and dies. Bierce starts the suspense by having Murlock show little to no emotion when his spouse passes. Murlock didn’t grieve for his wife at the time of her death because despite the fact
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