Death‚ vengeance‚ violence. The three stories‚ “the most dangerous game” by Richard Connell‚ “the cask of Amontillado” by Ed Poe‚ “the interlopers” have the same mood of murder and horror. The majority of people seek to teach others a lesson that ‘revenge’ will always be the response to everything. The theme of the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Ed Poe‚ is when Fortunado got tricked into going to a basement (where they keep all the wines and the Amontillado) to check the Amontillado. He then
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Today‚ I will compare and contrast three short stories; The Interlopers by Saki‚ The Story of an Hour by Chopin and The Machine That Won the War by Asimov. These three stories have many things in common‚ but they are also very different. The Interlopers is about two warring neighbors who get lost in their woods‚ and find themselves in a big predicament. The Story of an Hour is about a lady who finds out that her husband has died‚ and her reactions to the news. The Machine That Won the War is
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The two stories that I decided to compare and contrast were “The Most Dangerous Games” by Richard Connell and “Interlopers” by Saki. I decided to do these two stories because while reading them‚ I actually found interest in both books and thought they were really good short stories. I also thought that both stories were very descriptive and both sent a very powerful message. The first similarity in both stories is someone had got eaten by an animal. In "The Most Dangerous Game" the end resulted
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a movie‚ it is usually the sounds and darkness and location. In a book though‚ there are no sounds so you need other aspects such as diction‚ dialogue‚ imagery‚ plot‚ etc. The Most Dangerous Game is much more suspenseful and scary than the Interlopers due to diction. “He lunged for it; a short‚ hoarse cry came from his lips as he realized he had reached too far and had lost his balance( Richard Connell 9)” is much more suspenseful than “And as he stepped round the trunk of a huge beech he came
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very strict meanings of the words involved. • Definition Coward : Brave A coward is by definition not brave • Antonyms Miser : Spendthrift A miser is the opposite of a spendthrift • Synonyms Interloper : Intruder An interloper is an intruder • Level of Intensity Mad : Furious Furious is more extreme than mad Group B: Traits and Subsets These kind of analogies concern what you might call the adjective-subset type of
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With mercantilism on the rise in the 17th century‚ the VOC was ready to use its military force to establish its place in the trading world. Making the Spice Islands an export zone was a violent and militarized process. Although the Dutch endured contestation from the incumbent peoples of Java‚ their use of violence and military discipline ultimately allowed them to succeed in transforming the East Indies from a subsistence economy into a colony of exportation where they controlled trade. Using its
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Literature Imitates Life Imitates Literature How are life and literature connected? Literature has been an important aspect of society for quite a while now. It has existed for centuries and has impacted‚ changed‚ and improved many lives. Reading is my favorite thing to do. I read many types of genres‚ stories‚ and novels and I can always find a way to connect it to my life. Literature imitates life through conflicts that reflect our own‚ direct and indirect characterization that mimics how
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Anjali Prabhat Mrs. Keating Honors English I 30 November 2012 Any skillful author has hundreds of tricks up his or her sleeve for successfully conveying the theme of the story to readers. One of the most effective methods in doing so would be through the use of irony‚ both situational and verbal. When an event occurs to the contrary of what the reader might have been expecting‚ the plot thickens‚ adding a twist or creating a higher level understanding of the story. Irony can also
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Erica Modlin Period 2 October 12‚ 2011 The Interlopers The Interlopers is a short story about two men‚ Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. Both men were enemies and they both wanted the land beyond the eastern spurs of the Karpathian Mountains. Soon enough Gradwitz and Znaeym caught up with each other and starting fighting over who owns the land. A tree fell on them when fighting and they called for help. Soon enough they became friends and wolfs ate them. Literal Question: Which guy was
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of the horrible consequences the monkey’s paw would bring upon him‚ yet he was stubborn and kept it. No matter how much Sergeant Major Morris pleaded with him not to use it‚ Mr. White wouldn’t hear it. Just like Mr. White‚ Georg Znaeym from “The Interlopers” by Saki was ignorantly and equally stubborn. “ ‘No‚ I can scarcely see anything‚ there is so much blood caked round my eyes‚’ said Georg; ‘and in any case I don’t drink wine with an enemy‚’ ” (86). Georg hated Ulrich and even when he was shown
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