wind was blowing with a tremendous power when Mr. Lockwood first arrived. “ …one may guess the power of the north wind‚ blowing over the edge‚ by the excessive slant of a few‚ slanted firs at the end of the house.” (Bronte‚ 4) Bronte describes the mansion to be perched on a high ridge‚ overlooking a bland‚ sparsely inhabited wasteland. It is an ancient house built of dark‚ cold material‚ with “a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front” (Bronte‚ 4) which adds to the uninviting atmosphere
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Citizen Kane is an American drama film released in 1941. It follows the life of the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ and the investigation into “rosebud” – the last word spoken before his death. Kane was a wealthy newspaper tycoon who lived a reserved lifestyle; he had many possessions but isolated himself from the public eye wherever possible towards the end of his life. The director’s portrayal of the films main themes are shown in such a way that a Year 12 group of students would be able to
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host. At the Island‚ there is a poem that tells a story about ten Indian boys who all die in unique ways. Coincidentally‚ there are ten figurines that are designed as Indian boys on a plate on the dinner table inside the only house on the island‚ a mansion. As the story progresses‚ the characters find out everyone who was invited to the island had committed murder but avoided the consequences by finding a loophole in the law. Determining to grant the victims of the guests’ acts the justice they deserve
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rich‚ a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth. Nick’s next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby‚ who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick is unlike the other inhabitants of West Egghe was educated at Yale and has social connections in East Egg‚ a fashionable area of Long Island home to the established upper class. Nick drives
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repainted‚ and carved in the middle of it was an image of an eye. The entire building sagged to the side‚ like a crooked tooth.” The setting provides all sorts of problems since Olaf makes the children fix it. This house is much different than the mansion they used to live in so they must get used to it and make due. The author also uses characterization to help the story. The main characters are Violet‚ Klaus‚ and Sunny Baudelaire‚ three recently orphaned children. The author uses direct characterization
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need is in your immediate vicinity. In addition to featuring prominently in the progression of the narrative‚ Bloober Team also derives most of Layers of Fear’s scares from the tentative architecture of the mansion. And while they
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Urbanism at its eclectic finest exists in the city of San Francisco. The name itself brings to mind its many sociocultural icons. The Golden Gate Bridge‚ cable cars‚ Fisherman’s Wharf‚ Chinatown‚ and Alcatraz Island are unique to San Francisco yet do not define the city. From a tiny missionary village to wild west frontier town to love-ins and gay pride to world-class city characterize San Francisco as a distinctive metropolis. Environmentally‚ San Francisco is far from ideal. At the tip of the peninsula
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the night to stay where the manager on asking said that the biggest mansion at top of the hill was of colonel allyn.then suddenly the maiden of his dreams came‚he went to her and started the conversation‚which ended with her revealing the truth that she knew John was following her and she was glad he didn’t talked with her and the next challenge to him was to enter the girl’s house which was none other than the colonel’s mansion. the next morning he went there by showing his business card and by
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The first book I have read is “Artemis Fowl” and the second book I read is “The Arctic Incident”. Both books are by the Irish author‚ Eoin Colfer. These two books are about a very smart thirteen year old who intends to increase his family’s wealth as it decreased after the death of Artemis Fowl senior. In the process Artemis figure out the existence of supernatural beings known as fairies that are divided into different families such as dwarfs or demons. This Article is about The similarities and
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out of fear‚ and the fact that he wanted to get off of Zaroff’s island for good. Rainsford murdered Zaroff because he was extremely frightened of being his next victim. For example‚ only about two hours after departing from Zaroff’s island mansion into the jungle‚ Rainsford was already repeating to himself‚ “I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve” (Connell 26). This shows that Rainsford was very nervous about the hunt‚ and he was trying to keep himself calm. The fact that Rainsford was
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