How does Charles Dickens create tension and danger in the opening chapter of Great Expectations? The firs chapter of ‘Great Expectations’ establishes the plot outline for the story whilst sill introducing‚ its main characters‚ Pip and his world. As both narrator and protagonist‚ Pip is naturally the most important character in ‘Great Expectations’: the novel is his story‚ told in his words‚ and his insights define the events and characters of the book. As a result‚ Dickens most important task
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Was Henry VII ever in serious danger of losing the crown after 1485? It is possible to agree that Henry VII was in serious danger of losing the crown after 1485 due to rebellions like Lambert Simnel‚ Perkin Warbeck and Lovell. However‚ it is also possible to disagree with this statement because Henry held the two princes people were trying to pretend to be and Henry was also well prepared for these rebellions. The Lovell rebellion in 1486 was the first of a series of rebellions Henry faced. It
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Comparative Essay: Explore the theme of danger with reference to the extracts from ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘Blood River’. Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ and Tim Butcher’s ‘Blood River’ both explore the theme of danger throughout. This is achieved through Conrad and Butcher’s choice of lexis. The extract from ‘Heart of Darkness’ is taken from chapter eleven. In this extract‚ Marlow and the rest of the crew of the steamboat are being attacked by the natives of the Congo. The extract from ‘Blood
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become more easily‚ but‚ at the expense of personal contact‚ as many people choose to work at home in front of a computer screen. This brings the serious dangers for a society which depends on computer screen rather than face-to-face contacts. This matter‚ not just bring bad side for our society‚ but also for our health. One of the biggest dangers is that people start to live a life without any social contacts. Everyone (who likes to sit in front of the computer) starts to live in his or her own
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Communication Skills Comms 1010 Unit 1: Introduction to communication Communication can be defined as the sharing of meanings. In fact‚ the word "communication" is derived from the Latin verb "communicare"‚ which means: "be in connection with". "Communication" also belongs to the same family of words as "community". In communication‚ there is a sharing of meanings among persons or other entities. Those meanings may be transmitted through: a linguistic form (through a structured language)
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The potential dangers of loose objects in vehicles are strongly associated with Newton’s First Law of Motion‚ inertia. Inertia is when an object in motion tries to stay in motion‚ and an object at rest tries to remain at rest‚ unless the object is acted upon by an outside force. For example‚ say a car is traveling along a straight road. Loose objects in the auto are "acted upon" by the body‚ seats‚ or some other part of the vehicle (whatever is touching a loose object)‚ whenever the whole thing
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report is to highlight the possible dangers of certain weather phenomena and research ideas to help prevent these accidents from occurring again. The weather phenomena that will be in the spotlight are microbursts and thunderstorms; together they are the most lethal climate occurrences. Improved pilot knowledge and upgraded technology in the cockpit will help prevent these forms of accidents to reoccur. Improved knowledge about weather phenomena and their dangers must be taught to pilots so that they
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Ambition can consume and overwhelm the initial drive of achieving one’s goals‚ and morph into a manipulative‚ devastating obsession. However it can also be seen as an empowering trait that liberates one from the status and conformation that they are subjected to. However it can be seen that if left unguarded this consuming desire can catch men‚ such as Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s Dr Faustus and Satan‚ in John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ in its throes‚ resulting in their ultimate destruction. This
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“ANIMAL FARM” by George Orwell “The Danger of an Uneducated Working Class and the Use of Language as Instrumental to the Abuse of Power” Teacher: De Giacomi‚ Ana Carolina. Student: Resoalbe‚ Cecilia Analí. English History and Literature of the Twentieth Century. ANIMAL FARM: “The Danger of an Uneducated Working Class and The Use of Language as Instrumental to the Abuse of Power” Born in 1903‚ Eric Arthur Blair‚ better known as George Orwell‚ was an English political novelist and journalist
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an information like SAIGA? Other industries might benefit from an information system like SAIGA: Hospitals Nursing Homes Prisons/Jails School Systems City Buses / Transportation Offices Commercial Businesses Etc. 2. Is there any danger in relying on a system
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