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    Fear of Hurting Others Throughout the play‚ The Crucible‚ there are many different fears that are present‚ but the most common would be the fear of hurting others. The whole hysteria is spreading community wide and it is making neighbors who have known each other for years‚ turn on each other. The overall fear of witchcraft has spread furiously through the town of Salem; because of this the fear of hurting other citizens has also spread. The epidemic is controlling how people go about living

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    lottery you automatically think‚ "Oh will they win money or a gift?" Well‚ in the story "The lottery" by Shirley Jackson it was completely the opposite of winning something. The author provoked lots of suspense and tension but wasn’t the suspense you get when you are excited it’s a scary suspense that builds up the tension. And why you suppose? Well‚ in this story the "lottery" there wasn’t any winning of money or a gift‚ this story was about a sacrifice the people of the village did to get good

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    world‚ from a six-year old child to an eighty-year old man‚ has something to fear. Fear can be very difficult to handle at times. Although fears might also change throughout a lifetime‚ most people do remain scared of something. I am no different. Fear is dangerous because it limits the hero’s confidence‚ and without a confidence no one will believe in you so you wouldn’t be considered a hero to society. Fear is a predominantly a dangerous monster because takes all the hero’s confidence

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    Fear As the instructor put me in that choke hold on my second to last day of swim instruction I knew I broke the one rule I tried so hard not to. “Get the hell out of my pool” he yelled. I dangled there in the middle of the pool wondering how this man could hold me in a chokehold while keeping both of us afloat. “You weak bitch‚ get the fuck out of my pool”. As those words echoed through the empty olympic sized pool room I was let go‚ left to reach the side of the deep end under my own power

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    Suspense is an element of plot that creates a state of tension or uncertainty. One type of suspense is when the action is “slowed to a crawl.” Another type is when the writer continues to add complications to an event or situation. Both of these types of suspense are displayed in Lois Lowry’s‚ “The Giver.” “Jonas felt more and more certain that the destination lay ahead of him‚ very near now in the night that was approaching. None of his senses confirmed it. He saw nothing ahead except the endless

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    elements to build suspense and tension? I have recently read Richard Connell’s short story‚ The Most Dangerous Game‚ and I loved it! Connell creates a very unique plot and setting. He uses many descriptive words that causes the mood of this story to become quite suspenseful and helps create a mysterious atmosphere. This interesting “hunt” that General Zaroff had created made the story a whole lot more intriguing. Connell uses setting‚ as well as characterization to build suspense in this story

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    Suspense In Harry Latimer

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    additionally offers some romance in the midst. I most certainly say that this is a good book for suspense. For example‚ when we learn that the royal governor of South Carolina is planning to sign a warrant for the protagonist’s‚ Harry’s‚ arrest “ Innes‚ if you will prepare a warrant for the arrest of Harry Latimer‚ and have it ready for me after breakfast‚ I will sign it.” This evidence shows suspense because we don’t know what will happen to Harry for this was unanticipated and the outcome uncertain

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    with your pacing‚ which is the most important aspect of creating suspense in a script. You have the innate ability to utilize the ‘slow reveal’ in your writing‚ which is a trait that is hard to teach and difficult to master. Instead of giving your audience all the facts from the outset‚ you take your time letting them rise to surface organically. However‚ I have a few suggestions that will help even further strengthen this suspense. While pacing is important‚ you must also give equal attention

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    ‘The Birds’ was far most one of the most successful suspense films of its time and possibly all time. It is directed film by one of the great founding films for the horror Alfred Hitchcock. The movie was based on a novel by Daphne DuMaurier‚ I think this is a extraordinary‚ exceptional film because it does everything a suspense film should have‚ and Hitchcock went beyond. I am proceed to examined special effects such as lighting‚ color and camera techniques. Throughout the movie‚ The Birds‚ Hitchcock

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    Vaughn Eric Treppa What is fear? Heights? Bugs? The dark? Are you fearful of the water? That all may be‚ but I’m talking about the fear that really means something to you‚ that one thing that you couldn’t imagine happening in your life. Many people are fearful of death; but I think that the person is not fearful of death itself. No‚ I believe that people are fearful of dying before they complete something that they have been attempting to complete their whole life. In a sense‚ people are scared

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