During Hollywood’s classical period‚ the seamless style was particularly favored‚ it championed narrative economy. In other words‚ films were constructed so that the viewer was not aware of the construction. This practice of effacing a film’s construction actually depends on a complex system of visual codes. Hollywood films‚ as opposed to art films or some types of foreign films‚ embrace a narrative that is highly efficient and that is determined by cause and effect. For example‚ The opening
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famous works (realistic‚ to be popular with‚ of great narrative power‚ to bring fame to sb.‚ to have an intimate knowledge of‚ to enjoy success/popularity‚ to be a prolific author… ). Define the genre (The story under discussion is a…detective story‚ true-to-life story‚ whodunit‚ spy story‚ crime story‚ romantic story‚ love story‚ western‚ adventure story‚ travelogue‚ myth‚ parable‚ legend‚ tear-jerker‚ science-fiction story‚ ghost story‚ horror story‚ thriller‚ spine-chiller‚ tall story‚ fairy story/tale
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There are similarities and differences in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and From Africa to America. Though Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano shared similarities in experiences‚ they had different writing personalities‚ purposes‚ attitudes‚ tones‚ and relations with their communities. There are four main modes of discourse: expository‚ narrative‚ descriptive‚ and persuasive. In Mary Rowlandson’s A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary
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menace. The Cask of Amontillado takes a slightly different path towards demonstrating tension menace‚ again the brilliant uses of descriptive and imagery words to describe the setting and set the tone of tension and menace. Poe uses a common gothic narrative style such a first person narration and the setting of both stories to create tension and menace. In the Tell-tale Heart‚ Poe produces a narrator with an “psychopathic mind”. In the beginning of the story the narrator
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http://www.answers.com/topic/where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been-story-5 Point of View The first line of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?“ — “Her name was Connie “ — signals that it is being told by a third-person narrator. This narrative voice stays closely aligned to Connie’s point of view. The reader learns what her thoughts are‚ but the narrator provides no additional information or judgment of the situation. For instance‚ Connie’s harsh appraisals of her sister and mother are
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story?” shows‚ on a literal level‚ the conflict between Marlow and his audience‚ with Marlow wanting to make sure that his audience understands his story. But on a more figurative level‚ Marlow’s own conflict with himself and his struggle with the horror of his story is illuminated. It is hard for even him to fully comprehend the terror of what happened in the Congo and he has difficulty retelling his story and believing the words that leave his lips. He has nothing concrete to build his story upon
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hidden behind a curtain that only he is allowed to draw back‚ meaning that now she only smiles for him The two Robert Browning poems I have chosen are ’The Laboratory’ and ’My last Duchess’. My initial reaction on reading the laboratory was one of horror and fascination as it tells a tale of a woman scorned. I found it horrifying that a human being could plan in such a cold and calculating way‚ but I also found this fascinating. My feelings on reading My Last Duchess was pity for the Duke who was
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the play. Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds‚ please-niece-ski-tree. Audience: person reading or viewing the story or writing. Autobiography: The story of a person’s life written by himself or herself. Ballad: a relatively short narrative poem‚ written to be sung‚ with a simple and dramatic action. The ballads tell of love‚ death‚ the supernatural‚ or a combination of these. Biography: The story of a person’s life written by someone other than the subject of the work. Blank
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a plane wreck. Using juxtaposition here is effective as it is slightly strange that two opposites are being placed side by side‚ but this highlights the confusing nature we have; the potential for so much evil and so much good. The choice of narrative perspective in The Book Thief is very appropriate and effective when it comes to the development of the theme of the extremes of humanity. Zusak chose death as the narrator; a strange and unique choice‚ however it backs up his strange and unique
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Spiegelman’s Maus II is a graphic novel and I believe Spiegelman chose this format because it is the only way to discuss the Holocaust while simultaneously conveying the impossibility of doing such a task. The Holocaust was such a horrific event that there is no way of truly representing it. Spiegelman realized that everything is a representation. He also realized that representing every aspect of the Holocaust was something that simply cannot be done. It is impossible to capture something free of
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