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    How does Miller use the ending of each act to make the audience feel the madness in Salem? Miller is able to portray the madness of Salem in a variety of ways‚ throughout the whole of the play however the ending of each act allows the audience to fully feel the hysteria. By incorporating changes of key themes and ideas as well as using links throughout the text and a variety of dramatic techniques towards the end of each act‚ Miller is able to leave the audience with a sense of this madness. The

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    3 scene 1 is a terrific piece of drama. How does Shakespeare engage the audience’s interest and build up tension and anticipation of future events in the play? Romeo and Juliet is a terrific Shakespeare play. It is a play of love and tragedy. It shows two people from families who are enemies‚ and who fall in love. In act 3 scenes 1 though it all turns around‚ the tragic death of two people turn it. I will say in this essay how it changes the play and how the langue and style in this play keeps

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    In the Lord of the Flies by the author William Golding‚ he creates an allegorical novel based on stranded children abandoned on an island. In order to create an allegory‚ it’s a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters‚ figures and events(Allegory). The novel Lord of the Flies it begins with a group of children that were stranded on an remote island without adult supervision. They start to develop their own civilization but however as they continue

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    How does the Catherine Tate sketch use language? Catherine Tate uses a wide variety of linguistic techniques and lexis throughout the comedy sketch with the Prime minister. The effects these techniques have on the audience are focused as they effectively engage the audience whilst being humorous and tactile. The tenor used is strong and inappropriate. Our expectations of a girl participating in work experience with the Prime Minister are somewhat obedient and well mannered‚ yet the complete

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    identity. She pulls up her coat collar to hide her tears‚ in which she cries; handling the situation with the weakness of a woman‚ rather than the strength of a male. Her strength has no match now. She will always be a female at the root no matter how strong it appears

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    play‚ it is easily known about Macbeth how he is a loving subject to the king but later becomes a ruler. The story starts off with a prophecy being told to Macbeth from the three witches saying that one day Macbeth will become king. All Macbeth could think is that Duncan was king at the moment‚ but has a feeling inside him that wants to kill Duncan so his prophecy could become true and become the new Thane of Cawdor. Over the course of the play‚ power causes Macbeth to change from a loyal and loving

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    Whereas Macbeth feels remorse for his actions‚ and wishes that his king could once more wake‚ Lady Macbeth contemplates on how to place the guilt on someone else. The scenes portray the true feelings and intentions of the characters. As a character‚ Banquo is a potential ally and enemy to Macbeth’s scheming‚ because of his knowledge of the witches’ prophecy. Macbeth appears to be suspicious of Banquo’s intentions‚ and attempts to mask his desire to discuss the prophecies with the witches. This suggests

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    In Macbeth‚ The witches inform Macbeth that he is destined to be king‚ and although they help him gain the throne by urging him towards bloody‚ ambitious acts and showing him visions of his fate‚ their guidance ultimately leads to his destruction. Wikipedia: "In the play‚ the Three Witches represent darkness‚ chaos‚ and conflict‚ while their role is as agents and witnesses.[2] Their presence communicates treason and impending doom. During Shakespeare’s day‚ witches were seen as worse than rebels

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    The Psychosis of Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is the leading lady in the Shakespearian tragedy‚ Macbeth. Written by William Shakespeare in 1603‚ the tragedy of Macbeth italicize the entire title surrounds the downfall of an honorable man driven by blind ambition. As the play progresses‚ Macbeth gradually becomes a blood-thirsty tyrant. In turn‚ Lady Macbeth transitions from an assertive stoic into a submissive and timid sleep-walker. Lady Macbeth most likely suffers from postpartum psychosis brought

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    crisis. In this analysis‚ I have analyzed several fractured narratives in the novel. Andres is the main character in the novel - and is someone that the writer wants to sympathize. Therefore‚ the writer used a fractured narrative so that he could create tension and sympathy in his novel. The writer had made a huge contrast - from a stadium of triumph and glory to people being shot. In the scene when introducing the Silver Lion‚

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