How does Sheriff build tension in Act 2? Jodie Horton Sheriff creates a lot of tension in Act 2 in many different ways. He uses structure as a way to create tension including‚ stage directions‚ setting/staging and characters actions. Tension is initially built in scene 1 by the use of Sheriffs structure‚ the men are waiting in the trenches for six days with nothing to do‚ to the audience the real boredom of the trenches and the men would be exposed. The men talk about everyday
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slurs? Racism creates tension between different cultures within the same society. The reason we have this tension is because of the ethnocentricity between different ethnic groups. Ethnocentricity is belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group. So how does the presence of multiple cultures within a society create tension? How does society integrate different groups of immigrants‚ and how do immigrants transform societies? When different cultures intermingle‚ it creates tension‚ and we as a
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Analyse how Willy Russell builds a sense of drama and tension in the cliff top scene of ‘Our Day Out’ Our Day Out is about a young vulnerable child called Carol‚ who embarks on an emotional journey. Willie Russell uses a poor‚ young emotional child to get the audiences sympathy. Using such characters and emotive language he makes the cliff scene dramatic. Carol is the small confused child and initially comes across as a naïve girl who seems ungrateful for her lifestyle. She always seems to
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How does Shakespeare create tension in act 3 scene 1? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about “two star crossed lovers‚” each from a family with an ancient grudge against each other. After a party at the Capulet mansion Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love. However‚ Juliet is being forced to marry Paris who is desperately in love with her as the play was written in a patriarchal time. With conflict between the Capulets and Montagues it becomes difficult for Romeo and Juliet to see each other. After
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The tension that Steinbeck creates in chapter six is very prominent; there are moments of peace and moments of despair. The first case in which Steinbeck creates tension is at the very beginning of the first chapter where the reader can hear peace. It is only after reading chapter six that the reader on hindsight can compare the peacefulness in the first chapter to the tension in the last chapter‚ this creates tension as the reader is now well aware that one of Steinbeck’s narrative techniques is
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In Romeo and Juliet the main conflict revolves around the Capulet’s and the Montague’s old feud. This then creates tension throughout the play because this old feud branches out into a lot of conflict between individual people. The prologue is very important in this play because it sets the way for the rest of the play‚ warning the audience that it is going to be a tragedy. The prologue is written in the form of a sonnet with a strict rhyme scheme and using iambic pentameter. This shows the audience
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The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller who was born on 17th October 1915 in New York City. The Crucible is based on a small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men who are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman
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Political tensions will continue to rise in the United States as both parties continue to be uninterested in the beliefs of the opposing party. Many politicians have engaged in polarization‚ which has further divided republicans and democrats. The rise of social media has allowed individuals to find social circles that share their beliefs‚ as well as block out people and content that doesn’t align with what they believe. How can we create solutions to the problems that every American deals with if
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How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to
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Explain How Arthur Miller Uses Act Three As A Dramatic Device To Expose The Rivalries Which Exist In Salem. In 1952‚ Arthur Miller wrote a play entitled‚ ‘The Crucible’. The play is centred on the witch trials that actually took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote about the event as an allegory for McCarthyism which occurred in the United States in the 1950s. McCarthyism was a time of great anti-communist suspicion in the late 1940s and 1950s. The key connections
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