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    Spectacle Diction

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    number one because the stories in the film make the whole story of the two hit men make it the most important. The second being Character‚ the main characters in the movie make the audience have the thriller and gory experience. I third I would say is diction‚ because dialogue has humor and intensity. The fourth would be music; I think music makes the audience feel the emotions with the different scenes. Fifth idea‚ because the theme being comedy and violence. Sixth‚ is being Spectacle. Suicide Squad one

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    McCarthy’s choice of style emulates the grave and dry atmosphere of the novel by diminishing grammar‚ having either extremely long or short sentences and the fragmented sentences with rare diction. McCarthy’s syntax directly correlates with the content of the book to display and accentuate the hardships the characters are experiencing. Because of the day-to-day survival of the father and the son‚ the author emphasizes time and its impacts‚ the length of the sentences depend on the length of time

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    Diction In Araby

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    follows a nameless narrator as he explores new experiences and feelings. Through imagery‚ diction‚ and syntax‚ Joyce develops the main character into a teenager who is ready for the next step in his life; he wants to leave his childhood in the past and embrace this newfound feeling of love that he is experiencing. Through imagery‚ Joyce develops the boy and the new feeling of love he is experiencing. The diction Joyce uses establishes a tone throughout the short story. The syntax Joyce includes reveals

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    Personification and Diction in “Colors of the Wind” Forests are known as the planet’s most diverse ecosystems as well as the home to over 30 million species of plants and animals. Caused by land clearing for infrastructure building and timber logging‚ deforestation is extremely present but often overlooked. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz’s song “Colors of the Wind” challenges the listener to question whether as occupants of the earth‚ we look beyond our planet’s physical value. Featured in Disney’s

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    Antigone Diction

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    When in voice and diction class I’ve learn a lot about the way how we as actors explore the use of the human body and how just based on the slightest body movement can change the whole intention of the line that is being delivered just as the power of breath can greatly affect the text for example anything that was from Shakespearian times or most Greek text. Considering that fact i will be talking about a Greek tragedy known as Antigone. There is a lot of that same purpose and intention in the way

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    The Road essay

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    post-apocalyptic world‚ “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy follows a father and son’s struggle for survival through chaotic situations while walking towards south on “the road” with very limited resources‚ where they encounter numerous difficulties‚ including having to deal with cannibals who patrol the road; food shortages which cause them to have to go on for days without eating; and inclement weather conditions. The author uses the obstacles the father and son face on the road as a metaphor for the different

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    Diction In Hamlet

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    written in London‚ England during the early sixteenth century of the medieval times. William Shakespeare has been known for the beauty of his plays because there is so much connotative meaning into the words that he professes to us within his use of diction. He has been known to write many tragedy plays where most of his protagonists die at the end of his stories. Many tend to be murdered due to the sweet smell of revenge running in many of their veins. One of his most famous tragedy books is Hamlet

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    Joseph Mccarthy Corruption

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    Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump are two demagogues who have inflicted fear upon Americans as a way to consolidate their own political power. A Junior Senator from Wisconsin in the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ Joseph McCarthy‚ intuitively understood that Americans tend to fear what they don’t understand. They fear those who don’t look familiar. They fear the unknown. During the Cold War he exploited American’s fear of Communism in order to create a cult-like following. Sadly‚ seventy years later‚

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    Mccarthy: A Short Story

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    same school‚ they’re just like us. I had finally gotten to school‚ i was a little late but Mrs. McCarthy didn’t care. She was a close friend of my Mother and Father’s. I was going to take a seat but I noticed that someone was sitting in my seat‚ so I sat somewhere else. Mrs. McCarthy started to teach the daily lesson when she was interrupted by Mayor Summer’s coming into the classroom. “Mrs. McCarthy‚ I don’t mean to be a bother but may I speak

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    The Road: Essay

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    The Road: Essay By Aaron Bellam History has had little conscience when it comes to human suffering and struggle. The world has brought us murder‚ torture‚ and terror in the packages of war‚ politics‚ and everyday human relationships. Religious battles keep racism‚ greed‚ and suffering real. The positive is not always apparent when one looks at human existence. Aside from the physical struggle humans had to endure and overcome‚ emotions also challenge us in hard times. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

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