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    Salinger illustrates Holden’s personal dilemmas through setting and characterisation to show the readers Holden’s isolation. The Social Network‚ directed by David Fincher‚ is a film of similar context‚ exploring the social isolation a college student‚ Mark Zuckerberg‚ faces while creating the billion dollar social media platform known as Facebook. Like Salinger‚ Fincher presents Mark’s personal dilemmas through setting and characterisation to illustrate the isolation Mark faces. Salinger frequently uses

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    Julia Lawrinson depicts the effects of racism on individuals through a range of techniques in her novel Bye‚ Beautiful. Through use of Sandy’s perspective‚ the reader sees how racism impacts the Read family‚ especially Pat. The author also uses characterisation to represent certain characters’ feelings of isolation and sadness and to show them as being different from the townspeople. Lawrinson also uses the very powerful symbol of Billy’s death to demonstrate the way racism effects individuals. These

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    relies on psychological issues and psyche to scare her readers in the Haunting of Hill House. The three prominent gothic elements are grotesque characters‚ characterisation and supernatural and inexplicable events. Bram stokers three gothic elements used are supernatural and inexplicable events and grotesque characters and characterisation.

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    William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies presents significant issues relating to the concept of conflict. Through analysing characterisation and symbolism it is evident that conflict can be destructive to social order. The Black Eyed Peas music clip “Where is the Love?” portrays the damaging nature of conflict‚ resulting in chaos‚ by the use of binary oppositions and rhetorical questions. The combination of Lord of the Flies and “Where is the Love?” shows the viewers that conflict can be destructive

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    character‚ Alain exhibited an extensive range of acting skills‚ however‚ Georgie Todman’s character demonstrated a weaker array of skills. During the play‚ Hennessy and Todman taught the essence of the craft of acting and the impact of voice and characterisation on a performance. An element of the craft of acting that is an important aspect when performing is voice. Voice can set the mood and tone of for an actor through dialogue and can enhance their overall performance. This was evident in Travis

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    during the Vietnam War also known as the second Indochina war‚ and known in Vietnam as the resistance war against America. This is where the girls discover themselves emotionally and spiritually. Blair uses the film techniques of camera angles‚ characterisation and dialogue to explore

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    are crucial to the novel’s plot and thematic concerns. The awakening of humanity depicted in Montag’s characterisation‚ captured through Bradbury’s use of narrative voice and diction becomes‚ in my mind‚ inspirational. We are asked to question the values that underpin this dystopia and this is essential in shaping our understanding of the values we should all share. Montag’s characterisation is inextricably linked to our understanding of other characters and shapes our view of the novel. When

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    Laurie Saunders stops the Wave before it is too late. Morton Rhue uses characterisation‚ symbolism and foreshadowing to show the reader the positive and negative effects of peer pressure and social movements. Ben Ross introduces The Wave as

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    Shakespeare has demonstrated this through the characterisation of King Lear‚ as King Lear is characterised as an old man who is too hasty in giving his kingdom away‚ “Shake all cares and business from our age‚ while we unburthen’d crawl toward death.’ Similarly‚ Inarritu has demonstrated this through the characterisation oh his main protagonist‚ Riggin‚ as he only cares about himself‚ “This is my chance to do some work that actually

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    Pedestrian Task: Unusual setting‚ interesting characterisation‚ vivid description‚ throughout-provoking themes show in detail how each of these aspects contributes to your understanding of “The Pedestrian” By Roy Bradbury. In the story “The pedestrian”‚ Bradbury uses unusual setting‚ interesting characterisation‚ vivid description and throughout-provoking themes‚ to capture the reader and presenting an interesting insight on a future society. Throughout the story‚ Bradbury introduces characters

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