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    Elements of Fiction‚ pg. 358-364 There are specific elements that you can look for in a work of fiction‚ and for this class specifically‚ the short story. In order to determine if something is a complete story‚ you look for the following elements. These are also listed on the Fiction Terms sheet as the specific definitions that you will see on the exam. Plot: Plot is simply what happens in the story. Traditional plots have a beginning‚ rising action‚ a climax‚ falling action‚ and an end. Many stories

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    magazines to German Schauerroman‚ Gothic themes‚ popularized in the Victorian era‚ saturated Romantic literature with tales of gore and spine-shivering madness. Among the plethora of authors experimenting with this genre was Charlotte Brontë‚ whose groundbreaking novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ forever changed Gothic literature. Indeed‚ the grandiose but desolate buildings and English gardens thick fog furnishing the Victorian England landscape exhibits all the signs of a proper Gothic setting. However‚ Brontë distinguishes

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    Fiction and Story

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    Genre: Descriptive * The Monkey’s Paw was a descriptive story because throughout the whole story they were describing the paw and throughout the Afterlife you will see Pamela describing her feelings on what happen to her brother Herbert. * Fiction Genre: Mystery * I picked mystery for the Monkey’s Paw because in the end of the story I wasn’t clear on what happen and in the afterlife things happened that no one knows but me. * Literary Device: Conflict * I picked conflict as my literary

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    time‚ beautiful cathedrals have been towering above buildings; still survive with their astonishing appearance. In doing this paper I was never aware of anything called “Gothic Cathedrals”. Only by 1400 has the Gothic been the universal style of building in the western‚ its creative thought was in northern France in an area. The Gothic Age marked the end to an age of chaos‚ mostly caused by the sacking of the Vikings. In this time; a very religious age‚ with money throughout churches and the follower

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    are perfect examples of Southern Gothic literature. Southern Gothic literature has points that must be satisfied in order to be classified in this genre. “A Rose for Emily” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” satisfy all of these requirements. These requirements include setting in the south‚ puzzling characters‚ and exposing the deeper issue behind the face value of problems. These two short stories combine these three elements to produce two pieces of Southern Gothic literature. “A Rose for Emily”

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    Victorian Era Décor The Victorian Era featured many changes ranging from the role of women to the design of homes. Many elements of the home design changed from the Gothic Revival style to the Victorian style. The items people decorated with changed‚ and the way they filled their homes. This era was a beautiful era for so many reasons. Victorian Era Architecture Victorian architecture has many gorgeous features that make this style of architecture very distinctive. One feature of Victorian architecture

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    the city’s tallest majestic‚ magnificent building‚ based on this background‚ this period the rise of the feudal society the great development of the product - Gothic art. "Gothic" refers to

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    Gothic Cathedrals Brandy Winstead Art 101 April 24‚ 2011 Miller Gothic Cathedrals Gothic Art is concerned with the painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the middle Ages. It is a form of art which encompasses not only paintings and sculptures‚ but also religious artifacts and magnificent cathedrals. The entire world knows Westminster Abbey. The original building

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    Art History Presentation Script 1. Introduction (Alissa) aracteristic of early Gothic churches. - Very simple - Very thin vertical support - Large windows - Combination of the triforium gallery and clerestory in one large area - Walls of glass and screens oHow did the term ‘Gothic’ come about? The term was actually applied after the time by Italian writers in the Renaissance who‚ compared this architecture to that of the "barbaric tribes" that destroyed

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    because of all the logistic and tools that were needed to make them possible‚ especially gothic cathedrals. The gothic cathedral revolutionized architecture of the time; church officials wanted their cathedral to be better than the surrounding cities so a competition of a kind started up. This competition helped to improve the structures and reach heights unheard of the time. One of the amazing thing about the new gothic churches is that as they grew higher the walls grew thinner and had more windows. “The

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