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    Discuss the dramatic techniques in Death of a Salesman. From a technical point of view‚ Miller was welcomed by those involved in the practical craft of theatre. In his plays‚ we find challenge and convention‚ boldness and caution‚ daring technical experiment and poetic dialogues. In Death of a Salesman ‚ his new dramatic techniques- unrealistic setting‚ music‚ lighting‚ etc.-all generated a sense of mutation of old forms and conventions. Death of a Salesman concentrates on Willy Loman‚ an exhausted

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    1. How does bleeding from a wound be stopped?  A wound stops bleeding due to the process of clot formation called coagulation. Coagulation is from the Latin coagulatus meaning "to cause to curdle". All this chemical action creates a plug called a blood clot. After a time‚ moisture is squeezed out of the clot and it contracts. This process is called syneresis. It’s not widely known but the same chemical process of syneresis also happens in the formation of jams and jellies. 2. How does the immune

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    Effective Dramatic Irony

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    Effective Dramatic Irony In Oedipus The King‚ Sophocles creates rising action by asking dramatic questions throughout the play. These questions generate suspense in the audience when they become dramatic irony and amplify the climax. During the falling action‚ Oedipus is engulfed in misery when he experiences a reversal of fortune. Finally‚ Oedipus goes through a discovery process ending when he discovers his tragic resolution. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy consist of a drama that contains

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    The Crucible Act 1 Summary

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    The Crucible Summary _________________________________________________ Act 1 Portrayed in Massachusetts - 1962‚ the play begins with the prayers of Reverend Samuel Parris in his house‚ next to his daughter’s bed. His ten-year old daughter - Betty‚ who became ill and unconscious ever since Parris found her dancing in the woods with Abigail – his seventeen-year old niece – and Tituba – his slave from Barbados – with some of other girls in the village. Worried about Betty and her

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    How the commercial banks create money. Commercial banks are those that provide the general public with deposit and withdrawal accounts services‚ and with loans. The odds are you deal with a commercial bank on a regular basis. There are a variety of methods by which commercial banks make a profit‚ including fees‚ credit card interest‚ loans and optional add-ons. Firstly‚ commercial banks make a profit by fees. There are fees attached to most of the products that a commercial bank provides‚ and these

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    Macbeth Act 1 Summary

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    Act I. sc. I  Setting: deserted heath; storming Summary: * Three witches chant * First witch asks when the three witches will meet again. * Second witch answers that they will meet after the battle is over. * Third witch says they’ll meet Macbeth tonight. * They all cackle that things are not as they seem and fly away. Act I. sc. II  Setting: army camp near King Duncan’s castle Summary: * A sergeant comes from the battle to report to King Duncan how the war is going

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    Act 1 Scene 5

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    Story”~Taylor Swift R&J- Act 1 scene 5 To begin the comparison of this song and the play you need to understand that this song makes quite a bit of references even including the names Romeo and Juliet although some of the song is inaccurate Let’s start at the very beginning of the song “We were both young when I first saw you.” Indeed they were young with Juliet being two weeks from 14 and Romeo is around 16 and from the phrase “when I first saw you” I can guess this was act I scene 5 as this is the

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    Hamlet Act 1 Assignment

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    Hamlet: Act 1 Assignment 1. In Hamlets speech on line 165 of Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ he makes his friends swear upon his sword that they will not reveal anything that they had seen or heard that night. In this scene the sword is a symbol much like the cross; if an individual was asked to swear upon a cross they are likely to keep that promise because they know that they are making a promise with God or with a greater power. He later goes on to make them insist that if they believe his actions are “strange

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    How does Shakespeare make Act 3 Scene 1 such a dramatic scene? William Shakespeare makes Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet crucially dramatic to emphasize its importance to the play as a whole. The use of tense dialogue‚ provoking language and aggressive action creates dramatic tension and conflict which engages and interests the audience to the scene. These techniques highlight the scene’s significance as the main turning point of events from a romance to a tragedy. The scene opens up into an

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    lead to conflict between them which builds throughout the scene to a dramatic point which then leads to tension during the play between the characters and then leads to tension in the audience. The main characters that illustrate tension are John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor (husband and wife) as they are both in an awkward position as John’s actions in the past had affected Elizabeth and still did in this moment of the play. Tension between these two confirms that their relationship is nothing but

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