George had made the right decicion to shoot Lennie as he would have faced worse consequences. If you were in a similar situation‚ would you want to be the one to kill your best friend‚ or have a stranger do it?In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck tells the story of two best friends living life on the run‚ struggling to keep a steady job working as ranch hands. George and Lennie are faced with many
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already knew - Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy originally written in 1599. The opening of the play creates tension‚ which is followed throughout the ply by the dramatic irony of the chorus giving the prologue to the play‚ making the audience start to wonder when things will happen. "Who will fall in love?" "Who will die?" "Who will fight?" "Who is the conflict between?" they might ask. In Act 1 scene5‚ there are many different moods and atmospheres‚ beginning with the orders and instructions
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How does Dowd create tension and pace in chapter 46‚ building up to the climax at the end? Dowd creates tension by using short sentences. She says‚ “I live. I work. I pump.” It creates tension by mimicking the sound of Mel’s heartbeat which lets you know her situation is very pressured. With the use of short sentences Dowd has been able to give away very less information and so it makes you want to read on to find out out more about the three sentences. Dowd also uses adjectives to create tension
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How does Poe use language and character to create tension in ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’? Edgar Allen Poe is considered to be a master of writing macabre stories. Poe generally writes using this theme which shows he is comfortable with writing morbid dark tales. He is able to write short stories which are full of tension – one main example being ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. The genre choice being ‘short story’ automatically creates tension. Compared to a general ‘novel’ they are massively different. A short
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How does Susan Hill build tension and suspense in the opening of this chapter? The chapter starts with Kipps walking across the Nine Lives Causeway after seeing the woman in black in the graveyard. He was already on edge because of this experience‚ ‘I glanced over my shoulder‚ half-expecting to catch sight of the black figure of the woman following me’‚ which makes the reader uneasy too. However Kipps tries to persuade himself that she was not a ghost and tries to forget about it‚ which makes him
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How does Faulks create an increasing sense of foreboding during Act One? Faulks conveys an increasingly strong sense of foreboding throughout Part One of Birdsong. Although Faulks makes use of various portentous motifs‚ the ‘water-gardens’ scene‚ and ‘cathedral’ scene‚ are two clear examples of Faulks foreshadowing the turbulence of the future. Notably‚ prior to the ‘water-gardens’ scene‚ and ‘cathedral’ scene‚ as Stephen ‘emptied his pocket of items he no longer needed’‚ Faulks provides the reader
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How does Alan Gibbons create dramatic tension in The Edge? Alan Gibbons creates dramatic tension in The Edge using a variety of different techniques such as; pathetic fallacy‚ animal imagery‚ dramatic tension etc. The book is based on a young boy called Danny Mangam who lives in north London. He and his mother are on the run for Chris Kane‚ Danny’s abusive step-father. They try to get away and manage to get to Cathy’s mother and fathers house on the Edge Cliff Estate. But even there‚ nothing is
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a lot of different techniques to create tension in his short story‚ "A Sound of Thunder". The techniques used are adjectives‚ adverbs‚ verbs‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ short sentences and he varies the sentence structures to create tension. The first technique Ray Bradbury uses is Adjectives. He uses them in lists of three‚ "... great oiled‚ resilient‚ striding legs." This emphasizes that part of the description and it has more effect on the reader because it creates a strong image. Secondly‚ Ray Bradbury
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divorce. • The use of literary techniques in “A Lamb to the Slaughter” cause the readers to experience a feeling of tension. • The use of sensory imagery at the beginning of the story produces tension in the readers. • Since the moment that Mr. Maloney arrives home‚ everything is described with such detail that we can picture the scene‚ “He lifted his glass and drained it in one swallow although there was still half of it‚ at least half of it left. She wasn’t really watching him‚ but she knew what
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the chimney.” Based off of this quote‚ this shows how there is a sense of fear and panic in the old man which‚ brought that horror characteristics into the story. Then‚ there was also fear of insane that was brought towards the end of the story. It says‚ “Yet the sound increased and they heard! They suspected! They knew! Villains! I shrieked dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear the planks! It is the beating of his hideous heart!” This shows how the killer let the fear get closer to his insanity
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