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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Hamlet 1. Show how Act I‚ scenes i and ii provide an introduction to the main plot of the play providing background information‚ establishing mood or atmosphere‚ and introducing key characters and their relationships. The introductory scenes of Hamlet convey a dark and somber mood with bitter cold temperatures and news of the recent passing of the king of Denmark. It immediately becomes apparent that the death of Hamlet was of unnatural causes‚ as his ghost is seen meandering aimlessly around Elsinore
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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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In Romeo and Juliet the main conflict revolves around the Capulet’s and the Montague’s old feud. This then creates tension throughout the play because this old feud branches out into a lot of conflict between individual people. The prologue is very important in this play because it sets the way for the rest of the play‚ warning the audience that it is going to be a tragedy. The prologue is written in the form of a sonnet with a strict rhyme scheme and using iambic pentameter. This shows the audience
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Discuss Millers use of tension throughout act 3 of the crucible? The play ‘the crucible’ illustrates how people react to mass hysteria created by a person or group of people‚ as people did during the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Miler lived in America at the time of the McCarthy hearings and linked the Salem witch trials analogically to the events of the time. This meant that miller could use the same type of dramatic tension he was witnessing and use it in his play. Miller masterfully builds
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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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How does Sheriff build tension in Act 2? Jodie Horton Sheriff creates a lot of tension in Act 2 in many different ways. He uses structure as a way to create tension including‚ stage directions‚ setting/staging and characters actions. Tension is initially built in scene 1 by the use of Sheriffs structure‚ the men are waiting in the trenches for six days with nothing to do‚ to the audience the real boredom of the trenches and the men would be exposed. The men talk about everyday
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How does Steinbeck explore different attitude towards women in the novel Of Mice and Men? John Steinbeck provides a variety of different attitudes towards women in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men.’ I will explore these attitudes in order to represent the portrayal of women in the book; in which there are many different women with different attitudes respectively. Steinbeck uses the portrayal of Curley’s wife‚ who is the main female protagonist to show how women were treated during the 1930’s ‘Depression
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How does Steinbeck’s writing make the fight‚ a powerful and significant moment in the novel? Steinbeck uses many ways to make the fight powerful and significant; he makes things in the scene fast paced‚ from where Curley sees George smiling‚ to him starting the fight and Lennie getting beaten up‚ to Lennie crushing his hand. Yet Steinbeck stretches the fight over 2 pages and a bit‚ where as it would have probably lasted less than 30 seconds which shows it’s a significant piece and amongst it there
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