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    sunlight‚ as if she has brought the darkness with her. The reader is already influenced by Candy’s description of her so that when Steinbeck describes her as having "full rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up" we see this as confirmation of her being "a tart." Equally‚ it could simply mean that she takes pride in her appearance and tries to get noticed. However‚ she does flaunt herself " she smiled archly and twisted her body" and is clearly aware that Lennie is fascinated with her. George’s

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    Throughout the whole book Steinbeck deliberately marginalized women‚ with the only female to make an appearance in the book being Curley’s wife‚ and she is not even dignified enough to have a name. This is perhaps based on the fact that women in 1930s America often weren’t as important

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    The 1961 film used the correct amount of cinematic techniques‚ such as limited close-ups and non-diegetic sounds to portray tensions present in the Younger family. The 2008 film failed to use an adequate amount of techniques and does not depict the tension as well as its older predecessor. Early in the scene‚ Walter follows Ruth around while she makes breakfast‚ trying to persuade her to tell Mama about his dreams. While standing over her‚ he goes far enough to try to make her participation beneficial

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    minorities to get a leg up.” -Bill Gates. In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men takes place during The Great Depression is 1937. In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck uses some of his characters to show discrimination. The characters that i’m choosing to tell about the discrimination are Curley’s wife‚ Crooks‚ and Lennie. Steinbeck’s focuses are showing how discrimination was used during the early 1900’s from slavery‚ gender‚ or just people that are disliked. Curley’s wife was discriminated from talking

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    In book eleven of the Odyssey‚ Odysseus travels to the realms of the dead where he encounters many ghosts‚ including a vision of Hercules. This brief moment portrays the tension between the ghosts--anguishing in Hades’ underworld--and Hercules who had the fortune to live with the gods on Mount Olympus in his afterlife. The tension Odysseus witnesses represents the polarity between heaven--symbolized by Hercules--and hell--symbolized by the ghosts. Death is a frequent motif throughout The Odyssey and

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    How does Steinbeck present the character of Curleys Wife? In this essay I am going to be assessing the character Curleys Wife from Steinbeck’s book Of Mice And Men. The book is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression it features two farm workers called George and Lennie. The travel around together in search of work sharing a dream of a place of their own‚ a small ranch where they can live and work for themselves. It tells the story of how violence may erupt to destroy those dreams. Curleys

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    and tragedy; particularly relevant to 1930’s America‚ following the depression and economic poverty it caused. Steinbeck portrays George as a flawed character who doesn’t display archetypal heroic qualities‚ however the reader empathizes with him. Steinbeck therefore ultimately presents him as a anti-hero within the context of the narrative. At the beginning of the novel‚ Steinbeck portrays George as a flawed character. George and lennie travel to a ranch ‚ indicating the unsettled lifestyle

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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 Arthur Miller create tension and suspense‚ building to a climax at the end of Act I? In Act I‚ trouble was already starting to brew as soon as the illegal immigrants Marco and Rodolfo got into the country. Eddie’s dislike of Rodolfo triggered several other problems which finally led to Marco threatening Eddie at the end of the play. Arthur Miller uses several techniques such as dramatic dialogue‚ foreshadowing and paralanguage to gradually increase the suspense and tension until finally

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    How does Shaffer create and use dramatic tension in “The Royal Hunt of the Sun” and to what effect? The Royal Hunt of the Sun is a gripping play about the journey of the Spanish army sent to conquer Peru‚ and the unlikely friendships that are formed. Shaffer creates dramatic tension with a number of techniques such as the use of Martin to narrate the story to the audience‚ a unique and powerful use of sounds‚ and the use of symbolic props and duologue scenes that create dramatic irony. He also

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