How does H.G Wells create tension and suspense in “the Red Room” The red room written by H.G.Wells was written in the year 1894. It is written in a gothic style and is a physiological thriller that was very popular at the time. The story involves many of the typical themes and settings such as a dark haunted castle‚ spiral staircases‚ evil shadows and subterranean passages. H.G.Wells uses a lot of language techniques like similes‚ metaphors‚ onomatopoeia‚ alliteration and repetition to create
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Walter is a thirty-five year old man and is Mama’s son. In the play Walter depicts the antagonism and despondency of the African Americans during the 1940s. Walter is best characterized as depressed and opinionated. Walter in the play creates tension in the family because he wants the insurance money to invest in a liquor store. “A Raisin
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The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck Often times‚ we go through life feeling confused‚ lost‚ and sad. Living life through various facades grows weary over time. Eventually‚ we are led to the inevitable search to strive for the discovery of who we really are. Self-identity is an important focal point in our individual triumphs and tribulations we experience in our journey of life. During times of conflict‚ we frequently struggle with only ourselves. "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck‚ written
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6.) Explain why the tension increased between the great powers in the years 1905 – 1912 (12 Marks) Tension increased between the great powers because of many crises that occurred during these years. The first crisis was the first Moroccan crisis in 1906 when France hoped to conquer morocco and as one of the points of the entente cordiale Britain would help them. But in 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm visited morocco and promised to protect morocco and their people. The French were furious by this promise
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Analyse how Willy Russell builds a sense of drama and tension in the cliff top scene of ‘Our Day Out’ Our Day Out is about a young vulnerable child called Carol‚ who embarks on an emotional journey. Willie Russell uses a poor‚ young emotional child to get the audiences sympathy. Using such characters and emotive language he makes the cliff scene dramatic. Carol is the small confused child and initially comes across as a naïve girl who seems ungrateful for her lifestyle. She always seems to
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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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which Priestley creates tension in an inspector calls. Tension is used as a very effective effect in writing‚ to give the audience an apprehensive view‚ as well as putting them in suspense‚ so they have a reason to continue to read. It is especially used in mysteries or detective pieces‚ as it helps build up to a climax‚ that could shock the audience or intrigue them even more. Priestley wrote the play ‘an inspector calls’ with very effect techniques that all creates tension‚ through a variety of
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and lacked the emphasis and tension that made the final version of "A View From the Bridge" so successful. After reworking the original‚ Miller proved that he had the ability to arouse the passion of audiences world-wide‚ with his sympathetic portrayal of Sicilian family life‚ emphasis on the incestuous relationship between Eddie and Catherine‚ and successful use of tension throughout. In the scene that closes Act one‚ Miller effectively creates tension. Eddie‚ the protagonist‚ is
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Comparative Essay – The Tell Tale Heart and The Black Cat Through most of his short stories‚ Edgar Allan Poe uses many different devises to create tension. Some of which he uses repeatedly making it easy to find similarities between the building up of tension and suspense in his texts‚ as well as differences. The ways Poe does this vary between the narrator’s sanity‚ including its cruelty after committing a crime and the sense of guilt afterwards‚ to the use of literary devices such as anaphora
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people. This policy‚ though‚ created tension amongst other European powers‚ especially Britain as it was the strongest colonial power. German policies‚ moreover‚ threatened the British naval forces. Thus‚ there appeared to be a rise of nationalism in both Britain and Germany due to the Weltpolitik policy. Britain now found it appropriate to make alliances due to threats from Germany‚ France and other European nations. The arms and naval race further created tension in Europe‚ with every nation trying
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