Compare and Contrast the Authors' Presentation of the Relationship between Men and Women in a Selection of 19th Century Short Stories
Compare and Contrast the Authors' Presentation of the Relationship between Men and Women in a Selection of 19th Century Short Stories Relationships between men and women in the 19th century were very different to that of today. Marriages tended to be arranged. It was often that women did not have much choice in the relationship and became almost a possession of that man after marriage. For example after marriage a woman would lose all her possessions to here husband. Women did not have much independence and often were left to do hard labouring work such as washing up, cooking, scrubbing dirty clothes and cleaning. Due to this lack of independence and hard labour many women seemed to marry the richest men they could find, as then they would have little work and some independency, because of this the relationships sometimes lacked the love and free will that people can share today. The women are left dependent on men. The five short stories on the 19th century, 'The Story of an Hour', 'The Kiss', 'A Women's Rose', 'The Necklace' and 'The Unexpected' by Guy de Maupassant, Kate Chopin and Olive Schreiner all show women encaged in 19th century relationships. With these stories as was typical at the time they all give the reader an initial relationship to go on, then a twist or hope is added and by the end the readers initial thoughts on the relationship/s are changed. In the
Romeo and Juliet
Act 3, Scene 5 is a very dramatic scene in 'Romeo and Juliet', where drama and conflict is direct and obvious for the audience. Everyone watching this scene would have their hearts beating faster because of the strong tension. By the end of this scene Juliet is left a broken and isolated, young girl with nobody to help her. The scene opens with the tragedy struck couple lying in bed after spending their wedding night together. It's the early hours of the morning and the sun is just appearing on the horizon, Romeo is being realistic and pragmatic, he says "Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day, Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. I must be gone and live, or stay and die." Romeo is practical and direct and realises the urgency of the situation and the fact that his life is in jeopardy. This shows that Romeo knows that if he stays with Juliet it will result with his death because he is in a forbidden place, for two reasons, one being the Capulets resent him and the other being that he was banished from Verona because he killed Tybalt. Juliet tries to convince Romeo that it is still night, as the first words of the scene open with Juliet saying "Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day" showing how impulsive, deluded and foolish she is, she is not thinking of the consequences that could occur if Romeo remains in her house and gets caught. She knows that her parents
GSCE English Coursework - Literary Tradition
GCSE English Coursework Pre 1914 Short Stories: Literary Tradition We have studied the short stories "The Signalman" by C. Dickens and "The Red Room" by H. G. Wells. Both of these texts are short stories and as such follow the traditional short story writing form. They have a simple plot, an opening that catches the imagination, themes such as ghosts, witchcraft, love, fear hatred ect, very few settings; the action takes place in the same areas. Short descriptions; much is left up to the reader. Short dialogue, suspense or tension and an atmosphere created by characters and setting. The Signalman All stories follow the same general pattern of situation, conflict, main event and resolution. In the signalman the situation is our narrator, visits the signalman who is worried about a haunting. He is having visions of the supernatural. This obviously disturbs the signalman, he tells our narrator with a distinctive fearfulness and wary. The signalman is worried of a danger that the spectre could hold. The conflict is that the signalman believes the spectre is trying to warn him about something, but he can not work out what it is. This is what is causing him the most worry. The signalman wants to know what he can do to save people but he cannot work it out because the ghost's message is unclear to him. The main events in "The Signalman" follow a similar pattern. First the ghost
'The real horror of gothic comes not from buckets of blood or spectres or spooks, but from its power to make us face up to the dark and frightening regions within ourselves.' (Christie Gerrard, The English Discuss). Discuss with reference to three texts.
English Prose Essay 'The real horror of gothic comes not from buckets of blood or spectres or spooks, but from its power to make us face up to the dark and frightening regions within ourselves.' (Christie Gerrard, The English Discuss). Discuss with reference to three texts. I agree with the quote by Christie Gerrard that 'The real horror of gothic comes not from buckets of blood or spectres or spooks, but from its power to make us face up to the dark and frightening regions within ourselves; as I have researched it and found evidence within some texts from the gothic period that support the quote. I think that the 'dark and frightening regions within ourselves' refer to the inner feelings of every person that has read these books and how they know that they have the ability to commit the crimes and deeds. The phrase refers to the fear of human nature; it is not the horror props found within a gothic horror that makes them scary, but the realism they refer to. It is not the books that are scary, but the human nature behind them that is. It is the way the readers of the book realise that the events told could happen to them, that they could commit these murders, that they could become mad. It is because of this human nature that the books sell so well. The books themselves are fairly simple, lame, non scary and every story are almost identical to another, but they sold
With reference to the speckled band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl, compare the ways in which the writers create atmosphere and tension, gives us clues to the ending and suspend our disbelief.
Comparative Stories Question: With reference to "the speckled band" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and "lamb to the slaughter" by Roald Dahl, compare the ways in which the writers create atmosphere and tension, gives us clues to the ending and suspend our disbelief. Both the stories I am analysing are murder mysteries and they are set in very different time periods. Summary of stories "lamb to the slaughter" The lamb to the slaughter was a murder mystery story based on a troubled couple. Mary Malone is a keen housewife who is deeply in love with her husband and will do nearly anything to please him. Her husband is a police detective and a man of real authority. The story begins with Mary's husband coming home from work, she is fussing around her husband but he is unusually quiet. After a while he breaks news to his wife that he is leaving her. Mary tries to ignore the situation and asks her husband what he would like for supper, he doesn't reply. She gets up and gets some lamb out of the freezer and without thinking runs up and hits her husband over the head. After this Mary begins to think of a cover up plan, she touches up her make up and makes an appearance at her local grocery acting as natural as possible. On her return home she makes out that she has only just found her husband dead and phones the police, she sobs to make out that it was a brutal murder and to defend
With Specific Reference to Language, Discuss how Short Story writers use the conventions of the Gothic in order to Create Tension and Suspense. Refer to Three Short Stories in detail and at least five in total.
With Specific Reference to Language, Discuss how Short Story writers use the conventions of the Gothic in order to Create Tension and Suspense. Refer to Three Short Stories in detail and at least five in total. Gothic short stories were popular during the Victorian age and the five discussed in this essay are set in that era too. Gothic stories are written in order to frighten the reader, using a variety of techniques that heighten tension and suspense and force the reader to read on. We are able to differentiate between tension and suspense, as they are quite different feelings, however similar they may seem on the face of it. This differentiation is important as it allows a more in depth exploration of the use of certain techniques. Tension is a state of mental or emotional strain, whilst, suspense is apprehension about what is going to happen. These frames of mind are important in Gothic literature because they are what frighten the reader; they create a sense of excitement in an otherwise mundane series of events. The narrative mode in which the story is written affects the atmosphere which is conveyed, with each different person giving a different emphasis to a particular aspect of the story. For example a third person narrative would put more emphasis on the unfolding of the story and the action. It also allows for an overview of everybody's thoughts and feelings, but
Generations
Generations Coursework Assignment-prose Fiction Pre 1914 "Generations" short stories Ed Mark Royston. These Stories Describe Strange And Supernatural Events. How Do Their Authors Create The Feeling Of: * The extraordinary * Fear And Terror * Suspense? The first of the three stories I would like to discuss is "the Superstitious Man's Story" which was written in the year of the Parkfield earthquake, which occurred in 1891. At this time there were many superstitions about death and omens believed by people who live in the country in Dorset. The story starts with "there was something very strange about William's death." This has the affect of holding the reader in suspense. We are then introduced to a man, William and his wife, Betty Privet. The story becomes strange when we realise that his ghost has left the house, which adds to the fear and terror to the book. "He went out and closed the door behind him." Before saying "she found him in their bed sleeping sound as a rock. This immediately strikes fear into the reader. Although Betty had not seen him leave she appeared to be certain that William passed through the living room while she was ironing. Although no words were spoken she most certainly could feel the presence of him "while she ironed she could hear him coming down the stairs...came into the living room.... Passing towards it through the door" this illustrates
the educational theory of Professor Higgins and Governor Phillip
Nicola Barratt 16th December, 2004. GCSE English Literature Post-1914 Drama G.B. Shaw (1856 - 1950) PYGMALION (1916) Timberlake Wertenbaker (1951 - ) OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD (1988) 'Fine language, sentiment': the educational theory of Professor Higgins and Governor Phillip In this essay, I would like to examine the respective educational theories of the two men: Professor Higgins Pygmalion and Governor Phillip Our Country's Good. Both men believe in the process of amelioration: that is, both believe in the redemptive power of 'fine language'; if people speak fine language, they will find themselves morally or socially improved. Both believe that people, who are born into the lower classes, are not doomed to live their lives at a disadvantage. Moreover, if given the opportunity to use the 'divine gift of articulate speech', then they can achieve a degree of upward mobility. I should like to look first at the relationship between Professor Higgins and Eliza in Pygmalion, which is set in an era of social mobility and depends for its effect upon the English class system. In particular, I would like to examine the idea that a person's position in society can be accurately measured by her speech-style. Henry Higgins, a professor of linguistics, believes that Eliza Doolittle
With detailed reference to The Signalman by Charles Dickens and The Red Room show how the writers create an air of mystery.by H. G. Wells, compare the ways in which the two writers sustain/convey an air of mystery and surprise in the two short stories.
The two short stories are very similar in terms of the period in history in which they were written, as well as both being of a similar style of story and genre. But both writers convey an air of mystery and surprise in the two short stories slightly different in some areas, with one of the two sometimes having the greater effect. In The Red Room, by H. G. Wells, the story begins with the three words of the title at the top of the page. The capitalization of 'the' not only signifies the title of the story, but also the importance of the Red Room in the story to come. Also, the colour red is often associated with motifs of either love and comfort, or blood and death/murder. In the sense of the colour being used to mean the latter, the prominence of the word throughout the story is significant in creating an air of mystery and surprise for the reader. The story also begins with dialogue which can be separated into different literary techniques used clever in a short space to convey a sense of immediacy. The use of personal pronouns, 'I' and 'you', create this image of closeness between the reader and the narrator, with the accompanying verb 'assure' creating a sense of surety. The whole passage is also written in the first person, and contains a lot more dialogue than The Signalman in the form of direct speech. First person always creates a sense of immediacy, and this in turn
How is a sense of fear created in the reader in Gothic short stories?
How is a sense of fear created in the reader in Gothic short stories? A sense of fright and panic is created in the reader in gothic short stories through HG Wells uses various techniques and a wide range of vocabulary to create tension and fear in the reader in the story 'The Red Room'. Wells deliberately selects an arrogant and over-confident narrator who helps build up a sense of tension: "I can assure you, 'said I, 'that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.' This quote, right at the start of the story makes the reader think that the narrator is very pompous and confident and that does not believe in ghosts. The use of the word 'tangible' also makes the reader think that the protagonist is almost brave. Furthermore the narrator says: "Eight and twenty years I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen yet" Here the narrator carries on his pompous tone and tries to sound confident while he is only putting up a façade. 'Well,' said I, 'if I see anything tonight, I shall be so much the wiser. For I come to the business with an open mind.' Here the protagonist tries to convince himself that he is confident and nothing supernatural is happening or will happen to him during his stay in the Red Room. The other characters in the short story include three old people who live, and take care of the house. One of them is a woman, and the other two characters are
