Compare three stories of suspense in three different styles of writing
Compare three stories of suspense in three different styles of writing Introduction I have been given the assignment of comparing three stories of anticipation in three dissimilar styles of script. Throughout this essay, I will converse on the subject of the way each story is written, how and why particular special effects are accomplished and what rudiments and elements contribute to the atmosphere and anticipation of the story. Finally, I will conclude as to which story I have found the most successful and explain why I liked it in detail. A principal feature to examine when studying a story, in my opinion, is the title. Titles of some stories give away the plots or endings, whereas others are totally abstract and thought provoking, providing absolutely no clue as to what the story will be about. Either "Frankenstein" or "The Raven" has the best titles out of the three stories that I have read. They give away that the story is about someone named Frankenstein or a raven, but nothing else that would ruin the plot or ending. This is beneficial to the reader, who would be able to get more involved in the story as more of the plot unfolds, particularly in a novel. The title "Man Overboard", tells us that the story is about a man falling overboard. Primarily I considered it could be a metaphor, but after reading the story, I found that it wasn't. A story with a title that
Why and How Does Eddie Carbone Change As The Play Progresses? What Leads to His Death? How Do You Think an Audience would respond To the Changes in his Personality As They Watch Him Destroy Himself?
A View from the Bridge Why and How Does Eddie Carbone Change As The Play Progresses? What Leads to His Death? How Do You Think an Audience would respond To the Changes in his Personality As They Watch Him Destroy Himself? Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge is set in the 1950s, when communities were forced to reconcile between American culture and the Italian community culture that surrounds. The cultural and moral difference between the two provides one of the great conflicts in the play. Eddie is made to choose between the two, which questions his loyalty to his family. The play explores relationships. Eddie Carbone is a tragic protagonist who needs to believe that his masculinity denies any sexual desires. To him, being homosexual is "not right"; this shows his insecurity of being a dominant character. His strong emotions for his niece suggest incestuous desires. Becoming suspicious of his own motives, Eddie doesn't realise these feelings until at the very end. His feelings for Catherine are suppressed. He transfers this sexual frustration into a hatred for Marco and Rodolpho, which causes him to act completely irrationally. Eddie's fear need to secure his good name from Marco is a result of his failure to 'protect' Catherine. The community witness his loyalty die away due to his commitment to keeping Catherine to himself, and turning his vengeance into a need for
Nuclear Terror.
Nuclear Terror. Chapter One Greenford, London. June 6th. 9.00Am. Prince looked out of his dark, top floor flat window. There were a lot of grey swirling clouds hanging in the distance, but he was not looking at the clouds, instead Prince was looking at the London underground station and all of the commuters getting the tube to go to their offices in central London, around the corner from his cheap two room flat. There were all kinds of races going into the station: Pakistani, African, and Chinese. He Looked at his computer monitor and saw his brown eyes starring back at him, and his long black hair swaying as the electric fan threw out cool air at its full speed. Prince powered up his Dell 410 computer and waited for windows 98 to load. After connecting to the internet he checked his website: The British Terrorist League. He had received many emails over night from all over Britain about wanting to join his terrorist network. Before Prince, as his codename was, took anyone on board he checked their criminal records and profiles by hacking into Scotland Yard's database. Prince disconnected from the World Wide Web and left his flat to visit his local pub. Prince hated walking down his local streets, they were filled with his enemies: Britain was being taken over by illegal immigrants, Prince had lots of motives for hating them but his main one was that they flee
Poetry English language
Study a selection of War poetry. What are the poets' attitudes to the War? Wars have been around for many years, in fact, they have been around as long as humans have been around. When you come to think of it, Warfare means solving problems by force (fighting, War). The problems that might result to War could be: to gain land (this could be to gain power), to get resources from another country (oil, gold, and diamonds). Religion (this is the War that we are fighting now), to support another country who is lured (maybe reluctantly) into War, this is known as supporting an ally. I think that the scale of Warfare has changed; firstly, the weapons used in War these days have become more sophisticated. Today we use auto reload rifles, bullet-proof vests, bombs with sensors etc. back in World War 1 (WW1) they used rifles, bayonets and had no knowledge of the machine guns that were used by the German army. As a result, more people will be killed. Secondly troops can be moved from long distances much easily; before if you were in the English army (in the middle ages especially) you were shipped off to your location of War and you would march to wherever you were ordered to fight. Nowadays you are transported in helicopters or jet planes, so the soldiers can get to the battle-zone more easily, so the job will be done much quicker as a result. Most governments have now ensured that
Views of love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Views of love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Contents . Introduction 1 2. Main part: Views of love in Romeo and Juliet 2 2.1. Romeo's and Juliet's view of love: Love as the reason for living 2 2.1.1. Romeo 2 2.1.2. Juliet 5 2.2. The domestics' and Mercutio's view of love: Love means sex 8 2.2.1. Sampson and Gregory, servants of the house of Capulet 8 2.2.2. The Nurse 9 2.2.3. Mercutio 10 2.3. Benvolio's view of love: Be happy, no matter if you are in love or not 12 2.4. Juliet's parents, the Prince and Paris: The Elizabethan attitude towards 12 love and sex 2.4.1.Capulet 13 2.4.2. Lady Capulet 14 2.4.2. Prince Escalus 15 2.4.3. Paris 16 2.5. Romeo's parents: A relationship full of love 17 2.5.1. Montague 17 2.5.2. Lady Montague 17 2.6. Friar Laurence' view of love: Violent delights have violent ends 18 3. Conclusion: In how far do the views of love presented in the play reflect 19 the attitude towards love the Elizabethan audience had? . Introduction William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has the "high profile as the love-tragedy everybody knows"1. Although it is regarded as the ideal of romantic love there
How do circumstances cause characters to change?
How do circumstances cause characters to change? The first time we are introduced to Pip in Great Expectations was when he was visiting his parent's grave. The graveyard was cold and misty. Dickens was trying to create a feeling of sadness and sympathy for Pip. He met a convict who had escaped from prison and wanted "wittles". He demanded Pip brought him some "wittles" and a file. Otherwise "a young man" would come after him and rip his "heart and liver out". Pip's innocence and naivety meant he believed every word of the convict and was scared not to obey him. This was despite the bad temper of Mrs Joe, his sister who brought him up "by hand" and threatened to use "tickler" (a stick she used to hit Pip with). He stole the "wittles" and went to sleep. When Pip left early the next morning, which was in fact Christmas morning, his guilty conscience was noticeable. His conscience was so bad in fact, that when Pip slowly walked down the stairs, every creak in the stairs sounded as if they were shouting "Get up Mrs Joe" and "Stop thief". Also, when he went to meet the convict on the marshes, he imagined the cattle calling after him saying " A boy with Somebody - else's pork pie! Stop him" and "Holloa, young thief!" This proves that despite what he is doing, he knows what he is doing is wrong, hence the guilty conscience. After he met the convict and gave him his "wittles" and
Explain what makes a good mystery story, based on your understanding of 'The Red Room' by H.G. Wells, 'The Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle and 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens.
Explain what makes a good mystery story, based on your understanding of 'The Red Room' by H.G. Wells, 'The Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle and 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens. Introduction In the following essay I intend to analyse the three short mystery stories, 'The Red Room', 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Signalman'. For each of the three stories I will explain how mystery and suspense is created with the use of language, characters, and setting. The Victorian era was a period of dramatic change with the advancement in industry, science, technology, medicine and travel and there was a growing interest in the supernatural, which is reflected throughout the three short stories I have decided to analyse. Each of the three stories is based on these changes in their own different ways which made them popular amongst the audience of the Victorian period. Ghost stories were most popular in the Victorian era around the gothic genre. The setting was most likely to be in an old house or building, a graveyard or somewhere secluded. Pathetic fallacy was often used to create a gloomy atmosphere. The horror or ghost in the story was often not fully described, leaving room for the readers own interpretations. The victim was most likely to be someone sensible and blind to the supernatural, which is reflected in the Red Room as a scientist tries to unfold the mystery of
The Burst Bubble of Dreams
THE BURST BUBBLE OF DREAMS Don't take one more step. Stop right where you are! No Chris! Stop! Chris don't! Chris...AAAAAAHHHHHH!" *SPLASH* I was over at my best friend Emily's house and her older brother, Chris, had just shoved me into the swimming pool. Honestly, lads are such an immature pain in the ass at times! "You idiot" I sputtered as I surfaced. "I can't believe you did that to me!" "Aw, did the poor baby get her hair all wet? Here, let me help you," he said, offering me his hand. A plan suddenly began formulating in my mind. "Thank you." I told him in my most sweet and innocent voice. I reached up and took his hand, and pulled him into the pool, clothes and all. I tried to pull myself up out of the pool, but I wasn't quick enough. Chris grabbed my legs and dragged me back in. He dunked me under the water, I tried to get free, but he had too tight of a grip on me. "Chris, would you stop flirting with my friends?" Emily said as she walked out onto the patio. "Why?" "Because she's ten years younger than you." "Yeah, so? She's 18, she's legal!" "Please tell me your friends are coming over today to save us from you!" "Yeah, they should be here soon. I better go get dried off and changed," he told her. He let go of me, climbed out of the pool, and went into the house. After Chris went into the house I pulled myself up on to the side of the pool,
A breakdown of Steinbeck's 'Of mice and Men'.
Chapter 1 At the novel's outset, Steinbeck takes great pains to familiarize us with the setting, using poetic imagery to describe the "golden foothill slopes" (1) of the Salinas River Valley and a particular pool on the banks of which "the leaves lie deep and so crisp that a lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them" (1). Some rabbits sit in the sand. The novel begins here, in the cool of the sycamores among the golden shadows of a California evening, with a path in the forest leading to the sandy river's edge. One thing is missing: people. Here we are introduced to the landscape in which the novel is to take place, the Salinas Valley in the early 20th century, as well as the author's particular style, which, in Steinbeck's case, tends toward the Romantic. The idyllic peace of the initial scene is disrupted as the novel's two main characters emerge from the woods. The rabbits scurry into the shrubs (we should pay special attention to rabbits in light of what is to come) and a heron flies from the edge of the still pool before George and Lennie enter the clearing. The pair are physical opposites, George being "small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features" (2) while Lennie is described as "a huge man, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders, and he walked heavily" (2). George orders his larger companion to not drink too
To Kill A Mocking Bird : Harper Lee - A chapter analysis.
To Kill A Mocking Bird : Harper Lee Chapter 1: To Kill a Mockingbird begins, "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow...When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out" (9). Only after one finishes Mockingbird does the significance of Jem's broken arm become apparent. How did it happen? Harper Lee refers to the subject only one other time at the end of the book, turning her attention instead to describing the setting and introducing her main characters. Through six-year old Scout, her narrator, Lee draws an affectionate and detailed portrait of Maycomb, Alabama, a small, sleepy, depression-era town. She writes, "People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of stores around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy, and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County" (11). In chapter one we meet Atticus, Scout's father, who left his home, Finch's Landing,
