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    The Landlady by Roald Dahl In the short story “The Landlady,” Roald Dahl’s use of foreshadowing prepared readers well for the end of the story. He used hints such as describing the outside of the bed and breakfast, giving details of the entry and the bedroom, and also telling the readers about the living room. To begin, Dahl used the outside of the bed and breakfast as a use of foreshadowing. The sign was described to be distinctive. It was portrayed to be luring

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    In this text, Roald Dahl never outright states the landlady’s dark secret or reveals the fate of Billy and the other boys – what is the effect of this? How does this contribute to the suspense of the story? Use evidence from the story to support your response. In the story, “The Landlady” the author Roald Dahl never states the landlady's secrets or the fate of Billy and the boys. The reason for this is to let the reader use their imagination to understand what is going on in the story. He does this

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    In “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, he uses foreshadowing, setting and characterisation to make the short story interesting and creates strange characters. An example which shows this is when Dahl creates suspense with the word choice: “But my boy he never left he’s still here.” This makes the reader think what if billy never leaves. The story is about a young business man in the making called Billy who is looking for a place to stay in Bath when he stumbles across a strangely irresistible B&B but all

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    Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter both by Roald Dahl, ideas of guilt and sanity prevail. In these short stories, the lack of guilt and insanity create a mental state which not only allows them to commit their crimes but also to do so without remorse. Poe uses close description and large amounts of figurative language to bring through the ideas of trust, insanity, lack of guilt and “perfect crimes”. In contrast, Roald Dahl uses other figurative language techniques such as juxtaposition and foreshadowing

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    walked the extra mile to the Blue Bell and Dragon. Would he have been alive? The author of “The LandLady” expresses the theme of “be aware because actions have consequences” by using descriptions, foreshadowing and dialogue. Roald Dahl , the author of, “The LandLady”uses descriptions to develop the theme, be aware because actions have consequences. When Billy walked into the Bed and Breakfast there was nowhere for him to hang his coat and hat. This is significant because it shows barely anyone

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    and explain how it was used in ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ story by Roald Dahl Irony is defined as the use of words to express something other than and especially opposite to the literal meaning, irony is usually humorous/mocking, dark humour. In ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ Roald Dahl uses irony when Mary cleverly offers the detectives

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    stories and dark/mysterious stories/movies. He had many influences like Dr.Suess, Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Price, Grimm’s fairy tales, and Roald Dahl. Burton is great at using Cinematic Techniques. He makes the movies pull at the viewer's emotions, either in a happy, sad, or scary way by using framing, lighting, camera angles, music/sound, and editing. Tim Burton uses framing a lot to either show the detailed features of a person's face or to show their expression. During Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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    which is said to be dark humour. ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl uses irony when Patrick is hit on the back of the head by a frozen leg of lamb. It is also ironic when the detectives were talking about how finding the weapon would help find the suspect when they were actually eating the weapon. This technique is used by the author in order to add more detail in the story and make it sound more ironic and interesting. This technique makes the story more interesting and mocking so that the reader

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    happen next. Directors use cinematic techniques to convey feelings or connect with the viewer. In the movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, and Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses flashbacks, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds, and high key and low key lighting to show a characters’ thoughts or past, create the mood of a scene, create suspense, and let the viewers know about the characters’ as if they personally knew each other. Tim Burton uses the flashback to show or

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    to the boy, just like the title. When the boy was young, he played with the tree every day. After the boy grew up, he did not come to play with the tree. One day, the boy came. The tree wanted to play with boy but he didn’t want to, he just need some money. So the tree gave him her apples to the boy with no price, because she loved him. After a long time, the boy came again. He was in middle age. He wanted to make a house and have a family. So the tree gave him her branches. When the boy became old

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