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    quote sums up the entire novel from start to finish. The novel is a novel about a solider in the civil war who deals with the difficulties of being in war. The novel follows and captures his journey using many literary elements. Crane’s use of style, plot, setting, and characters help enhance the story. The use of these literary elements helps enhance the novel and help readers understand the struggles of a solider during the civil war. The first important element in The Red Badge of Courage that

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    All of this takes place in a rural town of West Florida called Eatonville in the early twentieth century. I was amazed at the story, symbols and images that this novel creates. The symbolism and metaphorical language used also brought interest and an urge to want to read more. In the novel Their eyes were watching God by Hurston Zora, Janie Crawford is a black middle aged woman who has an intriguing story to tell. She has been away from her home town for few years and comes back to be welcomed by

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    Chinatown is a drama/thriller starring Jack Nicholson who played the character of Jake Gittes. The plot of the story develops around Gittes job as a private investigator, and Gittes researches the background information of the water system for Los Angeles. Through Gittes investigation, the sudden death of Mr. Mulwray becomes the main plot line of the story. Ms. Mulwray, the wife hires Jake Gittes to investigate her husband for infidelity, but through his inspecting, he starts to uncover the truths

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    Film History Essay “How important a contribution does the script make to any given film?” This essay will look into the history of film and its development of storytelling on the cinema screen. Including how a script is important towards the final outcome of the film and the many technical practises that make film narratives ever growing. A script is the very soul of a film, without it there is no story or relatable characters that have meaning or purpose. When an audience visit the cinema they expect

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    female audience as he shows the hardships of women that are relatable and brilliantly uses those obstacles for character development while Frankenstein loses interest as it is lengthy due to its tone and revels on details that are not relevant to the plot. A Doll’s House is set in the late 1800’s when women’s rights and roles in society was a controversial topic. Ibsen displays Nora as an ordinary mother and wife going through every day life but incorporates obstacles relevant to the time to show how

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    that a man can get their hands on. Utilizing further bolstering her good fortune traditions of stories, for example, character improvement, plot control, and incongruity, she can bring the readers into a universe of feelings that society would laugh at. Kate Chopin exhibits her mind-boggling artistic ability in "The Story of an Hour" by interconnecting the plot and character advancement, with her utilization of interesting vocabulary and account incongruity. Kate Chopin 's artistic ability would

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    jealousy and killed not only Mary and James, But also himself. The Reader can gather from the way that Atwood wrote this story, that Mary just wanted to be a free spirit, and John was tired of his mundane life but to scared to change anything. The plot and style of her stories with the combination imagery makes the reader feel attached to the characters and grabs your attention. This is because Atwood adds conflict, drama, and descriptive words that provoke emotion. This is an effective writing

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    Although “A Jury of Her Peers” and “Trifles” are similar in plot, Mustazza’s article, “Generic Translation and Thematic Shift in Susan Glaspell’s ‘Trifles’ and ‘A Jury of Her Peers’” highlights the differences and similarities between the two. Mustazza’s article may help aid readers to understand the differences between Glaspell’s two works and provide understanding as to why Glaspell may have changed the genre and form of the plot. “Trifles” is a dramatic play whereas “A Jury of Her Peers” is prose

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    The song “Ross Capicchioni” by Joyner Lucas can be a prime example of a literary piece because of its plot, multi perspectives, and tone throughout the song. Manipulating words so that it could fit into different rhyming schemes to set a specific tone has added a dramatic and poetic effect on literary writings. A good plot is one of, if not the most critical part of a literary piece because it keeps a reader, viewer or listener interested in the piece. Lastly, the multi perspectives of the piece

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    open-minded and likely be believe in fantasy worlds and superpowers, possibly even imagining or role playing themselves in a superhero role. It’s also likely that they too read comic books under the disguise of a textbook! These people will be the ones the plot and main character resonates the most with and who will take the dominant ideology to heart. These are also the people who are either in school or just got out of school, and therefore may have personal connections to bullying at school, thereby drawing

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