He also uses the feud between the two families to create dramatic tension. ... He just expects her to meet Paris once, then agree to marry him whether she loves him or not: 'But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart.' ... The first meeting of Juliet and Romeo is very passionate and dramatic. ... Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to create dramatic tension, as Juliet does not know how sinful she is being. ... Her soliloquy is based around darkness and her cravings for Romeo: 'With thy black mantle, till strange love g...

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(4282 words) I have chosen to research and write my Extended Essay on Edgar Allan Poe and his portrayal of perversion, which is present in every human's heart. ... The truth found in his writings is just too awe-inspiring when it comes to the rendering of those darker motives that drive us on. For the purpose of this Essay I shall analyze four of Poe's short stories; "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," The Masque of The Red Death," and "The Tell-tale Heart." ... In many of Poe's works, setting is used to render a dark and gloomy picture in the reader's ...

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The theme of the story is the irony of fate and how life can take unpredictable turns. ... Her use of the article, "a- shows that it is not just heart trouble, but another type of heart trouble. ... The irony of this is that in the end, she actually dies of heart disease, but really it is also the other kind of heart trouble that kills her, as well. ... All of these elements of irony show how Mrs. ... When all of this, plus the irony of Mrs. ...

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Romeo and Juliet! Why was fate to blame? Romeo and Juliet is a well-known Shakespeare in which fate plays an important part. Tragedy is defined as something with a serious theme that usually ends in death or defeat. Fate is a power, which is thought to make things happen and is out of anyone's c...

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Something disturbing is felt in the imagery of darkness created metaphorically by comparing memory to a darkened theater coupled with the masturbatory stroking by the man. ... The irony here is in the royalty metaphor as her father had no castle or kingdom but was a simple working class man. ...

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The implication is that civilised people are conniving and scheming people, and are in that sense understood to one another while this adds to the irony of the constant reference to Iago as "honest Iago". ... In any case, you need to be careful about the word - the play's locations are part of the dramatic representation of themes in the play, and certainly provide a key contrast between the 'old' society of Venice and the 'frontier' world of Cyprus, but it is not really a theme in itself. ... The word 'mean' needs to be interpreted in a dramatic sense, rat...

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Juno's messenger goes to the dark valley where the gods Morpheus and Eclympasteyr sleep. ... Therefore, the living were required to treat the dead properly, and the prevention of survivors from doing so was the instigation of dramatic crisis in many works of classical literature. ... When Morpheus is described in his dark cave, he has "good leyser for to route" (line 172; "plenty of time to snore"), so he sleeps all day and does no other work. ... When the knight has finished his song, he suffers a kind of emotional heart attack and becomes deathly pale. ...

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Arthur Miller, winner of many literary and dramatic awards, is an incredibly influential force in American drama. ... It is technically less interesting than its previous ones because it is b ed on a historical event which is explicit enough to solve, the difficult dramatic problems which Miller had originally set himself. Miller brilliantly expresses a particular crisis the modern witch hunt in his own society, but it is not often, in ou own world, that the issues and statements so clearly emerge in a naturally dramatic form (13). ... Eric Bentley provides us with information that Arthur Mill...

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Character Analysis John Proctor A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor's husband. A stern, harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin - his affair with Abigail Williams - that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expos...

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Analysis After Ralph's tense, exciting stand against the hunters, the ending of Lord of the Flies is rife with irony. ... Golding's use of irony in the last chapter blurs the boundary between civilization and savagery and implies that the two are more closely connected than the story has illustrated. ... Much of the irony at the end of the novel stems from Golding's portrayal of the naval officer. ...

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