... It is commonly agreed abroad that the effect of teaching and learning is to a great extent decided by the learning atmosphere in class (LAC). However, in China, most teachers seem that not paying enough attention to it or not knowing how to create a salutary learning in class, which seriously affected their teaching outcome. Therefore, in the following thesis, I would like to ... Subject under learning---- One is that in favorable atmosphere students are likely to have positive feeling to the subject taught in the class. And Vice Versa. Therefore, if a teacher can pay attention to the fe...

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... written by the playwrights Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. The playwrights used many techniques to create suspense in Dracula, but what where these techniques, and how did the playwrights use them to create suspense? Most of the time the author would create suspense around the setting, certain unreal coincidences, and around Dracula himself. Suspense was created in many ... helps to build suspense because no one can imagine seeing nothing so people's imagination fills the gap. The moon creates suspense because it helps make a surreal atmosphere which helps the reader to believe a...

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... used throughout to help understand the theme through the setting. Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader's mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to create a gloomy mood. For example, Usher's house, its windows, bricks, and dungeon are all used to make a dismal atmosphere. The "white trunks of decayed trees," the "black and lurid tarn," and the "vacant, ... eyelike windows" contribute to the collective atmosphere of dispair and anguish. This is done with the words black, ... such as decayed, strange, peculiar, gray, mystic, Gothic, pestilent, dull an...

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... her poetry which I find most appealing are; her subject matter and themes, dealing a lot with women's issues, and also the mood and atmosphere which she effectively creates. Her use of language in creating wonderfully luminous images is amazing. I am enthralled by the amount of ... aspect of Harwood's poetry I find most fascinating is her ability to create mood and atmosphere with striking authenticity. Within the first few lines of most of her poems we are struck with the graphic and distinct atmosphere of the whole poem. This is clearly seen in the poem "The ... mood; this is seen when...

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... to do many things. The author uses it to convey ideas, effects, and images. It establishes a mood and foreshadows future events. Poe communicates truths about the character through setting. Symbols are also used throughout to help understand the theme through the setting. Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader's mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to ... create a gloomy mood. For example, Usher's house, its windows, bricks, and dungeon are all used to make a dismal atmosphere. The "white trunks of decayed trees," the "black and lurid tarn," and the ...

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... to do many things. The author uses it to convey ideas, effects, and images. It establishes a mood and foreshadows future events. Poe communicates truths about the character through setting. Symbols are also used throughout to help understand the theme through the setting. Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader's mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to ... create a gloomy mood. For example, Usher's house, its windows, bricks, and dungeon are all used to make a dismal atmosphere. The "white trunks of decayed trees," the "black and lurid tarn," and the ...

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... by the actions of the actor and actress, helped justify the mood and feelings. Stage lighting may be defined as the use of light to create what is seen, the time and place, the overall pictorial aspect, and the mood (atmosphere). Stage lighting begins with a visibility; what we don't see, ... lights brighten up on everybody with a variation of color. This example of stage lighting in Les Miserables indicates how the actors feel toward the atmosphere and their actions by the intensity of the light, brightness, and variation of color. The makeup and costuming distinguish each character, fr...

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... CI: In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death- the setting creates a threatening atmosphere. TS: The layout of the abbey, the seventh room, and the clock all contribute to the ominous mood. TS: 1) The curious construction of the abbey sets the beginning of an inauspicious mood. 2) The grim symbolism of the seventh room creates a foreboding ambiance. 3) The large ebony clock harbored ... Desire. These tales could not be the same without their setting. The setting to a story is critical; it can create mood, be satirical, or even a separate character itself. In Edgar Allan Poe's "T...

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... Wild (1991), all of his later films, Ashes of Time (1994), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together (1997), and In the Mood for Love (2000) were collectively appreciated by critics at film festivals in Hong Kong, Taiwan, even Europe, and have won numerous awards and brought fame ... Express; extremely wide-angle lens in Fallen Angels; black and white images mixed in Happy Together; and the slowly moving long take in In the Mood for Love. From Wong's explanation, "the not-so-romantic truth is that lots of those effects are in reality results of circumstantial consid...

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... that specific film genre. Elements such as the score, by Bernard Herrmann, locations, lights and even the themes approached give the movie a dark and gloomy atmosphere which is so particular to this "French label". Also the period during which this film has been produced (the beginning of the seventies) - a post ... general "mood" which are very close of those which characterize his famous ancestor. First, one knows that the score is one of the most - if it isn't the most - important element to help to create the particular ambiance needed by a scene, but it is also useful to set the ge...

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... if Macbeth had no intention of acting upon this information. Supernatural The Supernatural in Macbeth Imagery has been used throughout the history of literature to create different effects in various writings. One author who was a master of imagery is William Shakespeare. This imagery is vividly displayed in his classic ... tragedy, Macbeth. One image that is used throughout Macbeth is the supernatural. It is used to create an eerie mood, to show evil, and to illustrate a sense of guilt. Beginning in the first act, the witches rely on supernatural powers to aid ... the aid of use. (1.3....

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... with many of his stories, fills this story with suspense and thrills. Poe's sense of mood and tone in his writing help create a thrilling, strange, and mysterious atmosphere, which leads to the theme (Chua, 297). The mood of the story is set by the descriptions and events in the story. John Chua, ... , which basically is a double (233). In doing this, Poe really shows how strange his characters can get, and it helps contribute to the mysterious atmosphere. In so many of Poe's stories, he brings up the protagonist fighting a counterpart many times, which Chua believes is an indication of ...

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... their looks. Furthermore, the setting was often depicted in illustrations so that the reader has an idea of what atmosphere the tale is taking place in which gives the tale its mood. The only question is to what scenes to draw and depict with pictures to show the reader its main ... and full of doom with the dark trees and shadowed characters (Chase 45). Famous or not, these illustrators have the skills and patience to create intricate illustrations inside these fairy tales that are so important to the understanding of the stories. No matter what the illustration was and what it ... th...

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... . The degrees of sound dynamics used also give the music a feeling or mood. As in the imperial march, there is the loud (forte) and softness (piano) of musical sounds used to create an atmosphere of depth and involvement. We know which pats refer to Darth Vadar as they ... are low, almost mournfully deep and not as loud as the rest, giving a sense of mystery. Abrupt and subtle changes such as the use of expression marks, accents, crescendos, and decrescendos create a musical atmosphere ... of different moods and emotion giving the music a feel, a life, and storyline. The atmosphere is c...

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Isabel Allende uses Clara Trueba's character in The House of the Spirits to create a structural split, or a division in the plot. More specifically, Clara's death in the novel is the key event that changes the mood, diction, and general atmosphere in the setting of the novel. From the start, Clara's clairvoyance is shown to us through Allende's skilled use of magic realism. Clara, together ... with the magic, create a sense of control and protection for the family. It will be argued that the lives ... darkness, and even the decapitated head of Clara's mother in the basement that it would be ...

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... the heavens- is the opening in "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe (1). This sentence sets the mood of this gothic tale of death and the supernatural. This story involves a unique setting which acts out the story by itself. Much ... imagery is used to help develop a setting, Poe also uses atmosphere to give the reader a better understanding the narrator and the position that he is put in. Through the use of imagery the mood is set or foreshadows what is expected to come. The presence ... enough to clue the reader into what will happen, but not enough to give it all away...

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... development of the story. Style is simply the use of language, setting, atmosphere, or mood used by the writer to give the reader the full picture. In "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm", Kate Chopin creates an atmosphere so intense that it can almost be considered a character in itself. In ... of an Hour", after Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband's death, she retreats to her room. This is where Chopin goes to work creating an atmosphere. For example, "the tops of trees that were all aquiver with new spring life", "delicious breath of rain", and "sparrows twittering in the eaves"; .....

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... intrigue with which the audience greet the first scene. Even the way that the lines are written in this opening scene highlight the anxious mood, and create dramatic tension. Shakespeare's writing is well known for long speeches and blank verse, so it is therefore unexpected when the opening scene ... the opening of the scene was built up towards the arrival of the ghost, the occurrence when it arrives, only provides more of a foreboding atmosphere and generates more anxiety. Horatio states, " in the gross and scope of my opinion, This bodes some strange eruption to our state."(1:1:71-7...

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... save death itself. Finally, the absence of light within the apartments depicted a feeling of darkness and uneasiness. This coincided with the atmosphere, allowing Poe to further delineate the mood. The only light in the rooms was provided in an unnatural way outside the corridor, thus reflecting light into the rooms in ... this seventh room of death. The figure of the Red Death, with "blood [as] its Avatar," presented a morbid character that led to the eerie atmosphere. Instead of the plague entering in disease form, it is personified into the form of a man. This personification is relev...

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... the power of the imagination and of creativity, there was a romantic view of the imagination and creativity, and the mind's power to create something out of chaos, for example the Miller's strike and the industrial revolution. During the novel Shelley uses this idea for the character Victor ... a man driven by ambition and scientific curiosity. His quest for absolute knowledge and power eventually ends in his own ruin. Frankenstein is driven to create the creation and his is obsession is marked by radical changes in his character and health. He changes from a gentle, kind and healthy man...

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... and using them to portray what may be his thoughts on certain subjects. In both of these poems, Browning uses a precise rhythm to create a distinctive atmosphere. The repeated rhythmic pattern of the two is one stressed and one unstressed syllable, known as an iambic rhythm. These devices allow the reader ... audience to relate to the characters that Browning has created. Robert Browning's characters are what allowed him to create an intense atmosphere in both poems. Each poem uses both tone and mood to convey an attempted explanation of his societal, and sexual views of women. It also c...

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... Curtiz and his cinematographer, Arthur Edeson uses light and shadows often helps to explain the characters' emotions and personalies, as well as to set the mood of the story itself. Much of Casablanca has a very dim setting, which is created through the use of harsh dark lighting that casts lots ... The hazy grayish lighting used amplifies this feeling of uncertainty for the characters. The lighting techniques used throughout Casablanca definitely help to set the overall mood of the characters and the story. Sometimes though, the way the director uses lighting does not always match up wi...

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... father is contained and dynamic. The precision and energy of the dancing is extraordinary. Thou in Scotts home we get this clash of a total domestic atmosphere. None of the family members here are wearing any make up at all. Which clasps this fantasy world of ballroom dancing being, some-what perfect. This ... man who has a dark secret locked away in the basement. The use of a high camera peering down on Doug, adds a strong sense of vulnerability and mood of mystery, suspense and wonder as we can only see his back. Doug dancing in the spot light by himself capers the expression of his de...

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... cooed and laughed", and this is to convey the baby's ignorance, the onomatopoeia makes it seem more immediate. It is a very emotional poem with a sombre mood, so there is unlikely to be much sound apart from the occasional cry. The baby is a slight relief in the sadness of the rest of the poem ... uses onomatopoeia most in "Churning Day" because it is a very noisy process, almost never in "Mid-Term Break" because it is a sombre poem where the atmosphere is too sad for noise, and a little bit in "An Advancement of Learning" to deepen our understanding his fear of rats. Whenever Heaney wan...

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... number of books. So, here are things that I learned from this class and I should emphasize them The first most important thing that I learned is to write with imagery to create the atmosphere, the mood and to create impact for the reader. I used imagery to create the atmosphere by using material object to symbolize an emotional state. I also learned how to use the past and future to ... create a vivid picture in the readers mind. Meanwhile, I learned how to elaborate on the mood of an issue by using negative and positive sides and using emotion to make the issue more interesting. I noti...

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