Shirley Jackson takes great care in creating a setting for the story, "The Lottery". ... The setting throughout "The Lottery" creates a sense of peacefulness and tranquility, while portraying a typical town on a normal summer day. ... The black box changes the mood and the atmosphere of the residents as they become uneasy around it. The black box changes the mood from serene and peaceful to ominous, where the moment of illumination reaches climax at the very end of the story. ...

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This concept emphasizes unity of mood, time, space, and action working together to achieve the "certain unique or single effect". ... He describes the atmosphere as "an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn "a pestilent and mystic vapour, dull, sluggish, faintly discernible, and leaden-hued-(739). ... This is a symbol for the "tempest" brewing in Roderick Usher's mind after the death of his sister and the gloom that has been created from it. ... The emotions that Poe creates ...

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Termination of a Family and a Home Throughout literature, an author's work almost always reflects their mood and character. ... This short story best represents Poe's sense of despair and gloominess because of the literary element, symbolism, used in this story to create a constant reference towards death. ... At the same time, the narrator is overtaken by "the gradual yet certain atmosphere of their own about the waters and the walls." ... It was this atmosphere which has molded the destinations of his family. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Moreover, the townspeople create a comfortable setting for the story. ... This ending of "The Lottery" totally contradicts the smooth and careful setting that Jackson creates at the beginning of the story. ... Also, when the black box is brought in, the mood and atmosphere of the residents noticeably change. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Faulkner's details about setting and symbolism created and atmosphere that gave the readers background as to the values and beliefs of the characters, helping the reader to understand the motivations, actions and reactions of Miss Emily and the rest of the town, and changing the mood or tone in the story. ...

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I'm also going to show that the man, who creates most tension between a man and a woman and who in fact may have the leading role, is only mentioned by name, he is not in the story itself. ... However, the beautiful picture is rapidly broken by a hostile atmosphere when the wife says " She reminded him it was only because he didn't drink coffee himself" (p. 86). an a moment later she continue mocking at him "...if he thought they were going to run a laundry" (p. 86)? ... After having come back from returning the rope, with the rope still there, violence may give way to a beautiful, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The Most Dangerous Game" takes place in a very improbable atmosphere, much like the fairy tales of long, long ago and far, far away. ... When examining the setting of "The Most Dangerous Game", one can only come to the conclusion that there is no way the short story could take place in any other reality than the one Connell creates for it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. They think that they are the most intelligent race in the world but by the end of the story we realize just how small and useless we actually are against nature. This makes me feel genuinely frightened because Du Maurier makes the prospect of nature being able to wipe out mankind, very realistic. This apocalyptic story contains many techniques used by Du Maurier to highlight the themes and ideas behind it. Nature causes the destruction of mankind by attacking people in a way that they th...

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• Grade Level: High School

What was Daphne Du Maurier attempting in "The Birds" and does she succeed? In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. They think that they are the most intelligent race in the world but by the end of the story we realize just how small and useless we actually are against nature. This makes me feel genuinely frightened because Du Maurier makes the prospect of nature being able to wipe out mankind, very realistic. This apocalyptic story contains many techniques used by Du Maurier to highlight the themes and ideas behind it. ...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School