... to be trusted. With all his limitations, Lockwood is occasionally intelligent and perceptive and his precise detailed descriptions are used by his creator to create subtle changes in situation and character, an example of this is that when Lockwood first visited Wuthering Heights, he commented on the chained gate, adding to the outsider status he possesses. Lockwood uses a highly pointless ... educated vocabulary marked by detailed description and, at times perceptive, and at others obvious, observation and comment, both on situation and character. An example of this is his description ...

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... put together "its form- (1). Ryan also notes that, "one must first read the work and become aware of the unfolding meaning through literary techniques- such as "narrative perspective, location, character construction and symbolism- (1). New Critics in this school would pay close attention to the "imagery and language in a given work rather than seek out extra-textual biographical or historical references ... ) and these brighter colors accompany the men's optimistic attitudes at the sight of the lighthouse in the distance and the hope of being rescued. Before night falls the waves become...

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... , as evidenced in "Girl", a plot itself is expendable. The mother is the speaker for the majority of the story, with the daughter interrupting for a brief two sentences. The mother's laundry list of expectations and instructions stops only to allow the story to end. In this way, Kincaid makes it evident that the mother is dominant and that there is no room ... are standing in or the time period in which they are living or how the weather is outside. Normally, we are given these elements as clarification or as background for a character's beliefs in a story. However, in "Girl" we are give...

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... . How Cita deals with the death of her son has destroyed her relationship with her sister, her husband, her best friend, and cannot function properly as she stays up all night watching home movies and spends the day throwing catty remarks at everyone (let's not forget the mandatory tear gauge and slapping scenes "this is a Filipino drama film). She has ... only part in the movie where such editing technique was used. A Tonal Montage is used during the canoe scene where Dra. Reyes' son drowns, using fast-paced movements and music. A dream sequence where Justin, Dra. Reyes' son drowns, als...

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... , of which I will explore fully with reference to the text. On The Antler is a story centred around two main characters: Hawkheel who is a quieter character with a love of books and Bill Strong who is a more nasty character who gets off on other people misery and only thinks about making money. The story follows their "tit-for-tat" relationship which then fuels into ... under his eyes like a river coursing over polished stones", this I feel emphasised how he enjoyed reading so much, but more importantly it made me feel that Hawkheel is a fairly upstanding character. The writer also descr...

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... in the success of a story. Specifically, Jack London does an exceptional job of depicting the setting throughout the particular story "To Build a Fire" as if the setting is a character itself. Moreover, in "To Build a Fire," without setting there would be no story initially taking place. Setting is the place and conditions in which something happens or exists ... "Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray" (London 127). With this initial description alone, the author attempts to portray a clear image of the circumstances the character is involved in, unraveling an automati...

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... description, such as how Inigo tells Westley of his childhood rather than having it related by the author of the book. Also, the audio element of the film allows each character to develop their own speech patterns and idioms to help with characterisation, such as Fezzik's slow speech, Inigo's typical Spaniard accent and Humperdinck's atmosphere of superiority. Subsequently, in the film ... characterization is based predominantly on dialogue and the stereotypical casting, costuming and accents used to portray them. Where in the written medium it is relatively easy to portray a character'...

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... reader to ascertain the true meaning of the story and what the author meant when she wrote it. Some of Ford's main points, such as the fact that the main character's lack of a name indicates her sense of meaningless and lack of identity, could persuade the reader to think that this was what the author was trying to convey. Readers might ... agree with Ford that by not giving the main character a name the author was trying to indicate her condition was what most defined her and everything else about her was mearly irrelevant. Ford points out that Mary is described as ... and enthusiasti...

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... really makes the reader feel sorry and very sad for Miss Emily's inability to be left alone and for her inability to accept change. I believe that Miss Emily was a round character. Miss Emily slowly deteriorates over time as we see by the way the narrator speaks of her hair becoming gray. "During the next few years it grew grayer and grayer ... me the distinct feeling that he was emulating the townsfolk. It was evident that they were constantly gossiping about Miss Emily and that really helped shape her into the eccentric character that she was, she probably did not even know what a tow...

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... structures. Readers can experience multiple plot lines, parallel versions of a single event, play the parts of different characters, choose the path the story will go down, what a character in a story does or says etc. The numerous different elements of interactive multimedia narrative are described in Timothy Garrand's book writing for multimedia. The computer and its multimedia technology ... (Mullen, 1999). Examples of role-playing environments include everything from the text-based multi-user dungeon (MUD) and the object-oriented MUD (MOO) to online virtual worlds using character av...

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... of past films. Verbinski even goes as far as to mold some of the characters into one-sided knock-offs of some very memorable performances. The film's most obvious copycat character is Aidan, Rachael's emotionally detached son who communicates with dead people. Well, viewers will not have to use their Sixth Sense to figure out where his ... character originated. Verbinski tries too hard to follow in the steps of his predecessors instead of looking deep within himself to find his own creativity and direction. Sadly, his lack of ... ...

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... rosebush grows contrasting with the depressing backdrop offering a sort of sweetness to this tragic story. In this tale, practically every main character is faced with a dreadful sin or evilness, but within the malice, there is also a pleasant side to each character's transgression, illustrating hypocrisy. Hester Prynne is introduced as a tall, beautiful woman condemned for committing a serious sin of adultery. During her most ... ...

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... emphasises her fatigue and this contrast starkly with the seemingly boundless energy that she displays when examining the wallpaper as well as her child-like behaviour. This hidden energy and character surfaces once in a while, especially when John is "kept in town". Her streak of independence and seeming liberation is emphasised by her repetition of the word "alone" three times. This ... a very important role towards the understanding the narrator's conflict. The patterns on the yellow wallpaper are a visual representation of the narrator's mental state --- bizarre and confused. Jane's...

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... . I'm interested in how things should be." The son takes a lesson. When his father later abandons both his mother and him, Victor dreams of a homecoming and stands on the porch all night long waiting, wrapped in his mother's favorite quilt and pretending to hear the missing motorcycle and Jimi Hendrix' guitar. A hopeful daydream, in "A Drug Called Tradition," follows a painful memory, "Every Little ... ...

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... foolish as her. Perhaps this theory of Frank's possible dishonesty could be foreshadowed by Eveline's father when he uttered to her, "I know these sailor chaps- after arguing with Frank one night. Even with all of these delicate observations throughout the story, Eveline still believes that Frank is the answer to saving her from the life she has been sentenced to live ... ...

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... , by Michelangelo is a painting portraying a story. The story is of Adam and Eve receiving the apple from Temptation and then being expelled from the beautiful Garden of Eden. Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" (1642) on the other hand, is not a biblical story, it's not really a story at all it's just a painting showing a gathering of military importance. Michelangelo's payment for his work came ... ...

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... Mitchell Hayes, a forty-nine year old bartender who faces an internal conflict after witnessing a rape. Using a limited omniscient point of view, Dubus presents Mitchell as a round dynamic point of view character when he says that "he felt much older. He did not know what it was like to be very old, a shrunken and wrinkled man, but he assumed it was like ... ...

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... no detail is given as to the method, it is simply left to the reader to devise in their own mind. Another "untied string" is with regard to the main character - the house itself. This "house of the future" is portrayed as having a brain, and the ability to make logical judgments based on changing criteria (such as its reaction to the ... ...

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