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In the extract from “A Pair Of Blue Eyes”, Thomas Hardy has created suspense, a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement1, as an effective method of telling the story. It shows us a character Knight, and the trouble he faces. It is split up into three paragraphs which each play their own part…

” This tells us the city is in poverty. This is clever of Dickens as he doesn’t actually tell us that London is in poverty but he still gets the point across. He also creates almost a refuge atmosphere by Dickens use of emotive language, as he does not say ‘the only stock the shops…

  Conversely the poor children were so close to death because of the small amounts of food they took in. But this represents how much of a hypocrite the beadle is, as he himself makes the poor class miserable and weak. Therefore I firmly believe the members of the board symbolise the devil, allowing blameless…

In a violent outbreak Nicholas got Squeers. Nicholas sprang upon him, wrested the weapon from his hand, and pinning him by the throat, beat the ruffian till he roared for mercy. Only Smikes beating that makes him react over comes him and turn on Squeers. In these three chapters, Dickens creates both a complex and…

“The Carceral” in Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: the birth of the prison, a book by Michel Foucault, first published in 1975, then later edited in English in 1977 still continues to rivet attention 35 years after it was written. It is evident to believe that it is still revolutionary in its findings. Michel Foucault was…

  It was a good place strategically for Edward to build an English castle. The River Seiont is right next to the castle, making it easy for Edward to bring in supplies. There was the rich agriculture of Anglesey right next to him, and the Menai allowed quick access between N. Wales and the West…

Essay title: In what ways does John Keats express the intensity of feeling in the poem ‘To Autumn’? The poem ‘ To Autumn’, is, as its title suggests an ode to the season of autumn. The writer, John Keats, presents extremely intense feelings in this poem and we gain a full idea as to what…

This passage is from the second part of the book “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. This is the part at which Pip has arrived in London and is on his way to go and see Jagers. His is told to wait as Jagers in a court meeting and when he mentions that he wishes to…

During the movie Billy Budd, the captain of the ship had a hard decision over Billy’s situation. As Billy killed the master in arms due that he couldn’t control himself, the law of the ship stipulated that he would be hanged. Later there is a huge discussion between the leaders of the ship where some…

I think one of the most suspenseful parts of this play is the section towards the end of act 2, from when Sheila realises that Eric is the culprit, up until the end of the act. I also find the last paragraph in the play very enthralling and dynamic. Sheila is a clever, quick-witted girl, and she…