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    Weather and nature are very unpredictable you would be stuck in a tornado or be trapped in a desert .you just don't know.In Deathy Valley these three girls go on a site seing trip and end up getting in trouble.And in the evil swrilling darkness bennetts 11th b-day was going on untill a tornado was coming.Death valley and the evil swrilling darkness have many sames and differnts such as such as the author 3rd person point of view and setting. One similarity between death valley and the evil…

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    My first thought to having to go to Sweeney Todd was that it would be very serious and meaningful. I heard rumors that it would be good, but knowing that it would be 3 hours long, turned me off. The play itself was not as big of an issue as the time it took for it to end. At the beginning, the high pitch screech was a complete shock and scared a lot of people which was funny. The fact that the play turned out to be a musical was interesting. The singing, which repeated throughout the play,…

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    "… And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, for promised joy!" (To a Mouse, Burns). In the book, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck tells a short but powerful story about two men who adventure around together who always seem to have to escape from trouble that follows them. All throughout Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck foreshadows the dominance of the characters, what the characters desire, and the conflicts they face. "Of Mice and Men", the title of the story has a little bit more meaning than you…

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    should stay and carry the burden of losing her family with her forever or go and be peaceful. The three topics addressed in the captivating novel are foreshadowing, symbolism, and imagery. First, Forman uses foreshadowing make the reader anticipate future events in the story. Starting from the first line of the book, Forman incorporates foreshadowing, “Everyone thinks it was because of the snow. And in a way, I suppose that’s true” (1). By subtly including this line, the reader is already…

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    Foreshadowing plays a large part in the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. He sets the scene at the beginning of the chapter with a specific amount of light and dark, and coming from either the natural light of the sun or some type of electric light source. This setting foreshadows the entire chapter in saying whether what happens will turn out positively or negatively. Not only that, but at many different points in the book, the characters foreshadow the end of the book through their…

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    the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” using irony, external conflict, and foreshadowing to show her hardships and struggles during World War II. Throughout the play, the authors use irony, the element of surprise/contradictory statements to develop the plot/story line of this literature. First of all the authors show how naive Mrs. Franks character is when she states, “ it’s illegal, then, the ration…

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    he sought revenge from Fortunato. Poe’s reasoning for writing the story was so people could read the story in one sitting and they wouldn’t have to take a months to read a novel. In the short story, The Cask of Amontillado, the characters and foreshadowing both help tell a well-rounded story. Poe uses these elements to paint a picture of how Montresor got revenge upon Fortunato. The story starts off with Montresor immediately telling the reader that Fortunato insulted him and he now sought…

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    by use of summary, flashbacks and foreshadowing. In the story, “The Nose” Gogol uses all of these elements to create the mystery of how a nose was found, was lost, and eventually returned. The reader is engaged throughout the story by the author’s use of these multiple literary components, creating mystery surrounding the story of who, what, when, where and why the nose was lost. At the story’s beginning, the author creates mystery with the use of foreshadowing. The first line of the story,…

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    Foreshadowing is an important literary tool for any author and Steinbeck uses it dexterously throughout the novel. In many instances the foreshadowing can be interpreted by the reader to show a deeper meaning underneath the surface level story. During the novel an exemplification of this can be found when Carlson states, “He ain’t no good to you… ain’t no good to himself. Why’n’t you shoot him, Candy?” In this instance Carlson is referring to Candy’s old and rheumatism laden dog, who seems to be…

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    Hawthorne uses foreshadowing throughout the novel to explain the symbolism throughout the story. “‘But he will be known!-he will be known!-he will be known! (Hawthorne 59). This is foreshadowing because it tells you that the father of Pearl will be known. They will find out sooner or later. The symbolism in this is sin. They know who the one person is that committed the sin yet they don’t know who the other person is. The reader does but not the characters. Another example is, “With all these…

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