Tension

The thematic tension doing what's morally right takes priority over doing what feels emotionally right is shown in this short story by Tom Godwin. After the pilot learns what he has to do, he assures the girl of her unfortunate fate when he says, "I'm sorry," he said again. "[The girl will] never know how sorry I am. It has to be that way and no human in the universe can change it” (5). This quote shows how the pilot wishes he could change the way things have to be, but he must follow orders…

Conflict and tension are necessary for all well written stories, interesting movies, and even great music. One genre of literature that relies heavily on conflict and tension are horror stories, which are narratives that provoke fear in the audience. Conflict is when there are two or more forces opposing each other. Tension, or the rising action, can be defined as the building of the established conflict until it reaches the climax then resolution. The climax is when the opposing forces resolve…

The drama started in ancient Greece and Aristotle believed that every play should a have a beginning, middle, and an end. The Roman Aelius Donatus produced the three divisions and called them Protasis, Epitasis, and Catastrophe. The three act structure was later redeveloped into having five separate parts called the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. This new was about organizing literature was made famous by Shakespeare and is evident in Arthur Miller’s The…

victors of World War One, yet faced dire economic and political circumstances at the end of the war. Unemployment and inflation was comparable to that of Germany and parliament experienced five successive governments between 1919 and 1922. This social tension was compounded by the unsuccessful Paris Peace Conference where Italy lost territory such as the town of Fiume, and the rapid rise of the socialist party; supported by the growing poor. In many respects the Fascist party was a product of…

These Mexican immigrants would be referred to as “The Mexican Problem” and essentially blamed for any critical event that tarnished the overall reputation of the United States. Villarreal’s portrayal of racial tensions caused by The Mexican Revolution can be seen when Juan states, “In all of Mexico, you will not find two men who are truly friends”(25), this expresses that in a place expected to be home, even the citizens of Mexico didn’t feel a sense of community…

At the conclusion of the Second World War, the tension between America and the Soviet Union are still very much prominent. The intense friction has roots in core values each world power pictured the postwar world would look like. America expressed their perception as basically a loss of nationality globally, and ridding of military alliances. They wanted an organization to govern every country and protect everyone’s right of self-determination. On the other hand, the Soviet Union envisioned the…

Conflict within texts builds tension and acts as a vehicle for dramatic development. Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy Hamlet explores the tension between the philosophical and academic concerns of the Elizabethan era including the inherent conflict between modern humanism and archaic values. Hamlet himself is constructed as a deeply conflicted individual, lost in caverns of introspection as he contemplates issues of life, death, morality, duty, and the women in his life. It is these inner conflicts…

scale of higher development, this has caused heated debates about which is higher in intelligence between computers and humans. Scientist have only scratched the surface when it comes to this heated debate of superiority but soon we find out. The tension between artificial intelligence and the human mind has cause scientist all over the globe to critically think of who’s more dominant. To begin with this, we must realize that mental power is key to all things knowledgeable. Since the…

Growing Tensions: Assimilation Within Modernity Much of American history glosses over the Indian experience; the European notion that indigenous peoples were inferior and “savage” reinforced their justification for years of conquest, killing, and destruction. The stories of two native boys reflect the pain of their ceaseless struggle and highlight the repressed suffering felt as they tried to progress in society, simultaneously inching further from their history. In his short story, and then I…

the rest of the axis powers. A potentially more dangerous and devastating war broke out. This war, however was a battle about ideology and cultural habits and ways. This war would be against one of our crucial allies during WWII, the soviets. The tension broke out early after the russians had conquered their way back into the German heartland and had captured Berlin. But afterwards they would be hesitant to give all the land they had gained. Although, Stalin had promised to give it up and let…