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    comic relief because the play is at such a high level of intensity after King Duncan is killed that the this scene is placed to lower the level of intensity so that when Duncan’s body is discovered it will raise levels of intensity again. The Porter gives rise to a metaphor in the act, relating Macbeth’s castle to the gates of hell. He refers to satanic images and Beelzebub, which is the Devil, and the porter refers to himself as the gatekeeper. “If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have…

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    carve ice, bushes and a lot more. He was different from most not the fact he had blades for hands, but the imagination, it had, Tim Burton used dark low-key lighting to convey what this creature was feeling sad/lonely in its daily life. Tim also showed high key lighting when the creature was brought into the modern world where he noticed everyone had a positive attitude and that no one had hands like blades. But shortly…

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    Prologue The castle gate loomed in the distance. Keledrin stooped, barely strong enough to stand, peered through blood crusted eyes at the two figures who had left the gate. The dust of the of the uncultivated ground, was steadily aroused by their foot falls. One was carrying something in his hand which looked to Keledrin like an incense vessel suspended by chains ready to be swing into the open air to imbue the surroundings with a sweet scent. Keledrin though, knew better. There would be no…

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    medium or high pitch voice, while the men’s voices are loud with a low pitch quality. Belle, the female protagonist, has smooth and proper pronunciation. Gaston, the town’s most eligible bachelor,…

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    it instantly makes the reader suspicious, however Rainsford dismisses the stigma surrounding the island as ridiculous. Later, when swimming towards the island, he hears a “high screaming sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror” followed by a pistol shot. Rainsford has hunted every animal known to man, so it is unsettling that he does not recognize this one. He is even comforted by the gunshot, and continues swimming towards what he believes to be civilized human…

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    in school, the workplace, or social life, than to fit the mold that one is given. There can arguably be benefits and downfalls to both perspectives, and such is argued in literature. The television series modeled after Philip K. Dick’s novel, The Man in…

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    describes Count’s appearance as his face being aquiline, with a high bridge thin nose, with a lofty forehead, massive eyebrows, bushy hair, heavy mustache, sharp teeth, with sharp fine finger nails (28). In the film, Dracula had similarities such as the animalistic finger nails but, he did not have the long mustache. In the adaptation when Dracula introduced himself to Jonathan, Dracula walks slow and talks quietly as an elderly man would, also, his face looked as if he was a drug user due to…

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    were in the highest class and had lots of power. Due to constant threats of war, the lord and lady would live in castles to be protected. They were very important during the Middle Ages. The life of the lord and lady back then is very different than life now. Back in the Middle Ages, the noble class had strong feelings for their clothing. The lord and lady and any other person high in society would be seen wearing bright clothes and better materials to show their place of power. Jewelry was a…

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    Masque of the Red Death, includes a Prince’s elaborate and exquisite castle among a dying and plagued land of peasants. The Prince, Prospero, has quarantined himself in his castle along with the knights and dams of the high class society. The knights, dams, and prince are trying to escape the clutches of the Red Death. His castle’s iron gates are barricaded and bolted shut to keep the disease out. After six long months in the castle, the some odd thousand peoples within have decided to have a…

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    he will become the king, this forces him to act and kill the king so he then becomes the king. The second prophecy is to beware Macduff knowing this Macbeth goes and raids Macduff’s whole castle killing anyone who gets in his way. Macbeth's apparition of no man born of woman causes his to be thinking that no man can slay him because all are born of woman. The outcome of Macbeth’s actions clearly backfire and makes him a victim of fate. Early in the play Macbeth meets three witches, their…

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