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    The Murder Of Mary Lennox

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    Lennox was a very disagreeable-looking child and had been born in India and had always been ill. Her mother did not want her and handed her to a servant Ayah to take care of and the child grew up spoiled and a little monster. A sickness had taken the mansion and many of the servants had died including Ayah and Mary was left alone in the nursery. Mary Lennox was abandoned in the nursery and her mother died and all the nurse left. Mary Lennox is sent away to her uncle in England who did not care…

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    Jacob Portman Book Report

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    Past the town and through the woods, Jacob discovers an old mansion. He began to search throughout the mansion and he finds a stack of old photos much like his grandfather’s old stack of childhood photos. After he found the photos, he looks up to see a herd of children gazing at him and before he has time to say anything, they become…

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    Long Island, NY and tells the story of Jay Gatsby, an extremely wealthy man but yet mysterious who owns a huge mansion next door to Nick Carraway, the narrator of the novel. Gatsby desperately tries to get back with the love…

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    he also owns a mansion any state of California in San Diego. The mansion has 8 bedrooms featuring a huge swimming pool along with a 10 car garage. The Mansion also has a gym and a sauna for the Tennis player to work out and relax. for entertainment the mansion also has a cinema for the occupants and guests alike. Endorsement the player is at present sponsored by an Italian sportswear company…

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    would be the impressive lighting. In the film Edward Scissorhands, there is a noticeable contrast between the town at the bottom of the mountain and the looming mansion at the top. Down in the town, the color of the houses is eccentric while the mansion seems dark and intimidating. Once Peg, the town saleswoman, enters the dimly lit mansion she finds Edward in the attic hiding in the darkness. This shows that he is most likely sorrowful and distant from the rest of the town. In Tim Burton’s…

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    Inherit Midnight Analysis

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    The family presumes her life is great in every way and they are jealous of her due to this. They have the belief that she lives in a lavish mansion, is Justine VanDemere's favorite relative, and gets anything she wishes for. In fact, they show hatred to her by assaulting her, calling her rancorous names, and interfering with her completion of the inheritance competition, simply because of their…

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    his childhood life. This example shows a sad and scary flashback of his father throwing all the candy Willy Wonka got from Halloween away. Another example is in the movie “Edward Scissorhands” when Edward has a flashback on the inventor in the big mansion or castle looking house. This flashback was also made the mood of Edward dark and sad. A third example is from the movie “Big Fish” when Edward has a flashback to when he found the girl he had fallen in love with. This was a happy yet sad mood…

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    Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, The Raven and The Fall of The House of Usher, both use elements such as murder, anxiety, suspense, sorrow, isolation and death to lure readers into these thrilling, hair-raising works. The Raven takes place on a cold, December night in the narrator’s chamber. He is sitting beside the warm fireplace reading his book when he hears someone or something tapping on his window. When he checks, he finds a raven perched on the window sill. Throughout the story, he continually…

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    The setting in “The Fall of the House of Usher” is the crumbling mansion and it has supernatural effects on the characters. Roderick Usher is a very mentally ill man, the white mansion that he lives in is very spooky looking. Roderick Usher imagines that the house has a mystical influence on him. The character in the story Roderick Usher is very ghostly and tormented, there’s a link between Roderick and the house. The white mansion gave Roderick Usher a narcosis. The setting in “Sunbleached” is…

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    role in how characters interact with each other, themselves, and the reader. The most detailed settings in Franny and Zooey are the Glass bathroom, and the living room. The most detailed settings in The Great Gatsby are the Buchanan mansion, Myrtle 's town, Gatsbys mansion, and the weather. In Franny and Zooey, the Glass bathroom has two settings created: the bathroom and bathtub. The scene begins with Zooey sitting in the bath with the shower curtain open; there is only one setting.…

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