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    Dwight Holing Sparknotes

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    adventure days. Weather, wildlife, and landscape each play their own integral roles in the arcs of his novels. It’s especially true of his Nick Drake mysteries. Dwight’s of the belief that “whydunits” can be just as entertaining and thrilling as “whodunits”. Characters are the main drive of his books. Revealing their traits, deeds, loves, and hates over the course of a book builds suspense and drives the action. When it comes to one of his series, he makes sure the recurring characters continue…

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    Whodunit? In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the drama presents a plot where the line between fate and free will is blurred. The downfall of Macbeth can be attributed to several aspects and there are a variety of viewpoints that coincide with each of the possible faults. However, in actuality, all of the elements to Macbeth’s murder are predominantly generated from Macbeth’s own choices. The cause of Macbeth’s death is primarily due to his free will to go and seek unknown dangers and commit heinous…

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    fear and pity aspects in a given occurrence. As per the play, Oedipus The King, the issue of tragedy is clearly portrayed in various incidences. First, the story starts as a mystery that is surrounded by murder, political thrill, and psychological whodunit. The different manifestation of tragedy, as per the story plotline, shows a king dedicated to bringing the mystery to an end by finding…

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    1. One theme that is presented in the novel, Vanishing Act by John Feinstein is courage. In the story Symanova was kidnapped while she was walking to a match against Joanne Walsh. After she was kidnapped the main character Susan and Stevie investigate who kidnapped her. They broke rules and lied about many things to try and find out more about the kidnapping. On page 119 Susan and Stevie went undercover as Evelyn Rubin’s siblings. Stevie said he was a 13 year old and Susan acted like she was 16.…

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    Introduction According to Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘’Crime Fiction reveals the truth that reality often obscures.’’ Good morning/afternoon staff, parents, esteemed guests and of course the year 12 students of Good Shepherd Catholic College. My name is Lili Clewett and I am a Literary Expert for English Explorers here today to provide an overview of Crime Fiction and its history in order to deconstruct the literary genre for your upcoming assessment piece. I will also compare and contrast how crime…

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    Marks’s article, which includes an extended summary of the play, Falsani’s post focuses on the impact and background of Shanley’s Doubt, with one paragraph dedicated to a summary. The writing incorporated was conversational, using words such as “whodunit”, connecting to the readers on a conversational level, allowing the article to flow well through the simplicity of disregarding formal vocabulary. This makes the vlog easier to read and understand, with little complexity to the language, which…

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    drew the audience in. The actors used more humor and that in itself made it more appealing even though both were meant to be suspenseful and relatively serious thrillers. Rebecca had more romantic components that seemed to drown out the rush and the whodunit facet of the story. Rear Window had some romantic elements, but it mostly focused on the mystery and thrill surrounding the murder. It was more engaging for those who don’t particularly like a lot of romance in a crime or murder thriller. It…

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    less important character in J.B. Priestley’s thriller, An Inspector Calls, but upon deep analysis, we can see that Eric is a character of great significance and has a huge impact on the play. This can be seen through the structure and shape of this whodunit and some of the language and stage directions. Eric is a very effective tool that Priestley uses to keep the tension going; be it the difference of opinion he has with his father or the suspicious behaviour, or even later on in the play,…

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    Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution draws on James E. Crisp's rich data of the Texas Revolution and his own inclusion with predisposition and fanaticism. Diving more significant into the myths incorporating the Alamo, for instance, Davy Crockett's courageous passing and the authenticity of the de la Peña diary, Crisp uncovers as of now covered truths, tunes in point-by-point counter with diverse curators (both learner and master), and…

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    Point Of View In Fiction

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    one of the disadvantage of first person viewpoint. The protagonist may not always narrate. In Sherlock Holmes, Watson narrates, though Sherlock is the protagonist and this works well because Watson doesn’t know everything – unlike Sherlock, so the ‘whodunit’ aspect of the story is intact. In Wuthering Heights, Lockwood and Nelly are the narrators, and Cathy and Heathcliff the protagonists. These are what are termed ‘displaced narrators.’ Patrick Kelly’s A Hard Place is told in first person, as…

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