Monkey And Tartuffe : Plot Twist

Antigone and A Raisin in the Sun are two pieces of literature that are similar in one way, yet very different in another way. Both are very interesting pieces that were written to captivate even the most critical of audiences. This paper will show similarities as well as differences between the two pieces and their authors.

The authors of both stories, last but not leastly, use suspenseful moods, the feeling that the story creates within the reader, and dangerous/mysterious tones, an author’s attitude toward the subject or audience of the story, throughout the story. In The Monkey’s Paw, the author says, “...The clock tick.s. A chair creaks. Finally, a quiet knock is heard. Mrs. White jumps up.” This is an example of a suspenseful mood and mysterious tone. In the

W. W. Jacobs wrote the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” in 1902. A great number of adaptations of the story have since been created using different forms of media. The two which are being compared here are the play adaptation The Monkey’s Paw dramatized by Mara Rockliff and the 2011 film version The Monkey’s Paw by Ricky Lewis Jr. Both the play and film feature the White family receiving a monkey’s paw by which three wishes may be granted. The paw had a spell put on it by a holy man who wanted to show that fate rules people’s lives and that if people try to interfere, they will be sorry. The main differences between the play and the film are that film gives more background information about how and why the paw was obtained, uses more

Monkey D. Luffy starts his journey of becoming the King of the Pirates. He meets Coby and saves him from Alvida (a pirate in the East Blue).

"The Monkey's Paw" is a short story which moves around the edges of a ghost story and the uncanny. In general terms, the narration immerses the reader into a frightening atmosphere in which the reader can realise that there are certain elements that make the reading something more than a spooky tale; for example the way time is treated in the structure of the story. It is peculiar the way W.W. Jacobs manages to create a rather concrete story by making the reader fill so many gaps. In our opinion, that is due to the fact that there is a complete focus on the development of the story since the arrival of the monkey's paw, and that there are several omissions of facts in the beginning and in the end of the story, which is no coincidence. This

Alexandre Dumas was a master of literature; the sheer artistry in The Count of Monte Cristo makes this abundantly clear. His command of parallelism, his employ of subtle yet vivid characterization, and, most markedly, his frequent use of irony are the evidence. The latter in particular is common and used for a purpose. At times, irony is applied to insert a sliver of humor into otherwise heavy scenes; this is especially true with Dumas’s application of verbal irony. At other times, irony is exercised in order to act as a plot point. Overall, the author’s use of irony is crucial to the story’s progression.

A sense of dramatic irony is thought to be used throughout the reading. However, the book often takes a turn so that the reader’s previous thoughts on the plot are changed.

Monkey then continues his journey to the dragons and takes their treasures in an ungrateful manner. He uses immoral and threatening actions to obtain his goals, which are clearly looked down upon. At this time the Monkey is beginning to upset a lot of people, and even the Jade Emperor of Heaven is becoming upset. Monkey totally disgregards everyones feelings and continues to act in such a rude and immoral manner. Monkey still has a desire for more so he eats the immortal fruits, drinks the immortal wine, and he even takes Lao Tzu's special pills. At this point heaven is becoming even more angry over the Monkeys actions. The Monkey returns home and Heaven implements another attack on him. This attack was successful, Heaven defeated the monkey with the help of Buddha and Lao Tzu. In conclusion Monkey is imprisoned for 500 years.

On the other hand, it could be articulated that the female characters in both the novels have proved their mental instabilities, individualisms and rebelliousness have disturbed the lives of others. Moreover, it could be analyzed in the novels that both the author in their social context has explained the dark secrets of the life of individuals.

This comparison and contrast of “The Destructors”, by Graham Greene and “The Rocking Horse Winner”, by D.H. Lawrence will center on selected parts of stories from the opening through the conclusion. I will seek to compare and contrast both authors’ choices of characters, themes, techniques of suspense, moral statements, and conclusions.

Surprisingly, Moliere made the decision to use deus ex machina in Tartuffe. Whether the decision was made in order to please Louis XIV or if this decision has literary genius behind it has been vehemently debated. Moliere describes this scene best himself by stating, “With one keen glance, the King perceived the whole perverseness and corruption of his soul, and thus high Heaven’s justice was displayed: betraying you, the rogue stood self-betrayed. The King soon recognized Tartuffe as one notorious by another name, who’d done so many vicious crimes that one could fill ten volumes with them and be writing still” (Damrosch 69). Moliere also discusses that Orgon will be forgiven of his debts and recover his estate once again. A final triumph by Tartuffe would betray the comedic aspect of the play by leaving the imposter victorious over a disheartened family (Zwillenberg 584). Furthermore, Moliere decided in favor of justice, which during this era, could only result from the grace of the King, personified by Louis XIV. “The tension between our knowledge of the behavior of real kings and ideal justice we expect from God can find release only in disbelieving laughter” (Simonds 85). This concept shows hypocrisy on yet another level which merely perfects Moliere’s cause, which is to exemplify the hypocrisy in every level

But once Tartuffe is unmasked and his hypocrisy discovered, Orgon reverses himself and determines to hate and persecute all pious men. Orgon in the play seems to represent man's extravagant and uncontrollable nature, which never takes the right and rational direction, but instead, constantly shifts between absurd extremes.

Every detail the narrator says, concludes to the fact the this story was lead to horror from the start. He starts to believe in the monkey's paw and fears what awaits at that

In this essay I am going to discuss whether or not we can consider Lazarillo de Tormes as a subversive text and the reasons behind why or why not we may believe it to be so. To accomplish this, I will explore the background behind Lazarillo, the different methods and literary devices used to convey dual meaning and give the text an undertone of subversion.

The cliffhanger: a reader’s most hated thing a novelist does at the end of a story. When it is time for a writer to conclude a piece of work, the author may choose to leave the audience left to ponder one or several of questions. Those questions may have an answer based off of textual evidence, or the reader must make an educated guess. Roland Barthes encapsulates this idea in a single quote, “Literature is the question without the answer.” A story is like a piece of art; it can be interpreted in many different ways and depending on the reader, it provides diverse questions. In Amy Tan’s short story, Two Kinds, a mother pushes her child, Ni Kan, to be something that she isn’t and it causes the child to do rebellious things. The writer plants