Gunpowder Plot

found broken by the defendant. The entire theme of secret plots and schemes are so prevalent throughout the play, that the majority of the main characters are involved in each. The outcomes of these plots and schemes help form and advance the play’s plot and eventually leads to the play’s final outcome. Therefore, this is the central theme of the play as the characters are mentally and physically affected by these said schemes. These devious plots and schemes developed by the characters often lead to

I realized my mistake. I had put spaces between all the letters, instead of between the words. My next vivid memory of writing is when I was in first grade. My best friend and I wanted to write stories. We dreamed of our stories having intricate plots and flowery vocabulary, like the books that we read. We came to a decision that the best way to achieve this would be to copy down one of our favorite books. I dug through my backpack, and pulled out a Hannah Montana book for us to transcribe. Every

Edward gets in trouble, and gets thrown in jail for a while. After Edward gets out he gets in trouble again for causing destruction of property and gets chased back inside the castle. The film is really unique, because of the characters, setting, and plot. The use of the color in the settings, make the film very unique in a very good way. For example all of the houses are colorful. The buildings and houses are very well placed throughout the film. The bright colors and well placed houses make the scenes

wants to imitate the French boys who swim through a challenging tunnel, and he overcomes this challenge eventually. Form the safe beach to the tunnel, Jerry’s maturity is tested. The setting in “Through the Tunnel” has an impact on the characters, the plot, and the symbols. One way the setting has an impact involves the characters. For example, it is so important for Jerry to swim through the tunnel. He wanted to be with the older boys and be grown up. Every day on his vacation he would tell himself

girl, to safety. Although Logan may be criticized for its one-dimensional villains and overdone story, director James Mangold, successfully crafted an excellent film that separates itself from the genre through realistic characters and a simplistic plot. Most of the time, Logan centralizes on its main characters, so it is understandable that other characters are not as fleshed out. The villains came off as uninteresting and forgettable. Boyd Holbrook played Donald Pierce, a generic villain with no

Elia Kazan’s film, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) was adapted from the play originally written by Tennessee Williams. This film won multiple Oscars and countless other awards that prove it to be an extremely impressive work for its time. The setting of this film sets the stage, the themes and symbolism add interest, and the characterization only enhances an already impressive work. These elements and many more are what make up this incredible film. This film is set in the 1940’s in the bustling

better of the two due to its realism and thought provoking plot. The first story, written by Karen, is very stereotypical, the plot being somewhat predictable and the tone rather light. However, the second story, written by Gail, is quite the opposite; it takes on a more realistic approach and holds a darker tone. The stories are those that greatly contrast each other, their similarities almost completely lost to the dramatically different plots and tones. Yet, three particular topics of interest within

Eric Larson in his novel the “Devil in the White City” masterfully exercises several rhetorical devices and storytelling strategies. The story itself centers on the Chicago world fair and the two greatly influential men who roamed Chicago at this time. The intrepid architect who pulled it all together and against all odds puts on a fantastical fair the likes of which will never be seen again. The other a prolific serial killer who used the chaos of the fair to catch, kill, and dispose of victims

literary elements such as plot twists, foreshadowing, and the three types of irony-- situational, dramatic, and verbal-- as well as characterization, misdirection, and tone to play with the emotions of their readers. Today, we are going to focus on plot twists, situational irony, and tone by exploring and analyzing two short stories. The Machine That Won the War and The Interlopers are two short stories that employ plot twists, situational irony, and tone to very different ends. Plot twist is used in The

We all know that books are better than their movie adaptations nearly all of the time. This is also true for the short work known as “The Ransom of Red Chief.” Both the story and movie have the same introductory general idea. Two con men, Sam and Bill, kidnap the child of a wealthy man named Ebenezer Dorset in the small town of Summit. They hold this child for ransom but quickly realize that kidnapping the child might have been a mistake as he emotionally and physically makes their life harsh. The