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    One event that caused Social tension in Athens during the fifth-century B.C.E, was known as the second Peloponnesian war (461 B.C.E.). Ancient sources from this period including, Epitaphios Logos and Lysistrata, when coupled with additional evidence, reveal social tensions Athenians confronted during this time. This describes Athenianism which caused tension - in building. At the end of the Persian wars, Athens materialized along with Sparta as the two leading powers in the Greek world. As Athens

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    Tension can cause people to feel a variety of different; complex emotions. The consequences of it on people can make them be apprehensive or even go mad themselves. Authors can create this impact on people in many different ways. Edgar Allan Poe discovered the effect of tension in “The Cask of Amontillado”, a short story in which a deranged man kills someone over revenge for insulting him and ends up feeling guilty for one's crime. In the first few lines of the excerpt you get the feeling of uneasiness

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    The Crucible Arthur Miller is a very profound author for his world famous book The Crucible. In this book he uses text structure to create suspense, tension, sympathy, and many other feelings. In the movie they also used many things to create suspense, tension, sympathy, and many other feelings. He never shows any of the hangings or the trials so that is didn’t make the main focal point them. It was about them getting accused. He had Rebecca Nurse and the old guy accused to created sympathy. He used

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    you're put into a well furnished decorative room, yet you have to share with others. Is this still hell?. Jean Paul Sartre plays with this idea of hell, existentialism, and dramatic tensions to create the play and characters in “No Exit” . To create this play Sartre uses the idea of a “triangle” to create dramatic tensions through each character's faults and then slowly exposing these faults to the others in the room. By doing this , the readers get to see how humans act in an existential situation

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    The Early Republic represented a paramount period in the United States where the government had to face various challenges with no previous experience. During this time, tensions were rising between the Northern and Southern states; Their differing views on slavery, extent of government authority and taxes led to skirmishes and even a war. The early 1800s was filled with domestic problems which threatened the stability of the nation. Through innovative solutions, the American government managed

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    create tension and drama. For instances, the title itself is a source of underlying tension, in which Dahl has cleverly incorporated deception to give a twist to the story. Moreover, the way Dahl establishes his settings as well as his characterisation of his characters also gives rise to tension. In short, Dahl has intentionally orchestrated this story in such a way that our thoughts are manipulated as we read through this thriller story. Drama is a concept that is interrelated to tension. The amount

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    Question 1(a) What technique does Susan Hill use to create tension in I’m the King of the Castle. Refer closely to the two incidents in the novel to illustrate your answer. Susan Hill implements a couple of writing techniques to create tension in the novel. Tension n this sense simply means mental strain or excitement in the readers. One of the techniques used is shown when she uses a third-person narration to narrate the story. This narrator is omniscient and implies that he/ she is

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    Tension between Globalization and Local Culture. The culture or people practising local culture face extinction from the modern world. The tension was highlighted in Costa Rica. There are people with indigenous knowledge like Don Candido who practice indigenously but face extinction due to modern science powered by globalization. The influx of globalization have affected indigenous local and this have created some tension because there is a sort of competition between globalised methods and local

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    address the racial and ethnic tensions that exist in our school. In addition, there will be a short play demonstrating issues involving discrimination and stereotype. At the end or this transcript, you will find various resources for future reading. Hopefully this will help to expand your worldviews and perspectives on racism and how it can affect our

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    If I was a prisoner warden and had to address racial tensions between inmates, I would start by figuring out who is part of which gang and who is not. Racial tension comes from groups who think they are better than others. After the inmates who are affiliated with gangs are grouped together I would then figure out who the leaders are and place them in confinement. I believe this would help solve racial tension because this strategy will break down the gangs. No new leaders would want to step up in

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