helping others through his wealth and reconnecting with his loved ones. Through a variety of techniques, both author and director create mood to tell the story. One example of various similarities and differences in mood can be explained when we examine the scene where Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In the play, Horovitz creates a spooky mood through his use of imagery and his word choices. The dialog he uses to describe the phantom provides a vivid image in the reader’s mind…
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Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley (The play version) vs the film version (from Scrooge). They both follow the same story. Telling the same story in the film is different than telling it on a written play. They use different resources and methods to tell the same story. These are 2 different formats, but both are effective. Characters in both stories are almost the same. In the fil they resemble the characters in the play and you know who is who. The play version describes the characters, but you…
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interesting play considering the contrast within the cast. The play consisted of both mundane characters and supernatural characters. This included the three witches. They were seen from the beginning of the play and had a pivotal role in leading towards the play’s outcome. In Macbeth, the witches set the mood, affected characters and influenced Macbeth. The witches were used at the beginning of the play in order to set the mood. Through their appearance in scene one act one of the play, the witches…
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through to be able to create the lyrics the way they did? If so, figurative language, tone, and mood can help answer this question. For example, in “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift, the listener sees how each of them shape the song’s meaning. The tone is the author’s attitude towards the writing; while, the mood is a feeling the listener gets from hearing the song. Figurative language, tone, and mood play an important part in understanding the message behind a song. Figurative language functions as a…
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Individuals are commonly told to dress according to the weather. Nature plays a significant role in one's life as well as in literature. Authors frequently use pathetic fallacy to contribute to emphasize a certain aspect or theme. A reoccurring device William Shakespeare uses in Macbeth is pathetic fallacy. Shakespeare's use of pathetic fallacy foreshadows important events, mirrors society and develops the mood thus contributing to the tragic plot of Macbeth. Shakespeare aids readers in foreshadowing…
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all of these nouns describe the mood of “The Scarlet Ibis” , but depression best describes the mood of this grief-stricken story. The Scarlet Ibis” is a fictional short story written by James Hurst.It is a tragic story about 2 brothers whose names are Doodle or William Armstrong and the older brother who simply goes by the name of brother. Brother always wanted a brother to play and run around with him, but quickly learns that Doodle is not going to able to play with him because he is very ill…
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In this experiment, I recorded the length of sleep and my mood the following day for five days. There is a positive correlation between the number of hours of sleep I got at my mood the following day (0.9112). The higher the number of hours of sleep and the quality of that sleep, the better my mood and overall day was. My two best feeling days were Thursday and Friday, and both those days I had more than eight hours of sleep. My mood was the worst on Wednesday, and it was most likely due to the…
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short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, the author uses dialogue and figurative language to develop the mood and the characters. The author uses dialogue to develop the characters in the story. First, Greg’s dad said, “And you want to play basketball?” The author puts basketball in italics to emphasize the fact that Greg’s dad doesn’t want him to play basketball. Which also helps the reader to infer that Greg’s dad is very disapproving of him. Also, Lemon Brown said, “ ‘Don’t…
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opportunities as a director rather than an author to show mood and tone. In some of his movies such as “Edward Scissorhands” and “Charlie and the chocolate factory” he uses several techniques to show scary moods and tones. The tones of his movies are almost always dark because of the way his life has been in the past. Tim Burton uses lighting, sound and camera movements to describe a particularly dark mood. Lighting is important to indicate the mood of a movie. High-key lighting shows cheer and happiness…
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Verona Beach, the actors perform using the same lines from the original play. However, the clever cinematography allows modernization to occur, while still keeping the meaning and emotion of the original play. One example of this is with the use of music. During the Capulet ball scene, Romeo and Juliet encounter each other for the first time. When they see each other through the fish tank, the song “Kissing You” by Des’ree plays. This song is romantic, yet somewhat heavy. This indicates love, but the…
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