music to certain scenes to make them more suspenseful‚ sad‚ etc. Many authors add details to a story about the setting to accomplish the same goal. In the story‚ Most Dangerous Game‚ the author adds many details about the dark night‚ General Zaroff’s mansion‚ and the jungle to add more suspense‚ or terror‚ to the story. In the beginning of the story‚ Rainsford‚ Whitney‚ Captain Nielsen‚ the crew are sailing on a dark night. Rainsford describes the night as “moist‚ black velvet.” They were sailing around
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arrives at the Usher mansion. Approaching the mansion on his horse‚ the narrator uses descriptive words such as “an iciness”‚ “a sinking‚ a sickening of the heart”‚ and “an unredeemed dreariness” to describe the atmosphere (Poe 1). These descriptions set the mood for the story and evoke fear in the reader. The most eye-catching description‚“an unredeemed dreariness”‚ highlights that the dreary atmosphere cannot be vanquished or overlooked by the narrator. Although the mansion itself may look creepy
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Ringling Museum of Art and Cà d ’Zan Mansion As you turn into long the road leading to the Ringling Museum of Art‚ you can see the magnificent building just ahead at the end of the road. The Ringling Museum of Art has the look of many fabulous mansions and museums in Europe. The museum and mansion are located on approximately 66 acres of land next to the Sarasota Bay; the land was purchased by Mr. Ringling during the 1920s as part of the boom which took place during that time. The Ringling
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Film Edward Scissor hands is the extreme long shot‚ at the beginning of the film the old woman is looking out of the window towards the Mansion. The extreme long shot is used to show the Mansion in the distance. This camera angle creates suspense and mystery for the viewers and a gothic atmosphere because when the old lady is looking out at the mansion‚ the mansion is very dark and isolated. Another camera angle used in the film is a close up; the close up angle is used when the character Edward is
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his son who named the same as his name. Ronaldo’s Estates are divided into three big Mansions: Elderly Edge Mansion which is located in England and he bought it for 6 million dollar in 2006. This mansion is in Cheshayar Village. It has got five bedrooms and some equipment like indoor swimming pool‚ sauna‚ and cinema and so on. One of the closest neighbors of Ronaldo is David Beckham. Madrid Mansion: This mansion with its modern appearance costs 7.2 million dollar. It is designed by an engineer named
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within a certain mansion‚ buttressed by stone walls covered in mould‚ therein lies a portrait. This portrait‚ caked in dust‚ had lost the vibrant splendour of which it attained years ago. It depicts a grandiose mansion‚ windows smiling brightly as candle light filtered through them‚ creating an atmosphere of joy and merry-making. However‚ such beauty was sadly hidden‚ for it was hung in the most depilated part of the mansion‚ which no one roams. On the other side of the mansion though‚ is a couple
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Brandon Doder 11/1/11 Importance of Symbols in “The Thing in the Forest” In many fairytales‚ we are given characters who set out on an adventure to better themselves whether they know that they are on one or not. In A.S. Byatt’s “The Thing in the Forest” we are taken on such an adventure‚ but this is more than just a children’s fairytale. Through figurative language we are shown that the main characters‚ Penny and Primrose‚ are dealing with more than just a creature in the forest‚ and that
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where the story is taking place where he is riding in on horseback. He can tell riding up to the house that something just isn’t right. As he comes closer to the old “Mansion” he starts to get not so good feelings about the house‚ he is seeing a figure of eyes walking back and forth in the window walking around. The haunted mansion where all the ushers have lived is where the narrator’s ill friend Rodrick Usher lives.
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spend their summer at a colonial mansion in the middle of nowhere‚ due to the wife being sick with temporary nervous depression. In Charlotte Perkins Stetson’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper‚” John‚ the colonial mansion and the rooms within reveals the meaning of the confinement of women’s rights during the late 1800s. As John and his wife arrive to the colonial mansion‚ the wife says‚ “The most beautiful place! It is quite alone…” (Stetson 648). The large colonial mansion makes the wife think of all of the
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The Lie That Is Hip Hop Earlier this month Curtis James Jackson III‚ AKA 50 Cent‚ ran into some trouble with his bankruptcy. Fifty had been trying to convince the judge that he was unable to pay back nearly $36 million in debt since he was "broke". Of course‚ "broke" is relative. Apparently in the hip-hop world broke means having a monthly income of a mere $184‚000‚ with $44 million in businesses‚ a couple hundred thousand dollars in household goods‚ jewelry‚ and clothing‚ and another $10 million
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