The theme of violent tendencies flow through both Poe and Raymond’s novels, they are both used similarly and differently as well as for different effects. Also with different techniques. In The Big Sleep Marlowe and Carmen Sternwood have a love hate relationship “I didn’t like her anymore.” Throughout chapter 31 they go from being friendly to each other to Carmen trying to shoot Marlowe to Marlowe tending to Carmen while she was unwell. Marlowe seems to genuinly care for Carmen "i caught her as
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Marlowe and Breeze have had their differences since Breeze was introduced in the novel. Both characters have impacted the plot and have their own way of sorting out problems. Being a public detective, Breeze has taught himself how to solve problems quickly, even if the true murderer isn’t caught. Marlowe is a private detective that works carefully and consciously to uncover the truth at all costs. Both characters are equally intelligent and they are constantly at each other’s throats trying to outsmart
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line develops and his and Vivian’s romance begins to form. Throughout the film, even in the romantic parts there is sarcasm and the cynical plotline, which is why these are key characteristics for the tone of the film. In The Simple Art of Murder, Raymond Chandler describes a hard-boiled detective as many things. I think that Marlowe fits Chandler’s description perfectly. Some things from Chandler’s list that I think best suit Marlowe are that he is a hero, has a sense of character, and would seduce
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According to trait theory, human personality is composed of a number of broad traits or dispositions. Gordon Allport identified more than 4,000 words in the English language that could be used to describe personality traits. Later, Raymond Cattell reduced it first to 171 and then to 16 personality factors using elimination and statistical techniques. According to Cattell, there is a continuum of personality traits. In other words, each person contains all of these 16 traits to a certain degree
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Humanities 135/Theater 102 FILM NOIR VIEWING ASSIGNMENT A. The film title is Pulp Fiction, the release year is 1994, the director is Quentin Tarantino, and the production company is Miramax Films. B. The stories of two mob hit men, a boxer and a pair of dinner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence. C. Some of the Mise-en-scene that I noticed in the film was many street lights including neon lights indoor and outdoor
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Crime Fiction: The Hard-boiled Detective In Raymond Chandler’s essay ”The Simple Art of Murder” (1944) he introduces the world to his personal definition of a true hero in a new branch of crime-fiction. The essay circulates around a new type of crime story, having the real world as its steppingstone. Contrary to the typical British so-called Golden Age Detective Fiction, this sort of crime story reflects itself in the real world, a decentred world. A world that undermines basic predicates, such
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How is the theme of ‘secrets’ conveyed in your choice of extracts from “The Lady in the Lake” by Raymond Chandler and “The Woman in White” by Wilkie Collins? Both ‘The Lady in the Lake’ by Raymond Chandler and ‘The Woman in White’ by Wilkie Collins portray the theme of secrets in various ways. There is a repetitive theme of secrets created from beginning to end. Both authors triumphantly create secrecy and suspicion for both the characters and the readers. People keep secrets from one another
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Crime fiction - essay Basically crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes including a possible detection, a number of criminals and naturally their motives. Often there is a certain structure which crime fiction stories follow. First there is a crime which usually is a murder. Afterwards there is the investigation of the crime and to end with an outcome of the happening which often is the criminals’ arrest or in some scenarios their death. In many cases there is a puzzle which
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Rosalind Franklin Research Paper Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born in July 25th, 1920 on Notting Hill, London, England. She came from a family that was very involved in social and public works. Franklin's father wanted to be a scientist, but World War I cut his education short, and therefore, he became a college teacher instead. From an early age Rosalind Franklin was extremely intelligent. By the age of 15 she knew what career path she wanted to follow, being a scientist. However, her father strongly
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Raymond Chandler’s book “The Big Sleep” is a complex murder mystery with numerous characters, each of whom story intersects with the other in some way. There are several women characters; however, all of their stories rely on men. Nonetheless, Chandler make it so that each women has her own individual personality and each female character is treated uniquely throughout the text. The names of these characters are Vivian Sternwood, Carmen Sternwood, Agnes and Mona Grant. In discussing Chander’s treatment
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