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…, and written mainly by women. And it's considered formulaic, which is basically true, but then all genre fiction has formulas to a certain degree. Who would read a mystery without the mystery being solved? Or a western without cowboys or similar characters…

…accounts to marinate in the mind of the reader. Instead of saying that he[Hughes] is a black man living in America, he simply says that 'I am a Negro' (1 and 17). He does not create a mysterious aura about blacks, but leaves that up to the reader. Thinking…

…of mystery, and adds to the unspoiled image of the land, since men have not yet combed and cataloged its every inch. According to Coleridge's description, this paradise is not reminiscent of a calm and gentle scene. Throughout the first three stanzas, Coleridge…

…Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most well known directors of all time, as he helped perfect the murder and mystery genre. His started his directing career in1925 with "The Pleasure Garden" and ended in 1976 with the film "Family Plot", and set a standard…

…. He states that the evening was 'saturated with the obscurity of night.' He depicts the wonder and mystery of night. While Lawrence humanized nature, Shapiro is expressing his confusion and wonder of nature. Shapiro neither likes or hates nature, he has…

…. Important facts are kept unknown till the end. The crescendo starts off with the meeting of Louis Bernard on the bus to Marrakech and progresses by the murder of Louis Bernard and the mysterious information given to Ben McKenna and finally its is topped off…

…that the Sisterhood is "an association of adolescent girls dedicated to the mysteries of solitude and silence." (Lines 203-204.) this has not been proved to the reader. The reader is presented with two different versions of what the Sisterhood is about and gets to make up…

…are serious complications Ellen faces. Ultimately, in Jim Grimsley's words: "I think the truth can be glimpsed at moments in paradoxes and contradictions, in mysteries and ambiguities, [...] like Ellen solving the mystery of her own dream, which is that the dream…

…another Hitchcock thriller, as Hitchcock is associated generically almost exclusively with Thrillers, Mystery and Horror. The opening credits of the film reinforce expectations of a traditional narrative and genre piece. It is a very theatrical opening…

…is such a self-righteous egotist, he is rather hard to identify with. Hartley remains a mystery to the reader, throughout, as she also does to Charles. She appears to be resigned to whatever outcome life might throw at her, and we never really do discover what she…