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Genre

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Psychological thriller, drama, mystery

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Setting

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Place: an apartment in New York city

Time: somewhere around the 1950s

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Characters

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Norma Lewis
Arthor Lewis
Mr steward

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Narrative viewpoint

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Third- person limited (focusing on norma)

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Conflict

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External: norma and Arthur disagree and argue about the offer and whether or not to push the button

Internal: norma’s internal struggle- personal enrichment vs taking a human life

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Themes

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Greed
Right and wrong
Morality vs personal gain
Choices

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Norma character sketch

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Greedy, selfish, callous, materialistic, stubborn, foolish, immoral

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Arthur character sketch

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Rational, moral/righteous, cautious, sceptical

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Mr steward character sketch

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Mysterious, devious, unsympathetic, insistent

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10
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Define broiler

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Grill or a special part of a stove for cooking meat or fish by exposure to direct heat

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Define eccentric

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Strange or unusual

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Define immoral

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Going against moral principles, choosing bad over good

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Define scoffing

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Speaking to someone or about something in a scornful or mocking way

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Define authentic

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Real

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Go through plot structur

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