Detailed analysis of 'In Chancery'
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Detailed analysis of 'In Chancery' The opening paragraph of the given extract is both specific and vague. The very first sentence is specific regarding the location and setting of the story: 'London, Michealmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor in Lincoln's Inn Hall'. Yet the passage lacks intimacy as no reason is provided as to why the chancellor is in Lincoln's Inn Hall. Rather the information is presented in a matter of fact voice and it seems rather odd that the author does not expand on the relevance of this fact but moves on to what seems at first glance, a rather insipid topic - the 'implacable November' weather. It later emerges that this is a tactical delay on the part of the author in order to keep us the readers engaged, as much later on in the passage the role of the Chancellor is developed. However,...


