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Style Of Writing Angela Ashes
627 wordsIt is a common view that times for the Irish majority in the 1930 's and 40 's were very hard. Especially for the Irish Catholic families with the stereotypical drunken father, emotionally wrecked mother, kids running round her with her sore back from the next child ready too be born. In Angela's Ashes, McCourt examines his childhood experiences, the tragedies, hardships, learning, all involved with growing up. One of the most interesting aspects of the writing in Angela's Ashes is how the text ...
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King Lear Fool Character
1,154 wordsMany directors argue over the importance of the character of the Fool in the play. Discuss whether or not you feel the Fool is essential to the play or whether or not the character could be removed without damaging the overall impact. Make a reference to the text to support your ideas. William Shakespeare's genius came from how closely he intertwined the two seemingly mutually exclusive realms to appeal to all socio-economic groups in his audience. The character of the Fool provides the closest ...
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Death Do Us Part Sense Of Humour
900 wordsAn examination of pun and word play as a narrative technique in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaids Tale Atwood uses word play in this dystopian novel to reinforce themes and ideas and to create the implication of and foreshadow ideas without direct allusion to them. Atwood's character Offred also uses word play to both remember her past and as a conscious resistance to her present. The novel is set in the Republic of Gilead, formerly the USA. The country is both at war and undergoing Ethnic Cleansi...
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Northern Ireland Multi Faceted
1,073 words... he early nineties mainstream stance is evident in the output of presses like Carcanet and Bloodaxe and is gathered in the controversial Michael Hulse (1955 -), David Kennedy (1959 -) and David Morley (1964 -) anthology The New Poetry (1993). Controversial, perhaps, because of its diversity. The anthology has no central thrust other than its multiplicity. The New Poetry does not, however, contain many examples of Britain's performance poetry. During the past fifteen odd years verse has found ...
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Light And Dark Steel Windpipe Doctor
654 wordsI enjoy reading "The Steel Windpipe" because of its mood and the style of the writer. The content is fresh and the theme is clearly depicted through the characters. The plot starts in a moderate manner, with the new doctor browsing through his books. I was about to think about reading another story when the complication pulled me back into the story. This is the amazing "X"- factor of the story. Just when you get bored, you get pulled back so fast you never want to stop. This attraction is also ...
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Social Issues Human Values
1,187 wordsThe Community Theatre play Bran Nue Dae, into which Asian-aboriginal writer / composer /director Jimmy Chi incorporated his own life experiences of relationships, drugs and the law, abused indigenous land rights, self discovery and religion, achieved its goal to express the message of aboriginal perspective of everyday social issues. This successful and effective production satisfies the goals of community theatre, giving the aboriginal people a voice through theatre and song, thus fulfilling Ch...
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Act Ii Sc Act Iv Sc
1,447 wordsCharacters What kind of people are the characters in this drama? How can we decide? Characters in Shakespearean drama are judged by (i) their actions; (ii) what others say of them (iii) what they themselves say in public (iv) by what they say in soliloquy, i. e. when thinking aloud or in asides´ . We tend to judge people by their actions and by what they say in public, but these are not always a true reflection of the real character; people do not always reveal themselves to others, so we ...
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Third Lord Moynihan Door Was Always Open One
1,448 wordsDeath is the new black Anyone who has ever hammered a nail into his nose owes a large debt to Melvin Burkhart. Some sentences yearn to be written. It is not hard to imagine the ill-suppressed glee with which the anonymous Daily Telegraph obituaries, writing last December in appreciation of this sideshow performer (known as the Human Blockhead because of his ability to drive a five-inch nail or ice pick into his head without flinching) flexed his fingers before starting on the one above, proving ...
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Mind And Soul Northern Lights
774 wordsAfter all these months of agony after being involved in excruciating scientific research and experiments, it is time for another, but of much less risk. I am to live ten long, miserable years on a lonely tropical island in complete isolation. To overcome discontentment from the lack of socialisation, I have chosen five remarkable books to endure any type of mood and to remind one what it is like to be a Martian. The first space in my bookshelf of five will be reserved for The Ruby In The Smoke b...
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Commedia Dell Double Meanings
755 wordsThe aim of this essay is to examine the drama elements used in " Faulty Towers" and to compare and contrast this British comedy with the Italian street theatre, Commedia Dell? arte. " Faulty Towers" episode " Kipper and the Corpse" uses many of the same comical devices as Commedia. This drama is based in a hotel and focuses on the misfortunes of the owners and the staff as they try to run this business. There are four main characters in the 1970? s British comedy. T...
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Handmaids Tale Historical Notes
937 wordsWhat is Atwood warning us about and how does she oblige us to consider it? Fundamentally, Atwood is warning us about the decrease in fertility due to pollution, food and basically the way that we live our lives. Other observations and warnings sprout from this and from our society. Essentially, the first technique used to engage the reader and make them consider the warnings is the genre; science fiction. As this ultimately is an enlarged reflection of today and it has a function of suggesting h...
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Wuthering Heights Young Cathy
1,414 wordsHeathcliff's Obsession Throughout Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff's personality could be defined as dark, menacing, and brooding. He is a dangerous character, with rapidly changing moods, capable of deep-seeded hatred, and incapable, it seems, of any kind of forgiveness or compromise. In the first 33 chapters, the text clearly establishes Heathcliff as an untamed, volatile, wild man and establishes his great love of Catherine and her usage of him as the source of his ill humour and resentment towa...
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19 Th Century Pieces Of Literature
1,026 wordsHistorical and Social Research: The Victorian Era Politics (1850 1900) The Victorian era was a prominent one for political power. It saw the rise and fall of Queen Victoria (her reign was from June 20 th 1837 to January 22 nd, 1901). She died at age 81 and ruled over Great Britain and Ireland after her husband and first cousin, William the IV, died. At this time, Great Britain was a world power, and had control over much of the world. Great Britain prospered during Queen Victoria s reign, and cl...
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Hunter S Thompson Loathing In Las Vegas
1,961 wordsIn the late sixties a young journalist and free-lance novelist named Hunter S. Thompson (HST) emerged with a new, crazed and exaggerated brand of reporting. It was sooner or later referred to as? Gonzo? . HST? s own definition of gonzo has varied over the years, but he still maintains that a good gonzo journalist? needs the talent of a master journalist, the eye of an artist / photographer and the heavy balls of an actor? and that gonzo is a? style of reporting based on William Faulkner? s idea ...
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Helps The Reader Three Poems
1,370 wordsIn What Ways Do The Techniques Used In What Ways Do The Techniques Used By The Poets Influence The Way We View The Poems From Other Cult The three poems with the most diverse techniques which most influence our perception of the poem are Wha Fe Call I? , Study No. X and Limbo. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Study No. X? has many different techniques, and the first line is a good example. ? ? Chi ama, crede? , which means? He who loves, believes? . ? Using these words, which are from a foreign l...
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Beatrice And Bene Censored Characters In The Play
1,786 wordsThis play we must call a comedy, tho some of the incidents and discourses are more in a tragic strain; and that of the accusation of Hero is too shocking for either tragedy or comedy (Charles Golden 1714) How far do you accept this comment about the plays events and language? Much Ado About Nothing is a play categorised as a comedy, and written by the dramatist William Shakespeare. A comic play is usually accepted to be a light-hearted play with a happy conclusion. A play classed as a tragedy is...
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Sudden Smell Of Burning Flesh Smell Of Burning Flesh Poem
705 wordsDanny Connolly 11. 3 Compare and contrast two poems which are on the theme of racial prejudice The two poems that I am going to compare are Strange Fruit and Telephone conversation which both feature racial prejudice. The first of the two poems that I will study is Strange Fruit. This is a very simple and meaningful poem. The author of this poem is writing about what was happening to the black people of the southern states of America. It shows exactly what happens to them when captured which bri...
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Stoops To Conquer Makes The Play
1,747 wordsShe Stoops to Conquer is a comedy play written by Oliver Goldsmith. It has been loved since it was written. When it was first performed, some people did not approve of it as it attacked the normal sort of play style at the time, which was sentimental comedy. Personally I think the play is very whimsical and funny both on stage acted and just the words used. Sentimental comedy involved characters to be very typical, for example, the heroine was shy and romantic, the hero was brave and bold, and r...
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Light And Dark Doctor
676 wordsDescribe the story you enjoyed reading most. Discuss the story in terms of PLOT, THEME, CHARACTER, SETTING, LANGUAGE, TITLE etc. I enjoy reading? The Steel Windpipe? because of its mood and the style of the writer. The content is fresh and the theme is clearly depicted through the characters. The plot starts in a moderate manner, with the new doctor browsing through his books. I was about to think about reading another story when the complication pulled me back into the story. This is the amazin...
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Volpone And Mosca Taking Advantage Play
1,022 wordsExamination of twenty lines of Volpone In lines 78 to 8 on page 28, Jonson s unique style of writing is present. Secondly, there is the characters themselves to analyse. As always, the whole of the story line is present within these lines. The first thing that I have to comment upon is line 78. Here, we see Volpone lying down (keep you still sir). This is a demonstration of how he makes his money. The position that he is assuming can be compared to that of a prostitute when making her money. Ind...
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