SHORT STORY “EDUCATING RITA” A Literature Class and a “Social” Comedy It is a British movie based on a play written by Willy Russell that narrates the relationship of the two main characters: Susan (who asks to be called as Rita at the beginning of the story) and Dr. Frank Bryant. Susan is a young lady who belongs to the working-class‚ she works as a hairdresser and is about to get marry with her boyfriend‚ even though‚ after knowing Dr. Frank Bryan‚ she experiences a sense of freedom that leads
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I want to talk to you about my favorite author. Dante Alighieri is the most important Italian author and one of the two or three most influential writers in Western literature. When Dante wrote the Divine Comedy between 1307 and 1321‚ nearly all European literature was written in Latin‚ which meant that it could only be read by the highly educated‚ representing‚ at most‚ a small percent of the population. The Divine Comedy was the first significant literary work to be written in the “vernacular”
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still possible to go too far. In order to accommodate all types of audiences when discussing race‚ people use a variety of means such as comedy‚ essays‚ and dramatic films. All people have their own way to approach the subject. For some‚ it may be best to approach the topic in a friendly manner. In this case the use of comedy would be a great approach. People like Key and Peele use comedic videos to display racial stereotypes. An example is their video called “Substitute Teacher”. In this video they
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Nature of Romantic Love in Shakespeare’s As You Like It The Shakespearean comedy As You Like It‚ discusses the nature of love through the stories of four couples that demonstrate a variety of love situations. All of the couples in As You Like It exhibit some elements of ridiculous infatuation as well as elements of genuine connection in their relationships. This makes it possible to view love on all accounts as either genuine or ridiculous. The reader is able to decide how they would like to view
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academic criticism‚ deriving from textual study rather than stage performance‚ has early always followed the serio-tragical-symbolical-abstract line- what we might call Modern Man in Search of His Insurance Cards‚ or‚ I stink. Therefore I am. The comedy of The Caretaker is not a dispensable palliative. To discuss ’meaning without taking this into account is to distort the play as a whole and devalue its achievement. The combination of the comic and the serious‚ laughter and silence‚ is often deeply
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The Role of Slavery in Roman Comedy The theater of the Roman Empire was very similar to that of the Greek theater. Masks were worn by the actors to amplify their voices and to allow some actors to play two different roles‚ and women were not allowed to have roles in the theater. Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence borrowed comedic stories from the Greek theater‚ “Romanizing” them in the process. For instance‚ Terence wrote a play called Heauton Timorumenos or The Self-Tormentor. A
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Top Girls "Reading Top Girls as a feminist text helped me to find ways to dramatize the price women pay for success in a patriarchal society" (J.T Burk). To what extent can Top Girls be classified as a feminist comedy? Caryl Churchill’s play‚ Top Girls‚ has many social‚ political and cultural observations about modern women throughout the centuries. It was written in 1982 and in this‚ Churchill presents women from both modern and historical periods who seem to have been successful in one way
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How does Nowra use comedy to critically reflect on human suffering? Nowra uses comedy in conjunction with other tools‚ to critically evaluate human suffering. Incongruity Louis Nowra’s typically Australian story is a play within a play following a naive uni student doing a play with ‘extraordinary people who have thought extraordinary thoughts’. Nowra uses comedy throughout the play often to reflect on human suffering and to help the audience break down preconceived conceptions. However he
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Comedy Conventions Shakespearean plays are often seen as sad or depressing. In "The Taming of the Shrew‚" Shakespeare takes a somewhat sad topic of a man marrying off his daughters and makes it quite humorous. "The Taming of the Shrew" is about a man named Baptista‚ who has two daughters‚ one who is very loud and vicious named Katerina‚ and another sweet‚ sincere daughter named Bianca. Baptista makes a rule in his house that Bianca may not get married until Kate does‚ therefore a man sets up
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LOOKALIKES presents as a board comedy. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. The script offers a cast of unconventional impersonators. There are solid themes about learning to be one’s self and to stop hiding behind the people they impersonate. Early in the script‚ the moral question is posed: why would you want to be anyone other than yourself. While there are definite strengths to the storytelling‚ the script would benefit from more development. First‚ there’s an identified three-act
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