THE COMIC SCENES IN DOCTOR FAUSTUS: (A Powerful Play with a weak Plot) In any tragic or serious play‚ the dramatist tries to give relief to the audience by introducing comic scenes or episodes. The literary term for such comic interludes is known as tragic relief. A tragedy is bound to create tension in the mind of the audience and if this tension is not relaxed from time to time‚ it generates some sort of emotional weakness in the mind of the audience. Hence‚ comic scenes are a necessity to
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I stared blankly at the swinging door where Doctor Addams once stood‚ my mind going into overdrive. What the hell had I gotten myself into‚ I thought- a slight smirk lighting up my face. I always did love an adventure‚ and man I was getting a free trip to NYC out of it‚ that’s not a bad deal! Also‚ there was a good chance that I’d get rid of my almost inevitable cancer‚ so that’s a definite plus. Snapping out of my trance‚ I gasped. My taxi was coming in‚ looking at the clock on the wall‚ 6 minutes
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“Doctor in the house” is written by Richard Gordon a real ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. The story deals with describing process of exams‚ difficulties provided by them and students’ feelings and thoughts before and after examinations. The general slant of the story is quite tense‚ gloomy and even a bit depressed. It makes the Reader feel anxious and it forces us to have a disagreeable sense of a heavy load because we worry about the narrator’s success at
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Guide Chapters 1-4 1. Who is Holden Caulfield? 2. Where is Holden as he narrates the story? 3. Why wasn’t Holden at the big football game? 4. Why wouldn’t Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation? 5. What "dirty trick" did Mr. Spencer pull on Holden? 6. Who was Robert Ackley? 7. Who was Stradlater? 8. Identify Jane Gallagher. 9. Why doesn’t Holden go down to see Jane? Chapters 5-9 1. About what did Holden write Stradlater’s composition? 2. Why did Holden tear up the composition he
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In the novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye” written by J.D.Salinger‚ it can be agreed that the main character Holden is not the least bit normal. The perception of Holden is easily identified‚ he is a lonesome and complicated character. So much so‚ that he constantly refers to himself as a “madman”. Yet‚ despite his desire to detach himself from society‚ he still takes the effort to communicate with others‚ especially females. Jane Gallagher and Sally Hayes are the most prominent female characters presented
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containing happiness‚ hope‚ and optimism(shown in yellow containing Jane ‚with the game of checkers‚ Allie‚and Phoebe). Holden thus clings to his childhood as a source of his happiness‚ as he views his current reality(depicted in purple) with cynicism and pessimism. (represented by the piano for his pessimism towards “phony” musicians‚ and by Sally’s “phony” conversation with George) Holden‚ however‚ isolates himself from his past for fear of tainting it(represented the the cracking glass case turning
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the hardships that teenagers endure as they mature and enter adulthood. In this novel‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen-year -old who has been kicked out of several schools‚ undergoes a gamut of problems. First‚ at the beginning of the novel‚ it is clear that Holden has a difficulty accepting himself and others; he constantly defines people as "phony". Secondly‚ as the novel progresses it becomes evident that Holden does not want to enter adulthood. Both problems lead to Holden’s failure in his journey
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Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus illustrates the fall of the plays central figure dramatically‚ yet grants Faustus a degree of dignity by allowing him the consciousness to retain his integrity throughout the play. Marlowe has designed Faustus as the ‘modern man’‚ endowing him with the resolve to stand by his pact with the devil – ultimately leading to his demise. Due to his stubbornness‚ he refuses to repent‚ but nonetheless explores the possibility. He believes that his actions in signing the pact
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Holden Caulfeild is the main character of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is portrayed as a very troubled and alienated young boy. He alienates himself to protect himself from the hurt of losing his brother Allie‚ the pain of growing up‚ and the phoniness of the adult world. Holden grieves the loss of his beloved little brother by thinking of everyone else as not good enough. He wants to fit into this new world he’s coming into as he’s growing up‚ but he can’t find a place for himself
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to adulthood. Holden Caulfield’s life is revolving around his anxiety of abandonment in J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ Catcher in the Rye. Holden’s apprehension of desertion springs from his inability to maintain friendships‚ incompetence to deal with his feelings‚ and incapability to cope with the pain of missing people. Holden Caulfield’s withdraw from society stems from his feeling of abandonment through his relationships with friends and family. Holden’s withdraw from society
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