“Cal” by Bernard MacLaverty For Cal‚ some of the choices are devastatingly simple - he can work in the abattoir that nauseates him or he can join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster‚ Cal is a haunting love story in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark. Plot Summary Cal is a teenager growing up during the troubles of Northern Ireland. He lives with his father Shamie
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by Arthur Miller‚ Bernard is shown as a tremendously memorable character. Throughout the play‚ his contradictions to Biff‚ poor judgments of him and his parent- like personality are well presented. By using the character‚ Miller tries to convey the moral messages and develops an attention grabbing plot First‚ Bernard’s contradictory character compared to Biff‚ makes him memorable. Bernard is literally everything that Biff is not. Biff is a high school football star while Bernard is just an ordinary
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What is Comedy? The definition of comedy in the contemporary meaning of the term‚ is any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter‚ especially in theatre‚ television‚ film and stand-up comedy‚ (Source: www.Wikipeadia.com). So more basically‚ an artistic creation that is humorous - provkes laughter - in a number of ways including literture‚ TV and threatre. Furthermore‚ the word comedy seems to have steamed from the Greek verb meaning ‘to revel’. This
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(beat) Yeah. I did that all by myself. (beat) Thanks‚ only took me three hours. andy’s talking head: ANDY When people think of Andrew Bernard‚ people think goodlooking‚ multi-talented‚ super salesman. And now‚ people will think artist. Andy lifts up a copy of Ranger Rick magazine. The magazine is opened on a page with crude drawings on it. He points to a drawing of a man on the top right corner of the page. ANDY(CONT’D) I’ve finally been published. I had to get everyone I know a copy. The
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The first period of the ancient Greek comedy is known as Old Comedy. Out of the forty poets who are named as having illustrated the style of Old Comedy in 460-404 B.C. Aristophanes was one of the chiefs‚ whose works‚ with their political satire of sexual innuendo‚ effectively defines the genre today. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Comedy) Also known as the Father of Comedy and the representative of Old Comedy‚ Aristophanes has been said to have recreated the life of Ancient Athens more convincingly
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The I&M Canal Could you imagine the city of Chicago being an agricultural place‚ without the huge towers and buildings there today? The I&M Canal made Chicago the city it is today by creating a greater opportunity for trade. How did the I&M Canal affect people before and after it was built? The I&M Canal attracted many immigrants‚ and improved imports and exports. THE BEGINNING The I&M Canal transformed Chicago. Before the canal was built‚ Chicago was farmland. Chicago was more agricultural not industrial
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The Comedy of Errors On October 5‚ 2014 I attended a performance at 2nd Stage Theater called “The Comedy of Errors.” This is a play written by William Shakespeare and directed by J. Daniel Herring‚ who has a 20 year career on stage. He has directed premieres including “The Great Gilly Hopkins” which played in New York and is currently directing “The Normal Heart” at Stageworks Fresno. This play is one of Shakespeare shortest plays and very comical. The story takes place in the
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and made it as a carpenter/mechanic on the Roman stages (Plautus‚ Titus M‚ Aulularia). Plautus was in the great Roman army; there he was exposed to the Greek New Comedy and the plays of Menander (Plautus‚ Wikipedia). It wasn’t until around the age of 45 where he began writing plays while working his hand-mill‚ grinding corn for the households (Plautus‚ Wikipedia). Plautus’ work was simply Latin adaptations of this genre of comedy. The people of Rome found everyday life very entertaining (Titus Maccius
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SITUATION COMEDY Situation Comedy or sitcom is a style of comedic drama where characters share a common environment with dialogue that includes humor. Sitcoms usually have a story line with the same familiar characters. Situation comedy originated on the radio but is now found primarily on television and the internet. In the United States director and producer William Asher has been credited with being “the man who created the sitcom”. He directed over a dozen of sitcoms including I love Lucy
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Characteristics of Comedy There are many characteristics that make up a comedy. Characteristics such as mistaken identity‚ battle of the sexes‚ and jumping to conclusions are what set the comedic story apart from the tragedy. Within a comedy‚ no matter how much fault‚ and dismay may appear within the story‚ there always seems to be the classic ending of " and they all lived happily ever after " Comedies capture the viewer with a sense of compassion and love for the characters in the story
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