Billy Elliot - Quotations Dad: Listen‚ have you noticed anything weird about our Billy lately? Tony: What are you after like‚ a list? Billy: Just because I like ballet doesn’t mean I’m a poof‚ you know. Mrs. Wilkinson: Find a place on that bloody wall and focus on that spot. Then whip your head ’round and come back to that spot. Prepare! Mrs. Wilkinson: Right‚ Mr. Braithwaite‚ "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow". [to herself] Mrs. Wilkinson: Fat chance! Billy: So what about your
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BILLY ELLIOT The film Billy Elliot emphasizes the notion of ‘Into the world’ by describing concepts of growth‚ transition and change. Whether this change is physical‚ emotional or intellectual‚ there is a transition by the individual from one stage to another. The individuals had to face many barriers and obstacles which needed to be overcome. Billy overcame stereotypes as did other characters in the film. The themes of emotional growth and stereotypes are constantly explored in this film and
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Billy Elliot the Musical On November 2‚ 2010 I attended the Broadway show “Billy Elliot the Musical” at the Durham Performing Arts Center. I must say this show was definitely one of the most emotional Broadway shows I have ever seen. I do not think there was a single dry eye throughout the whole show. The shows controversial plot about a young boy‚ who wants to dance and all the people in his town who won’t let him‚ makes for an exciting and heart racing show. One of the amazing things about
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Characterization of Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a 12-year-old boy who lives with his father Jackie‚ his big brother Tony and his eighty-year-old grandmother in Everington in Northeast England at the time of the miners’ strike in mid-1980s. He is the protagonist in the story and is principled‚ likable‚ and vivacious with a musical tone in his body. His mother Sarah who died two years before the beginning of the story was a musician and used to play on the piano for the whole family. Unlike the
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a particular type of person or thing.” For example‚ the stereotype of the woman as the carer. Gender Stereotypes - Billy Elliot • Scene 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyLJCNyRov0&list=PL63734261305C 0452&src_vid=69RNNex-sig&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_9 12565 • Scene 2 http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgV3OFn0aE&index=4&list=PL637342 61305C0452 What emotions did Billy portray in the two scenes? Billy’s emotions Write a letter to Billy’s dad discussing his passion for dancing and how
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The poem is based on a strong father-son relationship which is contrasted by the film Billy Elliot. In the poem‚ the Boy seeks ambition through his father whom he sees as God-like and a great encouragement. Analysis of FOLLOWER by Seamus Heaney An analysis of "Follower" by Seamus Heaney "Follower" is a poem which relates back to Seamus Heaney’s past memories which he had experienced when he was at a younger age‚ they are memories of him and hisfather and their relationship. From the poem
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outweigh cost to have a compatible relationship. In the movie of Billy Elliot‚ this is extremely obvious in the relationship of Billy and Mrs. Wilkinson. These two put in time and effort so that they can reap the benefits later in the movie‚ Mrs. Wilkinson teaches Billy how to dance for free during her free time. She wishes nothing more then for him to succeed and in turn he lives out the dream she never could. In the opposite‚ Billy works hard because he see’s that Mrs. Wilkinson’s dream was never
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Billy Elliot‚ The Movie Review The story takes place in a coal mining town located in Northern England ‚ during the 12-months long strike in British coal industry‚ which later considered a major political victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the conservative party. The main character‚ Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is a 12 years old motherless boy. Youngest member of Elliot’s family‚ a patriarchal miner family where the father (Gary Lewis) and older brother (Jamie Draven) are both
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Billy Elliot is an eleven year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and into ballet lessons. He learns to deal with many trials and triumphs as he hopes to change his family’s set ways and the inner conflict between them. Billy lives in a small cramped house with his bad-tempered brother‚ out of control father and his forget-ful grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance but Billy is told by his father that “boys wrestle; boys don’t dance”. But Billy loves to dance. This disappoints
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Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Everington in 1984‚ during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy‚ the main character‚ has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the narrative elements; point of view‚ plot and characterization
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