Irish culture itself has been shaped over many hundreds of years‚ and history has seen itself repeated in many senses‚ in particular in the form of the many troubles in Ireland during both the 16th and 20th century. The play Translations‚ written by Brian Friel‚ not only establishes the Irish culture as that of one equal to the Ancient Roman and Greek civilisations‚ but is also a running commentary on not so much the decline of one culture‚ but the blossoming of another. Although the play is set in
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Grubbs 1 Austin Grubbs Mr. Andrzejewski English IV 3 May 2013 The Life and Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for his captivating stories about the mischievous Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle‚ as he was casually known‚ lived a somewhat interesting life and made many advances in the world of literature. Personal experiences greatly influenced Doyle’s novels and short stories. From actively investigating real life criminal
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Exile is one of the dominant themes permeating Brian Friel’s long career as a playwright. Philadelphia‚ Here I Come! was his first big international success. It was also the first to focus on the plight of characters torn by the need to abandon the place to which they feel deeply attached for the sake of their own growth and integrity. The exile in Philadelphia is twenty-five-year-old Gar O’Donnell. He lives in familiar Friel territory‚ the fictional Irish village of Ballybeg‚ in this instance
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle helps support the first rule of a good detective fiction in six ways. Sherlock Holmes’ observation‚ sarcasm‚ curiosity‚ love of tobacco‚ how confidently arrogant he is‚ and even his voice shows how he is a memorable detective. The first example is of Holmes’ observational skills. It reads‚ “You have presented an inch or two of it to my examination all the time that you have been talking. It would be a poor expert who could not give the date
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The Life of Brian (or lack thereof) This is a austrailian short story written by Maree Spratt. The story is about Brian and his uneasy life. He lives in Brisbane‚ Australian‚ with his flatmate Richard. Brian has very high interest in Physics and Chemistry‚ and is also very active on the internet‚ especially on the Yahoo! Website. But one day‚ when Brian is on a full City bus‚ he meets a girl and suddenly everything changes. But sadly‚ his insecuerness and lack of self-confidence‚ blocks his way
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conflict between popular culture and religious institutions that feel that popular culture is a corruption of their faith and values. One of these conflicts arises when the comedy group Monty Python released their second feature film entitled The Life of Brian‚ which was received by popular culture as a successful movie but to religious Christian’s especially in the United States it was seen as a blasphemous portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ. It was released in 1979 and was the thirty-ninth top grossing
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“The Adventure of the Speckled Band‚” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a mysterious tale about a strange murder case at the Roylott home. The story sets in April 1883‚ in the estate of Stoke Moran‚ in England. Helen Stoner‚ a woman who is troubled about her sister Julia’s death‚ seeks help from the finest detective in the area‚ Sherlock Holmes his partner Dr. Watson. Helen believes she is in serious danger with her abusive step father that she is currently living with‚ Dr. Roylott. Julia was engaged
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How Arthur Conan Doyle Builds Tension for the Reader in the Extract on Pages 60-61 Conan Doyle builds tension in ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ in many ways‚ for instance personification and his use of detailed description. This extract contains several examples of these techniques‚ which I will analyse in this essay. The extract begins with a charming description of Devon‚ ‘a sweet‚ simple country spot’ this lulls you into the false hope that nothing will go wrong here as it is too nice a place
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There are numerous instances in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories of Sherlock Holmes in which Doyle brings aspects of his own life into the stories he writes. The way Doyle was raised by his mother and father‚ and the characteristics they possessed carried into his writing. Other people such as his teacher at Edinburg University also influenced his work in major ways. Also‚ Doyle’s occupation and studies prior to writing his stories built the narrator of the story‚ Dr. Watson. Finally the events
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Paragraph In The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ Sherlock Holmes is a very memorable detective. One of his memorable characteristics is that he is very observant. He observes his surroundings like nobody else does. An example of this is Holmes saying to Watson‚ “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance ever observes” (pg. 36). Another example of this is when Holmes notices Watson eyeing the walking stick left in Holmes’s apartment
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