fieldnote extract above suggests‚ modern technology has altered the process in which theatre is devised‚ executed‚ understood and documented (cite McAuley). Theatre Kantanka utilise technology in their theatre-making and performing process of The Obscene Madame D through their decision for the audience to wear headphones and experience the audio closely and undisturbed‚ minimising live speech‚ and pertaining to the idea that the prominent monologue of the production is occurring
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In the novel Madame Bovary‚ Gustave Flaubert displays through the use of symbolism the moral corruption that eventually consumes Emma’s being. Flaubert uses a combination of characters and objects to illustrate her impending downfall. At a young age‚ she harbors idealistic romantic illusions‚ longs for sophistication‚ sensuality‚ and passion‚ and descends into fits of extreme boredom and depression when her life fails to match the romantic novels she treasures. Emma’s bourgeois aspirations set her
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Explore the relationship between Stephen and Madame Azaire in the opening of ‘Birdsong’ In this essay I will be arguing that the relationship between Stephen and Madame Azaire is intangible in the opening of Birdsong. I think that the reason Faulks has done this is to engage the reader so that throughout the novel it is unclear on how their relationship is going to develop. I will be exploring a number of different encounters with Stephen and Madame Azaire. I will be talking about how their relationship
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ELT107 TMA Title: Comparing and Contrasting Desires of Mathilde in ‘The Necklace’ and the unnamed narrator in ‘Araby’. In both James Joyce’s “Araby” and Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace‚” the reader is brought into the pursuits of desires of the protagonists. In “Araby”‚ the portrayal of desire reflects the need for spiritual stability and understanding in the confused religious society. In contrast‚ the desire in “The Necklace” reveals a person’s inner need of being loved and being
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The Consumption of Food in Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary Since food is an essential part of one’s life‚ it is not surprising that we find frequent references to its consumption in novels of social realism‚ such as Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. Food in literature can be used to symbolise all sorts of things‚ but in particular it can represent the personality of a character. This is because certain aspects of a character reveal themselves in the personal choice of eating a particular
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Madame Defarge is a murderer and brutal human being. She has killed many people and will keep killing no matter who tries to stop her. Madame Defarge has a very revengeful mind and doesn’t think about anyone but herself. I hate that Madame Defarge thinks that she has all the power and can do whatever she wants. She doesn’t take anyone’s feelings into consideration and just does what she feels like doing even if it hurts the people around her. No one knows much about Madame Defarge because she is
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens uses descriptions of Madame Defarge’s knitting to evince the theme of secrets being best kept in plain sight. While Madame Defarge and her husband Defarge perform closing duties after their wine-shop closes for the evening‚ Defarge describes the British spy John Barsad for record keeping to his wife. Shortly after‚ Madame Defarge “began knotting [the descriptions] up in her handkerchief‚ in a chain of separate knots‚ for safe keeping through the night” (Dickens
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their actions whether it is revenge or a search to find a purpose. Throughout the novel‚ Madame Defarge makes it obvious she has a hidden motive. She has a constant quest to disrupt the lives of Darnay and the Manettes. Madame Defarge is one of the three who accuses Darnay‚ sending him to prison again. She wants him put to death and she wants to catch Lucie illegally mourning a prisoner. In Book 3‚ Madame Defarge’s motive is revealed. She wants to put an end to the Evremonde family line because
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first time. With his fascination with Madame Butterfly‚ Gallimard fell in love with Song at the first sight‚ because he believed that Song was his submissive Madame butterfly. Days later‚ Gallimard was invited to Song’s apartment and began a love affair with Song. During this period‚ Gallimard fall into a fantasy which he thought he was Pinkerton‚ the naval officer in Madame Butterfly‚ and Song was his butterfly‚ the spoony Japanese woman Cio-Cio-San in Madame Butterfly. However‚ Song‚ as a Peking
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Madame Defarge is a character in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities that will live forever in the reader’s memory due to her desire for revolution and thirst for vengeance. Madame Defarge is so driven for vengeance over the Evremonde family and the French aristocrats that have wronged the poor citizens in France. One reason Madame Defarge will always always stay in the mind of the reader is how Madame records people’s names‚ descriptions‚ and history in her knitting. The author writes “It would
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