Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker "Our Country’s Good‚" a play by Timberlake Wertenbaker‚ is about a group of English convicts bound for Australia by sea in 1788. In the first scene‚ Sideways‚ a convict on board the ship‚ is being brutally whipped and we are introduced to the constant‚ overwhelming fear‚ hunger and despair that the convicts are going through. We are also introduced to all the officials on board. They are debating the punishment of hanging that three of the convicts
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Language In “The Homecoming” Pinter uses the language shown in the play as a way of it not to be trusted‚ however what they are thinking to themselves is what should be trusted. Thinking past what is actually being said and the meaning behind it‚ will uncover what the character is trying to say. The language throughout the play is a game being played by the characters using it to get at each other. The way they are polite to one other is their version of taunting and being horrible to the other
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operate in more than one country. Developing countries are the host countries and have become the object of study as there are many questions regarding the benefits of hosting a MNC. Are MNCs contributing to the sustainable development of a developing country? Or‚ do they simply exploit developing countries creating a country dependent on that MNC for their own economic‚ social and ecological growth? Apparently they are transferring new technologies to a developing country‚ the introduction of sophisticated
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DRAMA WHAT IS DRAMA? Drama is a literary composition to be acted by players on a stage before an audience. Its successful portrayal depends on the cooperation that must exist among writers‚ actors‚ producers and audiences in accepting the limitations and the conventions of the stage. Since the turn of the twentieth century‚ modern drama has become the greatest form of mass entertainment in the western world. Experimentation and innovation are basic to this century’s dramatist. Through movies
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Jupiter is decreasing over the years. We wouldn’t have a clue about how our Earth was created. We will have no idea if there’s even another Earth. These are just few of the topics that people would be questioning if the space program were to be shut down. People view the space program as a waste of money‚ but they do not seem to realize the value behind the reasons of its existence. The space program gives perspective‚ further exploration‚ and believe it or not‚ inspiration for younger generations. The
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“Go... Go and spread our family’s glory” said Harry as he slowly went into a deep‚ never-ending sleep. Eric was horrified‚ his dad had just died because of malaria and he couldn’t do anything about it. He was determined to find a cure for malaria and become one of the greatest doctor’s in the world. He soon rode a ship that led to the new world. There‚ he found many new herbs and plants and also the fabled quinine... In this fictional short story‚ the main character Eric finds the cure for malaria
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is down. We are still in a war in the Middle East. The country is no longer the best country in the world‚ as it once was. However‚ the biggest problem facing the United States is the education system. As recent studies have shown‚ America lags far behind the global leaders in education‚ even while maintaining the highest amount of spending. The heart of the education problem lies in the standardized system. As schools push to maintain good test scores and get as many A’s as possible‚ the teachers
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Are the foreign dramas evading our culture The foreign dramas are attacking our culture and these are not according to our culture After a contentious time of the Indian dramas‚ now numerous Turkish plays are giving rise to curious hype not only in our television drama industry but also in the minds of the general public. As a matter of fact‚ it is true that our local drama production is invoking the interests of thousands and millions of viewers and most of these spectators are finding these
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Space exploration- a good or bad thing? As the development of humanity continues‚ newer technologies are also made gaining us the power and ability to space travel. However‚ is this ability really beneficial to us? Is it worth the disadvantages that come with it? We have received many positive responses however; these positive responses are countered by overflowing numbers of negative responses. According to the majority of our readers‚ space travel is not beneficial to humanity and the main
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On 9 February 2007‚ South African President Thabo Mbeki acknowledged in his eighth annual State of the Nation speech that his government needed to work harder to combat the ‘ugly and repulsive’ scourge of violent crime. Mbeki‚ under pressure after recently saying that he did not think crime was a major problem‚ promised to increase police numbers‚ improve intelligence and forensic data‚ and reduce court backlogs. Mbeki’s recognition that violent crime was a problem came as a surprise to many critics
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