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    Post-Colonial Indian English Drama India has the longest and the richest tradition in drama. During the age of the Vedic Aryans‚ drama was performed in a simple way. Different episodes from the Ramayana‚ the Mahabharata‚ and the Bhagavad-Gita were enacted out in front of people. When Britishers came in India‚ the crippled Indian drama regained its strength. In 1920‚ a new drama in almost all the Indian

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    That every poem relates implicitly to a particular dramatic situation is a comment able to be accurately applied to the poetry of well-known Australian poet‚ Judith Wright. Whilst Wright’s poetry covers many different themes relating to Australian society‚ it is clear that Wright‚ in many of her poems‚ makes clear reference to certain events. These are often‚ however‚ explored in different forms‚ be it a stage of life‚ an intense experience or a critical event. This is certainly true for two of Wright’s

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    period: 1985 Prose - consists of those written within the common flow of conversation in sentence & paragraphs. Poetry-refers to the those expressions in verse with measure & rhyme line‚ stanza‚ & has a more melodious tone. Type of prose – novels‚ biographies‚ short stories‚ contemporary‚ dramas‚ legends‚ fables‚ essay‚ anecdotes‚ news‚ speeches. Type of lyric poetry 1. Folksong - short poems intended to be sung 2. Sonnets - have a 14 line dealing w/emotion feelings or ideas

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    Alex Killian Hour 3 The Labyrinth By Robert P. Baird Torn turned and tattered Bowed burned and battered I took untensed time by the teeth And bade it bear me banking Out over the walled welter cities and the sea Through the lightsmocked birdpocked cloudcocked sky To leave me light on a lilting planetesimal. The stone walls wailed and whimpered The bold stars paled and dimpled Godgone time gathered to a grunt

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    Poetry Essay Thesis Statement “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is designed to show readers that the choices humans make may lead them down a road that will be beneficial or make them unhappy. I. Introduction A. Theme of the poem II. The Setting A. Season 1. Fall 2. Roads 3. Symbols III. Title A. Meaning 1. The Road Not Traveled IV. Rhyme and Metrical Device A. Stanza B. Rhyme V. Conclusion Poetry Essay: The Road

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    TNT: “Push Button for Drama”. This commercial for a Belgian channel; which is focused on drama. This advert shows a button being placed in a street and when someone pushes it‚ ‘drama’ happens including an ambulance coming out of no where‚ a shooting reenactment and a man crashing his bike into a motorbike. The lighting of this commercial is great as it is set outside during the daytime so the light is natural and the clarity is perfect giving a easy perceivable picture. There is a large range

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    Every literature text is divided in different genres. Theses genres are prose‚ drama and poetry. All genres use different key features and conventions to present characters in the text. This essay will look at how different features present identity in prose‚ drama and poetry. The drama analysed is Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”. Nora’s identity is shown through the language and the way Torvald talks to her. He calls her pet names such as “my sweet little skylark” (A Doll’s House‚ p.7). This shows

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    Innes draws in his treatise on Modernism in Drama.1 Still‚ Innes attributes a `modernist vision` to both Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter with regard to their engagement as playwrights.2 Drawing on this emerging discrepancy the following analysis takes a closer look at Waiting for Godot as well as The Caretaker. Accordingly‚ both plays are analysed with regard to their modernist potential. Hence‚ in a first step potential common features of modern drama are highlighted. In a second step the respective

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    Q1. Many television genres like crime drama‚ the sitcom and reality shows presuppose tensions and fractions(部分) in ‘normal’(规范的,标准的) social relations. So to win support [i.e. become popular] programmes(节目介绍)are drawn to difficult ideological areas that will then have to be negotiated… Ideology works by masking‚ displacing(顶替,置换的)‚ and naturalizing(自然化) social problems and contradictions. Discuss a show or shows we encountered in class or one that you think are relevant and identify the ways they

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    story’s plot. Verse: group of lines in a poem or a song. Rhyme: repetition of the final sounds of words that creates a musical effect. Rhyme scheme: pattern of rhymes. (ABCB) Rhythm: musical quality that poets create by repeating sounds‚ words and lines. Stanza: a section or verse of a poem. Drama: writing that is meant to be performed for an audience. Archetype: a familiar type of character (hero‚ villain‚ damsel in distress). Motif: a dominant idea or pattern in a literary composition.

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