Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House is a play ripe for a director’s dissection‚ with deep reflections of love and loss. I consider the central character‚ Mathilde‚ a Brazilian maid‚ who has a job cleaning the house of an uptight American doctor (Lane)‚ to be the axis from which the action of the play orbits around. Ruhl’s writing riffs on the roles and status ascribed by social class: “It’s a telenovela!‚” Mathilde declares wryly. This piece is a myriad of fantasy‚ social commentary and dry humor. And
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Good Morning my name is Sam Wockner and today I will be analysing and expressing my thoughts on the show Summer Heights High. INTRODUCTION: Summer Heights High is a show based on a public school education using both the positives and negatives in all forms of comedy. The show is based around three individual and extremely unique characters: Jonah Takalua‚ an early developed Year 8 student with very little intelligence or consideration due to the way he has been raised. He uses the fact that he
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Book Citation Pomeroy‚ Sarah. Women in Hellenistic Egypt: from Alexander to Cleopatra (New York: Schocken Books)‚ 1984. Author’s Goal The author’s goal in writing this book would be to inform people about ancient women focusing more on Egypt and sounding areas. Women were not very popular in ancient times; therefore people know less about them compared to men. Because of the lack of information many people argue about the status of ancient women‚ Pomeroy wrote this book to provide as much information
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Sarah Watt’s “Look Both Ways” shows us that death is a normal part of our lives‚ and if we are unable to accept it‚ then it can hold us back from living our lives to its fullest. Using a variety of filming techniques‚ Watts effectively displays and accentuates the pain and grief of her characters‚ especially Nick and Meryl who “have been seeing death everywhere”‚ in order to demonstrate how fears of death can restrict our ability to live‚ in terms of anything from relationships and being social‚
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The short story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury demonstrates how people can act cruelly to others who are different. This is because there are several examples in the story. One example of this in the story is when the kids stay away from Margot because she is from Earth‚ while they’ve been there for most of their lives. While some readers may think that the story’s theme is that jealousy can cause people to be cruel‚ the story is actually about how people can be callous to those who are different
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Like a beautifully carved figurehead gracing the bow of a magnificent ship‚ Shelby Summers stood on deck of the "Illusion‚" staring out across the azure blue waters of the Chesapeake Bay. As the orange setting sun slid beneath the horizon‚ the evening found her completely consumed in thought‚ for she had a lot on her mind--mainly murder. Images flashed through her head at lightning speed‚ piecing together the details of time gone by and with it‚ her carefully orchestrated plan. Disciplined to near
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What one may want is not always what the heart truly desires‚ until the time that one realizes that he/she has lost it. Following is an analysis taken from the story "The Skating Party" in which the author Merna Summers considers the life-changing journey of one of the chosen characters during the process of self-discovery. The story in relation to self-discovery and its implications is that "self-discovery" is an intricate process that may not always reflect the best of implications. Therefore its
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Summer of Fire Imagine a blazing fire sparking through a forest… is this fire beneficial or detrimental? In the summer of 1988‚ forest fires burned out of control in Yellowstone National Park. Although massive‚ uncontrollable forest fires can pose a threat to our environment‚ it is also evident that fire can be a catalyst for renewal. Fires that burn uncontrollably can damage and devastate the landscape and ecosystem. The article “Summer of Fire” states “...defend the park communities-the information
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The distant memories of the summer haze drowned me until I could feel no more happiness or pain. What shards of memories I possessed I pieced together hoping I could console the depth of my despair. Suddenly a crimson fog grasped me hoping to never let go‚ the strength was within me to escape however... I didn’t dare. Streaks of light pierced through the ominous blanket of fog. Sounds lurked in the shadows that I was beheld upon making my heart hold for what felt like eternity. Tap... Tap! Footsteps
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Summer Reading Over the summer‚ I did not read. I was in the car a lot‚ going back and forth between Illinois and Washington. Most of the time‚ I forgot to bring a book‚ and when I did remember‚ I only read little bits of the book‚ or it was a book turned into a movie‚ but we cannot do a report over books turned into movies. Don’t get me wrong‚ I love to read‚ to enter a different world and usually become the main character‚ and it saddens me that I never found the time for reading during summer
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