with‚ in Alan Bennett’s heart-rending tale. It tells the story of an isolated‚ fragile‚ elderly woman‚ who feels ensnared in a modernised society in which she strives for her sovereignty and prominence. In a culture where the old are forgotten‚ neglected and depicted as useless. ‘A Cream Cracker Under The Settee’ seems to be the perfect title of the play as the double entendre epitomizes this remarkably. In addition‚ another reason for the dramatic piece being called ‘A Cream Cracker Under The Settee’
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A Cream Cracker Under The Settee is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television‚ as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. In A Cream Cracker Under the Settee Alan Bennett has addressed the issue of elderly people in our society and how they are treated by others. It revolves 75-year old Doris on an ordinary day in her house. The play begins after her fall from the buffet and her reflecting on the events that led up to it. The reason the writer uses a monologue is
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How does Alan Bennett create a character that it both comical and sad? Explain why he wrote this monologue. ‘A Cream Cracker under the Settee’ is a monologue of a character named Doris‚ who is in her 70’s and is coming to the end of her life. She fell whilst cleaning a picture of her and her deceased husband Wilfred on their wedding day‚ in her living room where most of the play is set. The writer Alan Bennett ‚ reveals allot about old aged pensioners through Doris‚ She portrays the typical old
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Cream Cracker under the Settee by Alan Bennett How does Bennett use dramatic devices to bring the character of Doris alive? Alan Bennett was born in Leeds on the 9th May 1934‚ and attended Leeds Modern School then gained a place at Sydney Sussex College‚ Cambridge. This clearly shows he was well educated. However‚ Alan Bennett attended Exeter College where he had gained a 1st class honours degree in History. Bennett later became an actor and a playwright; his career led him to narrating many
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The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The “Uncommon Reader” is a quirky little book about Queen Elizabeth II‚ who becomes an avid reader in her 80’s‚ and her life takes a dramatic turn when she discovers the pleasure of reading. At the beginning‚ the Queen was not a big fan at all; she had never taken much interest in reading‚ her feeling was that liking books is "something that should be left to other people." Due to this new obsession‚ she begins to ignore her formal duties much to the dismay of
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The History Boys Notes Alan Bennett was born May 9th 1934 in Leeds. He attended Leeds Modern School. In 1957 he graduated from Exeter College‚ Oxford University with a first class degree in medieval history. Like his favourite poet‚ Philip Larkin‚ Bennett is interested in and what lies beneath the surface appears in the lives of ordinary people- the play is about private lives‚ race‚ sexual orientation etc. In his introduction to ‘Talking Heads’ Bennett talks about his personal faith when he
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The History Boys‚ by Alan Bennett‚ is a play that tells the story of the conflict between two teachers over students while they prepare of their exams. The first teacher is Hector. Hector has been the boys’ teacher longer‚ teaching them literature and knowledge for the sake of it. Irwin is different in this matter. He was brought in solely to prepare the boys for their exam and was promised a permanent position if the Oxbridge boys do well enough on their exams. One scene in which you can see Irwin’s
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"Her Big Chance" is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett. Her big chance is in a series of programmes called Talking Heads. Talking Heads are all programs about a person talking about an event in their lives and they were all written in 1980’s and are set in the 1980’s. Alan Bennett was born in Leeds‚ Yorkshire. He grew up there and was educated there. He grew up in an ordinary family with an ordinary life. Allen Bennett has used many techniques to make Lesley seem real. He makes Lesley
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Discussion Questions for Cracker Jack 1. Why has Borden Foods decided to sell Cracker Jack? Borden Foods is attempting to unload of snack foods‚ most notably ready to eat food products; in order to focus efforts and resources in growing their pasta and grain based meal segments. Borden has recognized that the market for ready to eat caramel popcorn is growing in size‚ and while they are number two in market share with $192 million in retail sales‚ they do not feel they have the resources or
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Financial Segment 16 Brief Introduction of the Topic 1. Title of the Study: Open a new business 2. Profile Business: we want to establish a snacks industry. Our Company name is Taste Fusion Co. Our product is Jacks Crackers. 3. Rationale of the Study: Jackfruit is our national fruit. In
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