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    does Shakespeare make Act 3 Scene 1 such a dramatic scene? William Shakespeare makes Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet crucially dramatic to emphasize its importance to the play as a whole. The use of tense dialogue‚ provoking language and aggressive action creates dramatic tension and conflict which engages and interests the audience to the scene. These techniques highlight the scene’s significance as the main turning point of events from a romance to a tragedy. The scene opens up into an extremely

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    Romeo and Juliet act in 5 scene 3 Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare around 1594. The play Romeo and Juliet is about two start crossed lovers who were born into a world with an ‘ancient grudge’. This automatically leads to Romeo and Juliet’s death. This sorrowful play was performed in Globe Theatre as there was large number of people who entirely wanted to watch this interesting play immediately. According to the play it contains a strong violent‚ and conflict‚ however Shakespeare

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    Compare the theatrical techniques and staging in act one of Oleanna and Street Car Named Desire The two plays Street car named desire and Oleanna are very different plays in their use of theatrical devices. Tennesse Williams’ play Street Car Named Desire gives us a long description of the New Orleans world its based in. Describing the flats with the name “elysan fields” relating the to heaven despite the appearance of the street that seems “falling apart at the fabric of the seems”‚ the colour

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    Compare the ways in which Shakespeare presents the two kings in these extracts from Richard II and Macbeth. In the scene from Richard II‚ Act 3 Scene 2‚ Richard is informed of the deaths of Bushy‚ Green and the Earl of Wiltshire‚ whereupon he begins a monologue discussing death. In the scene from Macbeth‚ Act 5 Scene 5‚ Macbeth is informed by a messenger about the movement of the army from the Birnam Woods‚ which he responds to with anger towards the messenger‚ before having an internal battle about

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    In the scene 1 of Act 3‚ Claudius and Gertrude are worried about madness shown by the Hamlet. The King and queen uses Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to watch the activities of Hamlet and find out why he is showing such kind of madness. To figure out this Claudius‚ Polonius‚ Ophelia plot a plan and revel the truth about the Hamlet recent behaviors. Ophelia play a key role in this scene to figure out why Hamlet is doing this kind of behaviors by saying she wants that love which she used to get from Hamlet

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    wounded patients have paid the price of war‚ patients suffering from what is today called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are just as wounded‚ only mentally‚ and not physically. Pat Barker suggests that‚ with the arrival of World War 1‚ the concept of masculinity was challenged by the men showing signs of war traumatism‚ and that conflict is shown throughout Regeneration by the reactions from the military‚ the patients themselves as well as their family. From the start‚ it is understood that not everyone

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    representation of the dominant masculinity. He appears to be tough‚ hard working – in the coal mining industry‚ and he conforms to the masculine values within the society through attempting to make Billy attend boxing classes with all the other boys in the community. The opposition is presented in Billy not conforming to the values of the society. His major defiance occurs when he commences ballet classes. This initiates several other challenges regarding masculinity such as the discussion of feelings

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    The paradigm masculinity is often occurring in Joseph and Felicia’s relationship. Joseph tends to fulfill this role‚ there are many instances where he demonstrates masculinity within the relationship. He decides what dates they should attend‚ and he always elects to pay for the outings. his competitive nature is visible in the relationship also‚ when Felecia does a generous gesture for Joseph he eventually tries to out perform her; she once bought him new basketball shoes in returned Joseph purchased

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    Through the course of the history of human beings‚ males have dominantly played an influential role in both family and societal relationships. Additionally‚ men have been looked up to as the leaders and the most preeminent form of humans‚ possibly relative to when they were essential towards the survival of small villages in Neolithic times. Though men have an authoritative perception in a majority of societies‚ they are not necessarily the individual force that dominates which direction society

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    Clip 1‚ “Task 2 Engaging Class Discussion‚” illustrates a time during my lesson that I engaged students to construct meaning from two film adaptations of the same scene‚ Act 3 Scene 4‚ from Hamlet. I engaged the class by asking questions to draw inquiry‚ and it initiated a class discussion‚ where students were drawing on their initial reactions and interpretations that they had from just reading the text and comparing them to their interpretation now after watching both clips. I wanted the students

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