Chapter One 1.1. Background : Harold Pinter occupies a very significant position in the contemporary British theatre. He is a dramatist‚ scriptwriter‚ short story writer‚ director‚ and actor and in his later plays‚ he has become a political voice of Human Rights issues. He is considered the most respected writer for the stage in the world today. He was born in a Jewish family on October 10-1930 at Hackney‚ in London’s East End‚ an area with a Jewish population. This working-
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A home can be defined in many different ways‚ the roof in which you live under‚ the town you are from‚ or even the country that you were born in. Overall‚ a home is a place where you should feel accepted. French author‚ Albert Camus was born in Algeria and could not feel anymore left out from the society of which he lived in. Albert Camus wrote a book called‚ The Stranger‚ which takes place during the early 1940’s in Algeria. Although Albert was born in El Taref‚ Algeria‚ he was of French descent
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engaging and episodic play that employs Australian cultural issues as well as character issues and concerns. These techniques are used effectively through the freedom of practitioners in staging and characterisation. Ruby Moon combines the elements of absurdism‚ gothic horror‚ and fairy tales with the paranoia of suburban myths as well as drawing upon from real-life headlines about missing children. The Australian psyche has a long held fascination with the stories of lost children. The
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How to Write Philosophical Literature Introduction Writing a novel with the intent of incorporating a philosophical theme can be one of the most daunting tasks for a philosopher. Due to the difficulty in portraying abstract themes in way that is both relatable and entertaining to the average reader‚ very few philosophers venture outside of the bounds of non-fiction. However‚ by masterfully utilizing the proper literary elements and settings presented in books such as Albert Camus’s “The Stranger
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While Sartre cultivated existentialism‚ Camus more or less founded Absurdism‚ even though he disliked being identified as a philosopher (Aronson‚ 2017). In 1942 Camus published his essay The Myth of Sisyphus‚ which analyzed the myth and attempted to solve what he considered to be the fundamental question of philosophy: is
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Cartesian Skepticism to Existentialism The nature of our reality and existence has been a topic of debate since at least the ancient Greeks. Do we exist? Why do we exist? Does it even matter? These are questions I will attempt to address thoroughly. Answers may not be comfortable or satisfactory‚ but it’s better to rip that band-aid off now than continue blindly in the dark. Rationalism and Empiricism have both attempted to prove existence‚ but at their most extremes they fall apart. Using
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History of Drama Ancient Drama The origins of Western drama can be traced to the celebratory music of 6th-century BC Attica‚ the Greek region centered on Athens. Although accounts of this period are inadequate‚ it appears that the poet Thespis developed a new musical form in which he impersonated a single character and engaged a chorus of singer-dancers in dialogue. As the first composer and soloist in this new form‚ which came to be known as tragedy‚ Thespis can be considered both the first dramatist
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The Nature of Accessibility The abstract concept of accessibility in literature does not have one sole definition and can vary on a number of different factors. It is how difficult a reader finds the literature that he/she is reading. It is what the reader expects to get out of the reading prior to reading it‚ and what he/she actually interprets and understands after reading it. Accessibility can vary from reader to reader. A college English professor and a middle school student are more than likely
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Greece; there are more than two styles of theatre today and not just by the means of the theatre types‚ for example; a proscenium theatre or theatre in the round‚ but the acting styles as well‚ such as Naturalistic‚ Non-Naturalistic‚ Epic theatre‚ Absurdism etc. These are seen as a collaboration of the developments of the theatre through out the different time periods and the practitioners of different
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When greeted in a grungy foyer of Project 107‘s back area‚ it seems an unlikely place for Matriark Theatre to present their original work‚ GODFACE‚ a parody of the corruption and scandal of the Western World’s current political landscape. But it works‚ it really works. With current election results still in limbo‚ and international show pony‚ Donald Trump dominating political landscapes‚ Matriark Theatre’s fast-paced political satire brings new life to our current democracy. Peeling through the
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