Sunny Abberton’s highly personal documentary‚ narrated by Russell Crowe‚ examines Australian surf culture – a far cry from the endless summer stereotype image of laid-back guys blessed out on being one with the waves -- through the story of his own family. What it lacks in objectivity‚ it makes up for in vivid intimacy. The "Bra Boys" are surfers from Maroubra Beach ("maroubra" is an aboriginal word meaning "place of thunder")‚ a depressed suburban community south of Sydney‚ riddled with drugs‚
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respect that it marks a major turning point in the play. This is shown through the atmosphere that Russell creates‚ which goes from fairly positive‚ hopeful tone to a more cynical and desperate one over the duration of the sequence. Russell uses several techniques to create these atmospheres throughout. In the opening of the Summer Sequence the atmosphere is clearly a happy one‚ which is shown by Russell by using words like “young‚ free and innocent” to describe the characters. In this section‚ the
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Analyse how Willy Russell builds a sense of drama and tension in the cliff top scene of ‘Our Day Out’ Our Day Out is about a young vulnerable child called Carol‚ who embarks on an emotional journey. Willie Russell uses a poor‚ young emotional child to get the audiences sympathy. Using such characters and emotive language he makes the cliff scene dramatic. Carol is the small confused child and initially comes across as a naïve girl who seems ungrateful for her lifestyle. She always seems to
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The follow paper deals with the idea of scepticism that we do not have knowledge of our external world. I will discuss this particular version of scepticism called Cartesian Scepticism’. I will then discuss Bertrand Russell’s view concerning our knowledge of external objects as posed in "The Existence of Matter" in The Problems of Philosophy. I will provide a clear exposition of Russell’s’ thoughts in order to examine if he is successful in overcoming sceptics arguments. I maintain that although
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leaves Denny she still wants to learn and discuss her ’Macbeth’ essay immediately. At the beginning of ’Act 2 Scene 2’ Rita is seen oiling Frank’s door. This shows her determination and that she follows through her word‚ does what she says she will. Russell uses stage directions to show Rita’s energy‚ ’the door bursts open and Rita flies in.’ The words ’flies’ and ’burst’ convey bubbly‚ lively movements and therefore her energetic character. At the start of this play Frank is a stereotypical upper-middle-class
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Scott Russell Sanders‚ author of Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World‚ believes that inhabiting places permanently benefits our society and community as a whole. In response to Salman Rushdie’s essay about the advantage of migrating‚ Sanders uses historical reference‚ and sarcasm to develop his perspective about moving. Firstly‚ not only does Sanders integrates historical reference into his writing to give the reader background‚ but also to show examples of times in history
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How does Willy Russell show the differences between Mickey and Eddie in Blood Brothers? Blood Brothers’ is the tragic story of twin brothers who were separated at birth‚ who both lead opposite lives and shows how class can affect upbringing. Mickey lives in poverty with his biological mother Mrs Johnstone who is attempting but failing to control her infinite number of children. Eddie is given to Mrs Lyons‚ a wealthy woman who is in fact Mrs Johnstone’s boss‚ as Mrs Johnstone realises that she
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Blood Brothers is about two twins separated at birth‚ into an Upper class family and a lower class family. The Twins eventually find out they are twins when it is too late. Their separation is used to good dramatic effect to keep the audience in suspense for what’s to come. When you are of a lower class you tend to be superstitious. For example‚ because of the little opportunities and low fortune a person of a lower class has they tend to believe in fate and bad luck. This is a dominant theme
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How does Willy Russell use minor characters in Blood Brothers to reveal society’s attitude to class in the 1980’s Willy Russell was born in Whiston‚ near Liverpool in 1947. Willy Russell’s aspired to bring the theatre to the people. Not just the rich but the working class and all who take pleasure in the theatre. He grew up in a progressive household and left school with one O-level in English. "When I grew up‚ on an estate‚ we lived with an extended family‚ but there were all my aunties
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Educating Rita is the tale of one working class women ’s struggle to find an escape to a boring‚ repetitive life and to find new things to conquer. To acheive this she begins university on a literature course despite the discouragement from family and baby-obsessed husband Denny. The play features only two characters‚ Rita and Frank. Frank- a middle class‚ well-educated‚ eloquent professor and Rita‚ an abrupt‚ crude excuse for a lady with no regard for or more precise‚ no knowing of social nouce
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