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    The Tempest opens in the midst of a storm‚ as a ship containing the king of Naples and his party struggles to stay afloat. On land‚ Prospero and his daughter‚ Miranda‚ watch the storm envelop the ship. Prospero has created the storm with magic‚ and he explains that his enemies are on board the ship. The story Prospero relates is that he is the rightful Duke of Milan and that his younger brother‚ Antonio‚ betrayed him‚ seizing his title and property. Twelve years earlier‚ Prospero and Miranda were

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    Beethoven Symphony No. 9

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    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) completed his masterpiece‚ Symphony No. 9 in D minor‚ Op. 125 in 1824. During nineteenth century‚ Beethoven’s Ninth was an icon of symphonic genre universally. In 1840‚ a talented genius‚ German composer‚ Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) composed Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 52‚ “Lobgesang” After its premiere‚ this work performed continuously and enjoyed by audience with success. However‚ Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang received criticism: that his work lacked “inner necessity”

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    Shoe Horn Sonata

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    the Australian Play ‘shoe Horn Sonata’. Through the use of the great dialogue‚ and pleasing dramatic techniques‚ misto explores‚ through sheilas and brides demonstrations and flashbacks the story of the thousands of women including bridie and sheila kept prisoned by the Japanese. On the other hand‚ the poem ‘the send-off’ written by Wilfred Owen‚ was also set in a war‚ ww1. This poem is about the send-off of the soldiers and is very similar to the Shoe Horn sonata as it also reflects a sad disappointing

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    Images elicit certain emotions within individuals though it is skewered through their interpretation of distinctively visuals. This is a notion greatly emphasised within the play “The Shoe Horn Sonata” composed by John Misto in order to bring forth concepts of truth and the atrocities of war. Misto does this through his manipulation of techniques to put focus on the experiences suffered by women during the periods of war to give us a better understanding of the event. Comparably the composer Kenneth

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    John Misto the composer of Shoe-Horn Sonata demonstrates the effects of post-traumatic stress‚ survival and friendship throughout the play with the use of film and dramatic techniques. Misto illustrates the viciousness of the Japanese to highlight the strength and resilience of the women. These women had been captured by the Japanese during WW11 and were taken into hostage‚ they remained in camps‚ where they had been brutalised. In Shoe Horn Sonata‚ John Misto highlights the horrific ordeals

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    Caliban in the Tempest

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    Hanna Bain English 105 1 May 2013 A Misinterpreted Soul A beast not honored with shape‚ a poor credulous monster‚ strange fish‚ and hag-born whelp. He is nothing more than this: a servant. In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest the character of Caliban is enslaved for attempting to rape young Miranda and later even conspired to kill the most powerful man on the island‚ Prospero. His inhumane appearance and initial lack of language makes him appear savage. Does it not? It is known that he is son

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    Forgiveness is capable for everyone but lots don’t use due to it be lots of work. Hatred is carried if they haven’t forgiven and made them a more angry person. Forgiveness is going to make the person feel released of angered and hatred. In The Tempest‚ Prospero controls Ariel and Caliban and treats them like a slave and take advantage of them. Antonio and Sebastian plan to kill Alonso so that Sebastian can be king. Two other members of the party‚ Trinculo‚ the court jester‚ and Stephano‚ a boisterous

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    Compare in which ways distinctively visual images are created in The Shoe Horn Sonata and one related text Distinctively visual images can communicate important ideas to responders‚ allowing them to understand the perspective of the composer and the purpose of the text. In the “Shoe Horn Sonata” John Misto creates a play that surrounds two Prisoners of Wars (POW’s) characters who are forced to relive the memories of the past through an interview for a TV documentary. Through a variety of dramatic

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    Beethoven Vs Mia

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    members and bond. In the car each family member likes their own type of music. Mia always wants the classical music station on and all the family members take turns listening to their music along the way. Mia’s music was last‚ hence Beethoven’s Cello Sonata playing when Mia closes her eyes‚ and her life is all the sudden forever changed. In the book The Fault In Our Stars‚ Hazel Grace is a sixteen

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    connects an image with an idea. To illustrate the effectiveness of the distinctively visual in emphasising the ways that individuals respond to significant aspects of life‚ two uniquely Australian texts stand alone; the prescribed text The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto written in 1996 and the epic 2008 film Australia by Baz Luhramm. Both texts deal with aspects of war and the importance of truth. Each text‚ whether it be a dramatised stage play or a film script‚ has a composer who has the capacity

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