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    outcomes? Was it maturity? Age? Was it the bond or lack of with a parent? Although birthed from the same mind‚ these couples faced destinies completely different from the other. The “island dreamers” are Ferdinand and Miranda from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. They are called the “island dreamers” because of the fact that they met on an island and their dreams do not stray from the other. This couple met by chance. Miranda was stranded since the age of three on an island with her father‚ his servant‚ and

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    Distinctively visual texts use a variety of techniques to convey the experiences during the war. In John Misto’s 1996 play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ which is about women nurses enduring Japanese POW camps‚ such distinctive experiences as power and survival are shown through techniques like lighting‚ projecting image‚ sound‚ symbols‚ dialogue and body language. In Kenneth Slessor’s 1942 poem ‘Beach Burial’ he also comments about survival in war and the power in distinctively visual ways

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    women’s suffering during the war‚ allowing the responder to acknowledge the women‚ which will convince society to pay tribute to the women. He uses a variety of techniques which involve many senses of the responder in The Shoe-Horn Sonata to achieve this goal. The Shoe-Horn Sonata is based on two women who helped each other through hardships during World War II; they are reunited after fifty years to film a television documentary which unravels many secrets. The involvement of more than one sense

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    as being weak. This is what the main protagonists of both the play‚ Shoe Horn Sonata by John Mistro and the movie‚ Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross endured. Together with photographs‚ cinematic techniques and symbols‚ these texts represent the devastation of war‚ the bonds of friendship forged during a war and their respective will to survive. Friendship is defined as a relationship between friends. In Shoe Horn Sonata‚ when Sheila and Bridie first meet‚ it seems unlikely that they will ever be

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    incomprehensible to those who have never experienced it‚ a dread that strikes at the root of one’s survival – an existential fear.” Experiences suffered by women and children in WWII Japanese POW camps are reflected in John Misto’s play‚ The Shoe-Horn Sonata. This is shown through a wide range of distinctively visual techniques such as stage directions‚ language‚ lighting‚ music and sound effects that are designed to put the audience in his characters positions. The fear confronted by the women of the

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    occurrence of an event. John Misto has successfully portrayed the importance of survival by using the visual and sound techniques. The sisters and nurses of Sisters of War and the nurses in The Shoe-Horn Sonata had endured many great atrocities during their times in the war. In Shoe-horn sonata‚ the mimicking technique used in the “Tap – Tap – Tap” and “[harsher] Whack – Whack – Whack” shows Bridie’s persistence in keeping Sheila awake. The powerful use of repetition and its onomatopoeic techniques

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    Shoe Horn Sonata: In Misto’s play contrast is a powerful dramatic device. Describe its use in the Shoe Horn Sonata. “Shoe Horn Sonata is an impressive story of courage‚ hope‚ horror and friendship. This play is a tribute to commemorate the bravery of the women and to make their story of survival widely known. The historical context that the story has enables us to learn about the past events and to understand the true meaning of war and its consequences. The play draws on real events‚ the Massacre

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    Distinctively visual texts are able to manipulate the emotions of the audience to influence the responses of a collective group. John Misto‚ the person behind the play The Shoe-Horn Sonata‚ uses his distinctively visual text as a memorial for the Australian Army nurses who died in the war‚ as they were refused one by the government. “I do not have the power to build a memorial. So I wrote a play instead.” This drama illustrates the way the women were treated in the Japanese prisoner of war camps

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    discovery is illustrated by the way it transforms the individual and their beliefs‚ that we can establish how it alters and individual’s way of life‚ simply by changing their attitude of mind. Conversely‚ William Shakespeare’s pastoral romantic play The Tempest (1611)‚ Peter Weir’s cinematic masterpiece the Truman Show (1998) and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterful sonnet Ozymandias (1818)‚ are all examples of texts that advocate the value of discovery by the way it up-lifts individual’s philosophies and essentially

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    correlate to nine levels of horrendous deeds is where you would find our irksome annoyances inserted. To navigate through the nine levels of madness‚ let us guide you through a journey with Beethoven in hand. With the attendance of the creators of this circle of hell‚ disastrous punishments lie ahead. Beethoven‚ a man with the sights for beauty on the musical side even though he does not have sight or the sense of hearing‚ an inspiration he is even with his irony. In this case‚ the punishes ranges

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