Monkeys – Punyakante Wijenaike Gift of the Magi – O.Henry Life and Death of Cholmondeley (edited) Gerald Durrell The Dark Years - an extract from Nelson Mandela’s autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom” Drama Villa for Sale – Sacha Guitry Everyman – A morality
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didn’t have it we wouldn’t have rights and freedoms from the government we wouldn’t have freedom of speech and other stuff but also if we didn’t have it it would be chaos it would be like those foreign places crime beyond the police crooked and bad everyman for themselves drugs war riots all through
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the classical genres of Comedy and Tragedy. The philosopher Aristotle established the classical rules of tragedy (unities of time‚ place and action). Aristotle identified the central purpose of theatre ± to arouse strong emotions in its audience (catharsis). Greek Tragedies were often based on explorations of conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist. Masks were used for characters. A group of narrators called the Chorus would tell the story‚ comment on the actions taken by the protagonist
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A Study on Media Culture’s Negative Influence on Children WANG Da-wei (Media Management School‚ Communication University of China‚ Beijing 100097‚ China ) Abstract: The link between media culture and its real world effect has been a hot topic for many years. Many people believe that media have an obviously bad effect on children. More than 1000 studies conducted in the past 40 years show that excessive exposure to media violence causes the violent behavior in real life. Some other researches
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the denouement or falling action of a play. One example is the dueling scene in Act V of Hamlet in which Hamlet dies‚ along with Laertes‚ King Claudius‚ and Queen Gertrude. Catharsis The purging of the feelings of pity and fear that‚ according to Aristotle‚ occur in the audience of tragic drama. The audience experiences catharsis at the end of the play‚ following the catastrophe. Character An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work. Literary characters may be major or minor‚ static (unchanging)
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the frustration‚ and prior punishment for the same aggressive behavior. However can also be seen that aggressive behavior can occur from reinforcement‚ even if there is an absence of frustration. If aggression really is learned then no amount of catharsis is going to solve the problem‚
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Imitation Plato and Aristotle Introduction Plato and Aristotle are two famous literary critics in ancient Greece. Aristotle is Plato’s student. They all agree that art is a form of imitation. However‚ their attitudes towards imitation are profoundly different. Plato claims that poetry is worthless and bad because it is mere imitation and may have bad influence on human beings. Instead‚ though Aristotle admits that poetry is imitation‚ he thinks that it is all right and even good. He also
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along the journey of our life / I woke to find myself in a dark wood‚ / for I had wandered off from the straight path" (I.1-3). The dark wood is the sinful life on earth‚ and the straight path is that of the virtuous life that leads to God. Dante’s everyman‚ pilgrim
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be considered blessed‚ those who are the salt of the earth‚ and they are battling against the evil landowners who seek to strip the workers of their dignity and livelihood. Your essay is to take on this theme of the proverbial Little Guy‚ the Everyman‚ and his continual battle against the conglomerate evils of Capitalism (for surely this is how Steinbeck would have seen this)‚ and explain how successful (or not) Steinbeck was in portraying this "battle". You might even want to refer to the other
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Back on February 1‚ 1902‚ there was a boy named James Mercer Langston Hughes. He was born in Joplin‚ Missouri. After his birth‚ his parents decided to separate‚ and his father moved to Mexico. His grandmother‚ Mary‚ mainly took care of Langston while his mother moved around when he was younger. She eventually died in his younger teens‚ by then his mother had settled down in Cleveland‚ Ohio. Walt Whitman‚ and Carl Sandburg introduced him into poetry‚ later on they both were primary influences on Langston
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