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    Dramas are serious‚ plot-driven presentations‚ portraying realistic characters‚ settings‚ life situations‚ and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually‚ they are not focused on special-effects‚ comedy‚ or action‚ Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre‚ with many subsets. See also melodramas‚ epics (historical dramas)‚ or romantic genres. Dramaticbiographical films (or "biopics") are a major sub-genre‚ as are ’adult’ films (with mature subject content).

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    Riders to the sea Summary of the play Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge Dustin Buckley‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Jul 12‚ 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo websites. Start Here." * ------------------------------------------------- MORE: * ------------------------------------------------- Millington * ------------------------------------------------- Bundling FlagPost a comment The play begins with Maurya‚ who has fallen into a fitful sleep. She is certain that her son

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    Riders to the Sea Play Analysis Veronica R. Aguinaldo IV- Jose Rizal Mrs. Mallari Settings * West coast of Ireland. Characters Maurya * An old Aran fisher-women. * She is a poor victimof dark fatality as represented by the unrelenting sea. Bartley * He is the one of the two riders in the play‚ the other being the ghost of Maurya’s fifth son Michael. Cathleen * The elder daughter. * She is more responsible and hardworking. * She taking care of the household

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    SYNGE’S “RIDERS TO THE SEA”: The Colonial Image Refuted   Riders to the Sea is a tragedy portraying the sort of poor Irish peasant family which had previously supplied material for comedies on London stages. Though set in contemporary Ireland‚ the play provides a window into the life of the people in ancient times: the life of the Aran community is archaic: untouched by modern life‚ untouched by colonialism. The power of the sea is the main theme of the play: it is both provider and destroyer;

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    Claire Reticker 9-20-13 5th Period Drama Objective Review: I really enjoyed reading Riders to the Sea. Although it was not always very clear and was slightly confusing it always kept me interested and I couldn’t keep my eyes of the page. I loved the vocabulary that they used in the early 1900s. I thought that it seemed very classy and intelligent. I love the way John Millington Synge described how Maurya (the old woman) lost all of her sons to the sea. He uses very brief and to the point

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    Riders in the Sea

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    Riders in the Sea Sheri-Lyn Crump ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Mary Lounsbury December 17‚ 2012 The sea is both a source of life and death. As we can see in the poem‚ the sea offers food‚ a way to the mainland and other life giving essentials. It is also the reason that Mauyra has lost all the men in her family. At the beginning of the story we realize that Mauyra’s Daughters Colleen and Nora are trying to hide some clothing that the young priest has given them‚ thinking

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    Riders to the sea SUMMARY: This story begins with a young Irish girl baking and spinning in a fisherman’’s cottage on the west coast of Ireland. Her sister comes in‚ bearing the clothes of man washed up drowned up the coast. They are waiting for their brother Michael to be found--he disappeared over a week earlier‚ and they know he is dead‚ though hope never dies really until one knows for sure. They do‚ and they finally have to tell their mother‚ and that he got a decent burial by the parish priest

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    Elements of Drama

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    Elements of Drama The Essential elements of drama are present in any play that you see‚ but the ideas have changed slightly over the years. Aristotle was the first to write about these essential elements‚ more than two thousand years ago‚ yet we still discuss his list when talking about what makes the best drama. Aristotle considered six things to be essential to good drama. Plot‚ Character‚ Theme‚ dialogue‚ music/rhythm and spectacle. In modern theater‚ this list has changed slightly

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    Elements of Drama Drama is a display of emotions‚ a representation of relationships and the portrayal of the different phases of human life. It sketches different personalities and represents a wide variety of emotions through the different characters it portrays. Which of its components are identified as the elements of drama? Let us see. Aristotle‚ a philosopher who wrote on a variety of subjects like poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ rhetoric and handled subjects like biology‚ physics‚ logic and politics

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    "Riders To The Sea" by J.M Synge (1903) Jase C. Fierro 21JAN13 English 125 Instructor Maria Rasimas "Riders To The Sea" by J.M Synge (1903) Some of nature ’s most precious gifts‚ actually have a dark side to them. What I mean about that is take rain for an example. Rain can come very peaceful and smooth. But we all know rain can get violent and dangerous in a heartbeat. In the poem "Riders To The Sea" depicts this statement. Nature is truly a beautiful savage. In the poem "Riders To

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