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    an individual. Similarly‚ Ang Lee’s film “Sense and Sensibility” (1997)‚ correspondingly explores the perception of belonging through the interaction and contact with people and the relationships that are innately developed. Through the use of characterisation within both

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    elizabeth bishop

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    through poems like ‘The Fish’ and ‘The Filling Station’ she gives these objects a wonderful and powerful significance. This technique allows the reader to see the world in a new light. Another reason that Bishop appeals to the modern reader is her characterisation of childhood‚ especially the loss of childhood innocence. This loss is clearly evident in such poems as ‘In the Waiting Room’ and ‘Sestina’. Both poems here remind us of what happens when the innocence of childhood and reality collide. Finally

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    Unremarkable though it may seem‚ to affirm the obvious truism that Bram Stoker’s Dracula originates from a century that historians often describe as the most significant in terms of revolutionary ideology‚ whilst wishing to avoid the clichéd view held‚ it is undeniable that the more one delves into the depths of this novel the greater wealth of meaning demonstrates significant correlation with Marxist ideology. The 19th Century saw the emergence of revolutionary socialist Karl Marx‚ who himself

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    High School‚ in the United States of America during World War II‚ follows the drama between two friends Gene and Phineas (Finny)‚ and the decay of the character Gene‚ who loses his identity so that he becomes Finny. The authors firstly employ characterisation in Val’s desire to put himself above others‚ spurring his reputational

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    changes drastically throughout the text‚ because he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Director Ron Howard uses the technique of ‘characterisation’ to adapt his personality in different ways. Throughout the text‚ the viewer is introduced to several ‘imaginary characters’‚ who are in fact delusional figures created by Nash. The first component of the ‘characterisation’ technique is when director Ron Howard chooses to introduce these characters. Often injected at great times of stress for Nash‚ the

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    accent‚ narrates the opening storybook with an angelic tone‚ but at the end‚ he shouts out “like that’s ever going to happen” then rips the page out which surprises the audience in such a way that it becomes humours. This scene shows reversal in characterisation through the comparison of traditional versus modern day aspects and gives parody through the way Shrek jokes around with his sarcasm. The film subverts the

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    Jasper Jones

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    the character of Jeffery Lu was evident due to his characterisation. As he was a Japanese boy who lived in Australia during the time when there was large conflict between the Japanese and Australians. In the novel Jasper Jones you see Jeffery and the Lu family to be the recipient between of many racist acts towards them. “Jeffery’s parents are Vietnamese‚ so he’s ruthlessly bullied and belted about by the boys at school.” Through the characterisation of Jeffery it represents the way how Jeffery is being

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    Evaluate ‘Frankenstein’ as a ‘Text in Time’ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was written 1818 which was a time of scientific exploration. Through depicting scientific breeching of moral boundaries through context‚ characterisation and intertextuality‚ Shelley highlight’s the dangers of progression with the absence of ethical emotion. Shelley’s novel is a question about science and it’s relationship to humanity and challenges us with the idea does man have the right or power and intellect to act as

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    Venetian society replicates English society and therefore the audience is positioned to see the Venetians as upholding English Christian beliefs. Yet Shakespeare also challenges Elizabethan audience’s perception of ethnicity and race through the characterisation of Othello as being foreign in appearance but having status in the armed forces. Elizabethan audiences were strongly shaped by their socially determined roles and birth right. Shakespeare utilises his audience’s belief in “The Great Chain of

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    audience. Shoe-Horn is a very powerful Australian play that seeks to commemorate the endurance and heroic struggle of women interned in Japanese POW camps during World War II. Misto achieves this through a combination of dramatic techniques‚ themes‚ characterisation and settings making the past vivid and understandable. The characters presented in the Shoe-Horn Sonata are fictional‚ but the events are based on true stories/re-collections from living World War II veterans. Bridie and Sheila are the two main

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