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    obstacles. This is shown in the play “Educating Rita” Willy Russell and the book “Piggybook” by Anthony Browne. Both these texts engage on confronting society and going higher in the working class world. Rita is a twenty-six year old hairdresser from Liverpool who has decided to get a higher education. Not the sort of education that would get her just a better job‚ but an education that would open up for her a whole new working- class world‚ a liberal education. Rita wants to be a different person‚

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    Text A is an extract from Educating Rita‚ a play by Willy Russell‚ which immediately highlights the fact that this text is crafted speech‚ meaning it will show a lack of spontaneous utterances‚ as Russell will have used specific lexis to add to the emotive aspect of his play. The piece is set in a northern university‚ which conveys there is sociolect‚ such a ‘y’’ in the play. With the participants both being educated‚ as we know Frank is a middle-aged lecturer while Rita is his Open University Student

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    EDUCATING RITA At the very beginning of the movie it seem like Dr. Bryant did really want to teach any one. Because he told his literature class that the sun was shining and they should be making love. But if you’ll a professor its your job to teach your students regardless if you want to or not. You cant let your personal problems affect your job. Dr. Bryant didn’t want to teach at the begining . He said it was because of the hours of the university. But Rita demanded that

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    Feliks Skrzynecki: Identity: 1. Peter‘s father Five years of forced labor in prisoner of war camp during World War II “did not dull the “softness of his blue eyes”. The juxtaposition of the words “forced” and “softness” show Peter is different from his father in the face of the discomfort his father has endured the suffering. This negative experience has helped to define the father’s identity but also highlight the composer’s different perspective. 2. “remnants of language/ I inherited

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    experience or just a talk with someone can also shape people’s sense of belonging to something. Both of them take place to such a great extent that happens to anyone‚ which can be seen from the film “Billy Elliot” by Stephen Daldry‚ the play “Educating Rita” by Willy Russell and the fiction

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    General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examination June 2010 English Language and Literature (Specification B) Unit 3 Talk in Life and Literature 9.00 am to 11.00 am Thursday 24 June 2010 For this paper you must have: l a 12-page answer book. ELLB3 Time allowed l 2 hours Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. l Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is ELLB3. l Answer one question

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    Brazil has a long and complicated history‚ naturally the history of women in Brazil is no different. Since the discovery of Brazil women have played a key role in the development and success of this South American country. From the coffee rush‚ to the discovery of gold‚ women have been a crucial part of the history of Brazil. The Women’s Suffrage movement was a result of the influence of powerful educated women‚ the industrial revolution‚ and the global suffrage movement. Expectations of Women

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    all time favourite comedy. It’s the type of funny that makes your muscles ache from laughing so hard. I found the characters and the lines to be totally hilarious. The protagonist is Annie‚ a middle aged women who’s cake business failed‚ and currently works at a jewelers thanks to her mother. Annie’s best friend is engaged to be married and she wants Annie to be her maid of honour. The bridal party consists of 4 others: Becca‚ a newly wed who has never been with another man. Rita‚ a mother of 3 boys

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    Singin’ In the Rain Review Singin’ In the Rain (1952) Genre: Comedy‚ Musical‚ Romance Cast Don Lockwood: Gene Kelly Cosmo Brown: Donald O’Connor Kathy Seldon: Debbie eynolds Lina Lamont: Jean Hagen R.F. Simpson: Millard Mitchell Zelda Zanders: Rita Moreno Roscoe Dexter: Douglas Fowley Singin’ in the Rain is one of the most-loved and celebrated film musicals of all time from MGM‚ before a mass exodus to filmed adaptations of Broadway plays emerged as a standard pattern. It was made

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    Anthony Scalercio English 117 Alienation and Exploitation Marx’s theory of alienation and exploitation in labor is clearly portrayed throughout Charles Chaplin’s film “Modern Times”. The film‚ which takes place in the era of post industrial revolution‚ is set in the factory of the “Electro Steel Corporation”. The story portrays the demanding life of a factory worker‚ played by Charlie Chaplin‚ who’s job is tightening nuts onto a piece if metal as it moves down the assembly line. There are

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