A Long Way Gone – Ishmael Beah - Notes Chapter 2 notes The imagery in this chapter is a jarring contrast to chapter one when Ishmael played music and went to school and had a loving family. It is filled with memories and dream imagery that are horrifying to both Ishmael and the reader. Chapter 3 notes This chapter is filled with contrasts‚ especially the days of peace versus the days of war. There is also the contrast of Ishmael cooking dinner as gunshots ring out throughout the town. There
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uses the telephone as a tool to grab John and Carol out of their conversation whenever they are about to make a connection. John constantly receives phone calls from Jerry and Grace throughout the play. Not only do these calls serve as a form of deus ex machina‚ but also his conversations with these two people are the only instances in the play when either of the two main characters is shown communicating with the outside world. This fact is also important because it helps to establish the idea that
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above or rose out of a trap door from below. In today’s modern entertainment usually a phone call‚ note‚ or piece of dialogue is used to fill in that vital piece of information that allows the plot to come to a conclusion thus a modern version of ’deus ex
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1. What happened after Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest opened? 2. ( T or F ) Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has one set: a courtroom during the HUAC hearings. 3. ( T or F ) Ballet companies of today are afraid the public will boycott The Rite of Spring. 4. Calling a wife "the little woman" and saying that certain minorities exhibit recognizable traits such as laziness or stinginess are examples of: 5. Identifying closely with minorities was Edmonia Lewis‚ whose talent
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City Dionysia: Religious festival in honor of the god Dionysus. During the festival‚ theatrical performances of dramatic tragedies were held. Medea was one of the play performance during the festival and won the 3rd prize. People drank wine during play‚ usually in late March or early April. 6. Satyr play: A form of tragic comedy. a short play performed after a tragic trilogy at the city dionysia
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The Italian Renaissance occurred from 1550 - 1700. The rapid economic growth in Italy during this time made it possible for the more wealthy citizens to endulge in alternate forms of entertainment. Wealthy families such as the Medicis began a system of patronage‚ in which they would finance artists to produce art in many forms. Italian theatre used the plays of ancient Greek and Roman theatre (dramas) as well as mediaeval theatre (religious plays) as a foundation. Commedia dell’Arte The main style
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Advanced English Telling The Truth Texts: The Justice Game (book) Bowling for Columbine (film) The Simpsons – Homer Badman (TV episode)?? Trials notes: • Further talk about Robertson’s civil rights agenda • Write in a way appropriate to text type – don’t rely on essay! If it’s a speech‚ address the audience often. General course notes: • All representations are tainted by perspective‚ bias‚ background‚ author’s intention‚ etc. • Truth cannot be represented with
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apparently irrelevant object early in a narrative for a purpose only revealed later. See foreshadowing and repetitive designation. Cliff-hanger The narrative ends unresolved‚ to draw the audience back to a future episode for the resolution. Deus ex machina (From Latin: a machination‚ or act of god) Resolving the primary conflict by a means unrelated to the story (e.g.‚ a god appears and solves everything). This device dates back to ancient Greek theatre‚ but can be a clumsy method that frustrates
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Anaxagoras: Atheist Philosopher Anaxagoras was one of ancient Greece’s first atheistic philosophers whose claims about reality and the way it worked were very convincing‚ while also lacking adequate explanation to give them sufficient clout. When compared to traditional Greek religion‚ Anaxagoras’ position on the phenomena of human life was less anthropomorphic and considerably revolutionary. Additionally‚ Anaxagoras’ view on reality‚ specifically concerning nous‚ was a glimpse into the future
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Aristotle‚ being the first historian of philosophy‚ categorized his predecessors according to how they’ve answered the central questions of the human mind – the question of the first principle of all things. It is otherwise known as the Four Causes. He defined science as knowledge through causes. This doctrine of causes is scattered in different Aristotelian treatises but have its highlight in his book Metaphysics. This principle of causality is an essential part of Aristotelian thought. In his
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