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    sacrifice all they have in order to protect their dignity. Initially‚ during a tragedy a common person can evoke the same emotions that a high born can‚ for the two are no different. Surely Gotthold Ephraim Lessing agreed‚ since he wrote tragedies in which the protagonist was a common man. Lessing triggered sensations of pity and fear in the audience through the protagonist‚ which he hoped would exerted a moral influence‚ which can then be transformed into virtuous actions (Gotthold Ephraim

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    1. Blind Man With a Pistol – Chester Hines 2. The French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Fowles 3. The Green Man – Kingsley Amis 4. Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth 5. Ada – Vladimir Nabokov 6. Them – Joyce Carol Oates 7. A Void/Avoid – Georges Perec 8. Eva Trout – Elizabeth Bowen 9. Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal 10. The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch 11. Belle du Seigneur – Albert Cohen 12. Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid – Malcolm Lowry 13. The German Lesson – Siegfried Lenz

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    strength-oriented perspective viewing family relationships as a resource with the emphasis on identifying strengths and resiliency‚ not just the liabilities and risks that the illness may place on the family (Rolland‚ 1999). In 2013‚ Doris was diagnosed with dementia when Doris received

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    story is published in 1992 and the author is unknown. The main character is Doris (last name unknown)‚ she has a son‚ named John who is married with Annette‚ and is Doris’ daughter-in-law. We can estimate Doris to be 50-60 years old‚ if we figure her son‚ John’s age and his status as a married man. Doris’ relationship with the young couple is difficult‚ because she is an outsider

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    treated by others. It revolves 75-year old Doris on an ordinary day in her house. The play begins after her fall from the buffet and her reflecting on the events that led up to it. The reason the writer uses a monologue is to emphasis to the readers that ’Doris’ (the narrator) is totally alone and this play tries to emphasis how elderly people are neglected in society and people see them as a problem. This play in mainly about a old woman called ’Doris’ and she talks about how society in thinking

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    Explain why he wrote this monologue. ‘A Cream Cracker under the Settee’ is a monologue of a character named Doris‚ who is in her 70’s and is coming to the end of her life. She fell whilst cleaning a picture of her and her deceased husband Wilfred on their wedding day‚ in her living room where most of the play is set. The writer Alan Bennett ‚ reveals allot about old aged pensioners through Doris‚ She portrays the typical old lady‚ who uses speech that we wouldn’t normally use in this day and age. Many

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    A2.1- Key actors in the AgeCare Environment The key actors in the AgeCare Environment are mainly employees who work in the AgeCare. There are three parts in the AgeCare system. They are Head-Office‚ Centres and Projects.For Head-Office environment‚ the key actors are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - a link man between Senior Executive Committee (SEC)‚ trustees and Staff reports to the SEC and trustees about whole AgeCare condition Administrative Department Staff- gather information about the centres

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    the play‚ this makes the title rather ironic. As the title in many ways also symbolises the character of Doris as she is depicted as a lost soul‚ abandoned‚ waiting to be found and cared for. Throughout ‘Cream Cracker’‚ the protagonist: Doris‚ speaks to an unseen audience‚ this could be seen to be another allegory used to signify the title of the play. As although the audience is unseen to Doris as ‘the cream cracker under the settee’ is unnoticed‚ this may be used to indicate that although the object

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    Colonization is building a colony in new land‚ but unfortunately‚ as seen in throughout history‚ that definition of colonization was not the case. Colonization was an outlet for the imperial nations to spread their religion‚ their economic beliefs‚ and the rule of monarchy‚ but not to present change necessary by the colonized tribes. It was the power of governing influence of a democracy over a dependent country‚ territory‚ or group of people to exploit them for their land and resources. A noticed

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    you ever begged your parents got what you wanted. Doris has because with the dog her parents said no than yes. The story is about this girl named doris that found this dog that wants it badly but parents say no because of the cost and at the end and they said yes. Parents and kids have to make sacrifices for people sometimes. Parents and kids that live in poverty have to stay strong and confident. Doris cried herself to sleep. As a result‚ Doris is upset about the dog for a little but most kids

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