ELIZABETHAN PLAYHOUSES AND PERFORMANCE CONVENTIONS When Elizabeth became Queen of England in 1558‚ there were no specially designed theatre buildings. Companies of actors (usually small‚ made of 5 to 8 members) toured the country and performed in a wide variety of temporary acting spaces‚ mainly in inn yards‚ but also in churches‚ Town Halls‚ Town Squares‚ great halls of Royal Palaces or other great houses‚ or anywhere else that a large crowd could be gathered to view a performance. It is true
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"Doctor Zhivago" was directed by British director David Lean in 1965. It was adapted from the novel written by the Russian poet‚ Boris Pasternak. The novel won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The film tells the story about doctor Zhivago’s love for two women. It takes place during World War I‚ the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War. Doctor Zhivago was an orphan. He was raised by his mother’s friend and grew up with her daughter Tonya. After he graduated from college‚ Zhivago became
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Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003‚ being Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister and one of the longest-serving leaders in the whole Asia. Mahathir was born on the 10th July 1925 in Alor Setar‚ Kedah. He was the youngest among nine children. His dad‚ Mohamad Iskandar‚ was a schoolteacher whereas his mom‚ Wan Tampawan was a housewife. During the World War II‚ where the Japanese armies conquered the Malaya‚ Mahathir
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Comparison of the use of a dramatic monologue. In ’Porphyria’s Lover’ and ’My Last Duchess’‚ Browning uses several features of dramatic monologue in order to engage and sustain the interest of the audience. This style of monologue is spoken by a character‚ which is not the poet‚ and is usually projected at a critical moment‚ as in the case of ’My Last Duchess’ and ’Porphyria’s Lover’. The speakers unintentionally reveal their insanity‚ in both poems‚ through their separate accounts. By studying
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Verbal‚ situational and dramatic‚ three types of irony‚ are commonly used by authors in their literary works to grab the attention of the readers. Verbal irony refers to when a character says something contradictory to what he means‚ situational irony is when the audience believes something will happen but a different scenario occurs‚ and dramatic irony is when the audience knows what is happening but the characters do not. In the short story “The Mark of the Beast‚” the author‚ Rudyard Kipling‚
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knowledge regarding the world of film this semester‚ it is now possible to classify films into genres and sub-genres. In general‚ a genre refers to a collection of films that share a set of narrative‚ stylistic‚ and thematic characteristics or conventions (Pramaggiore & Wallis 382). Gary Ross’s film‚ The Hunger Games‚ fits into the genre of science fiction as well as the subgenres of dystopia and contemporary romance; however‚ the main protagonist‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ does not fit the stereotypical
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writing skill‚ by the number of techniques he incorporates‚ such as dramatic irony‚ symbolism and his usage of the Chorus. Dramatic irony is a prominent device used in many tragedies. It allows the audience to feel a sense of privilege and engagement in the play and develops an alliance between the dramatist and the spectators‚ so that mere curiosity is not the only aspect keeping the viewers interested. Such tragedies containing dramatic irony include Othello‚ Romeo and Juliet and Time in the Conways
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post 1970 films‚ the thing that makes Neo Noir different from Film Noir is that Neo Noir films used modern technology that was unknown to Film noir films (“Difference between Noir and Neo Noir‚ 2016). There are many conventions a film has to have to be considered Film Noir. Some conventions that a film has to have to be considered film noir are the use of Chiaroscuro lighting‚ Femme Fatale‚ crime and violence‚ use of venetian blinds or bars‚ use of different camera angles‚ rural or urban settings‚ and
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their mind. Also‚ using different ways to describe a character makes it easy to relate the character to the reader’s own life. In The Odyssey by Homer‚ translated by Robert Fagles‚ Homer uses an immense amount of epic conventions to illustrate an epic hero. Homer’s use of epic conventions help enrich characters and events that take place throughout the epic. Homer uses epic epithets‚ which helps makes a character or object more relatable. The same character is often given several different epithets
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article amid the Seneca Falls convention of 1848‚ which also included Lucretia Mott‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Martha C. Wright‚ and Mary Ann McClintock. These early feminists set the agenda and led the convention‚ which culminated in the reading and signing of the Declaration. Based on the Declaration of Independence‚ Sentiments summarized and compared the problems the founding fathers faced with the struggles of the women’s rights movement. The document and convention quickly became considered the
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