Like Dreaming‚ Backwards By Kellie Powell Like Dreaming‚ Backwards is a series of monologues and scenes about the suicide of a young college student named Nell. The play also includes monologues from Nell ’s mother‚ Leah‚ a acquaintance‚ Yale‚ and her friend‚ Natalie. For further information and advice on performing this monologue‚ read this note from the playwright. NELL: Have you ever had a dream and suddenly‚ you realize what ’s happening doesn ’t make any sense - and you realize that you
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Scout Finch‚ a curious‚ fun‚ and humorous girl lived in the small town of Maycomb. Living in a small town‚ word got around quickly. And when Scout’s father‚ Atticus‚ a lawyer‚ gets assigned to a case that will no doubt will be discriminatory‚ people do not like what they hear. But‚ besides that‚ this book is full of surprises. The ruling of the case‚ the showing up of Dill‚ and the surprise appearance of Aunt Alexandra are the main surprises in this book. The ruling of the case is a very surprising
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Nervous‚ I took a steady breath to calm myself. The warm‚ dimly-lit classroom-turned-actors’-lounge was filled with children. These kids however‚ wore oddly assorted costumes completed with makeup-caked faces. A boy in a suit with a flamboyant tie and glasses commented‚ “Do I look shiny?” earning a giggle from the company. A girl dressed in similar clothing stood up‚ tap shoes clacking against the tiled floor‚ and‚ pulling the boy aside she announced‚ “Stop Len! We need to head onstage.” The actors
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“The Possibility of Evil”‚ is a story written by Shirley Jackson‚ which includes many examples of irony within the short story. It contains three types of irony. They include Dramatic‚ Verbal‚ and Situational Irony. The definition of irony as a whole is language which usually means the opposite for a humorous or emphatic effect. It can be when the reader knows more than the characters‚ a person says something and they really mean the opposite‚ or the story goes another way than intended. All of these
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In the classic Greek play Oedipus‚ the King‚ written by Sophocles‚ he writes with dramatic irony to create suspense as you read along. By adding parts of the play that prove that the readers know more than the characters themselves do. For instance‚ when Oedipus gathered the townspeople of Thebes around and commanded them to give up the murder of Laius. Oedipus cursed the murderer (himself) saying “Upon the murderer i invoke this curse: may he live out his life in misery to miserable doom!” With
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Dramatic Irony in Oedipus In the play written by Sophocles‚ Oedipus the King‚ there are several instances of irony. Dramatic irony‚ or tragic irony as some critics would prefer to call it‚ usually means a situation in which the character of the play has limited knowledge and says or does something in which they have no idea of the significance. The audience‚ however‚ already has the knowledge of what is going to occur or what the consequences of the characters actions will be. The degree of irony
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by Shakespeare. One of those elements is dramatic irony‚ which is based on the contrast of reality and misconception. In dramatic irony this contrast depends on the difference between what the character believes and what the audience knows to be true. The usage of dramatic irony‚ combined with other literary elements‚ builds suspense‚ tension‚ and concern for the characters in the play - one thing that the playwright or a writer desires to achieve. Dramatic irony is a plot device usually used when
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To Kill a Mockingbird received critical acclaim due to the dramatic acting by the actors. The film had a lot of dramatic acting because of the turn of events‚ surprises‚ and discoveries. For example‚ Atticus cross-examines Mayella who claims Tom Robinson raped her. Atticus proves to the court that Tom can only catch a glass with his right hand because his left hand got destroyed by a cotton gin. Then‚ Atticus asks Mayella who raped her again because prior evidence showed the person who raped and
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Many factors contribute to the tragic end to one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to detail the plotline of the story to the audience‚ as well as the indiscretion of Romeo’s decision to kill himself due to his oblivion that Juliet was actually alive in the tomb. Shakespeare also uses the literary device of chance versus choice to portray the reckless decisions made by both Romeo and Juliet when they are faced with situations that they could not control‚ or “chance”
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Explore the ways in which Priestley makes this such a dramatic and significant moment in the play In this playing I will be exploring how Priestley makes this moment in the play so dramatic and significant. The Inspector has just left the Birling’s all thunderstruck and traumatized‚ each of them handling it in different ways. As Gerald walks in it has come clear to us that the older generation are set in their ways and do not hesitate to even think about what the Inspector has told them‚ yet are
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