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    Prose Analysis

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    Description Essay- D’Sonoqua Must Haves 5 Senses Similes and Metaphors Imagery Onomatopoeias Persuasion Thesis There we were - D’Sonoqua‚ the cats and I - the woman who only a few moments ago had forced herself to come behind the houses in trembling fear of the ’wild wild woman of the woods’ - wild in the sense that forest - creatures are wild- shy‚ untouchable. Arguments 1. Emily is confused whether she wants to meet D’Sonoqua which shows that people can have different

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    Notes on Drama

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    FINAL PERIOD ELEMENTS OF DRAMA Drama comes from Greek words meaning "to do" or "to act." A play is a story acted out. It shows people going through some eventful period in their lives‚ seriously or humorously. The speech and action of a play recreate the flow of human life. A play comes fully to life only on the stage. On the stage it combines many arts those of the author‚ director‚ actor‚ designer‚ and others. Dramatic performance involves an intricate process of rehearsal based upon imagery

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    Fences Movie Analysis

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    Lindsey Gilmore Professor Verk ENGL 230C-04 4/10/2017 Film Review: Fences A movie like Fences only comes once in a great while. It is sort of an unconventional movie‚ unlike most. It is filmed almost as though it is a play‚ which is exactly how this film got its origins. Written by August Wilson in 1985‚ Fences started off as a Broadway play that ended up winning the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama in 1987. This drama focuses on exploring the African-American experience and looks deep into the heart

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    Expressionist Drama

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    August Strindberg’s play “The Ghost Sonata” represents an expressionistic approach to drama. Expressionist elements are obvious through Strindberg’s use of distortion of reality‚ “typing” of characters‚ and the use of musical pattern. In the lecture‚ we discussed that one of the elements of expressionistic drama was “extremism and distortion”‚ the lecture also mentioned how expressionistic drama can take the form of a dream to “capture inner feelings” of a character. Strindberg distorts external

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    Prose Narrative Criticism

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    Prose Narrative Criticism: “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Greasy Lake” Studies in Literature Kathleen Lohr August 25‚ 2012 Prose Narrative Criticism While reading any composition of literature‚ the reader must address how they will connect with the text. To do this‚ the reader considers different forms of literary criticism. There are an abundance of approaches to literary criticism. For the purposes of looking at “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis

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    Eng15 Fences

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    Fences Evaluate the Characters of Troy and Rose. To what extent is each responsible for their tragedy and how does the character of Troy change throughout the play. The play Fences by August Wilson revolves around the front yard of the main characters Troy and Rose Maxson between the years 1957 and 1965. Rose is a long‚ responsible mother‚ wife‚ and friend who tends to show forgiving and selfless character traits. Many of her words and actions also show that she is a strong and assertive yet tender

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    Fences Essay

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    2012 When Life Swings At You‚ You’ve Got To Swing Harder Troy Maxson was a man who chose to live on his past; do you think he should have let the past go? Do you think it would’ve made a better future for his family? The play written By August Wilson begins in 1957. Troy Maxson (The Protagonist) and His best friend Jim Bono share many stories and drink a bottle of whiskey after work on a Friday night. Rose Troy’s Wife‚ lets Troy know that their son Cory is being recruited to play college football

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    Philippine Drama

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    Philippine Drama What is Drama? • Drama comes from Greek words meaning “to do” or “to act.“ • Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. • According to Oxford Dictionary‚ drama is a composition in prose or in verse; adapted to be acted and is represented with accompanying gesture‚ costume‚ and scenery‚ as in real life. • It is essentially social and involves contact‚ communication and the negotiation of meaning. • Drama needs an individual or a group of people who use themselves

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    Fences Piano Lesson

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    and Similar Struggles "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson" are two extraordinary works created by August Wilson. Throughout these two plays there is a constant struggle while at the same time these stories revolve around a similar theme or symbol. In "Fences"‚ the idea of building the "fence" is very similar to the "piano" in "The Piano Lesson". August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply because the dramatic action depends strongly on the building of a fence in the Maxson’s backyard.

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    Conventions of Drama

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    Through the centuries‚ the conventions of drama have been altered in many different ways. These conventions are the setting‚ plot‚ characters and staging. The main factor which has been a dominant force during the changes of conventions has been the society. The society present during the time in which a play was written had a direct influence on the plot and characters. This is because drama is defined as a representation of life. Four plays which have been selected from Greek‚ Elizabethan‚

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