How does Ellen MacArthur succeed in enabling the reader to appreciate the grueling and difficult nature of the incident described? Ellen MacArthur became famous in 2001 when she competed in the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world competition. She later wrote a book about her journey and the troubles/dangers that she faced. The moment that we start the extract‚ we are shown the first difficult situation that McArthur is faced with ‘it was the hardest climb to date’. Ellen goes on and tells the reader
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Performing Arts Theatre in London Amphitheatre –Romans at Guildhall Liturgical dramas (from the service of worship). Took place in church during the Easter celebration. Sung and in Latin – vast cycles performed all over Europe in medieval times. Performed by Monks and nuns inside church. The spice seller was the first comic character as well as the first non-religious character. Liturgical dramas developed into Mystery/ Miracle plays and were performed outside. This is when we get
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The age of the actor has long gone: we are now in the age of stage effects’ We have moved towards more modernised performances‚ but this does not necessarily mean ‘the age of the actor has long gone.’ It means audience members now expect more from the performance‚ rather than just rely on the actor as they did in Elizabethan times. Still in our 21st century‚ we would not like to go to a play whereby the actors are poor at acting likewise an Elizabethan audience would not like that either. The
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to control weather patterns‚ Shakespeare developed marvelous scenes which he displayed in his own theater‚ The Globe. How did Shakespeare portray the emotional aspects of his characters and their strife to his audience? How did he direct the actors and what did the open air stage of The Globe look like? Imagine yourself in London circa 1600‚ a short year after the completion of the Globe Theater and perhaps a few months after the completion of the play Much Ado About Nothing‚ Act IV has just begun
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Literary Techniques in Hamlet‚ Act 1 Hamlet was originally preformed in 17th century London at the Globe theatre‚ where of course there was no artificial lighting or extortionate sets. Therefore Shakespeare had to set the scene through what the actors said and how spoke to one another. When Barnardo says “Who’s there?” to Francisco‚ stood only a few feet away from him‚ it suggests that they are unable to see one another. Francisco reacts extremely similarly to Horatio and Marcellus when they arrive
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England‚ from 1558 until 1603. It was during this time that the public began attending plays in large numbers. The opening of several good-sized playhouses was responsible for this increased patronage‚ the largest and most famous of which was the Globe theatre (1599)‚ home to many of Shakespeare’s works. The most popular types of Elizabethan plays were histories of England’s rulers‚ but revenge dramas and bawdy comedies also drew significant crowds. Although Shakespeare was the most prolific and
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A freezing winter morning it was‚ the breeze beating against my chest makes me wonder… Wait‚ how did I get here? I thought I was reading Pacino’s Looking for Richard Review? That’s exactly what you’re doing‚ and this pleasant surprise is about all the insight I can give you about the fantasy sto… I mean ‘docudrama type thing’. Yes ‘Docudrama type thing’ as described personally by the narrator Al Pacino. The opening scene with the cold winter background‚ leave less grounds and the grey skies that
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In 1599:A Year in the life of William Shakespeare‚ James Shapiro (a Shakespeare scholar and professor at Columbia University) depicts a bibliography on the mark left on four plays; Hamlet‚ As You Like It‚ Henry V and Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare in 1599 by public events. James Shapiro goes to the next level in this book by depicting the life of William Shakespeare during the momentous year of 1599. Shapiro informs his readers that much of the story is created from historically informed
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| |The Opening of the Globe Theatre |5 | |The Globe Theatre’s Mottos |6 | |The Globe Theatre’s Interior |7 | |The Globe Theatre’s Audience
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were popular back then were chess‚ checkers‚ and tennis (Mabillard‚ Amanda). These entertainment games were very popular that even the queens played too. Another unknown entertainment was bear-baiting and cockfighting (Entertainment At Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre). These entertainments were to watch animals fighting each other‚ and the people bet on which animal would win. In the bear-baiting‚ they release a bear and let dogs attack the bear. In cockfighting‚ the people bet which bird would kill the
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