The History Boys is a play by Alan Bennett that talks about 8 English boys in the 1980s‚ originally having their high school life happily but the situation changes when the new teacher Irwin arrived and broadened their horizons. They start to have struggles‚ confusion and realize the limitations put on them in the aspects of education‚ sexuality‚ morale and initiation during the time they are preparing for their A level exam. At last‚ most of them have a successful life under the elite education
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Quotes Headmaster: Why are you dressed as a milk man? - Shows lack of understanding for the boys who are in a working class Headmaster: There Clever but they lack Crass. Ms. Lintot They know there stuff. But they Lack Flare. - Hector: All Knowledge is useful even if it doesnt serve the slightest need Hector: Its the hot Ticket - Happyness Headmaster: I thought of going. But this was in the 50s. Change was in the air. I was a Geographer. I went to...... Headmaster:
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1. Describe some of the major themes that are present in Equus by Peter Shaffer. One theme that can be easily seen in Equus by Peter Shaffer is sanity and insanity. We can see examples of this theme in the sessions between Dysart and Alan. The reader can see the behavior changes of Alan and as well as Dysart’s. Another theme that can be seen is freedom‚ when Alan blinds the horses and “frees” himself from them. Also the theme of worship and loyalty can be spotted throughout the play in Alan. 2
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Street” and “ The Andy Griffith Show” are alike and different. They both are paranoid and suspicious. They both have a problem with some type of alien phenomenon.They are different because in “ The Monsters are due on Maple Street” they want to find out who in the town is helping the aliens.They are also different because on “The Andy Griffith Show” they want to find out who the new person in town is and if he is an alien.”The Monsters are due on Maple Street” and “The Andy Griffith Show” are alike and
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its turns.” Thus Norman Mailer writes a rather “hypnotized” essay explaining the events of the fight during the Griffith vs. Paret fight. From his seat in the second row of the corner‚ the author uses imagery‚ characterization‚ and figurative language to demonstrate the animal-like nature of the two fighters who have captured the attention of Norman Mailer. This begins when Griffith was knocked to the ground in the sixth. He struggled to stand back up but he “came alive” and dominated the rest
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D. W. Griffith‚ one of the earliest American directors and producers‚ uses close up and parallel editing to cultivate a deep emotional connection between the audience and his film An Unseen Enemy. As the industry developed‚ however‚ influenced directors would strategically involve the spectator‚ and vastly different filming methods were created‚ like the montage in Dziga Vertov’s Kino Eye and Man with a Movie Camera. Vertov’s usage of the newly invented montage contrasted with Griffith’s desire to
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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a time system originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich‚ London‚ which later became adopted as a global time standard. It is arguably the same as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and when this is viewed as a time zone the name Greenwich Mean Time is especially used by bodies connected with the United Kingdom‚ such as the BBC World Service‚[1] the Royal Navy‚ the Met Office and others particularly in Arab countries‚ such as the Middle
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entertained. Journalist‚ Norman Cousins‚ proves just that through the unfortunate headline story of prize fighter‚ Benny (Kid) Paret’s death after a relentless boxing match in 1962. After several intense blows to the head by his opponent‚ Emile Griffith‚ Paret was put into a coma by the end of the twelfth round when the match was finally finished. The misfortune went even further when he was pronounced dead by the ninth day of his coma. Speculation arouse shortly after Paret’s death concerning who
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PREPARATION OUTLINE Introduction I. (name)- Good morning class my name is Brandon Warden. II. (attention getter)- Stephanie Jones has very dirty hair. III. (thesis statement)- Today I would like to tell you how to wash hair. IV. (credibility)-After extensive research I am credible to tell you how to wash hair. V. (preview main points)-Today we will look at shampooing‚ conditioning‚ and drying hair. VI. (connecting sentence)- So let’s get started. Body VII
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How does Bennett make effective use of dramatic methods‚ in pages 34-41‚ to raise pertinent issues in the History Boys? Alan Bennett uses a number of methods throughout the play in order to raise pertinent issues and fully convey his concerns‚ and I believe many of these are present within this extract; varying from his common language and structure techniques to the ever running themes of conflicting pedagogical philosophies‚ sinister pederast undertones and the drive for acceptance at Oxbridge
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