meant‚ “It’s about the God of the Old Testament‚ the God of the New‚ and Humanity‚ isn’t it?”. Pinter replied‚ “No Terry‚ it’s about a caretaker and two brothers”. With this quote Terence Rattigan succinctly highlights the absolute ambiguity of Harold Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’; in this story of two brothers and an elderly derelict in close quarters‚ everything that is said and not said can be understood in all sorts of contradictory ways. Rattigan saw three characters as the holy trinity made flesh
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Jones in the groundbreaking Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk‚ and its sequel‚ for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best Actor. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his highly acclaimed Broadway role in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker‚[4] and has also been nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for his portrayal of Teach in the Dublin Gate Theatre’s 2007 production of David Mamet’s American Buffalo.[5] In 2004‚ having been spotted by producers in The
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The Conservative Party which was leaded by Winston Churchill (1951-55) and Anthony Eden (1955-57) and Harold Macmillan (1957-63) between the years 1951-59 wanted‚ according to their manifesto in 1951‚ to stop all further nationalisation. The Iron and Steel Act will be repealed and the Steel industry allowed resuming its achievements of the war and post-war years. To supervise prices and development we shall revive‚ if necessary with added powers‚ the former Iron and Steel Board representing the State
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two British sprinters in the 1924 Paris Olympics; one Christian and one Jewish. Neither runner is out for personal or national glory. These two men are competing for the same reason; a matter of a higher calling but in very different ways. For Harold Abrahams‚ a proud English Jew from a well-to-do family‚ running is a weapon against anti-Semitism; a way of validating his worth‚ and by extension his Jewishness‚ to his Anglo society and to himself. There is something to be said for this approach:
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Peck‚ David. “A & P.” Master plots II. Frank N. Magill. Short Story Series. 1 A-Cri. Pasadena‚ California: Salem Press‚ 1986. 1-2. Print. Petry‚ Alice Hall. “ The Clothing in the Story.” John Updike‚ Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers. Ed. Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea‚ 2000. 910. Bloom’s Literary Reference. Web. 17 Sept. 2012 Porter‚ M. Gilbert. “John Updike’s “A & P” : “The Establishment of an Emersonian Cashier.” The English Journal Vol. 61. No. 8 (November 1972): 1155-1158
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call a meeting in order to review the latest forecast figures of fiscal year 2002. 1 When he arrived at the plant‚ the meeting was ready to begin. Others in attendance at the meeting were James Fairday‚ plant manager; Joan Peterson‚ controller; and Harold Pinter‚ personnel officer. John started the meeting by reviewing the latest situation: “I’ve just returned from our annual sales meeting and I think we lost more sales last year than we thought‚ due to back-order conditions at the factory. We have
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laugh at the movies. Comedies have been a staple of the movie house since the beginning of the silent film era. In fact‚ when asked to name an important silent film actor‚ most people can only name comedians‚ with Charlie Chaplin‚ Buster Keaton‚ and Harold Lloyd at the top of anyone’s list CITATION. Critics and scholars typically divide movie comedies into a number of categories‚ including comedy of manners‚ slapstick‚ screwball and romantic comedy. Historically‚ the type of comedy that is popular
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Social Exchange Theory 2 Application of: The Social Exchange Theory In everyday interactions people are always looking to have a positive experience among those with whom they interact. According to the Social Exchange theory‚ with each interaction an individual has with another‚ that individual attempts to maximize the positive outcomes and minimize the negative. The purpose of this paper is to apply the Social Exchange theory to an authentic real life situation to best illustrate the
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Labour Party In Power 1945-51 * Labour had won 393 seats compared to conservatives 213. * Reasons for Labour large scale victory in 1945: * Conservatives handicaps – had not understood the needs of ordinary people. Poor economy and unemployment with previous conservative government‚ unconvincing election campaign. * Labours advantages – attractive image (zeitgeist)‚ Labour better fitted to carry out post-war construction‚ leading labour figures gained respect from electorate during
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This essay will examine the impact of the Conservative party during their period in office between 1951 and 1964. The assessments by historians of these thirteen years vary widely as the Conservative rule left behind a mixed feeling about its achievements. We will therefore be discussing to what extent their period in office can be described as “thirteen years wasted”‚ based on their performances in the political‚ economic and social sectors. When the Conservative Party came to power in 1951‚
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