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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Red-Collar Crime and the “CBS Murders” Abstract This paper outlines the case of a typical white-collar criminal who transitioned into what is known as “red-collar” crime. Irwin Margolies‚ owner of Candor Diamond Corporation‚ perpetrated a fraud that would ultimately lead to the homicides of five individuals. This paper will compare white-collar and red-collar crime and discuss Margolies’ evolvement from one sector to the other. The detail of the fraud will be examined and decomposed as it
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Education – what is it for? In “The History Boys” two different approaches to education are presented. Irwin represents the functional approach‚ his teaching methods are traditional and structured‚ focused solely on passing the Oxbridge entrance examinations. Hector teaches the life enrichment approach in his General Studies class‚ his teaching methods are unconventional and spontaneous‚ Hector is not interested in exams and believes in learning for its own sake. Hector undermines the values of
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When you got back to the hotel‚ your friends were still freaking out that Ashton gave you his number. YOu couldnt believe it either‚ the real Ashton Irwin gave YOU his phone number. "Can we please have it? We wont give it to anybody else!" your friends pestered you. "No‚ if I gave it out‚ he would be hurt and wouldnt go on a date with me" You really didnt mind giving them his number‚ but you wanted to have a chance with him‚ you deserved it. At almost 10pm‚ you decided to text him the casual
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What elements of Bennetts own educational experiences has he used in “the History Boys”? Bennett says that he was made fun of at school for coming to school in a suit on the day of his exams. He says he did this because he thought the exam was an occasion and he must rise to it. This show us how he felt towards his exams and probably shows how some of the boys in his book would have felt like when taking their exams. This shows how important he thinks exams are and this theme will probably reflect
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‘Women’s roles are often tokenistic in dramatic comedy’ discuss whether you believe this to be the case in relation to the play you are studying. Throughout the history boys‚ the male characters mainly take the more dominant role whereas the women are seen more as objects rather than women. Mrs Lintott is the only woman that is actually respected a tiny bit whereas Fiona the secretary is seen more as a typical slutty secretary. The role of Fiona really helps the statement in the question to be true
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relationships? The history Boys is a comedy play based on a group of intelligent and funny sixth-form boys in the 1980’s.The boys find themselves in different sitations‚whether it’s to do with love‚ heartbreak or heir further education and their future. These situations that they are faced with‚ contribute o he humur the play. In the beginning of the play‚we are introduced to one of he boys teachers‚Mr Hector.The relationship between Hector and the boys seems informal and sexual as he hits the boys and allows
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Stephen Robert Irwin‚ also known as Steve Irwin‚ is known all over the world as a naturalist and television personality. He spent his life preserving the environment‚ protecting animals‚ and helping those in need. Steve was‚ and still is‚ one of the most influential environmentalists of his time. Steve Irwin was born on February 22‚ 1962 in Essendon‚ Victoria‚ Australia. Irwin was the only child of Bob and Lyn Irwin. Bob was a herpetologist and Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator. It was because of
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The films An Education and The History Boys have their similarities and differences. At the end of The History Boys directed by Nick Bowling the message sent to the viewers indicated that education was important but experience and thinking contributed to your success in life. In the film An Education directed by Lone Scherfig the ending similar to The History Boys concludes in Jenny Mellor (Carey Mulligan) realising that the education she was getting
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13/11/2013 The History Boys Analysis In the play on page 22 when Mr. Hector says “Dakin’s a good-looking boy‚ though somehow sad”Mrs. Lintott replies“You always think they’re sad‚ Hector‚ every time. Actually I wouldn’t have said he was sad…”I think the fact that Mrs Lintott says “you always think they’re sad” represents Mr. Hector’s character in someway‚ from the play we can extract the fact that Mr. Hector is ‘sad’
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