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    Following Elena Carapetis’ successful and much-loved play‚ The Good Son‚ she brings a new and powerful drama‚ Gorgon. Best mates‚ Maz and Lee are undergoing their last year of school‚ it’s summer and they stand young and free. Maz’s 18th birthday marks a significant milestone in the play which has him gifted a car from his parents. This pushes the pair beyond their limits and has them hooked on typical teenage boy behaviours: drinking‚ getting high and exceeding the speed limit! Twins Maz and Lola

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    Chapter 2‚ "Little Weirwold" Summary This chapter begins with Mr. Tom continuing to explain the dog to Willie. The old man shows the boy how to make friends with the dog and how to help gain its trust. Mr. Tom begins the day by handing Willie a mug of hot‚ sweet tea‚ a preview of the many kindnesses that the old man will show to Willie‚ as a father to son would do. Willie gives up his fear of the dog and allows it to lick his hand‚ learning that the licking means the dog likes him. On the way out

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    Lady Macbeths Character At the beginning of the play Lady Macbeth is very eager on taking the throne and would do anything in order to get it‚ even. She is also very controlling over her husband and demanding. We first see Lady Macbeth in the play when she is reading a letter from macbeth who is explaining what his future holds from him according to the three witches‚ which is that he will take on the throne. Lady Macbeth already is very ambitious about this and starts to plan to kill King Duncan

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    In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet Juliet is portrayed as an immature teenager. Although she shows signs of maturity‚ it is overshadowed by her childish behaviour. To begin‚ Juliet is impatient throughout the play. For example‚ when Nurse returned home and had news about Tybalt’s death Juliet kept pestering Nurse for information. The Nurse was attempting to speak‚ but whilst trying to explain that Tybalt was dead Juliet became irate‚ and impatient with the Nurse saying: What devil art thou that

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    class women ’s struggle to find an escape to a boring‚ repetitive life and to find new things to conquer. To acheive this she begins university on a literature course despite the discouragement from family and baby-obsessed husband Denny. The play features only two characters‚ Rita and Frank. Frank- a middle class‚ well-educated‚ eloquent professor and Rita‚ an abrupt‚ crude excuse for a lady with no regard for or more precise‚ no knowing of social nouce. Throughout the play Rita ’s character must reach

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    puritan society. The Scarlet Letter was a very influential novel because it was like a change in time‚ because it’s so different from what we see today. The story talks about Hester who committed adultery and instead of giving her the punishment of death she got the leeway of public humiliation. Throughout the novel the author uses characterization‚ tone and symbolism to help the readers better understand. First‚ there were the characters that helped to connect to the theme sin‚ crime‚ and punishment

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    In Toms point of view. Dear Rachel‚ It’s been over six months since Willie first came to live with me. I can’t believe that he was the same thin and sickly-looking boy that I was obliged to take in for the war effort. Yes‚ he was a very sickly child and couldn’t take the slightest bit of nutritious food. But the truth is‚ I quite enjoy having someone else around other then Sammy and watching him change into a boy that is full of self-confidence‚ healthy and most importantly‚ happy. It’s been great

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    Change can impact not just the way others see you‚ but the way you see yourself Good afternoon class‚ Change is often said to be a welcomed part of one’s life. It has many effects on those who accept and respond to it and is often varied in form. Whether it be positive or negative‚ change alters the way one sees others and how they see themselves. The idea of change is portrayed through the drama Pygmalion through the analysis of social criticism and the relationship between people in different

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    Task: Willie Beech’s life and personality has been influenced by his mother‚ Mr Tom and Zach in the novel‚ "Goodnight Mister Tom". Write about how each character has influenced Willie’s life and personality. Which of these characters‚ in your opinion has had the greatest influence on Willie? A novel that I have read and enjoyed is "Goodnight Mister Tom" by Michelle Magorian. The novel takes place during World War 2. The novel deals with themes such as death‚ war and child abuse. It is about a called

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    How Characters Change Over Time Characters in a story rarely stay the same throughout the course of the story. Many characters develop in different ways‚ some bad‚ and some good. In the story‚ “The thing in the Forest” the characters change. This is not a sudden change‚ but more a gradual change. Trauma can cause a shift in personality‚ and there is change in the characters over time. “The thing in the forest” shows the effects trauma has on kids and how they have changed over the years. In the story

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