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    Explore the ways in which Priestley makes this such a dramatic and significant moment in the play In this playing I will be exploring how Priestley makes this moment in the play so dramatic and significant. The Inspector has just left the Birling’s all thunderstruck and traumatized‚ each of them handling it in different ways. As Gerald walks in it has come clear to us that the older generation are set in their ways and do not hesitate to even think about what the Inspector has told them‚ yet are stuck

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    “Toadstools‚ and butterscotch!? What a horrid combination! Why on earth would anyone wish to consume that together?” I flung down the folded (crumpled) letter. The first letter I received from my dearest friend Leonora in months‚ and she talked about how she and her mentor made a new potion with toadstool and butterscotch. Disgusting. “What are ye huffin’ about now‚ child?” My short‚ round mentor shuffled past me with her arms full of some large birds that twitched unnaturally. She was the kind of

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    Dramatic Play

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    Dramatic Play * A variety of materials will be provided to the pupils depending on what particular community helper to they want to act out. E.g. Firemen puts out the fire with the use of the big hose. They use their strong arms in carrying the big hose filled with water from the firemen truck. Action Songs: Father Abraham * The teacher will present an action song entitled‚ Father Abraham. The teacher will introduce the actions and the pupils will imitate. Father Abraham has many sons

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    Dramatic Literacy Devices Allegory
A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ in which the name of the central character‚ Pilgrim‚ epitomizes the book’s allegorical nature. Kay Boyle’s story "Astronomer’s Wife" and Christina Rossetti’s poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Catastrophe
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    Priestly portrays the character of the Inspector as an unconventional figure on stage‚ this is due to the way in which he expresses his thoughts‚ his personality and the way in which he conducts the investigation. In act 1 he is very direct‚ in the way he talks to the family‚ unlike other inspectors‚ who would be politer and indirect when asking questions about what they have done‚ “cutting through‚ massively”. In addition to that‚ the stage directions‚ in which he is described as having an “impression

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    Dramatic Intro Flashing lights were blinding my vision‚ and emergency sirens were screaming in my ears‚ both making it hard to process the situation I was in. I looked around praying to find something familiar that could possibly give me guess as to what was happening‚ but was interrupted by sharp creaking of a metal door‚ which robbed my attention. I looked towards the direction the sound was coming from and was shocked to see the face of a man‚ I tried moving but couldn’t. Confused I asked him

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    Irony in The Crucible Irony is a contrast between what is stated and what is meant‚ or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. The Crucible is a play by the American playwright Arthur Miller‚ and is filled with examples of irony throughout the play to build suspense and create anxiety. Arthur Miller used three kinds of irony‚ and they are dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal irony. The Crucible is filled with many examples for each kind of irony through the play. The dramatic

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    which is the fight club. 9. The narrator met this guy named Tyler who set the club up. Tyler introduces the narrator to his newest hobby. Using his proficient skills in soap-making‚ Tyler has turned the basement of the house into a laboratory where he uses soap and other ingredients to make explosives. Tyler and the narrator continue managing fight club. 10. When Tyler disappears for a while‚ the narrator is left at home with an ever increasing band of Mayhem members who watch television and laugh at

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    Government Inspector is a sardonic play by novelist Nikolai Gogal and directed by Tina Kronis. The play was about how a town shows corruption and ignorance. The setting in the play takes place before the Russian Revolution. The two main actors in this play were Kasper Svendsen‚ who played the mayor of the town‚ and Aidan Davari‚ who played the St. Petersburg’s official. The Government Inspector‚ was about how a small Russian town was having an unexpected visit from a government inspector who was going

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    This poem‚ Theme for English B by Langston Hughes first displays a event where he had a write a page for his college class in Harlem then continuing on to be the actual paper. Through imagery of his day and Langston explaining who he is‚ Theme for English B ends with an intriguing idea of oneness and difference in the world. There is parts of two differences that are unified in the grander design of life. Langston opens the poem through the words of his instructor to write a page. Continuing to the

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