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    was released on September 25th 1987. This movie can be considered a fantasy text due to the various archetypal characters; numerous predictable elements with outrageous surprising twists; exaggerated‚ magical settings and names‚ as well as several humorous scenes as well. Archetypal characters include stereotypical people that universal expectations would assume of in a romantic fantasy film‚ for example Westley – the archetypal [attractive] hero‚ Buttercup – the archetypal Princess. There are also

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    Colin Stone 10 October 2012 3.05 Free Writing Practice Dr. Cooper Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” is written with a crafty yet concise one-sided dialogue with a tone of an almost dark and malicious sense of humor. It is a clever work containing one of the three alluring Sirens‚ alluding to Homer’s The Odyssey‚ successfully captivating a mariner’s attention to “save” her. The poet starts the slow and soft with an appealing cry and by using the device of enjambment‚ is able to speed up and introduce

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    Terry Crews Old Spice Body Odour Ad Old Spice Odour Blocking “Bounce” ad A) Denotative: Setting takes place in a laundry room of the shown woman’s house and about the woman describing the automatic freshness and static control of Bounce‚ a dryer pad product that freshens and cleans clothes. There is diegetic music heard in the background of Ukulele‚ bass guitar and guitar. As the woman says “I just stick it into my dryer and…..” We hear a building yell which then a few seconds later an

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    For my second response‚ I attended USF’s College of Arts production of They Don’t Pay?‚ We Won’t Pay! on April 9th‚ 2017. The story is by Dario Fo and directed by Dan Granke. This production was conducted through dialogue‚ staging and sound to fulfill the event of The Recession. The characters contributed to the period due to their rioting because of the increase in grocery prices. I used my senses and my own analysis to contribute to the purpose of the play. Throughout the production‚ I noticed

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    the truths and themes of the play. This is particularly evident in her dialogue towards Madame Pernelle‚ ‘Il passe pour un saint dans votre fantaisie:/Tout son fait‚ croyez-moi‚ n’est rein qu’hypocrisie’(Molière: 1.1.69) In supporting this idea‚ Peter Hampshire Nurse writes that Dorine has ‘brilliant wit with which she ridicules hypocrisy’ (1991:85). Although the majority of modern audience’s would find the witty servant humorous‚ Paula Alekson noted that ‘Molière became a master of “Le ridicule”‚

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    have run away from him in fear because they’re trying to "make an ass" out of him -(3.1.16) which is a use of dramatic irony. Light‚ humorous tone The play features fairy magic‚ silly pranks‚ and the disastrous performance of a play-within-the-play by a bunch of wannabe actors. Clever dialogue and witty banter Shakespeare reserves some of the best dialogue for his warring lovers‚ especially Oberon and Titania‚ and even the "rude mechanicals" show clever banter. Deception and disguise Hermia

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    and I was alone …”‚ and “Behold me on a gloomy evening” are all signs that make the texts tone bitter. Also he seems shook up when he does not understand the meaning of the Latin grammar table “but‚ I repeated‚ what does it means?” Churchill uses dialogue in his text to give

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    everything has to be‚ as he states it “bigger than life” if you are a comedic character you have to be funnier faster‚ whatever “type” you are‚ choices you make toward character has to be gotten across much faster. An actor does not have hours of dialogue to create a connection with an audience‚ the connection has to be made quickly; some main roles might have a tiny number of lines and one song to create the mood of the role. The Governor from Best Little Whorehouse in Texas comes to mind. One scene

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    oppression of the whites towards him highlights the difficulties that have been imposed upon the Aboriginal people and what they had to overcome and create resilience towards. Jimmy’s actions in the prison cell in act one scene four first come off humorous and rightfully so but after realisation by the audience which have connected with the character development they see his alcohol abuse is due to the frustration he feel being oppressed by the whites. This later educes sympathy from the audience

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    highlight important societal problems while still entertaining the audience. For instance‚ when Dale and Michelle bring wine and says‚ “More wine. Geez and they call us alcoholics.” Dale replies with‚ “You’ll find it quite exquisite” (Taylor 25). This humorous exchange underlines the issue of aboriginal peoples are stereotyped as alcoholics while still having a light hearted tone. Taylor does this throughout the play to bring to light touchy subjects without harping on the problem. In turn‚ the audience

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