Australiana Essay There are many aspects of Australian culture that are represented in the text Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres. It is a humorous and loving non-fiction story that depicts the climate and natural splendour of Western Australia. Literary devices are used to make passages more decorative and elaborate. De Bernieres make use of colloquial expressions (Australian vernacular) which are a strong feature of Australia communication among ‘outback blokes’‚ while lovingly describing how Australian
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important comic elements of the play. This can be observed through the varying representations of characters‚ the film’s lack of contextual jokes‚ the more prominent sub-plot between Dr Chasuble and Miss Prism‚ the addition of music and the way in which dialogue‚ while remaining true to the play‚ has lost meaning in the film. In the play‚ Wilde achieves most of his humour through the wonderfully satiric characters‚ however in the film Parker represents them as being far more farcical. Throughout the Wilde’s
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Tartuffe was written by Molière in France in the 19th century‚ during the reign of King Louis XIV. In the play a religious fraud‚ Tartuffe‚ befriends Orgon‚ a rich merchant‚ and persuades him to stay at his house. During this stay‚ Tartuffe masquerades as a priest‚ appearing to be devout and committed to the church. During this time‚ he nearly manages to trick Orgon into letting him marry his daughter‚ Mariane‚ seduce his wife‚ and imprison Orgon. Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) Theatre Department’s
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petitions the humanistic needs in everyone to be feel accepted‚ loved‚ and befriended by others with this commercial (Tanner‚ 2011). Volkswagen implores a need for safety. In their commercial they go even further in protecting one’s offspring in a humorous way. It features a young family who is taking their newborn baby from the hospital to his home for the first time. As he is put comfortably in a Volkswagen‚ his dad almost crashes the car. A short glimpse of life flashes before the baby’s eyes which
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“The Italian-style comedy was able to talk about social problems and still be popular‚” said Peter Bondanella‚ “It was a way of having a dialogue about what was going on in Italy‚ of addressing questions that were not being discussed in the government” (Grimes). An Italian-style comedy called “Divorcee: Italian-Style” tells that a Sicilian gentleman wants to murder his wife because he wants
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when it was included in Under the Banyan Tree‚ Narayan’s tenth and best-selling collection. By this time Narayan was well established as one of the most prominent Indian authors writing in English in the twentieth century. The story presents a comic dialogue between Muni‚ a poor Tamil-speaking villager‚ and a wealthy English-speaking businessman from New York. They are engaged in a conversation in which neither can understand the other’s language. With gentle humor‚ Narayan explores the conflicts between
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an odd character and this is present in his play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest. Throughout the play‚ Wilde uses puns and unusual situations so that it could make the play humorous and enjoyable for audience. Each character finds themselves in peculiar situations which becomes unusually strange. Wilde uses comical dialogue to mock society and the higher class. Although it is a very farce play‚ there are moments that they find themselves in situations in which one can also relate too. “I really
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“Don’t be a settler‚ get rid of cable and upgrade to Direct TV.” This phrase in the “The Settlers: Satisfaction” ad makes viewers question if they are not getting the most out of life. This ad begins in a regular urban neighborhood with one old time farm house situated in the middle. The family shown are old fashioned people who live off the land. The mother asks the father why they don’t switch to Direct TV. The father insists they are settlers and‚ since they are settlers‚ it means they can ‘settle’
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Give a general definition of the text under study: - a 3rd person narration - a 1st person narration (an “I-story”) - narration interlaced with descriptive passages and dialogues of the characters; - narration broken by (philosophical‚ psychological‚ lyrical etc.) digression; an account of events interwoven with a humorous (ironical‚ satirical etc.) portrayal of society‚ characters etc. 6. Define the prevailing mood (tone‚ slant) of the extract. It may be lyrical‚ dramatic‚ tragic‚ optimistic
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Twain shows the reader Huckleberry’s wittiness and curiousness. In this novel Twain writes deliberate spelling mistakes which makes Huckleberry Fin seem uneducated. By making Huckleberry uneducated‚ he is portrayed as very innocent. With the use of dialogue Twain makes Huckleberry seem very witty. By establishing Huckleberry’s character as innocent and witty‚ Twain shows the reader that children can see things more clearly than adults because of their clear and innocent minds that have not been infiltrated
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