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    Articles http://www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au/Visitor-Info/Meet-the-guides/Meet-the-guides/default.aspx?FolderID=48 Lotte – Inspiration for Anne Frank - Holocaust museum ESSAY ANALYSIS FROM YEAR 11 ENGLISH Perspective can vary in stories due to different circumstances. The Diary of a Young Girl is a subjective story of Ann Frank’s personal experience during the Holocaust. Ann Frank’s diary was

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    ma ORIGINAL TEXT: (Act 1‚ Scene 2) O that this too too solid flesh would melt‚ Thaw‚ and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! How weary‚ stale‚ flat‚ and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on’t! O fie! ’tis an unweeded garden‚ That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead! — nay‚ not so much‚ not two: So excellent a

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    Reality and Illusion In the stage directions at the beginning of Act I of Six Characters in Search of an Author‚ Pirandello directs that as the audience enters the theatre the curtain should be up and the stage bare and in darkness‚ as it would be in the middle of the day‚ “so that from the beginning the audience will have the feeling of being present‚ not at a performance of a properly rehearsed play‚ but at a performance of a play that happens spontaneously.” The set‚ then‚ is designed to blur

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    Imagining one’s future being confined to filing medical reports in a local veteran’s hospital is not discouraging; but disturbing. Furthermore‚ would one be interested in reading a comic book about such a nightmare? Or even watching a movie? American Splendor adapts to screen the life of a man who walks down the path no one else would dare to tread. Harvey Pekar‚ born and raised in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ is the creator of the comic and the subject of the film. Far from the Hollywood limelight‚ Pekar

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    1. Types of Drama a. Comedy  When we talk about comedy‚ we usually refer to plays that are light in tone‚ and that typically have happy endings. The intent of a comedic play is to make the audience laugh. In modern theater‚ there are many different styles of comedy‚ ranging from realistic stories‚ where the humor is derived from real-life situations‚ to outrageous slapstick humor.  Is designed to be entertaining and humorous where misfortune ends in triumph or happiness. It presents characters

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    Conventions of Drama

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    conventions of drama have been altered in many different ways. These conventions are the setting‚ plot‚ characters and staging. The main factor which has been a dominant force during the changes of conventions has been the society. The society present during the time in which a play was written had a direct influence on the plot and characters. This is because drama is defined as a representation of life. Four plays which have been selected from Greek‚ Elizabethan‚ Restoration and Modern times can

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    7Blue2 What is Drama Used For? * What is Drama? The word drama is derived from the ancient Greek word meaning action. If something is full of action it’s exciting‚ emotional‚ it’s unpredictable; it’s dramatic. Drama is a way of expressing or showing a story. Drama can make us feel happy‚ sad‚ afraid‚ superior‚ and inferior and so on. Drama is the essence of human existence; it’s what makes life worth living for. In modern times we have used the word drama to generally to mean acting

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    The China Incident As a contemporary Australian Drama‚ The China Incident‚ directed by Daniel Evans and performed at The Cremorne Theatre on the 13th of February‚ 2013‚ replicates modern day realities in a humorous demeanour. The play‚ driven by success‚ fear and family‚ explores modern day issues in which it is told that success is deemed to be important in society‚ and a person is either successful with their family or in their career. The China Incident successfully communicates these themes

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    Elements of Drama

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    Elements of Drama The Essential elements of drama are present in any play that you see‚ but the ideas have changed slightly over the years. Aristotle was the first to write about these essential elements‚ more than two thousand years ago‚ yet we still discuss his list when talking about what makes the best drama. Aristotle considered six things to be essential to good drama. Plot‚ Character‚ Theme‚ dialogue‚ music/rhythm and spectacle. In modern theater‚ this list has changed slightly

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    The Vocabulary of Drama

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    The Vocabulary of Drama Subgenres of types Comedy Tragedy Tragicomedy Closet Cycle Miracle Morality Thematic Aspects Deus ex machine Dramatic irony Tragic flaw or hermartia Unities Speeches Monologue Dialogue Soliloquy Asides Chorus Physical/Technical Aspects Props Conventions Stage Directions Other Terms In medias res A term for Horace‚ literally meaning “in the midst of things.” It is applied to the literary technique of opening a story in the middle of the action and

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