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    Billy Elliot

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    Gagné ENG3U1-14 October 17‚ 2014 Billy Elliot: Close Analysis Assignment The “angry dance” scene takes place after Billy’s brother spent the night in jail and Billy missed his audition. The camera angles in this scene are used to in a very interesting way. Everyone starts off in the kitchen where the camera is on all of them and moving around the room every now and then. Tony lifts Billy onto the table and tries to make him dance‚ however‚ Mrs. Wilkinson tells Billy not to. When the argument between

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    Billy Elliot Context: • Margaret Thatcher --- Thatcherism • 1979 – 1990 • Harsh policies – free trade‚ no government intervention in business‚ increase in rate of tax for lower income‚ decrease in rate of tax for higher income • Set in 1984‚ Durran‚ Coalfield mining town in England Film: • Strong family images (still images) vs. strike of miners = rich family life vs. violence (contrast) • Scab = industrial relations talk – people who go to work even when union is on strike • Cultural –

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    Billy Budd by Herman Melville fits into both categories of tragedy‚ classic and modern. This story fits into both Aristotle’s and Arthur Miller’s concepts of tragedy. Billy Budd is this story’s tragic hero and its his actions that determine how this story fits into both categories.The classic definition of tragedy is Aristotle’s‚ that the tragic hero must be noble and have a tragic flaw. He must also experience a reversal of fortune and recognize the reason for his downfall

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    mining town‚ miners are on strike and the atmosphere is tense. Eleven-year old Billy Elliot‚ whose father and brother are participating in the strike‚ whose mother has died quite some time ago and whose grandmother is not completely aware of what’s going on‚ doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead‚ he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his father finds out about this unusual love of his‚ Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher‚ Mrs. Wilkinson‚ he keeps

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    Written Analysis of Cases # 2 BILLY BONZAI Joaquin‚ Benedict Ignacio Section B2 It’s very tempting to just leave this Billy issue alone. Anyway‚ Collections has been surviving more than seven years of Billy. We’re still ok. It’s just that these annoying customer complaints I’ve been getting is not sitting well with me. It’s a constant distraction that interrupts the formulation of my other objectives within this company. Collections

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    Title: How important is support in the film “Billy Elliot” Introduction: - General sentence -Explain the film Paragraph 1: - Topic sentence - Example ---- Family support - Explanation ---- Family support is the key to pursue his/her dream. - Linking sentence Paragraph 2: - Topic sentence - Example ---- in need of money urgently. - Explanation ---- Billy’s family doesn’t have enough

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    Michael Collins

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    Junior Certificate Notes – Twentieth Century Irish History Governing Ireland 1914-1917 * Ireland ruled directly from London – Irish Politicians sit in the Parliament at Westminster (1800 Act of Union) * Lord Lieutenant – King’s representative in Ireland * Chief Secretary – Parliament’s representative in Ireland * Nationalists & Unionists are the TWO main political groups in the country. Political Groups in Ireland (1914) The Nationalists – About 3 million Irish people

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    BILLY ELLIOT Film Metalanguage Juxtapositioning – the organisation of scenes so that their differences made comment – eg. gloomy interior of the Elliot kitchen and the light and grace of the Ballet School auditorium Motif – the reception of an image (or piece of music) throughout a text contribute meaning to the work eg doors in Billy Elliot Segue – the imperceptible movement from once scene to another Mise-en-scene – French term – putting into the scene – the composition of a scene or shot

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    FOUN1019 Passage for Summary/Response & Rhetorical Analysis 82:18‚ that’s my number! (by Edward Seaga‚ published in the Sunday Gleaner | September 30‚ 2007) Looking out of any window or walking in any part of the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies‚ it is readily noticeable that there are many more female than male students. In fact‚ the latest figures reveal the exact ratio: 82 per cent female‚ 18 per cent male‚ which‚ I believe‚ is the widest gap ever. In a university with four girls

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    Conflict and Relationship in Billy Elliot A significant conflict and relationship in the film Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry is between Billy and his father Jacky. Billy is an 11-year-old boy who lives in Ireland with his father‚ brother and Grandmother in a little apartment. Billy and his father’s relationship is stable until the shock of his son doing ballet instead of boxing. They both have different views for the future and this causes conflict on their relationship.

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