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    Billy Elliot

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    Explain how Billy Elliot and ONE other related text of your own choosing portray the consequences of moving into the world. The prescribed text is: – Stephen Daldry‚ Billy Elliot ‘Into the World’ describes a concept of a growth and change experienced by an individual – whether the change is physical‚ emotional or intellectual- from one stage to another. In this transition there are often barriers and obstacles which the individual faces and needs to overcome. The notion of ‘into the world’ is

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    comfort zone and into the new world. Scene 10 in Billy Elliot is a scene that demonstrates the protagonist‚ Billy Elliot‚ confronting his father and family and dancing on the table. Daldry uses close up shots and editing between Billy‚ his family and Mrs Wilkinson‚ his teacher to show the tension between them and to emphasise the panic they are all in as Billy continues to confront his family’s comfort zone. The use of editing shots shows that Billy is caught between two worlds – the world of his

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    idea that was memorable in the text. Explain why the idea was memorable in the text(s) as a whole‚ supporting your points with examples of visual and/or oral language features. ‘Billy Elliot’ is a film directed by Stephen Daldry that tells of a twelve year old boy called Billy. Raised in a working class family‚ Billy had always possessed a love for dancing. However‚ set during 1984 in the small mining town of Everington‚ his dream of becoming a ballet dancer proves to be difficult. His father‚

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    Billy the Kid

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    Billy the Kid New Mexico has had many well-known legends throughout its history. Billy the Kid was arguably one of most famous legends that New Mexico has ever had. Also known as William H. Bonney‚ Billy the Kid became a prominent and feared outlaw due to his violent nature. His life is still a heated topic throughout America‚ due to his unnatural cruelness and pain. His disturbing acts of cruelty caused many tragedies captured many lives‚ including his own‚ making his life one to remember

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    the visual representations of working-class masculinity portrayed in Stephen Daldry‟s stage musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot (2000). After a brief discussion of the portrayal of the male ballet dancer in the dancing scene since the 1990s and the inherent voyeuristic inclinations of contemporary audiences‚ the analysis will focus on five aspects of male presence in Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of the

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    Billy Budd

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    Melville’s Billy Bud This excerpt by Melville is from the scene where the chaplain is with Billy before his execution. This part of the passage is saying that even though "the worthy man" Captain Vere and in this scene the Chaplain essentially knows that Billy is innocent in all of the ways that truly matter‚ he did not try to help him. Therefore Billy becomes a "martyr of martial discipline." Neither Captain Vere nor the Chaplain can step outside the bounds of their position to help Billy just because

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    Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot (part 2: film analysis) 1) The opening scene in Billy Elliot shows us what type of kid Billy is and the same with his family. The scene shows us a glance of how Billy’s life is. He is not one of the wealthy kids‚ and the house is not of good standard. We clearly see that this family is a poor family‚ and lives in a neighbourhood that reflects that‚ a typical working-class community. It is Billy who watches out for his grandmother when his father and brother are protesting‚ which

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    Billy Graham

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    Historical Character Profile - Final Report Billy Graham was born on a farm outside Charlotte‚ North Carolina; William Franklin Graham Jr. became the most famous and successful evangelist of the twentieth century. Graham preached the Christian gospel in person to more than eighty million people and reached countless millions more by radio‚ television‚ films‚ books‚ and newspaper columns. A 1943 graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois‚ Graham gained experience and exposure in Youth for

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    Atomic Number & Mass Numbers

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    &ATOMIC NUMBER AND MASS NUMBERS After reading this section you will be able to do the following: * Define and determine the atomic number of an atom. * Define and determine the mass number of an atom. What is an atom’s atomic number? The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determines an element’s atomic number. In other words‚ each element has a unique number that identifies how many protons are in one atom of that element. For example‚ all hydrogen atoms‚ and only hydrogen atoms

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    Billy Bonzai

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    immeasurable social costs and opportunity lost for the employee and their family. Due to his lack of job satisfaction and without a pay raise‚ he turned to bonsai and bekisar for extra cash and found himself a past time and a source of extra cash. Billy has been with the company for 7 years‚ moving up the ranks to 5 out of 17 pay grades. He is well educated and has shown competence in the past. He can do his job and do it well but he has been unmotivated. If I let his behavior slide‚ our customer

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