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    ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAMA The dramatic activity in England took its rise‚ as did the drama of the Greeks‚ from religion; it was in origin distinctly a creation of the church. The church was everything for the Middle Ages:- rest for the weary‚ solace for the afflicted‚ bread for the hungry and succour for the helpless.The church was indeed the schoolz the meeting .place‚ the centre of art and above all of amusement and entertainment. It was ready and eager to provide for the people delight

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    Elizabethan Poetry I Drama dominates our syllabus but the Renaissance was a Golden Age not just for English drama‚ but also for English poetry. But what was English poetry? George Puttenham’s The Arte of English Poesie (1589) and Sir Philip Sidney’s The Defense of Poesie (1595): early attempts to think about English poetry as a distinct national tradition. Puttenham and Sidney were concerned to build a canon and help shape English poetry into a tradition capable of rivalling more prestigious

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    response and/or plot development. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.pag.)‚ drama can be defined as‚ “a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance.” In the two plays that I have selected‚ drama is definitely a depiction of life. The Ritual by Zeno Obi Constance and Your Handsome Captain by Simone Schwarz-Bart

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    <b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros

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    Poetry analysis of ‘Introduction to Poetry’ The Poem “Introduction to Poetry” is by Billy Collins‚ an English poet‚ and it is about how teachers often force students to over-analyze poetry and to try decipher every possible meaning portrayed throughout the poem rather than allowing the students to form their own interpretation of the poem based on their own experiences. Throughout the poem‚ a number of literary devices are used. For example: “or press an ear against its hive”. Using this metaphor

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    Essays: Indian English Drama

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    American paper 6 Design I found a dimpled spider‚ fat and white‚ On a white heal-all‚ holding up a moth Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth -- Assorted characters of death and blight Mixed ready to begin the morning right‚ Like the ingredients of a witches’ broth -- A snow-drop spider‚ a flower like a froth‚ And dead wings carried like a paper kite. What had that flower to do with being white‚ The wayside blue and innocent heal-all? What brought the kindred spider to that height

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    Macbeth, metaphysical drama?

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    The question that my title is whether Macbeth is to be understood as a psychological drama‚ in which we see the mental affects of a sinful act on the main characters‚ or a play which is about the evil forces that men must learn to avoid and to not be enticed into. In order for me to answer the question to the fullest extent‚ I am going to define the key words the question has. Firstly‚ the ’psychological’ side. This is about how minds work under different circumstances and situations. As ideas of

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    tenets /principles that rationalize the development of the constructivism educational theory. Drama in education provides activities‚ strategies and techniques that underpin all these tenets. Therefore revealing how the constructivism learning theory justifies the use of the use of drama in the classroom. “Drama in education is the use of drama techniques to support learning in the classroom. Drama in education was at first called creative dramatics and the founder of the field was Winifred

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    Hawa jb zard patton ku‚juda shakon sy krtii ha…. Mujhy us say bichr jana‚bht he yaad ata hair Bhot dushwar hota hai ksi ko yun bhula dena... K jb wo shakhs shamil ho ragon mein khoon ki maanind!! Tu jo roothay kbhi to mana lunga tjhe‚ mgr dekh. . . .! Muhabbaton mein meri shaamil koi dusra na ho. . . .! Mera raakh hota hua baddan‚thak kr mjse sawaal krta ha! Kia ishq krna zruri tha? Meri bat maano mohsin! tm chor do shararat!!! Ye jo ishq kr rahe ho barbad ho rahe ho..

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    |SECTION B | | | |Spend about 1 hour on this section. Think carefully about the poems before you write your answer. | |In the first

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