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    AN ABOMINATION The sun is just about to set and Majungu‚ a middle aged man is seen walking towards his home. In his left hand is is a walking stick but he is not using it; it is more of clutched in the armpit than in the hand. In his right hand‚ hangigng freely is an old‚ transparent paper bag that can clearly reveal its contents. As he makes the final turn to his home‚ three kids are seen running towards him. The eldest of them‚ a girl of about twelve years meets him first and goes for the paper

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    The performance ‘Hoods’ by Barking Gecko Theatre Co. is a play about two young children‚ Jessie and Kyle‚ who create video game style situations to pass the time as they are left in the car by their mother. This play was performed at Thornlie Senior High School’s Performing Arts Centre on Friday the 1st of April 2011. It was a great honour to have this brilliant play shown to the high school students as it showed perseverance of the young children. The play was written by Angela Betzien and directed

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    A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories Volume I — Poems Teachers’ Handbook ICSE Edited by: P. Pinto Phones: 23244660 (Sales) 23246113 (Fax) © Reserved with the Publishers First Edition: 2014 Price: Rs. 40.00 Beeta Publications (A Unit of MSB Publishers Pvt. Ltd.) 4626/18‚ Ansari Road‚ Daryaganj New Delhi - 110002 Website: www.studentsmorningstar.com E-mail: info@studentsmorningstar.com A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories Volume I — Poems 1. Where the Mind is

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    E212: British Literature since 1760 Romantic and Victorian Characteristics‚ by Al Drake Alfred Drake. Office: 423 UH | W 12-1 | ajdrake@ajdrake.com Home | Syllabus | Policies Characteristics of the Romantic and Victorian Eras in England‚ 1783-1830 British Society and Politics 1) The French Revolution‚ 1789-1814. Romantic poets and others in England at first embrace the democratic uprising‚ but later react against it when the French engage in extreme violence and try to "export" their revolution

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    create word pictures or images. Images are enhanced by sensory language which provides details related to the senses. Types of poetry * Narrative-tells story that has the same literary elements‚ such as character‚ plot‚ stings‚ as works of prose fiction. Ballads‚ epics‚ and verse romances are three types of narrative poems. * Dramatic- uses techniques of drama to represent the speech of one or more characters in verse form * Lyric- expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker

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    Angel Parrett Professor Muller English 106/ Drama Essay 15 May 2006 Drama Essay Trifles Trifles‚ Susan Glaspell’s play written in 1916‚ reveal concerns of women living in a male dominated society. Glaspell communicates the role that women were expected to play in late 19th century society and the harm that can come of it to women‚ as well as men. The feminist agenda of Trifles was made obvious‚ in order to portray the lives of all women who live oppressed under male domination. John and

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    P O E T R Y A N T H O L O G Y “Racism and Suffering in African American Poetry” 1|Page T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Cover Page ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 2 Prologue …..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… 3 Poem List ….…………………………………………………………………………………………..………………….…… 4 Commentaries ……………………………………………………………………………….……………………………… 5 “Africa” by Maya Angelou ……………………………….………………………………………………………

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    Post-Colonial Indian English Drama India has the longest and the richest tradition in drama. During the age of the Vedic Aryans‚ drama was performed in a simple way. Different episodes from the Ramayana‚ the Mahabharata‚ and the Bhagavad-Gita were enacted out in front of people. When Britishers came in India‚ the crippled Indian drama regained its strength. In 1920‚ a new drama in almost all the Indian

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    Heart of a riddle: metaphor ( linking 2 unrelated images both found in riddles) - Relationship = VISION / A WAY OF SEEING - TALINGHAGA = METAPHOR Proverb/ Salawikain (rhyme & wisdom) Added = Performed through poems (poetry form) Tanaga – Proverbs with monorhyming – strength/ pain Ambahan – Chanted & Written by mangyans (songs about Nature‚ Childhood‚ woman relationships‚ hospitality) The Mangyans inscribe their songs on bamboo tubes Songs – Active Literature

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    Part One Introduction Almost every day‚ the long eighteenth century seems to be getting longer. And wider. It’s all a matter of where to draw the artificial boundaries between the stages of time over which human culture continues to change. This volume offers just one version of a period of history many refer to as the ‘long eighteenth century’‚ especially as it relates to the literature and culture of England. This version of the long eighteenth century begins in 1660‚ when a particularly

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