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    Portia and Brutus

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    Portia Analyzation In our scene Portia presents the classic wife‚ worrying for her husband’s health of body and of mind. This is the first and only time that Portia is seen in Julius Ceasar. This is pretty important‚ because it doesn’t allow our view of her to change‚ therefore‚ everything she says can be taken at face value. We first hear of her saying “Brutus‚ my lord!” Which shows the interesting factor of subservience of women‚ in Ancient Roman times. Portia‚ in her next line

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    Ophelia

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    role Greek culture believed that women were formerly men in a previous life that had lived wicked lives and were turned into a women as punishment. Ophelia is commonly thought to be created to show Hamlet’s abhorrence of women in general just like the Greeks. Ophelia is more than just a minor character in Hamlet‚ rather‚ William Shakespeare uses Ophelia to show the more human sides of Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ and Hamlet‚ characters who otherwise are playing personal roles. Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ and Hamlet

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    My Fair Lady and Pygmalion: Connections and Contrasts Through the years‚ countless film directors have adapted and recreated various novels and plays to make them ideal for the big-screen. In many cases‚ directors strive to keep their screenplay adaptations true to the original literature; however‚ viewers often find contrasts in certain areas of the film. George Bernard Shaw‚ author of the play Pygmalion‚ who had passed away prior to the production of My Fair Lady in 1964‚ therefore‚ he

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    written were both tragedies written by William Shakespeare. ’Macbeth’ was about a man who was told a prophecy by three witches that he will be lord of Cawdor and he will become King. So he killed the former King of Scotland for himself and his wife Lady Macbeth to become king and queen‚ he was not alone in the murder his wife manipulated and steered him into the direction of killing King Duncan. Macbeth also kills various other people on the way to maintain his power. ’Hamlet’ is set in Denmark‚

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    Pygmalion vs. My Fair LadyThe Academy Award-winning musical film My Fair Lady produced by George Cukor in 1964‚ was based on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw written in 1913. Although‚ the basic story line and underlying themes are the same‚ there are a number of differences between the two famous works. The most pronounced difference is that My Fair Lady had songs added to the dialogue. Furthermore‚ Pygmalion deals with many of the social issues that were occurring during the Victorian

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    My Fair Lady: Study Guide

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    Teacher Support Programme LEVEL 3 My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner acquaintance‚ Colonel Pickering‚ that after six months of lessons with him‚ he could teach Eliza to speak with such a pure upper-class accent that no one would be able to tell where she came from. Chapter 2: Eliza’s father‚ Alfred Doolittle was thrown out of the pub as he hasn’t got enough money to pay for his drinks. Eliza gives him some money. About the author My Fair Lady was originally a stage musical based on the

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    Portia; Heroin of Venice

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    Portia is a strong heroine in a play filled with‚ confused‚ selfish‚ niave men. It may seem that she is a controlling female who uses her power to get her way in the world‚ but she is given a bad rap. Sure she’s a bit controlling but how can we blame her‚ that’s how she was brought up‚ it’s part of her upbringing. It’s easy to accuse her of prying into her newly husbands life or taking control over something that wasn’t any of her concern‚ but it’s possible that like many other heroes and heroines

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    Understanding the two texts “My fair Lady” and “Pretty Woman” have greatly developed and reshaped the indepth comparison of the both studied texts. Texts reflect the concerns of in time in which they are written. The fantastic team work of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederic Lowe made My Fair Lady‚ an outstanding success in 1962. The story revolves around Eliza Doolittle‚ an unmannered cockney flower girl from Covent Garden‚ who agrees to take speech lessons from phonetician Henry Higgins in order

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    REVIEW OF MOVIE: MY FAIR LADY It has been theorized that the ability to communicate through language made the human species possible and in the same way‚ each individual becomes humanized as he/she enters into verbal communication with those around (Simmons-McDonald). If this statement is accepted as true‚ then it follows that the continued development of the human species depends on each individual being able to participate effectively in the process of communication. Was this the message

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    Two Different Countries

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    table with lots of colorful round pillows‚ directing servants what to do and peeling vegetables or cleaning rice. The house was cleaned from top to bottom everyday. For lunch a long red and white-patterned tablecloths was laid on the floor and all the ladies in home use to eat together. My mother use to make bread in a special underground oven. Men usually came home by the evening and dinner was an important event since everybody was supposed to be there for it. Things haven’t changed a lot now. I grew

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