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    relationships? The history Boys is a comedy play based on a group of intelligent and funny sixth-form boys in the 1980’s.The boys find themselves in different sitations‚whether it’s to do with love‚ heartbreak or heir further education and their future. These situations that they are faced with‚ contribute o he humur the play. In the beginning of the play‚we are introduced to one of he boys teachers‚Mr Hector.The relationship between Hector and the boys seems informal and sexual as he hits the boys and allows

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    ‘Women’s roles are often tokenistic in dramatic comedy’ discuss whether you believe this to be the case in relation to the play you are studying. Throughout the history boys‚ the male characters mainly take the more dominant role whereas the women are seen more as objects rather than women. Mrs Lintott is the only woman that is actually respected a tiny bit whereas Fiona the secretary is seen more as a typical slutty secretary. The role of Fiona really helps the statement in the question to be true

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    The History Boys is a play by Alan Bennett that talks about 8 English boys in the 1980s‚ originally having their high school life happily but the situation changes when the new teacher Irwin arrived and broadened their horizons. They start to have struggles‚ confusion and realize the limitations put on them in the aspects of education‚ sexuality‚ morale and initiation during the time they are preparing for their A level exam. At last‚ most of them have a successful life under the elite education

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    The History Boys by Alan Bennett Notes on Key Themes Initiation Sexual charm is something that can be exploited as a declaration of power and dominance‚ and a way to build the sense of pride manipulate people. Dakin wants to make love with Fiona on the headmaster’s study floor and he believes that his performance in bed is better than the headmaster. This is a way to consolidate his masculinity and sense of superiority‚ as if he ‘wins’ the headmaster in a battle. Dakin’s metaphor comparing

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    One of the main characters in Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy and the eponymous film based upon it is Fiona. Fiona is Marcus’ forty-year-old mother‚ who tries to raise Marcus as a perfect person into a falling world on her own‚ ever since she divorced Marcus’ father several years ago. Until the very end of the story‚ Fiona is incapable of seeing her own wrongs‚ and thus‚ she raises her son as a boy who seemingly is every parent’s dream‚ but also is unfamiliar with social norms in areas such as clothing

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    What elements of Bennetts own educational experiences has he used in “the History Boys”? Bennett says that he was made fun of at school for coming to school in a suit on the day of his exams. He says he did this because he thought the exam was an occasion and he must rise to it. This show us how he felt towards his exams and probably shows how some of the boys in his book would have felt like when taking their exams. This shows how important he thinks exams are and this theme will probably reflect

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    The History Boys Bennett’s setting is a northern grammar school and his focus is on the varied methods of training post A-level students for life. The headmaster‚ obsessed with league-tables and results‚ wants them all to be Oxbridge candidates. To this end‚ he engages a young historian‚ Irwin‚ who knows that the key to exam success lies in singularity and that "the wrong end of the stick is the right one". In the opposite camp is the gentle English master‚ Mr Hector‚ who argues that exams are

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    Among all of the academic disciplines‚ history stands as one of the most controversial. This is due to the inherently interpretive nature of the field‚ one that has long resulted in heated debates for many historians. As one would expect that the study of events long passed to be more firmly rooted in unchallengeable fact rather than disputable opinion‚ this presents a bit of quandary. To many‚ there appears to be little merit in making an effort to understand events that have been debated ad nauseam

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    Education – what is it for? In “The History Boys” two different approaches to education are presented. Irwin represents the functional approach‚ his teaching methods are traditional and structured‚ focused solely on passing the Oxbridge entrance examinations. Hector teaches the life enrichment approach in his General Studies class‚ his teaching methods are unconventional and spontaneous‚ Hector is not interested in exams and believes in learning for its own sake. Hector undermines the values of

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    Purpose and History Leonard Navarro CJA/234 January-Thursday 3‚ 2013 LaJuana Haselrig Purpose and History What is the purpose of having penitentiaries in our country? What is the history of the penitentiary? What is punishment and what is its history? How have prisons developed? What is the Pennsylvania system? What is the Auburn system? What is the impact and involvement of prison labor over time? What is the process of corrections? What is a penitentiary? What is the mission of

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