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    In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall‚” two men‚ the narrator and his neighbor‚ perform an annual repair on a wall separating their property. The narrator description of his neighbor depicts him as a savage blinding following a tradition of maintain a wall to separate his property from the surroundings. The description of the repairing of the wall shows that the two men work concurrently but without cooperating. The depiction of nature as the cause of the gradual destruction of the wall shows that separation

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    William Shakespeare’s play ‘King Richard III’ and Al Pacino’s 1996 doco-drama film ‘Looking for Richard’ reveals the explicit relationships between each text and their respective audience. The Elizabethan and twentieth century contexts in each of these texts are important as it demonstrates the value of each text and enables the understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. Shakespeare’s ‘King Richard III’ portrays a malicious and corrupted Richard to explore the themes of divine

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    understanding of context and values Examinations of Shakespeare’s play ’King Richard III’ and Pacino’s docu-drama ’Looking for Richard’ reveals relationships between the texts and their respective audience. The fifteenth century and twentieth century contexts demonstrates the values of each text and enables understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. ’King Richard III’ portrays a hateful‚ corrupted Richard exploring divine justice and the notion of appearance versus reality in

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    scenes of both. (50/50) Due: Thursday 16th Shakespeare’s play King Richard III and Al Pacino’s documentary Looking for Richard are two text composed more than 400 years apart that can be linked through their themes and techniques. The influence of these themes or values however‚ is subject to the context of the audience. Both texts explore the characterisation of the main character Richard and how he is presented. They explore the craft of performance‚ presenting two different

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    The Composer: Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22‚ 1813 in Leipzig. Richard Wagner was so influential that his writings on drama had a huge impact on people throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. Richard Wagner’s father passed away when he was only six months old‚ with typhus. His mother remarried‚ who was a writer and an artist. Richard’s stepfather educated him. Richard attended Leipzig University to study music‚ but he dropped out of college to take a job in

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    Richard Dawson was born as Colin Lionel Emm in Gosport Hampshire‚ England on November 20‚ 1932. Dawson at the age of 14 left home and joined the Merchant Marines.While in the Merchant Marines he made a living as a boxer. Dawson was with the marines for 3 years until he was discharged. 2 years after his discharge Dawson was trying to be a comedic actor while trying to pursue his dream he was a waiter. When he made it as a comedic actor he used a fake name Dickie Dawson‚ but as he grew older he then

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    Ian Quey Mr. Howarth English 102 27 September 2005 A Life’s Struggle In second half of Pink Floyd’s album "The Wall‚" the titles and lyrics to the songs tell a story of a man who is lonely‚ lost‚ and scared to the point of paranoia‚ and after reading and thoroughly analyzing the lyrics I noticed that "The Wall" which Pink describes is not a physical object but a mental wall constructed out of bad memories and terrible experiences he witnesses that have had negative effects on him throughout

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    Poem: Mending Wall Poet: Robert Frost The Historian 1. Robert Frost contemplated suicide when his future wife Elinor rejected him 2. Robert Frost was awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal 3. Robert Frost visited the Soviet Union in 1962 The Summarizer The poem “The Mending Wall” is about two neighbors who are both separated by a wall but disagree on whether the wall is necessary. The wall serves the main purpose of separating the property of each neighbor‚ but from the speaker’s eyes

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    Through exploring connections between Shakespeare’s Richard III and Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard the values of the era are often a product of the context of the text. However‚ through studying the theatricality of man and the pursuit of power‚ it is clear these notions transcend time and context. Shakespeare valued the way an actor could act within a play and theatre was valued in this context. Shakespeare also demonstrated how Richard pursued political power‚ whilst Shakespeare himself pursued

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    CRAIG J. J. WRIGHT Biographical Sketch Reverend‚ Craig J. Wright is the Pastor of Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church in Glen Cove‚ New York‚ and serves as the Associate Vice President for Equity‚ Inclusion and Affirmative Action at Nassau Community College‚ Garden City‚ New York. He has been a college administrator and student advocate since 1988‚ and a preacher of the Gospel since 1992. Pastor Wright is a native of Freeport‚ New York. In his home town‚ Craig Wright was active in

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