Abstract This paper discusses the ways of communication of two characters Ben and Gus in Harold Pinter’s play‚ dumb waiter. Ben and Gus are two assassins awaiting the arrival of their next victim in a dank basement. The pair inhabits a pantomimic parody of world where nothing is ever accomplished through their dialogue. As a result they talk‚ but they don’t communicate. This paper examines four kinds of their communication and the violence and menace underneath it. It also explores the concept of
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A Midnight Ride Paul Revere was an American Patriot who lived in the 18th and 19th century. He is the subject of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “A Midnight Ride” one of the most famous American poems. He was known as a son of liberty and was a key person in America’s fight for liberty. Revere was a messenger‚ a silversmith‚ a dentist‚ even a writer‚ but through all of his professions‚ duties and responsibilities Paul Revere remained loyal‚ brave and committed to his country
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A. English religious literature 1-Thomas Gramner: “---“A book of common prayer” 2-John Bungan: “---“Grace abounding” B. Definitions 1-A parody: It is aA literary work that imitatesimitate another in order to turn it or hold it up to ridicule. 2-A treatise: AIt is a formal account in writing‚ treating systematically of some subjectssubject. 3-A fabliau: A short metrical tale usually comic‚ frankly coarse‚ often cynical‚ It is a popular short narrative poem in the 12th and 13th centuries
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Preliminary Assessment Task 2 – Tutorial Presentation Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two fools in a world that is beyond their understanding. They question the purpose of existence whilst pondering the mysteries of death and chance through constant rambling and anxious confusion. To understand the notion that ‘“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” locates us in places of social and psychological change’ we must acknowledge the context in which the play was written. When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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one of her attackers. She claimed that six raped her‚ and three raped Ruby Bates. Prosecutor Knight’s strategy was mainly to make sure his questions would keep to Victoria’s story‚ and so it did not change from her first story of the incident. When Samuel S. Leibowitz questioned her‚ however‚ it was merciless. His questions suggested his answers. Victoria had claimed that she stayed at Callie Brochie’s boardinghouse in Chattanooga the night before‚ but that was proved false. There wasn’t such a place
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Massachusetts was first colonized by principally English Europeans in the early 17th century‚ and became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the 18th century. Prior to English colonization of the area‚ it was inhabited by a variety of mainly Algonquian-speaking indigenous tribes. The first permanent English settlement was established in 1620 with the founding of Plymouth Colony by the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower. A second‚ shorter-lasting colony‚ was established near Plymouth in 1622 at
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of an individual was tied to his or her ability to follow to follow religious rules and beliefs. If people were of good standing in the church‚ they also had good standing in the community. In The Crucible‚ the behaviour of one character‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ exemplifies this need to protect and maintain a good reputation within the church and maintains a high regard for himself. This is evident in his dispute with John Proctor as to whether the supply of firewood should be deducted from his salary:
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These people were called witches and were prosecuted heavily until about the end of the 15th century. In Salem Massachusetts the witch infamous witch hunt was partly caused by a new unpopular reverend named Samuel Parris. In 1692 when his daughter and niece began having fits it was easy for him and his daughters to blame it on witchcraft. Another child named Ann Putnam also began experiencing fits‚ the three girls blamed these fits on witchcraft and claimed
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Revere’s most famous act though‚ was his Midnight Ride during the Revolution. On April 18‚ 1775‚ Paul Revere was given the assignment to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the British Regulars on the way to confiscate the militia’s armaments and arrest Hancock and Adams. Lanterns were hung in an old church bell tower to signal to colonists in Charlestown in case both Revere and his companion‚ William
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The Shoemaker and the Tea Party The nickname “The Boston Tea Party” that refers to the rebellious actions of dumping tea into Boston harbor was actually given in a later time period. The original name that colonist described it as was “The Destruction of the Tea”.1An important man named George Robert Twelves Hewes gives a personal recollection of his participation during the prerevolutionary war. Hewes was renounced a hero in his later years towards his hundredth birthday. He was the last know
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