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    On March 3rd‚ I went to a play called Boys Will Be Boys in UNI’s Interpreters Theatre. I initially went because a friend of mine was in it and they asked me to attend. I was excited because i’ve only seen plays done by Theatre UNI‚ so it would be a nice change to see a smaller scale production. The theatre is located in Lang Hall. It was a very intimate theatre with little to no staging. The actors had to rely solely on a few props and their ability to act. The play was written by a UNI grad student

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    Merchant of Venice: A Romantic Comedy From Insights‚ 1992 The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies‚ probably written in 1596 and 1597‚ and forms one of a group of such comedies‚ along with The Two Gentlemen of Verona‚ As You Like It‚ andTwelfth Night. Romantic comedy was a popular and much-preferred type in Elizabethan theatre‚ and all the trappings of such are present in The Merchant of Venice. First‚ the romantic involvement is represented not by one couple only‚ but by three

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    have dramatically changed? Has stereotyping become less accurate and more common or has the Romantic Comedy genre developed its representations to break female stereotypes? This investigation aims to explore these questions and‚ ultimately‚ to evaluate if the representation of femininity has developed over the last 25 years. Also‚ to find out to what extent the female role within Romantic Comedy has changed. Exploring the representations of female characters by comparing and contrasting the representation

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    Nazi Germany 1918 - 1939 November 1918: Germany surrenders and the Kaiser abdicates. Germany becomes a Republic. June 28th 1919: Treaty of Versailles Germany are forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles (November Criminals)‚ which many Germans describe as a ‘Diktat’. The Weimar Constitution (rules) is set up which makes Germany a democracy with a President‚ Chancellor and a Reichstag‚ elected by proportional representation. January 4th to January 15th: The Spartakist Uprising led by Communist

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    “Nun’s Priest’s Tale” in the Canterbury Tales‚ written by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ can be categorized as comedy. As defined in the Oxford dictionary‚ comedy is a form of professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches‚ intended to make an audience laugh. However‚ it may be confusing for some audiences when they find another definition of the word comedy. Also as defined by the Oxford dictionary‚ comedy is a category of theater characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of

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    Dickens comedy in The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers has been one of the most read and most popular novels of all time since its publishing in 1836. This novel exalts the joys one can live as Dickens portrays the pleasures of travel‚ food and drink‚ companionship between men‚ benevolence‚ the joys of youth and romance. While the novel primarily deals with issues of a serious nature‚ they are disguised and portrayed to the readers in the guise of comedy. Dickens manages to blend these serious

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    clear-cut comedies and tragedies‚ while others are more ambiguous. The Merchant of Venice is a play that falls under the latter type‚ and it has been hotly contested whether this literary work should be classified a comedy or a tragedy. However‚ since the majority of the characters received a happy ending‚ the abundance of comic relief scenes and characters‚ and lightheartedness of the plot relative to other Shakespearean works leads me to conclude that The Merchant of Venice is indeed a comedy.

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    "What goes around comes around" means if you want something good to happen to you then you have to help or do something good for someone else. Before you get something good in return you have to do something good for someone else. I relate to "What goes around comes around" because my grandparents would always say "what goes around surely does come back around". Looking back on my past life I see that i have made many mistakes and majority due to my lack of patience‚ disrespect‚ and never listening

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    I believe it is still possible to go too far. In order to accommodate all types of audiences when discussing race‚ people use a variety of means such as comedy‚ essays‚ and dramatic films. All people have their own way to approach the subject. For some‚ it may be best to approach the topic in a friendly manner. In this case the use of comedy would be a great approach. People like Key and Peele use comedic videos to display racial stereotypes. An example is their video called “Substitute Teacher”

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    setting and plot of the story to the responder and thus fulfill its purpose. I will be illustrating this through the analysis of the Henry Lawson stories including “The Drover’s Wife” and “The Loaded Dog” and through other related texts “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury and “Charles” by Shirley Jackson. These stories present a variety of techniques in order

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