A Few Thoughts on the Dramatic Monologue A dramatic monologue is a poem written in the voice of a specific‚ definite character who is not the poet: the speaker is a persona‚ a mask. It’s a monologue because it has only one speaker‚ though there is sometimes (as in Browning’s “My Last Duchess”) a silent interlocutor whose unheard (or unread) responses help shape the speaker’s discourse and the meaning of the poem. (In such poems addressed to a specific listener‚ though only one person speaks‚ both
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him by calling him a ’Little man’‚ undermining the power he had over her at the start. How does Duffy use dramatic monologues to create characters in her poetry? How does Duffy use poetic form to create distinct characters or voices? How does Duffy create characters and voices in her poetry? Consider the use of the dramatic monologue favoured by Duffy How do Duffy and Pugh use poetic form to create distinct characters or voices in their poetry? You should refer to at least 2 Duffy poems in your
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SE1101E Group Essay Rural-Urban migration‚ or "urbanization"‚ has led to a better life for a majority of Southeast Asians. To what extent is this true? Discuss your answer using examples from at least three different Southeast Asian societies to illustrate your points. ____ Introduction For the longest time‚ Singaporeans lived in a relative urban oasis - coined‚ praised and awarded as the ‘Garden City’. Even so‚ in the last 2 years‚ Singaporeans have experienced the stress of continued
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A tragedy is a form of drama in which death‚ heartbreak‚ or any type of human suffering is inevitable. The origins where tragedies occurred were Ancient Greece‚ Italy‚ and Britain. An example of a famous tragedy are Romeo & Juliet and Mac Beth by William Shakespeare. A Shakespearean tragedy usually includes elements which are‚ having a ‘tragic hero’ who is noble‚ dramatic irony‚ hamartia‚ hubris‚ pathos and a restoration of social order. Dramatic irony is an element used in a tragedy. This element
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Discuss the dramatic techniques in Death of a Salesman. From a technical point of view‚ Miller was welcomed by those involved in the practical craft of theatre. In his plays‚ we find challenge and convention‚ boldness and caution‚ daring technical experiment and poetic dialogues. In Death of a Salesman ‚ his new dramatic techniques- unrealistic setting‚ music‚ lighting‚ etc.-all generated a sense of mutation of old forms and conventions. Death of a Salesman concentrates on Willy Loman‚ an exhausted
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Choice 1 JIMMY I need detention. I really need detention. See‚ there’s this girl... I know‚ I know‚ it always starts with a girl ... But this girl is special... I mean it this time... Really special. Her name is Harmony... But she goes my Harm. Cute huh? She can harm me any time she wants. And she has too. A couple of times. But I deserved it... Cause I touched her once. I didn’t touch her anywhere bad. Just on the shoulder. And she broke my finger. So I guess we kind of have held hands. I was just
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The play used set pieces like brick walls‚ a receptionist’s desk‚ and door frame with a curtain in it in order to apply masking to the scene. The brick wall and wooden wall were both flats and the desk and wooden wall were wagons as well. There was also set dressing such as the shelf full of flowers and vases also there were vases on the floor and the brick walls. The wooden walls eventually opened up to show the venus fly trap. There was one soliloquy that Seymour spoke while there was 2
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Write a commentary on one of the following: The music of the ship was howling around him. The low whistlings; the tortured rumbles; the wheezy sputters of breeze flowing through it. The clatter of loose wainscoting. The clank of chains. The groaning of boards. The blare of wind. Never before had he felt rain quite like it. It seemed to spew from the clouds‚ not merely to fall. He watched the wave rise up from a quarter of a mile away. Rolling. Foaming. Rushing. Surging. Beginning to thicken and
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Reduce our usage of paper – Save our trees! Tips on how to reduce paper usage: Do not discard waste paper. Recycle scrap including newspaper. You can earn extra money this way! Do not print documents unnecessarily. Read off the computer screen if you can. Use the back of used paper as scrap if you can. Use toilet paper sparingly. Encourage your parents and school to buy recycled paper products. All space in old books should be used before using a new one. Encourage your school and parents
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BOOK REPORT I think the title “City of Ember” is good because it is telling a city being underground . Ember means a glowing light that lights up and starts to dies out. An ember can also be the same thing but in buildings when they turn on the lights it is like an ember. Because the city is underground ‚it is very dark. They need electricity to light up the city. An other title for the book can be “Sunless city”could be another title because the city does not have any light from the
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