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    Six Characters in Search of an Author By: Luigi Pirandello GENRE: Italian Drama - theatre of the grotesque SETTING: Daytime‚ the present‚ the stage of a theatre THEMES: How does one define reality/truth? "At least admit that the actress who will play her will be less true than what you see before your very eyes" (Father‚ II) DRAMATIS PERSONAE: THE CHARACTERSTHE COMPANY FatherDirector MotherLeading Man StepdaughterLeading Lady SonSecond Female Lead Boy (mute role)Ingenue Little Girl (mute

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    Graveyard setting

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    The setting is in a Graveyard. It takes place in modern day. It has an edgy feel to it. It is dark and filled with spirits and ghosts. Nobody is the the main character. His nick name is Nob. At first‚ Nob was very confused of the world. But then he became more comfortable overtime. Nob is protective of Scarlet‚ since they’ve basically known each other their entire lives. He’s very curious and always is wondering something. He always wants what’s best. Not just for himself‚ but also everyone around

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    VIVANTS FOR MEN Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth” provides the reader with an insight into the upper-class society of New York City in the late 1800’s. The novel also extensively explores the ideas of hierarchy‚ social class‚ and gender roles through the characters. Wharton’s depiction of these characters helps in making the book more entertaining to the reader‚ especially the male characters. The male characters have a broad range of personalities‚ but the character of Simon Rosedale is the most intriguing

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    ARCHETYPAL SETTINGS 1. The River – Almost any source of water will focus on the importance of life. Without water there is no life. A journey on or down a river is often a metaphor for life’s journey or a character’s journey‚ especially if the river is shown as a road or means of travel – pulling or pushing a character through changes. (Twain’s Huck Finn) Rivers can also be a metaphor for the passage of time (Big Fish) or the stages of a human life (creek‚ roaring river‚ sea; or the crossing of

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    The Setting of Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide‚ a killing of a king to rise to power‚ and its outcomes. It is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first published in the Folio of 1623‚ possibly from a prompt book for a specific performance. Shakespeare’s sources for the tragedy are the accounts of King Macbeth of Scotland‚ Macduff‚ and Duncan in Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587)‚ a

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    Setting in “The Lottery” The setting in a story helps to form the story and it makes the characters become more interesting. There are three main types of setting. The first is nature and the outdoors‚ second is objects of human manufacture and construction and the third is cultural conditions and assumptions. These three things help the reader to understand the characters better in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”. “The Lottery” is started out by

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    The Importance of Setting

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    Charlotte Bronte. Bronte uses different setting in order to show what the characters are feeling. The setting is often a reflection of human emotion. The setting also foreshadows certain events that are going to occur. A use of setting to portray a character’s emotion is essential to a novel. It gives the reader more of a feel for what is going on. For example‚ when Rochester proposes to Jane. Jane is dazzled and excited about the idea. The setting echoes her excitement‚ "A waft of wind

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    “Doctor in the House” (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the story is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921)‚ an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon‚ Ostlere has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House‚ and the subsequent

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    Frank. Eventually‚ it is agreed to lock Uncle Frank in David’s house cellar until a proper decision can be made about Uncle Frank’s fate‚ but within the cellar Uncle Frank commits suicide and ends the dispute. - Themes: There are three noticeable themes within this story. The first is the general abuse of power from people of higher authority. Though it may not be evident many high authorities may abuse their powers. Another theme that is definitely showing is that of racism. In the story‚ Frank

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    English ¾ H 16 May 2013 Cyrano de Bergerac: Changing Characters over Time In Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand‚ many themes are implicated and appear throughout several locations in the story. One of these themes is how characters change over time. In the story‚ Roxane‚ Christian‚ and Comte de Guiche all change dramatically in terms of personality and play a major role in progressing the story. All three of these characters experience life-changing events in which the results of the change

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