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    The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross is about a couple that has been married for 7 years‚ in which‚ they’ve lived on an isolated farm. The wife Anne seeks change in her boring life resulting in her committing adultery. Later in the story Anne comes to the realization that she’s truly in love with John but it didn’t matter because John had witnessed her sin. John is announced dead because while walking away from his home in dismay he froze to death. In comparison‚ Behind the Headlines by Vidyut Akulujkar

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    THE WRITER: GUY de MAUPASSANT · He was born on August 5‚ 1850‚ Château de Miromesnil‚ near Dieppe‚ France. He died of Syphilis on July 6‚ 1893 in Paris. It is possible that his disease was congenital. · He was a French naturalist writer of short stories and novels. He is by generally considered the greatest Frenchshort-story writer. · Guy received his first education from the church. At age 13‚ he was sent to a small seminary at Yvetot that took both lay

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    Her First Ball is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 28 November 1921‚ and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories. Plot summary A young girl called Leila has come to the city to stay with her cousins‚ the Sheridan’s (who also appear in "The Garden Party.") As the story opens‚ they are going to a ball (A formal gathering for social dancing). Leila is very excited: this is her first ball. Once there‚ she is both excited and terrified

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    crucifixion. After telling this story to two widowers‚ he finds that the widowers are crying. He is certain that he has found a great connection on how‚ “The past…is connected with the present in an unbroken chain of events flowing on out of the other” (Chekhov 266). In making this comment‚ Ivan believes that he has found the deeper meaning within the situation. Ironically‚ he is missing the reason why these two women are crying: they have suffered. Their suffering might be because of the death

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    references to the play that its content is a Naturalistic one. First of all‚ we will define what Naturalism is. Secondly‚ we will look at how the definition applies to A Doll’s House. Thirdly‚ we will compare it with another play: The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. Naturalism is often based on the theory of evolution of Charles Darwin. Naturalist authors frequently want to show how people are predestined to live a certain way as they are prisoners of the social hierarchies created by men. John Rahn points

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    It was said by more than one author that the ‘golden age’ of the short story was the 1920s‚ and that although varied publications remain (The New Yorker‚ Myslexia‚ The Woman’s Weekly)‚ there is little opportunity in the modern age for the short story writer. Was this‚ as Kurt Vonnegut argued the result of television? Vonnegut claimed: When I started out it was possible to make a living as a freelance writer of fiction…because it was still the golden age of magazines‚ and it looked as though

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    Department of Drama DRA1007: Theatrical Interpretations (Practitioners) Formative Essay‚ due 5th February‚ 2015 STUDENT ID (the number on your University Student Card): 620023599 TUTOR: Swati Arora Essay title: Outline what you consider to be the most significant aspects of the emergence of modernism. Draw evidence for your argument from performances and performance texts. Show your awareness of historical context. Focus your essay on the work of two practitioners discussed in lectures and

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    Expressionism was the belief that emerged in Germany in 1910 which was based on the idea of countering materialism and industrialism. The latter was the principle oblique of Human spirit and that most of the expressionist stories generally present the protagonist in search for his/her identity or meant to change the world. Eugene O’Neil is one of the most prominent playwrights ‚ a lot of his plays were a sort of expressionistic styles such as THE HAIRY APE‚ which is a good play that might have seen

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    THEA104 EXAM 2 Review KEY QUESTIONS: (1) What is bardolotry and what are some of the ways Shakespeare gets adapted today? - Bardolotry is the worshiping of Shakespeare. Shakespeare has a lasting impact. People are interested in the man and the mystique. 1) The Bard a) William Shakespeare i) The Bard – “He was not of an age but for all time” ii) Bardolatry – don’t read Webster or Marlowe but you are tormented with Shakespeare iii) Adaptation

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