something terrible had just taken place. To present my monologue I have stayed true to the original layout of the set. It centralises around four main characters‚ Sloane who is described as a young good looking psychopath‚ Kath who is Sloan’s landlady‚ Ed‚ who is Kath gay brother & Kemp who is Ed & Kaths father. I have chosen to perform Sloane’s monologue because I found the play very interesting because it breaks away from the social norms of the time in the sense that it explores homosexuality
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A Stylistic Analysis of O. Henry’s the Furnished Room 学号：2006689 姓名：廖佩琚 I. Abstract (the outline of the essay) This paper introduces the American famous writer O.Henry’s life and analyzes his well-known short story “the Furnished Room” with a brief introduction of the main content and theme‚ also presenting some stylistic features of the article. II. Key words O. Henry; The Furnished Room; stylistic features; surprise ending III. Introduction (aim of the essay) This paper
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flickering the last time. The adventure and mystery hooked me‚ and made me who I am now. As I followed David‚ this normal boy going to college find that the world has a secret and his landlady is in the center of it. He finds that the clay statue of a dragon‚ a gift from his landlady‚ is all that remains of the once proud dragons and has
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that makes Mr Bleaney seem interesting. From the beginning of the poem‚ the reader is intrigued by the character of Mr Bleaney as it seems he has no control over his life. The reader first sees this in stanza one when the persona is talking to the landlady. “.. till They moved him.” This suggests to the reader that Mr Bleaney had no choice in the matter of moving or where he moved to. The reader gathers this from the word “they”‚ it shows that Mr Bleaney was moved unwillingly from the bed-sit or
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skin color. She is Jamaican‚ and her husband was not. One day they found a house to move into‚ and they were very excited. But once the landlady noticed that Gladwell’s mother was Jamaican‚ they were turned away. She never got over the embarrassment‚ and she found herself resenting her skin color because it put her at such a disadvantage. In her own words‚ “We [landlady and her] were both guilty of the sin of self-regard‚ the pride and the exclusiveness by which we cut
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INTRODUCTION In literary works‚ characters usually illuminate the overt and covert themes of the story‚ the setting‚ the plots and subsequent subplots. The literary works’ creators need characters so as to emphasize on the major issues affecting our contemporary society. In his short stories anthology‚ ‘Ways of sunlight’‚ Samuel Selvon uses characters to present the themes and explain the actions they undertake in their lives. Using five short stories from the anthology we are able to understand
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So in this essay I will be talking about how Roald dahl and ray bradbury are alike.How are roald dahl and Ray Bradbury alike? Well they are very good at making things without thought or emotions seem like they do. For example Roald dahl made it seem like the landlady’s dog and bird were alive. She treated them like real living things ‚ he made that seem very real. And Ray made it seem like the whole house was alive . For example Ray said said on there will come soft rains” the clock sang” or “robot
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being lazy and uncultured‚ and writes that "there is no poetry about Harris – no wild yearning for the unattainable" (18). Montmorency J.’s lively‚ belligerent fox terrier. He enjoys both fighting with other dogs and hunting. Mrs. Poppets J.’s landlady. Uncle Podger J.’s accident-prone uncle‚ who is deceased. J. compares Harris to Uncle Podger because both
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Prose Assignment I have studied five short stories by Roald Dahl which are The Landlady‚ Neck‚ Dip in the Pool‚ Man from the South and Lamb to the Slaughter. I am going to focus on The Landlady‚ Man from the South and Lamb to the Slaughter. Man from the South Man from the South is set in a hotel in Jamaica. Roald Dahl makes it seem a relaxing and fun environment. The characters include an English man‚ a South American man‚ an English girl and an American sailor. The story is about a strange
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wanted to gather more data about Kampung Buangkok and its conservation through the interview from someone who might feel more personally about kampung Buangkok. Therefore‚ we decided to interview Mdm Sng Mui Hong‚ the landlady of Kampung Buangkok. We believed that her position as landlady of the place would give her stronger feelings about the kampung and its impending demolishment. The objectives of this interview were to: • Find out more about the life of those still living in kampung Buangkok •
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