During the first course of the year in As Drama and Theatre Studies‚ we have been exploring Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff‚ and My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlott Keatley. Both of these plays allowed us to explore critical factors which make up the course‚ these headings are: practitioner‚ vocal awareness‚ non-verbal communication‚ visual‚ aural and spatial dynamics‚ language‚ plus social‚ historical cultural and political contexts. Finally the plays uncover interpretation and characterisation
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make the audience more aware of his reality. In both Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis this method is used in order to create an ironic world for their hero‚ where neither Oedipus nor Gregor are fully informed of their tragic standing in their world. The use of dramatic irony in both of these works of literature is what leads to the main character’s tragic end. In the Metamorphosis‚ Gregor never finds out the truth‚ arousing pity for the audience‚ while Oedipus does‚ which makes
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statement: In Dante’s Inferno‚ the first part of the Divine Comedy‚ Dante develops many themes throughout the adventures of the travelers. The Inferno is a work that Dante used to express the theme on his ideas of God’s divine justice. God’s divine justice is demonstrated through the punishments of the sinners the travelers encounter. 1) Introduction A. An overview Dante Alighieri’s life‚ writing style and the Inferno B. Dante Alighieri’s life during the torrential times of the Florentine history
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Cristo the main character‚ Edmond Dantes‚ takes on various identities. Some people have even argued that his continuing metamorphosis verge on Multiple Personality Disorder. Those people are wrong. Though he does exhibit similar symptoms‚ Dantes is fully conscious of the new identities he takes on. In fact‚ he does changes intentionally. His purpose in taking on new identities is to seek vengeance on his enemies while maintaining the innocence of Edmond Dantes. Edmond Dantes a successful‚ happy‚ young
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The novel begins with Edmond Dantes‚ an admirable young sailor who is about to marry his beautiful fiancé and become the captain of his own ship. Dantes seems to be have a very promising future; however‚ deep feelings of envy and jealously quickly arise in those around him. Dumas exemplified the forces of good against evil through various characters. In this novel negative characters plot to conspire against Dantes by writing a letter which falsely incriminated him. Dantes was then wrongfully imprisoned
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that crushes those who plotted his demise. Fernand Mondego and Danglars both wronged Dantes‚ and both were motivated by envy. Both men were filled with jealousy and never thought of the consequences of their actions. Villefort disposes of Dantes because of ambition. He would stop at nothing to climb the aristocratic ladder. Finally‚ Caderousse‚ a man that is simply ill natured‚ helped in the destruction of Dantes> None of these men could fathom how costly the price of these injustices would be
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money. Edmond Dantes (James Caviezel)‚ the second mate of a French trading ship‚ a young and successful merchant sailor‚ is planning to marry Mercedes‚ his lover‚ after he gets his captain’s paper. Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) promises to marry him‚ for she is in love with him. Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce)‚ a representative of the ship‚ Edmond’s best friend‚ is obviously jealous of Edmond Dantes. He could not get Mercedes to love him even though he secretly desires to marry Mercedes. Edmond Dantes
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Cristo II. Characters Edmond Dantès - The protagonist of the novel. Dantès is an intelligent‚ honest‚ and loving man who turns bitter and vengeful after he is framed for a crime he does not commit. When Dantès finds himself free and enormously wealthy‚ he takes it upon himself to act as the agent of Providence‚ rewarding those who have helped him in his plight and punishing those responsible for his years of agony. The Count of Monte Cristo - The identity Dantès assumes when he emerges from
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Betrayal:Edmond Dantes The novel entitled‚ The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexander Dumas. The story begins during the eighteenth century and takes place in the country of France. The environment is within the travelling adventures of men embarking on a ship called the Pharoan. The protagonist is introduced by the author as being‚ Edmond Dantes. This character is seemingly described as being an extremely trustworthy and very naive young man. He is a youthful sailor from Marseilles and
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel in which Alexandre Dumas tells the story of Edmond Dantes‚ how he was wronged and his eventual plans for revenge. Although there are many characters in the novel‚ the main characters which Dumas presents all are preoccupied by their own personal pressing issues.When one is blindly consumed by a single thought‚ it will inevitably lead to nefarious moral decisions. By focusing so intensely‚ they achieve full realization of a single thought ( revenge) because these
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