The play “Our Town” explores the lives of people (primarily two families) living in a small and quiet American town in the 1900’s. In the first act entitled “Daily life”‚ the narrator did a good job of guiding the audience’s imagination to set up the ideas of a town in the early 1900’s. The lighting and sound cues made that very successful. The lighting was on cue and was very good at setting the scenes (i.e. brighter for morning sunrise). Realistic sets and props were minimal but‚ the performers
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concepts of love and war are inextricably linked with the similar attributes and emotions that are concomitant to each idea‚ however their paradoxical relationship suggests divergent ideas when involved in variant contexts. The love poem‚ ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning conflates passion and violence‚ reflecting notions of obsessions‚ hunger for ownership and abusiveness within a relationship whilst Bruce Dawe’s ‘Homecoming’ investigates the anonymity and insensitivity for the deaths of the soldiers
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BOOK REPORT The book I have read is called "Love in Another Town" and the author is Barbara Taylor Bradford. The main theme of this book is about a broken marriage. The main characters‚ Jake and Maggie‚ are both separated from their partners. They become lovers. Unfortunately‚ their ex-husband and ex-wife get problem and need their help. They are facing a huge test‚ testing whether they are deeply loved with each other or not. Kent Connedicut is picturesque beckons to both Jake and Maggie. They
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A Small Town South Dakota‚ 1946. A small isolated town‚ known for it’s wheat crop‚ it’s ten acres of wheat crops. One night‚ the sky was pitch black and everything was so quiet you could hear the electrical noise coming from the outside cables. Houses were lightened by one light in the living room and the streets were illuminated by one street light per block. When suddenly an object flashes in the sky‚ it made a loud screeching noise. Families walked outside to see what was happening‚ and
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Text | Porphyria’s Lover – Robert Browning (published 1836) Porphyria’s Lover (1836) is one of Robert Browning’s earliest dramatic monologues that reintroduced dark and sensual concepts disturbing the audience of the Victorian Era; since such ideologies had not been explored since the Renaissance Period. He employs annotative literary techniques such as morbid imagery‚ metaphors‚ symbolism and natural and vegetative diction; to portray the innate trait of humans to yearn for a sense of belonging
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Defining Character: Solitude as a Litmus Test in “Mariana” and “Porphyria’s Lover” Victorian poets Robert Browning and Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson frequently structure their poetry as a dramatic monologue to gain insight into the mind and motivations of their characters‚ with the solitude that accompanies such dramatic monologues becoming a central focus of the work. Tennyson’s poem “Mariana” and Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” explore the relationship between solitude and individuality‚ in particular
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Advice to a Discarded Lover by Fleur Adcock explores both pity and revulsion‚ through the use of figurative imagery; a dead bird‚ maggots and the remaining bones. They are an analogy of the dead affair. With the use of figurative language the images are seen‚ smelled and heard. An authoritative voice is created to advise and command attention‚ through the use of instructive language throughout the six stanzas. Personification‚ analogy‚ rhetorical question and the way a word sounds‚ are also used
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Doon Town It was at night that Doon Town really blossomed. It was not safe to be out alone on the streets then. Stabbings were the one constant feature of life. Along the dark alleys leading off the main street‚ the people plied their trade. On the main street itself‚ stalls lit flambeaux‚ yellow flames bending before the wind‚ lined they pavements‚ selling oysters with pepper sauce‚ oranges and black-pudding‚ their smells mingling with that of the corn being roasted in coal-pots and boiled
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Natalie Cohen presented exerpts from her play I Believe in Red Lipstick at the English and Linguistics Senior Seminar on December 1‚ 2017. Cohen‚ who presented the play as a staged reading‚ explores the ideas and experiences of femininity in a series of scenes—vignettes which paint portraits of women’s passions and struggles. The scenes she chose to preform varied in their approaches. The second scene titled “Lions Den” is a performance by a ring-leader‚ played by Kitty Corem‚ presenting women
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Brotherhood is deeper than any words can really explain‚ for it is a responsibility and a bond between people. Basically‚ it is a group of people coming together for a common purpose; however‚ these people share a stronger connection that few can understand. It is almost like a family‚ for each brother exhibits brother-like qualities‚ in the respect that they care for you and try to help you out. From my experience with my brother back home‚ brothers may not always agree with you and they might argue
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