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    in a relationship than our time‚ so even though the audience of this period of time may see Stanleys abusive actions as destructive and out of order‚ in the 60’s these sort of scenario’s would’ve ’happened already’. Whereas‚ in Iain Banks’s‚ “The Wasp Factory”‚ the writer presents disturbing behaviour in a similar way‚ but from a different perspective. Iain Banks similairly presents Frank to have an unusual animalistic yet‚ predator-like behaviour to portray a different kind of character. Tennessee

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    In this assignment I am going to write about the film WASP (Andrea Arnold’s 2003‚http://www.directorsnotes.com/2011/09/25/wasp-2/). Throughout my assignment‚ I will make reference to incidents within the movie‚ to plan how I will work with 11 year old Kelly‚ the eldest of the 4 children. I will give my view on the best course of action for her from my understanding as a FETAC Level 5 Applied social studies student with reference to Sigmund Freud and Bruno Bettelheim’s key ideas‚ beliefs and theories

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    In the play Wasps‚ Aristophanes tried to show the audience the futility of war. Fifth Century B.C. Athens had its fair share of political leaders‚ some‚ like the great Pericles‚ were very good leaders while others were depicted throughout history as horribly‚ cruel people. But‚ Aristophanes particularly despised the demagogue Cleon. This was the reason why most of Aristophanes plays focused on degrading Cleon. Aristophanes believed that politicians such as Cleon used conflict to get richer and‚ he

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    Ioc Commentary

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    o Create outline – use line numbers from extract to find your place (color code!) (10 minutes) • Presentation time – 13 – 15 minutes o You talk uninterrupted for 10 – 12 minutes **10 is the magic number for your own uninterrupted commentary o I ask follow-up questions for 2 – 4 minutes Fact Sheet for Part 2 Works Example – The Catcher in the Rye Note: Catcher will NOT be on the IOC; this is just a sample! |Category |Example

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    such an account of life as may both relevant and revealing to the contemporary reader. In other words‚his linking of the mythical or cultural past with the living present makes his writing a mythocentric historiographic metafiction. The Firebird’s Nest is one of Rushdie’s recent short stories published in the eight volume of New Writings (1999)‚ an anthology of the best in contemporary literature. Conceived in the mythical image of the Phoenix‚as the title reflects‚and the Ovidian terms of metamorphosis

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    The poem “Father To Son” speaks about a father‚ the speaker‚ who complains about how he does not understand his own child despite living together since the time of his son’s birth. As the title might suggest‚ the poem encompasses the feelings the father has towards his son‚ hence the title makes it look like the poem is a letter from father to son‚ conveying the father’s feelings. The purpose of this poem is to inform readers that it is indeed a tragic thing to be unable to have a close relationship

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    Jack Gillan One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Mental hospitals are usually thought to be a help to the patients inside them‚ but in the case of the novel‚ One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ the ward actually does more damage to the patients than it does help them. Chief Bromden goes through struggles in his life at the ward in order to become clear minded and confident again. McMurphy is a new patient in the ward and he brings a new perspective to the ward. He shows the patients that

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    Summer Home - Commentary

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    ENGLISH COMMENTARY Q) Write a commentary on ‘Summer Home’. A) The poem ‘Summer Home’ by Seamus Heaney is an exposé of Heaney and his wife’s difficulties. From the foulness of the atmosphere‚ brought out by the larval mat‚ “possessed air” and the sour summer‚ to the metaphor of his wife’s breasts (“Stalactites in the cave’s old‚ dripping dark-”)‚ Heaney attempts to show his love for his wife and how much he wants his marriage to work. The poem uses very sensual imagery of flowers and reference

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    mind of a murderer in "The Wasp Factory" and "The Silence of the Lambs". "The Silence of the Lambs‚" by Thomas Harris‚ and "The Wasp Factory‚" by Iain Banks‚ are both twentieth century novels that portray the minds of two different serial killers. "The Silence of the Lambs" is a thriller about how F. B. I. agent in training‚ Clarice Starling‚ is sent to question the "evil" cannibalistic serial killer‚ Dr Hannibal Lecter‚ on how to find a killer on the loose. "The Wasp Factory‚" on the other hand

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    Commentary Essay

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    Commentary Essay Purpose: The purpose of commentary is not simply to report things but to give readers a way to make sense of them. A commentary will help you write critically about a topic and will help you analyze this topic within a larger societal context. Audience: Your audience for this paper should be one who has a stake in the topic. For example‚ if you are discussing your understanding of a topic like ISTEP testing‚ your audience could be administrators. Genre: For this paper

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