Taking its origins from a poorly reviewed movie‚ the 1997 TV how by the same creator‚ Joss Whedon‚ brought to the screen a 16-year-old high school student whose destiny was to “stand against the vampires‚ the demons‚ the forces of darkness. She is the slayer” (Whedon‚ 1997). The introduction of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (BTVS)‚ as a character‚ though not a new one‚ was revolutionary. Challenging the preconceptions of traditional horror‚ comedy‚ romance and teen movies‚ Whedon has created a character
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where people had to tread carefully lest they become suspicious. However‚ some took up a crusade against this careful attitude and used writing to diffuse situations. In his novel Animal Farm‚ George Orwell uses his mastery of satire to discuss and parody people and events in the Soviet Union during the mid-twentieth century. When George Orwell set out to write Animal Farm‚ his purpose was to “fuse political and artistic purpose into one whole‚ providing a disillusion through wit‚ dramatized irony
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Welcome to Neverland‚ an imaginative place where anything is possible. J. M. Barrie introduces Neverland and its inhabitants‚ the Lost Boys‚ who never grow up in his novel Peter Pan. Their leader‚ the titular character‚ refuses to grow up‚ and spends his time on countless adventures. While often selfish‚ Peter shows strong decorum during his battles. One antagonist he battles is Captain James Hook; he got the name “Hook” after Peter inadvertently cutoff his hand‚ and James replaced it with a
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Once Upon a Mattress – Theatre Critique A musical parody on the classic bedtime story‚ The Princess and the Pea‚ Once upon a Mattress takes a less serious but all the more hilarious take on the famous princess tale. For a matinee session this past Sunday‚ the Players at the Wimberley Playhouse in the quaint and exuberant hill country town of Wimberley‚ Texas‚ performed this parody for a small local audience at their theatre. The production may have been small‚ and the stage may not have been
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Oppositions are a feature of Gothic texts. How does Austen use this in the first five chapters of ‘Northanger Abbey’. In Jane Austen’s novel‚ ‘Northanger Abbey’ [NA]‚ oppositions feature strongly as a method which the author uses often to parody the public’s expectation of what a gothic should consist of‚ and as a method of highlighting the ridiculous expectations novels can create for people in the real world. Frequently throughout the novel‚ Miss Austen even breaks the fourth wall of writing
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cleaning procedures. The title of one article regarding ways to spot treat stains on delicate clothes without getting the garment dry-cleaned was “Out‚ Damned Spot (Patel).” Though the reference to Shakespeare is not completely out of context and made a parody on the actual words of the article title‚ the new context presented creates a comedic parallel to the original Cook 7 meaning as presented in Macbeth. In Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth says the famous line “out‚ damned spot (Act 5‚ Scene 1‚ Line 25)” as an
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its Irish provenance and according to them the poems have some relationship with the Old French Fabliau de Cocagne (1250) and the Middle Dutch Dit is van date dele Land van Cockaengen ( but in don’t have the date) This poem is seen as a satire‚ a parody and a burlesque text. We can actually say that his text is also content some element of Utopia because it deals with a sort of mythic world which is better than Heaven. This theme is not something new because according to Professor Bella Millet‚
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Simpson was the well to do dad and admirable as well‚ but soon Homer is transformed from a hard working Dad‚ to a sloppy lazy Dad who barely cares about his son Bart. “Gone is that Dad that works hard to pay for the family’s debts‚ replacing him is Parody Homer.” (Eric Garrison‚ 2001) In
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Country‚” where the characters Titus and Violet travel out to the “country.” There they visit a steak farm‚ but instead of livestock‚ and other things brought to mind by our society’s interpretation of the term “farm‚” what they encounter is a bizarre parody‚ with living meat growing artificially in vast “plantations.” This just adds to the sense of urbanisation that is common to a dystopian novel. This destruction of nature is shown again while Titus’ father is recounting a recent whaling trip to the
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‘Through a close analysis of the presentation of at least two of the plays male characters‚ show how Goldsmith presents attitudes towards women in the play’ Oliver Goldsmith has cleverly composed an exceptionally successful comedic play‚ belonging to the Pastoral Genre‚ comprising of many key themes and ideas including that of the attitudes of males toward females‚ the social divide between the lower and upper class and the idea of progress and tradition. Through the numerous linguistic and dramatic
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