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    In Shakespeare’s play “ Macbeth”‚ the two characters who are most captivating without a doubt are Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Since the first moment we are introduced to them‚ they captured our attention with their unusual personalities and roles in their relationship. Being that the play takes place in medieval times‚ one would think that Macbeth would be the head in his marriage leaving little to say for Lady Macbeth. However‚ Lady Macbeth often seems to resemble a puppet master with the way she

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    Lyndi Dodd Eng 211B December 9‚ 2015 Literary Event I attended the play A Christmas Carol Clarence Brown Theater at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville on Saturday December 5‚ 2015. This play was a very well put on play. It was about this mean miserable old man named Ebenezer Scrooge that hates Christmas. One night Scrooge was approached by a ghost‚ and he was told that he would be visited by three different ghost in the next three nights. Then all of a sudden Scrooge fell into a deep sleep

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    McIvor Cultures & Ideas 12 February 2012 Morality Plays: The Necessity of Elaborate Theatre After reading about medieval morality plays for the last couple of weeks–by reading I mean painstakingly combing over the small print of several different books I discovered in the library–I came to a realization. All of these books said the same basic thing just in a large variety of ways. Stage production and theatrics were an important contributing factor to performing the morality plays‚ but one above all

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    Essay 2: ’Discussusing specific examples and textual detail‚ the conventions of T.V. drama’ Within The Bill’s opening montage many types of cinematography have been used. A tilt shot opens the sequence showing the audience the skyline of where the location will be set‚ London. As this is happening the theme tune begins to play‚ this non diegetic sound also includes the sound of sirens that are also featured on top of police cars. This straight away creates a connection with the audience because

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    possessing admirable qualities for a woman of the Jacobean Era‚ with Bosola acknowledging her worth‚ stating that her “behaviour (is) so noble/As gives a majesty to adversity”‚ John Webster has created‚ as critic Badendyck describes‚ “a male diseased world” around her; she is forced to live in surroundings where male characters such as her brothers Ferdinand and The Cardinal abuse and humiliate her throughout the play- suggesting that Webster’s play does contain certain elements of misogyny. Nevertheless

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    I attended the play on March 22nd. I have attended most of the plays here‚ at Waynesburg. Leading up to Professor Powers introducing the play and thanking the audience for their attendance‚ the audience seemed to be excited and engaged; talking about the various ways that the Addams family had enriched their lives. My friend and I had a seat in the middle in the center row‚ with an optimal viewing experience. The plays overall production concept such as the costumes‚ lighting and set added to

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    Writing to Support Your Opinion Directions: An author tries to convince a reader that his or her opinion is correct by giving evidence. Writers often use one of these four kinds of evidence to convince a reader: FACTS‚ EXAMPLES‚ QUOTES FROM EXPERTS‚ and REFERENCES/DESCRIPTIONS OF REAL EVENTS. Before writing your essay‚ brainstorm and research to fill out the chart below. Your audience will be much more likely to believe you! Use can use the facts from the course resources for your information. FACTS

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    1. I pick Hamlet for you‚ but if you don’t want to use it you can pick another drama. You can go to the liberty library to get some more scholarly dramas that’s no problem. For source you can use www.shakespeare-online.com‚ internetshakespeare.uvic.ca‚ library.umd.umich.edu/Find/alpha.php‚ library.temple.edu/databases/a-z‚ References 1. ^ Forker page 507 note 24 2. ^ Gurr (1990: 55) 3. ^ Shapiro‚ I. A. "Richard II or Richard III or..." Shakespeare Quarterly 9 )1958):

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    Kalidasa’s Sakuntala is the best-known Sanskrit drama‚ and widely considered a masterpiece. It is based on an episode from the Mahabharata (book 1‚ ch. 62-69)‚ though Kalidasa takes significant liberties in his version. Widely translated -- there were "no fewer than forty-six translations in twelve different languages" in the century after Sir William Jones’ groundbreaking first translation (1789) alone‚ Dorothy Matilda Figueira notes in Translating the Orient -- new editions continue to appear regularly

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    The Qualities that your best friend has A good friend is honest. A good friend may not share every detail of every second of their life‚ but they do try to be clear about their intentions. This means that they try to present an accurate picture of who they are and of different situations. When something doesn’t seem right‚ they let you know. A good friend is fun‚ unique and interesting. this is a given‚ and probably the reason you became friends in the first place. But there’s a lot to be

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