Old Athens‚ was city-state overflowing with culture and knowledge. It was the heart of the finer arts in Greece. However‚ it came to pass that it would see a decline in the amount of people with talent. The Muses had been responsible‚ or more specifically‚ their victims’ hubris for one may challenge them and they shall grant a wish. However‚ should one fail‚ their talent would leave them and they shall return home ashamed … if they were lucky that is. The withering culture crippled Athens for it
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Sl. No. 1. Subject and Syllabus Distribution of Marks Bangla Paper-I Marks-100 (For both General and Technical /Professional Cadre) (a) Correction of errors in composition of sentences. (b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate word or group of words. (c) Use of Idioms‚ Phrases and Proverbs. (d) Transformation of sentences from one form to another‚ such as simple to compound‚ complex to compound‚ compound to complex. (e) Making sentences with selected official Terminology. (ii) (iii)
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ENGLISH DRAMA: AT PRESENT TIME Drama is a literary composition‚ which is performed by professional actors on stage (or theatre)‚ before an audience. It involves conflicts‚ actions and a particular theme. Drama was introduced to England from Europe by the Romans‚ and auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose. At a very early time the people of England began to act and the earliest plays were acted by monks and took place in church. In this way the people were taught the Bible
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Richard Pimentel’s biography portrayed in the movie Music Within (2007)‚ brought light again into the public’s eyes‚ after 17 years of The ADA (The Americans for Disabilities Act) becoming a reality in the United States. This light is the awareness of how we should remember how to acknowledge each other every day as human beings that feel. Therefore‚ you (reader) and I will go through Richard Pimentel’s life‚ mirroring some of what I consider the most touching scenes with our feelings‚ and waking
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The most prominent theme throughout Hamlet is revenge. Revenge is a reoccurring theme in Hamlet and the plot centered around Hamlet’s desire to avenge his father’s death by killing his uncle‚ Claudius. In real-life‚ revenge is often played out in small ways‚ no necessarily in a plot to kill. People frequently look to “settle the score” and gain some closure on the dilemma or situation and in doing so people feel like they must give back the to the original wrong-doer the evil which they had given
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Toledano’s comedy-drama French film‚ Intouchables (2011)‚ portrays the racial and economic division embedded in 21st century France via the homosocial relationship of two individuals contrasting in social status. However‚ both texts mutually utilizes a tragicomedy style to express their social commentary on similar concerns such as the erosion of egalitarian values within society‚ brought
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Glossary of Literary terms – Drama Act-: A lengthy segment of a play‚ comprising several scenes. A major division in a play. Each act may have one or more scenes. Greek plays were performed as continuous wholes‚ with interpolated comment from the Chorus. Horace appears to have been the first to insist on a five-act structure. At some stage during the Renaissance the use of five acts become standard practice among French dramatists. Plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries have natural
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William Shakespeare’s Life By Paul Bleier William Shakespeare was a supreme English poet and playwright‚ universally recognized as the greatest of all the dramatists. A complete‚ authoritative account of Shakespeare’s life is lacking; much supposition surrounds relatively few facts. His day of birth is traditionally held on April 23‚ and he was baptized on April 24‚ 1564. He was the third of eight children‚ and was the eldest son of John Shakespeare. He was probably educated in a local
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Structural problem in Romeo and Juliet Harold Bloom observes‚ “With just a few alterations‚ Shakespeare could have transformed Romeo and Juliet into a play as cheerful as A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” (Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human‚ p102) What he means is clear: the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet could have been a comedy with a few changes. This paper is a humble attempt to scrutinize whether the plot of Romeo and Juliet really has any structural problem‚ and if so‚ why did Shakespeare choose
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Unit 9 William Shakespeare: comedies‚ historical plays‚ tragedies The Metaphysical Poets I. Types of plays with Shakespeare A. Comedies: they start with a conflict (agon) in a world/space perceived as imperfect‚ the comic brings about chaos that has a potential tragic quality which is sorted out with a marriage ( a return to harmony and togetherness) that suggests the beginning of a better world. Types of humour/comic: language‚ situation‚ character‚ manner‚ gags The mechanism of laughter
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