APPRECIATING DANCE Dance - is an art and a recreation that involves the rhythmical movement of the body‚ usually with music‚ to express an idea or emotion‚ to narrate a story or simply enjoy and take pleasure in the movement itself - As an art‚ a dance may tell a story‚ set a mood or express an emotion - As a form of recreation‚ it has provided fun‚ relaxation‚ and companionship -As an art it started from the moment it was harnessed to a rhythm‚ probably the stamping of the feet and clapping
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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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In “Bullying as True Drama‚” writers Danah Boyd and Alice Marwick describe how adults need to listen more to the dialect of young people during discussions of bullying. Upon hearing the story of a 14-year old boy committing suicide after being mercilessly bullied‚ they felt compelled to write the article for the New York Times in 2011. Their desire was to communicate toward concerned adults the differences between their thoughts and the teenagers. By sharing their research‚ they wanted adults
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In the play‚ ‘The Crucible‚’ written by Arthur Millar‚ conflict is the cornerstone around which the text is moulded. Although most of the conflicts are external‚ there are also examples of severe internal conflict‚ as can be seen in Millar’s protagonist character‚ John Proctor. Mary Warren‚ Proctor’s servant-girl‚ is also a victim of internal conflict within the play. Proctor‚ in addition‚ is involved in external conflict too‚ between him and Judge Danforth‚ him and Elizabeth Proctor‚ and him and
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Diary of a Speech and Drama Kid 6th Grade is already hard enough. In elementary school‚ we’re all ignorant to how the world is past 5th grade. It’s the second worst thing to happen right behind being the freshman class in high school. You’re the new group‚ the “fresh-meat‚” the easier ones to pick-on. College simply gets an easy pass because to be different and unique here is almost cherished‚ and there is a higher sense of maturity then in the dreaded 6th grade. I was a young boy bred by
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Lonnie Williams Professor Schiffler English 1302 November 4‚ 2012 Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller uses realism as a prevalent factor that truly defines the drama‚ Death of a Salesman‚ and allows the audience to identify with one or more of the characters in the play; primarily Willy. There are several aspects of the drama that contribute to its likeness to the lives and experiences of the audience. The setting refers to existing physical elements of the modern time‚ along with the verbiage
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Language In “The Homecoming” Pinter uses the language shown in the play as a way of it not to be trusted‚ however what they are thinking to themselves is what should be trusted. Thinking past what is actually being said and the meaning behind it‚ will uncover what the character is trying to say. The language throughout the play is a game being played by the characters using it to get at each other. The way they are polite to one other is their version of taunting and being horrible to the other
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have helped the boy. I could have at least chased the kid’s bully. I owed him at least that much. I’ll probably be fine for college‚ but I’ll never live this guilt down. Bully Yeah I hit him. Ok? I hit him. I hit him. I hit him. I don’t know what else you want me to say or why you’re even questioning me. Everyone knows I did it. It’s not like I can lie about it. Everyone saw. …Why’d I do it? I don’t know. I mean I do. The kid’s an idiot. He’s always asking me stupid questions and doing stupid
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is only on setting throughout: an old burnt out theatre “lets hope it doesn’t rain” is used to show how damaged and in need of repair the roof of the complex is. This setting is vital as it provides the audience with a clear understanding of exactly what the theatre would have looked like as well as allowing the audience to gain important contextual knowledge to how institutions were run and maintained during the 1970s. Nowra places a large amount of emphasis on making sure that the audience can fully
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explaining exactly how he felt‚ he was able to compare Ian’s character/personality to how he was before at childhood. In comparison with my own character; a parent of the classmate of the victims‚ I feel there was a lot more detail and precision to what he was doing. In our next task‚ we explored the concept by using the stream of consciousness. There was a link between this and
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