The playwright ’whose life is it anyway?’ written by Brian Clark is based around a sculptor called Ken‚ who has been paralysed neck down in a car accident and is told that he will never be able to move any part of his body again. Most of the action takes place around Ken’s paralyzed body and his bed. The story’s centre of attention is Euthanasia (whether Ken should be allowed to take his own life or not)‚ which serves as the main plot of the story; however there are more issues at hand. The theme
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“Whose fault is it?” Whose fault was it then? (Pause) Othello‚ the heroic Moore‚ yet he was way too jealous and over-trusting. Was it Desdemona? Sweet Desdemona of intelligence and innocence but also a deceiving and naïve woman who cannot adjust to the role of a 17th century woman. Or was it Iago; Malicious and sneaky Iago? We can go on about whose fault it is but I think it was both equally Othello and Desdemona’s fault. Together as a couple they lacked the understanding of marriage. They weren’t
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or assisted suicide is a further example of where a person’s personal choice is denied them. It would appear that while many people support the right to die at their will the matter continues to polarise society‚ and remains illegal in Australia. “Whose Life is it anyway?” is a play by Brian Clark‚ written in the late 1970’s‚ and tells the story of paralysed Ken Harrison and his fight against the establishment‚ particularly Doctor Emerson the consultant physician‚ to be allowed the choice to end his
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John Reed‚ an American journalist‚ did not believe the United States should enter the Austro-Serbian War‚ or that there should ever be any war in general. He recognized the war as being driven by greed and imperialism or more specifically‚ it was a “clash of traders” (74). He notes that although the English and French were against the German‚ they had been mercilessly claiming the entire world long before the Germans even had an army. In other words‚ the English and French were only opposing the
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In Whose Life Is It Anyway?’ Clark has formulated two distinctive characters Ken Harrison and Dr. Emerson to base his play centred around the issue of euthanasia. Ken Harrison‚ who is a patient‚ paralysed quadraplegically‚ makes a plea for the freedom to decide his own destiny. This becomes obvious as his perspective is presented strongly‚ and to a greater extent‚ reflecting his background‚ his former livelihood as a scultor‚ and his experience in life. The composer utilises powerful language
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perceive to be true. Those with weaker frames of minds - such as individuals suffering from mental disorders‚ or solely living under delusion - tend to create alternative realities in order to escape the harsh truth. Consider the materialism of the post-war United States. Motivated by prosperity and wealth‚ all Americans were expected to achieve the profound ‘American Dream’‚ of which Arthur Miller critiques throughout his play ‘Death of a Salesman’. The play’s lead character Willy Loman struggles to face
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Lou Reed was many things‚ a visionary‚ a musician‚ a revolutionary‚ and a beacon of hope to outcasts everywhere‚ but much of this was masked in an image that he created for fans of a hardcore‚ off-the-rails rocker. He was the first to make the image of an urban New Yorker cool. The creation of this image came from a culmination of bits and pieces of every place he went and every person he met. Much this inspiration was drawn from where he grew up in Brooklyn‚ Syracuse University‚ Andy Warhol‚ and
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African Women Writers Tragic Responsibility Anowa is the second‚ last‚ and most accomplished play written by Ghanaian playwright‚ poet‚ short-story writer‚ and novelist Ama Ata Aidoo. Anowa was first published in 1970 and had it’s British premiere in London in 1991 (Enotes‚ 2013). It tells the story of a young African woman named Anowa. She is not like any of the other traditional women in the town. Anowa likes to make her own choices and lives by her own opinions. The elders call her stubborn
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This Means War War is a time when men are drafted to fight for their country. Henry Reed believes that the soldiers are wasting their lives fighting in the war‚ instead of being home with their loved ones. Henry Reed’s poem‚ “Naming of Parts‚” demonstrates his negative opinion of war‚ how there are two different speakers‚ and that there are different main ideas of the parts. First‚ Reed writes this poem in order to assert his beliefs about war. He believes that war represents the death of young
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John Keegan‚ The Face of War As Keegan notes how battle is considered - from the movement of platoons to grand imperial strategy - the true question behind this book appears: what happens to the soldier in war? I recommend the first chapter to anyone who is either planning to‚ or already pursuing‚ a career in history‚ because Keegan swiftly and surely examines the different methods‚ techniques and materials of military history‚ details which would normally fill a specialised text. This is one
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