Biff’s Monologue: Train Ride Home After Finding Out That Willy Was Cheating on Linda “I just couldn’t even begin to understand where Willy got the idea that hanging out with that woman was okay. Imagine my immense shock when I entered his room up in Boston and saw her prostrated upon the bed‚ giggling and openly flirting with Willy. Not only did he cheat on my mother‚ but he looked right into my eyes and told me a boldfaced lie. It was as if he thought i wasn’t smart enough to figure out what was
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dramatizing the sufferings of his characters. Willy is the character that suffers most and it is dramatized at different points in his life. For example when Willy is first made to work on commission and then is not even allowed to work on commission. Miller also likens his characters to mythic figures in history. An example of this is during the first flashback Willy compares Biff and Happy to the mythical Greek figures Adonis and Hercules. He does this because Willy believes the boys are the pinnacle of
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How does Willy Russell show the differences between Mickey and Eddie in Blood Brothers? Blood Brothers’ is the tragic story of twin brothers who were separated at birth‚ who both lead opposite lives and shows how class can affect upbringing. Mickey lives in poverty with his biological mother Mrs Johnstone who is attempting but failing to control her infinite number of children. Eddie is given to Mrs Lyons‚ a wealthy woman who is in fact Mrs Johnstone’s boss‚ as Mrs Johnstone realises that she
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“To what extent did Willy Brandt’s ‘Ostpolitik’ change relations between East and West Germany?” The split between East and West Germany after World War Two resulted in a tumultuous and tense period of German history. Germans saw the construction of the Berlin Wall‚ economic boom in the West‚ dictatorship in the East and in this time the two zones became almost irreversibly divided. Soviet influence in the Eastern zone coupled with US control in the West meant a delicate state of affairs between
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“In du Maurier’s novels the men are often bullies & cheats‚ the women fools for love.” Compare and contrast a Streetcar named Desire and Rebecca in the light of this quotation. Men and women are perceived in different ways throughout ‘Rebecca’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. Arguably some of the male characters particularly Stanley Kowalski and Maxim de Winter can be identified as bullies and cheats‚ however in the two texts‚ these traits can also be associated with Rebecca and Blanche‚ respectively
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In the show How I Met Your Mother‚ one of the main characters is Barney Stinson. Barney Stinson is a very complicated and intriguing character as he has many issues that he has to resolve. In the show the viewers are informed he has previously been diagnosed with Attention Deficiency/Hyperactivity Disorder. Barney’s childhood is not quite articulated about in the beginning of the show‚ but then we uncover more. We find out that is mother raised him and his half brother alone. When Barney was an adolescent
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Blood Brothers is about two twins separated at birth‚ into an Upper class family and a lower class family. The Twins eventually find out they are twins when it is too late. Their separation is used to good dramatic effect to keep the audience in suspense for what’s to come. When you are of a lower class you tend to be superstitious. For example‚ because of the little opportunities and low fortune a person of a lower class has they tend to believe in fate and bad luck. This is a dominant theme
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Rita‚ Frank and their relationship change throughout the play. Rita’s education and confidence both grow as the story progresses. Frank’s attitude towards life declines dramatically en route for the middle of the play but there is hint of improvement at the end. Their relationship undergoes many changes during the play. They grow apart‚ slowly and eventually reach a point where their separation is much needed and inevitable‚ although their feelings towards each other are of affection once again.
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How does Willy Russell use minor characters in Blood Brothers to reveal society’s attitude to class in the 1980’s Willy Russell was born in Whiston‚ near Liverpool in 1947. Willy Russell’s aspired to bring the theatre to the people. Not just the rich but the working class and all who take pleasure in the theatre. He grew up in a progressive household and left school with one O-level in English. "When I grew up‚ on an estate‚ we lived with an extended family‚ but there were all my aunties
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Educating Rita is the tale of one working class women ’s struggle to find an escape to a boring‚ repetitive life and to find new things to conquer. To acheive this she begins university on a literature course despite the discouragement from family and baby-obsessed husband Denny. The play features only two characters‚ Rita and Frank. Frank- a middle class‚ well-educated‚ eloquent professor and Rita‚ an abrupt‚ crude excuse for a lady with no regard for or more precise‚ no knowing of social nouce
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