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In what ways is "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell effective as a play?
... the theatre. Some people would find this to be tedious, but I think it adds to the intensity and intimacy between the audience and the characters. There is a focus on the two characters which means that the audience can appreciate the relationship between Rita and Frank which ...
The American Dream according to the 1970s and Norman MacLean's "A River Runs Through It"
... times of pride and joy that almost suggest that times are changing in their entirety (MacLean). Even such rock n' roll bands such as the great Led Zeppelin wrote songs that suggest these same themes in many of their songs. In "Good Times Bad Times", the band writes, "In the ...
Dreams: and the perceptions shaped through 4 texts
... and whether the real world is merely an illusion. The burial at Ornans contains many similar qualities to the previous but differs in its answers by confronting the issue of Death. The different perspectives of dreams shaped in the texts can be compared to F. Scott Fitzgerald's "the Great Gatsby ...
George Orwell's "1984"
... the next person shot was in a new area. The media also reported that the shooters were not active on weekends, and the next shooting transpired on a weekend. And at last, the media made a comment saying at least they had not gone after a child, and of course the ...
A report on the ledgendary sea monster Charybdis of greek mythology and homer's "Odyssey"
... the waters in the Messina Strait three times per day creating a giant whirlpool and then spit it up again. Whoever was unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when Charybdis sucked down the ...
Comparative study of "Spy who came in from the cold", "xXx" and Joseph Conrad's "The secret agent"
... the priority of the state and individual. In the early 1960's, during the time that Le Carré was writing "Spy who came in from the cold", the cold war tensions between the soviet bloc and the western bloc were escalating with the Cuban missile crisis in 1963 and the ...
Kafka - "The Metamorphosis" and personal experience comparison
... time with them, I tell them when I miss them and I make myself a family member that is not only missed, but one that is always happy to see my family. I feel that one of the strongest feelings of alienation and ...
A Better Life Feature Article: Utopia
... feel that there is a utopia that once reached will instantly grant them happiness. However this is a very misleading miscomprehension. Utopia does not and never will exist in reality. The idea of utopia is simply too optimistic and unrealistic and ...
Methods of Satire used in "Candide", "Animal Farm", "Hard Times"
... feels that the education used to teach the children was harsh and discourages them to have their own opinion. Dickens wrote Hard Times to get reactions by using satire throughout the entire book. From the very beginning, with the description of Coketown, the characters, their names, and the ...
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Napoleon the Dictator. "What methods does Napoleon use in order to gain absolute power and why is he successful?"
... the windmill topples, he tells the animals that Snowball is the cause and turns every animal against him. From then on he makes Snowball a scapegoat. Whenever something goes wrong, it is immediately blamed on Snowball. This makes the animals feel that ...