Imaginary Story

Imaginary Story Inspector Dixon could recognise slight scratch on the victim's bracelet. Now he discovered the murderer of Mrs Watson. The only person who could make this scratch was... 'NICKY!' My name is Nicky, a seventeen years old college girl, who wants to be a detective in the future. It was a sunny and cloudless day. The library was very quiet. There were about sixteen people in library and two of them were looking for some books on the shelf beside me. My schoolmate, Sally Looney was looking at me in a dull and bored look. Her eyes were half closed and her ginger hairs were stuck to the end. No one might imagine she was a clever girl, who has achieved 12 A* grades in her GCSEs and 5 A grades in her AS-level. 'Sally, Inspector Dixon was just about to say the name of the murderer, because he just discovered a scratch on the...' 'Nicky! I have called you more than three times! Are you listening to me?' Sally replied in a bored voice and a girl from the other desk raised her head to find out the origin of disruption. 'I am really bored. We have been in here for nearly 4 hours! I am hungry now.' Sally was shouting at me with an eager look. There were nearly seven ridiculous books on Sally's desk such as 'Collection of classic novels' and 'Yellow Pages'. 'Oh Sally, it's because you are choosing boring books. Why are you reading Yellow Pages?' I asked. 'I like finding funny

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Direct Line Insurance. The investigations focus was the decision to cease writing their own bespoke software in favor of purchasing an off the shelf CRM (Customer Relation Management) solution

FO Degree Networking Case Study Direct Line Insurance 21st March 2006 Contents GROUP WORK 3 INTRODUCTION 3 REPORT 4 CONCLUSION 12 BIBLIOGRAPHY 13 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................ 14 Group Work The team (three members) was tasked to investigate Direct Line Insurance. The investigations focus was the decision to cease writing their own bespoke software in favor of purchasing an off the shelf CRM (Customer Relation Management) solution. As part of the investigation the team considered the situation prior to the purchase of the software, the effects or influences of kaizen on any solution, Direct Line Insurance acquisitions' and the customer experience. The task was broken down into a number of parts: * Initial investigation of Direct Line Insurance * Investigate Kaizen * Investigate Chordiant and CRM software * Produce a CRM diagram * Produce individual reports An initial meeting to delegate responsibilities was held and the report author was designated as project manager. It was agreed that as individuals we would investigate all the major components of the task (this would facilitate individual learning). Following the initial investigation, further meetings would then take place as necessary to correlate information, agree further investigation and decide the

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Play: Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber Character: Mugsy Act 3 Scene 2 to the end of page 75

Summer 1999 GCSE Section A Question 1 Play: Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber Character: Mugsy Act 3 Scene 2 to the end of page 75 a) In this scene, Mugsy, a waiter in a restaurant in London, is playing poker in what is a weekly game with his colleagues and boss. They are in the basement of the restaurant in which they work, and Mugsy is desperate to win this time, as he wants to purchase some public conveniences, with the intention of turning them into his own restaurant. He is quite a simple character, and would never be able to succeed in running his own business; the audience feels pathos for him. In this scene when he wins a hand, he responds as though it is the greatest thing that ever happened to him. One of the main complications in this act is that there is a professional poker player playing with them, although only one other character knows this, which means that Mugsy will lose this money very quickly again. I would play Mugsy with a cockney accent, and although varying the pitch of his voice a lot throughout, it would generally be quite high-pitched. The tone of his voice would be light and quite breathy, as he is quite simple. Generally his movements would be quite defined and show what he is feeling. When sitting at the table, I would slouch when Mugsy is sad, and sit up and bounce on the chair when ebullient (e.g. when winning or with a good hand).

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Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Unman, Wittering and Zigo Scene 30 (The Headmaster's Study) In the room are: Inspector Hambridge and the Head. Things are getting out of hand as the Inspector questions the Head about the two recent deaths at Chantrey High School. Both are talking at once. Inspector: Silence! Shut up. Let's start from the beginning. Head: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Inspector: I have come here to question you in connection with the deaths of a schoolmaster: Mr John Pelham and a Year 5 student: Basil Wittering. Due to the suspicious circumstances of the deaths I would like to question you. Head: Hmmmm...... Very bad...... both deaths very near.... Very bad. Inspector: DEATHS? Huh... My foot.... Murder...that's what I call it.... Murder. Head: Murder?.......Murder?.... What murder?....... Don't know what you are talking about. No idea..... Whatsoever. Inspector: (The Inspector ignores the Head's responses) Tell me exactly, how did Pelham die. Head: Fell of that cliff, didn't he. He went for a walk, a sea mist came down, he went too near the edge of the cliff and fell off. Inspector: What a shocking business. Head: Hmmmmmm..... Inspector: The day he fell off. What happened at school during that day? Head: erm.......... Nothing much..... Oh yes I remember it was a half-day. All students went home at lunchtime. Inspector: ....... And what time did the death occur? Head: Round around

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Tom Stoppard's play The Real Inspector Hound - Plot and subplot

Plot and subplot The play opens with two critics called "Moon" and "Birdboot". We can see a dead body on the main stage. Moon and Birdboot are having a conversation about another Critic called "Higgs", and how "Moon" is the stand in for Higgs and is never taken seriously. Also they are talking about how "Birdboot" has taken one of the actresses out the night before the date and how "Birdboot" is getting at angry at "Moon" as he has a wife and he wouldn't possibly do anything to in danger that marriage he is obviously lying, or bending the truth. Then A Character called Mrs Drudge who is the "Helper" at the Manor. At first she is just cleaning around the stage and she does notice the dead body behind the chaise longue. Whilst cleaning she moves the Chaise longue so that they dead body can no longer be seen. Then she heads straight for the radio and turns it on just in time to hear a "special police message." Within in that we find out that there is a madman on the run in Essex near where Muldoon Manor is. Within in the message a strange man who is acting very suspiciously and matching the description of the madman on the Radio. He also doesn't see the dead body. He leaves the room without Mrs Drudge ever knowing that he was there. Then we return to "Moon" and "Birdboot" who carries on the conversation that "Birdboot" is an adulteress and is having "a romance" by the

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You are the new 'Sheila' in the West End production of 'An Inspector Calls'. You must understand your character as if she was a best friend or living your life, what would she do? How would she do it?

20th Century Drama Coursework: 'An Inspector Calls' Congratulations! You are the new 'Sheila' in the West End production of 'An Inspector Calls'. You must understand your character as if she was a best friend or living your life, what would she do? How would she do it? Any personal ideas you may have on Sheila do not hesitate to ask myself. Your character has been thougrly studied and I can now envisage her. It is your task to perform my ideas. Sheila is a very pretty girl in her early twenties who can be rather excitable and pleased with life. She dresses in the latest fashion and wears her hair in the most elegant styles. She uses make-up in a very contemporary way and has a shiny complexion. She likes to appear in her best state and succeeds every time she makes the effort. Underneath all the show there is a very modern woman who shows a strong independence. Sheila must come across as a quiet, shy and naïve young lady in the first act as well as appearing playful and serious at the same time in many parts, you must convey this in your facial expressions and movements. You will remain seated at the table for much of the first act so it is important we can use as many movements and expressions as we can. When talking to Birling (played by Arthur Lowe) you must look to him with much respect and admiration, as he is your father. He has never done anything to appear a

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Analysis of a Key - PassageThe Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

World Literature Assignment 2C: Detailed Study Analysis of a Key Passage The Government Inspector1, by Nikolai Gogol, is a satirical play about Russian society during the nineteenth century. The play is about corrupt and self-seeking officials of a town in Tsarist Russia mistaking a poor commoner from Moscow for a government inspector. The passage taken for analysis from Act One, Scene One (attached) is central to the development of the whole play, for it is in this part of the play that the main dramatic action - the deception between the government officials, represented by the Governor, and Khlestakov - begins. In the passage, Gogol reveals the unwitting act of deception and profound social problems and thus brings into focus the main theme of the play - widespread corruption in Russian society. The passage offers important insight into the mentalities of the main characters: the Governor and Khlestakov, in particular how guilt plays a large role in shaping their actions. Gogol also uses dramatic irony and verbal and physical humor, which are typical of the play, to enhance the effectiveness of his satire in this passage. The essential dramatic element of the play, the unwitting deception between Khlestakov and the Governor, begins in this passage. The Governor believes that Khlestakov is the rumored Inspector from Moscow, while Khlestakov believes that the Governor is

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20th Century Drama Assignment: 'The Best Years of Your Life'.

David Wilson 10E Candidate Number: 9131 St. Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham Centre Number: 36449 MGM 4 28/4/03 20th Century Drama Assignment: 'The Best Years of Your Life' For some people, Cancer is a disease that you contract by saying it. Others do not acknowledge cancer or the people who are unfortunate enough to contract the illness. For the past few weeks in English we have been studying the play, 'The Best Years of Your Life'. It is a story of a young footballer named Robert, who plays for the Chelsea youth team and contracts spinal cancer at the age of 17. In this assignment, I will follow the character of Mark (Mk) throughout the play and show how he changes and develops to cope with Robert's (Rob) illness and in the next part I will direct scene 6 for a television audience. (A transcript of this scene will be included at the end of my assignment.) The first part of my assignment will be the character study of Mark to show how he develops and changes to cope with Robert's illness. At the start of the play, Mk is anxious as to how Rob's operation went to remove the tumour from his spine, 'Dad, what'd he say, ow'd it go, the operation, ow'd it go?' Mk Scene (S) 2 Page (P) 5 This shows that he is craving information. Then, later on in S4, Mk hesitates and tiptoes around using the word 'Cancer'. 'Well you know with-' Mk S4 P10 He then tries to

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Accidental death of an anarchist

Drama Coursework :2 "Accidental death of an anarchist" Brief Out-line of the Story. The story is based around a true occurrence in the French police force when a man brought in for questioning for anarchistic actions, was found lying on the ground after having mysteriously 'fallen' out of the third floor window A large inquest was set in motion but was adjourned after a while due to a lack of evidence in the case. However now there is a man that threatens the case, his name is Maniac and he has been brought in for questioning after being found posing as a physiatrist. What happened before my particular section of the script began. Just before my section of the play is to start we have the inspector sat on one side of the desk and the Maniac sat on the other side, with the Constable stood directly behind him lent up against the wall. The two men are interrogating the Maniac for the crime of impersonating a certified physiatrist and apart from that, charging 200,000 lire for one session with a patient. The reason the police have brought him in and are treating him so bad is because they have read in his record that he has posed as some one else on many separate occasions and that each time if been allowed to escalate could have had severe consequences for the public as he posed as a surgeon, a captain in the Bersaglieri, three times as a bishop and once as a marine

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What do you find particularly horrifying about the world Forster creates in

What do you find particularly horrifying about the world Forster creates in "The Machine Stops"? In "The Machine Stops" Forster creates a world set in the future, where machines rule. In fact, machines run life so much so that human beings, by this time, have adapted accordingly to life and the lifestyle it brings. "In the arm-chair there sits a swaddled lump of flesh - a woman, about five feet high, with a face as white as a fungus," Forster writes. This is a pretty horrific description because it shows us that in the world Forster has created, people get no exercise whatsoever. There is in fact no need to get any exercise with the life the humans lead under the control of The Machine. "Infants [are] examined at birth, and all who [promise] to endue strength [are] destroyed...it would [be] no true kindness to let an athlete live; he would never [be] happy in that state of life to which the Machine had called him." Therefore, humans have whittled down to shorter heights as they do not get outside of their rooms often, therefore diminishing this need, and they also consequently get no sunlight. These factors combined lead to people who are deathly white and resemble out-of-shape "blobs" from basically being hunched on a seat constantly. More frightening than this, and so this is truly scary, is the lifestyle the Machine is described as giving in the story. The people need

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