Roman Slavery
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'A Town Like Alice' (Chapter 1)
'A Town Like Alice' (Chapter 1) (A) Summary : Chapter 1 is about when James Macfadden died and he left his bulk of money to his son Dougles. Unfortunately, Dougles' brother-in-law, Authur Paget, had been killed in amotor accident some-where near Ipoh. He went to find Mr Noel Strachen , who is a lawyer and asked him to revise his will to his sister Jean. Mr Strachen told him that supposing that if he and his sister and the son Donald died , he will terminate the estate to the girl Jean when she became twenty-one. However, Dougles Macfadden despise woman and only allow her to inherit that estate until she's thirty-five. Mr Strachan lost touch with him and later found out that one afternoon in January 1948, Dougles Macfaddenhad passed away, and that his sister and her son was also dead. Thus the girl Jean will get the money which is fifty-three thousand pounds , as she is still underage, she will only get the interest which isnine hundred a year. She then told him that she was once a prisoner in Malaya, and with the money, she wants to dig a well. (B) Character Study : The characters seen in chapter 1 include Dougles Macfadden, Noel Strachan and Jean Paget. Dougles Macfadden- He is Jean Uncle. Although he is slightly more than forty years old, he looks "as frail as an old lady of eighty". He was living the live of an invalid and had a peculiar grey look about him. He is a
Compare the way Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Edgar Allen Poe use 1st person narrators in their short stories. What effect does this style of narration have?
Compare the way Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Edgar Allen Poe use 1^st person narrators in their short stories. What effect does this style of narration have? In "The Yellow Wallpaper" By Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Black Cat" By Edgar Allen Poe, two short and sinister stories, 1^st person narration is used by both authors to create atmospheric tension and unease. By using 1^st person narration, a story told through the eyes of one person present in that story, the authors can get far more intimate and detailed in the individual characters feelings and emotions. This makes it an invaluable style of writing if the readers are intended to empathise with the character. It is controlled voyeurism, peering into another's consciences and seeing the world through their eyes. In the case of baleful stories such as these, this technique can have a great effect on the way atmosphere and tension is created in the story. One advantage of using the first person is so that you can see the logic and reasoning of the main characters, and how they deal with their actions and consequences. For example, In "The Black Cat", Poe uses 1^st person narration to try and rationalise the actions of the man in the story; Hearing the reasons coming straight from the mind of the character creates a far more convincing motive than thoughts and actions being described in the 3^rd
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Steven Petrovas Pursuit Curves This article talks about pursuit curves. The definition of a pursuit curve is the path an object takes when chasing another object. The article gives examples of these, such as a fox pursuing a rabbit or a missile seeking a moving target. There are also several qualifications that need to be met for a curve to be deemed a pursuit curve. First off the pursuer must always head directly toward the pursued, and the pursuer's speed must be proportional to or match that of the pursued. The article deals with the plotting of pursuit curves and the interesting patterns they form. One example of this is given: "suppose that a person stands at each corner of a square traced out on the ground. Each person looks directly at the person to his or her left, then begins to walk toward that person. If all four people move at the same time and at the same constant speed, each person follows a spiral path toward the square's center." The article then gives directions on how to go about plotting such curves as described above (see steps 1-5 on article). Another interesting pattern is performed similarly but with three pursuers each starting at the corners of an equilateral triangle. The point in the middle of the triangle at which they meet is known as a brocard point. A brocard point has a property that lines drawn from the vertices of the point
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In our group, we used a variety of Brechtian techniques for our piece of Epic theatre. Such examples of using it are using the theme of 'gay rights' as the 'social improvement' for our piece of theatre. We then present this by using the well- known story of Romeo and Juliet and converted it into a parody, in which it questioned the rights of homosexuals and freedom of expression (we represent this by using the theme of love) in different periods of time that have completely different opinions about those ideas. ? We also present the piece satirically, using both physical and verbal comedy. Such evidences of this is that in the performance, we have a funny 'dance' in the second scene of our play when Romeo meets his gay lover and in the first scene, Romeo struggles to climb onto the balcony where Juliet is. In terms of verbal comedy, most of the characters' speeches contain hidden meanings, which are mostly used for comedic reasons and to present the story.? To add up more comedy into our play, we used a song to sing during the play. The song that we used is called 'can't help falling in love' by Elvis Presley, which also relates to our social improvement of gay rights and expression of love as the song contains lyrics which talk about those ideas.? Comedy routines and jokes are incorporated as well; they are used as speeches by main characters to convey to the audience
Rwanda Evaluation
In this topic I looked at the Rwandan Genocide through the eyes of refugees, child soldiers, the problem from the West's point of view and the first hand witness accounts. I most enjoyed exploring refugee problems, because it made me use different drama techniques to the ones I am used to, and acting out witness accounts because we were given the opportunity to use abstract drama, which I find harder that realism but enjoy a lot. We as a class were given a wide variety of tasks that needed different dramatic techniques to help them get the desired point across to the audience. Among them was the refugee soundscape, the whole class frozen image of child soldiers and the split-scene depicting the ignorance of the West. I found these tasks challenging, and they made me dig deeper to bring out more emotions in my acting. During the refugee soundscape, I found that I had to really feel the emotions of fear, despair , exhaustion and panic to be able to portray the feelings properly through vocal expression, and help add to the layers that were drumming, stamping, heavy breathing and screaming. All drew a picture of a dusty road on a hot day with thousands fleeing for their lives, overcome with exhaustion and fear. The pitch of my voice gave away the fact that I was a child, and as we reared the climax of the piece the whole group raised the tempo, pitch, pace and volume to show the
Coaching and Managing Diversity
Coaching and Managing Diversity Introduction: The best way to start is by answering the question, "what does diversity mean?" Simply defined, diversity means difference or variety. Put two people in a room together and you have diversity, for as you know, no two people are exactly alike. Yet at the same time, even though the two people have their differences, they also have similarities. So as you begin to put a definition to the issue of diversity, you can say that it is about the differences and similarities among people. But to define diversity in the workplace, my definition: diversity is about how you manage peopling who in your business. And people bring a variety if differences and similarities that make them who they are. For example, some similar expectations those people bring to their work environment. > They want to be treated with respect. > They want to feel included or as if they're part of a team. > They want the kind of opportunity and support that will enable them to be successful in their jobs. Putting these pieces together, I further define diversity as follows: Managing people- all kinds of them- and creating a work environment where they are treated with respect and inclusion and given support and opportunity to be successful as individuals, as well as the opportunity to help the business be successful. Focusing on performance and
Throughout the aboriginal research and acting drama course, my drama group and I have made impressive progress as everyone has proven to be an incredible performer. Some of the drama texts we captured and performed mainly consisted of art, music and play
Response Phase Throughout the aboriginal research and acting drama course, my drama group and I have made impressive progress as everyone has proven to be an incredible performer. Some of the drama texts we captured and performed mainly consisted of art, music and play script. This is what enable use to gain a better understanding of aboriginal culture and its dreamtime stories. We managed to add many of the explorative strategies to perfect our plays such as still image, role play, mark the moment, thought track and narration. These strategies enhanced our understanding and appreciation of drama plays as we got to emphasise the drama performances and learn from the other groups as well. One of the plays we studied and performed was rabbit Proof Fence which mainly consisted of the stolen generation. We rehearsed the scene where the police officer would take away the children; this was a perfect opportunity to effectively use the strategies in order to emphasise the moment. The strategies used were still image, thought track and role play. Still image was used in the beginning of the play and at the end of the play to ensure the audience could understand the scenario; we used different levels to create a greater effect and gestures to show each characters different emotion. Role play was used as we were rehearsing a kidnapping scene with screams and violence to show what the
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The Lottery did not randomly choose its victim
Justin Williams final draft The Lottery did not randomly choose its victim When Shirley Jackson wrote "The Lottery" she received many letters from many horrified readers who were shocked by the seemingly realness of the story. Although the short story was fictional, the characters and situations the story symbolized were very much real. Jackson uses this symbolism to help convey her message: traditions should not be allowed to be unexamined and unchanged. One character, for whom the symbolism is so deep that she dies as a result of it, is Tessie Hutchinson. Tessie Hutchinson's symbolism is quite literally her death. She ends up being killed as a result of the Lottery, but it is no coincidence that it is she who is the one to pull the slip of paper with a mark of coal. Tessie bears the name Hutchinson, the same name as religious reformer Anne Hutchinson of the 17th century who was banished from the Massachusetts colony for her upsetting of religious tradition in that colony. In the contemporary story of "The Lottery," Tessie upsets tradition in a less extreme fashion than Anne, but is forced to pay the price with her life. Her first offense to tradition is arriving late to the lottery drawing, claiming she, "clean forgot what day it was." (783) Unlike the reader at the time, Tessie knows the lottery is the day when someone from the community is selected to be stoned, and