"Two weeks with the queen" the play by Mary Morris is mainly about a boy who has to grow up and face the responsibilities of an adult.
English- Essay Two weeks with the queen the play by Mary Morris is mainly about a boy who has to grow up and face the responsibilities of an adult. Colin and Alistair face many difficulties. Colin has to bear the illness of his brother, while Alistair faces the difficulty of standing up for himself. In this play many new things are learnt about coping with the challenges thrown at us by life. Alistair and Colin’s personality develops during the play. Colin Mudford is a 12 year old boy who lives in Australia. In the beginning his character is rowdy, rogue and rebellious. The line ‘Why wouldn’t the ambulance driver let me in the ambulance? Eh? I’ve never been in an ambulance. Why wouldn’t she?’ indicates Colin’s arrogance and unwillingness to listen. At the start of the play Colin is a just an immature child who can’t control his emotions. Colin’s cousin Alistair, lives in England with his overprotective parents. Alistair’s personality is anxious, frightened and extremely dependant. ‘Quickest way’s by tube, but it’s pretty dangerous. You have to get in the same carriage as dozens of other people. You can catch cold, or flu, or anything’, this line demonstrates Alistair’s scared and worried personality. There are many differences between Alistair and Colin. Alistair’s personality is timid and shy whereas Colin’s personality is outgoing and
Shawshank Redemption Director notes (English)
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In O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock" Show How Far You Would Agree That Captain Boyle is a Stubborn Man
Show How Far You Would Agree That Captain Boyle is a Stubborn Man Captain Boyle is a very stubborn man, but it cannot be said that his obstinacy is his only characteristic. There are many other different aspects to Boyle’s personality such as his jovial and humorous nature, largely presented through his use of language, and including his lazy side revealed by the dramatic techniques used. Irony is used to highlight how pig-headed he really is when he says ‘Boyle’s able to take of himself’ when actually we know that he clearly isn’t because so long as he continues to reject the idea of getting a job he will always have to rely heavily on others for support. Yet he is so blinded by his own self-importance that he is unable to see this. We are shown the true extent of Captain Boyle’s stubbornness when he refuses to eat the sausage his wife had cooked for him. There is nothing for him to gain from letting her ‘keep her sassige,’ it is purely a point of misguided principle. But we see how temptation gets the better of him when the stage directions tell us that after ‘a pause’ he ‘takes out sausage, puts it in pan.’ The pause was used to illustrate his indecision and shows us he is not strong willed enough to not eat at all. However, to make a point, he still refrains from eating the one Juno has cooked for him. As soon as he hears ‘steps are
How does McDonagh make Scene 7 in 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' such a dramatic moment in the play?
How does McDonagh make Scene 7 such a dramatic moment in the play? The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a comedy written by an Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, set in a quiet and picturesque Irish village Leenane, Connemara in the early 1990s. The play centres around the life of Maureen Folan, a 40-year-old woman who takes care of her 70-year-old, selfish and manipulative mother Mag. The sisters of Maureen had escaped into marriage and family life, “[her] sisters wouldn’t have the bitch. Not even a half-day at Christmas to be with her can them two stand”, but Maureen, with a history of mental illness, is trapped in a seriously dysfunctional relationship with her mother. Scene 7 is the culmination of many years of animosity and hatred between Maureen and her mother Mag. At the start of the scene, we see Maureen try to taunt Mag in a sexually explicit way by telling her the things Pato did to her and fictitiously told her how she and Pato parted grounds, “Aye, a great oul time me and Pato did have. I did get what I did want out of Pato Dooley that night, and that was good enough for him, and that was good enough for me”. In this scene, McDonagh uses dramatic irony to great effect. Ray had entrusted Mag with the letter from Pato, telling Maureen that he is still in love with her and asks her to go to America with him. However Mag sees this as a great threat to her, as
Comparing the characters of Walter Mitty and Billy Liar.
As both the authors, James Thurber and Keith Waterhouse, have started their stories with the daydreams of the characters Walter Mitty and Billy Fisher; their aim is to point out the fact that daydreaming is a natural occurrence in human life. Also they are displaying the significant role of daydreaming in these stories. In Walter Mitty the story begins as follows: “We’re going through; the commander’s voice was like thin ice breaking”. In Billy Liar, the story begins as follows: ‘’ It was true that we entered the war late, and some criticised us for that.’’. From these quotes I can understand that Walter Mitty is a commander in the beginning of the story in his daydream. Similarly Billy Fisher is a leader of the war that has recently ended in a non-existing land called ‘Ambrosia’. As soon as the story begins with these daydreams, we could see that the author wants the readers to believe both characters have a habit of daydreaming and they do this on a regular basis. In both of the stories, the writers leap directly into the scenario of the daydream, therefore the readers are likely to assume Walter Mitty and Billy Fisher are literally living these situations. However, as the readers reach the sections where the characters are both hurled back into reality, they conceive the fact that the characters were only in their fantasy worlds. “’Not so fast! You
How does Shaffer convey his ideas and themes in "Equus" through staging, set design and stage directions?
How does Shaffer convey his ideas and themes in "Equus" through staging, set design and stage directions? In "Equus", Peter Shaffer glorifies horses and shows the mighty power of them in many ways. One is the design and layout of the set. The set has a central pole in which Nugget balances on when Alan is riding him. Then the set rotates and it seems as though Alan is riding him around the set. This is the only time in the play that a horse is ridden because Shaffer does not want the pantomime look. This is also the reason why the horses do not look anything like real horses. They have steel and leather masks which go over an actor's head. This is because Peter Shaffer does not want the horses to look at all pantomimic or real because this is a serious play about very serious matters. The masks are very symbolic and it is very unlikely that you will leave the theatre without remembering the twisted steel and leather figurative masks. Throughout the whole "play", it focuses on horses in the modern world mostly, but there are also references to ancient times and bible stories with horses in them. For example Alan's mother tells us of a story in which horse and rider seemed as one. And it was only when one rider fell off that they realised they were completely different beings. There is also another ancient Greek link, where Dysart in obsessed by Dionysus and Agamemnon and all
How do WW Jacobs and HG Wells build up an atmosphere of mystery and suspense in The Monkeys Paw and The Red Room?
How do WW Jacobs and HG Wells build up an atmosphere of mystery and suspense in "The Monkeys Paw" and "The Red Room"? Both stories are set in the Victorian era. Both stories are also set in the 18th century. We can tell they are from this genre by when in the "Red Room" they say " Eight-and-Twenty years". We can tell this is old because nowadays we would say twenty-eight years. In the Victorian era people were very interested in the supernatural. They were also fascinated by myths and majic. People were very superstitious and curious with unusual happenings. This comes across a lot in the stories. Especially when in "The Red Room" the old people are so enthralled with the ghost it becomes part of their everyday life. Gothic horror was the most favoured genre of book reading in this era. Victorians were very interested in the spiritual rituals and superstitious happenings that these books had to offer. These books gave them an insight into gothic tales and treacheries. In "The Monkeys Paw" the gothic horror genre is brought across by the use of macabre. "The Monkeys Paw" is set in a secluded cottage deep I the countryside. Even though this setting is very eerie doesn't compare to the setting in "The Red Room", which is a very opache castle. This is a common setting for a gothic horror story. But the way HG Wells writes it it makes it more subtle. He doesn't really
Discuss the relationship between Frank and Rita in Educating Rita how does it change over the course of the play and what do they learn from each other?
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How does the director Stephen Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and build tension for the audience in the film Jaws?
How does the director Stephen Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and build tension for the audience in the film Jaws? Jaws is based on a popular novel by Peter Benchley released in 1975. The director of the film is Stephen Spielberg. He is known for films like E.T, Catch Me If You Can, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park 1, 2, 3. He has also done may more films which have all been hits as well as being enjoyed by the audience. The film Jaws is set on a beach called Amity Islands. This beach is dangerous and has a vicious animal, which is a human meat eater. Amity Islands is used for public holidays like American's Independence Day and so on. Lots and lots of public go to Amity Islands, as it is one of the most popular beaches used for public holidays. All the public are enjoying the holiday but do not know what is really lying beneath the water. That is why the tag line of the film is: 'Don't go beneath the water.' The music plays a very big role in the film. The shark is definitely connected to the music in the film because every time the shark comes to play a role there is always some music playing in the background, which gets from quiet to loud. When the shark comes the music is always eerie or threatening type. By doing this it grabs the audience's attention and creates suspense and tension. This then makes the audience eager to find out what is going to happen
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