The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
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Taizé
Taizé For many people the name "Taizé" evokes a certain style of singing that has become popular in more and more churches, retreat centres, campus parishes and even seminaries. For some, the word also suggests retreats and gatherings which attract large numbers of young adults. Still others are aware that Taizé is in fact an ecumenical community of brothers located in a small village in eastern France. Brother Roger In 1940, he was twenty-five and another world war was tearing humanity apart. For several years, he had been carrying within him the idea of a community where it would be possible to be reconciled again and again, every day. He left Switzerland, the country of his birth, and settled in France, where his mother came from, to be where the war was raging. As he wrote later, "The more a believer wishes to live the absolute call of God, the more essential it is to do so in the heart of human distress." in 1944, Brother Roger was accompanied by his first brothers, whom he had met in the meantime. In 1949, several of them made lifetime monastic commitments: celibacy, acceptance of the ministry of the prior, community of material and spiritual goods. Prior of the community, in 1952 Brother Roger wrote a short rule of life for his brothers, the "Rule of Taizé". This later came to be referred to as the "Sources of Taizé". Its most recent revision, in 1990, forms
Blood Brothers Essay
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Frank Lampard is one of the best midfielders in English football and an inspiration too many. At just 27 he has won a whole array of awards r
Frank Lampard Frank Lampard is one of the best midfielders in English football and an inspiration too many. At just 27 he has won a whole array of awards ranging from being voted 'player of the month' several times, to his most recent honour of being voted the second best player in the whole of Europe. He has been influenced by football since he was born. Both his father and uncle have been successful footballers along with his cousin, Jamie Redknapp. Franks career started in 1994 when he was signed by West ham of whom his uncle was the manager of and who his father was currently playing for. Unfortunately he did not make much of an impression and so the fans turned against him. Later he was loaned out to Division two's 'Swansea City' for who he played just 7 games and scored only one goal and was later struck with an injury to his right foot which left him out for the rest season. It wasn't until the 1997/98 season that Frank established himself as a rising star, he had returned to West Ham and was a regular in the squad that went on to win the 'InterToto Cup' when he was spotted by the England U21 manager who snapped him up and made him captain of the England U21 squad. He made a total of 19 appearances and scored 9 goals and managed to find a way into a friendly with the full England squad in 1999. In 2001 Frank became unsettled at West Ham after the departure of his
How does Russell present superstition as a driving force in Blood Brothers?
Transfer-Encoding: chunked May 18, 2017 How does Russell present superstition as a driving force in Blood Brothers? Superstition is arguably the main diving force behind the events of 'Blood Brothers'.Russel shows how supersitious belief drives Mrs Johnstone's powerlessness, Mrs Lyons' decent into madness and, though the women's actions, the deaths of the twins. Throughout the play, Russell uses the Narrator as a dramatic device to remind the audience of the invented superstitious belief can be. Russell uses language to present superstition as an important driving force. The Narrator's Language is full of supesitious imagery. He constantly threatens the two mothers withimages such as "shoes upon the table" and "walkin' on the pavement cracks". The repeated refrences to superstitions associated with bad luck create the sense that the characters cannot escape the influence of superstitious belief. Furthermore, the Narrator's references to the devil imply that the power of superstition increases as the play progresses. The devil moves ever closer, from "walking past your door" to "screamin' deep inside you". By varying the repeated refrence to the devil in this way, Russell suggests that superstition is an important factorin driving the play towards it's tragic ending. To some extent, the course of Mrs Johnstone's life is determined by her superstitious belief. It is a
Through close examination of the Narrators songs and speeches, explore how Willy Russell uses the role of the storyteller in Blood Brothers
Post-1914 Drama English Mrs Coley 'Through close examination of the Narrator's songs and speeches, explore how Willy Russell uses the role of the storyteller in Blood Brothers' Intro. In Blood Brothers, Willy Russell uses the narrator as a constant presence to tell the story of the Johnstone twins. When Russell first dreamt up the play, he envisioned the narrator as old story-teller, like 'a Greek chorus'. Russell wanted the play to sound like 'an old Greek myth'. In ancient Greek theatre, the chorus was a group of minor actors who appeared mostly in tragedies and could portray any character. This is similar to Blood Brothers in that it follows the tragic story of two families and that the narrator in the book plays several different roles. The Greek chorus would also usually communicate in song and would comment on the actions and reactions of the characters in the play, comparable to how the narrator converses in the play. For example, in Act Two as Mickey grabs the gun and runs off to confront Eddie, the narrator follows Mrs Johnstone and breaks into song, commenting on Mickey 'running round and round' and indicating that fate was 'callin' up your number today', like an old Greek story-teller. The narrator's first scene is at the very beginning of the play, where he
What are your feelings towards Frank and Rita at the end of the play, and what have they lost and gained
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Gregory’s Girl – Modern Drama Coursework Task
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Film review of Donnie Darko
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