Play writers often partake in many different forms of writing to create distinctive values to their characters. Character development is a very important aspect in play writing because of the important role characters have in the creation of the theme and conflicts of a play. A specific attribute that author’s often contribute to their characters are social mask. Social mask can be defined as a character portraying oneself differently in a social setting to create a different identity or engaging
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The movie the Interrupters was filmed in Chicago, Illinois. They followed ex gang members Cobe Williams, Ameena Matthews, and Eddie Bocanagreda. Each of these ex gang members had turned their life around and are now part of an activist group called CeaseFire. The activists talked about the trouble they have been involved in and the violent acts that they had committed. The activist were known in the neighborhood since they used to be high priority gang members in the area. Knowing the gang lingo
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How to Write a Personal Statement by UNM Prof. Elizabeth Archuleta Through a personal statement, you introduce yourself to the university; it reflects your personality and intellect. It is important that you read each question carefully and make every effort to understand and respond to it with well-considered responses and in a persuasive enough manner to hold the reader’s interest. 1. Understand and Explain Yourself One of the main problems when writing is that applicants fail to take a thorough
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Some Like It Hot is set in 1929, located in the slums of Chicago. The city’s gloomy atmosphere is filled with gunshots and police cars, appearing as an intimidating gangster film. Despite the initial jarring humor Wilder’s films always go far beyond what most audiences typically expect. He easily transforms a crime film into a romantic comedy, just as he does so with two men physically and mentally changing into women. As the camera captures the new women it objectifies them by implying the focus
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“An Occurrence at owl creek bridge” is one of the best story written by Ambrose Bierce. The well-known Author start a story with a slave owner who is in his late thirties from Alabama. Standing on owl creek bridge with a with a helpless situation with rope around his neck and his hand tied behind his back to prevent him from running away easily. There are union troops on each side of him. The main character of the story, Farquhar focuses his last thoughts on his beloved family, while also having
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Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time explores different perspectives through language and stylistic features by presenting us with a 15-year-old protagonist dealing with Asperger’s syndrome, Christopher Boone, and his logical profound personality. We learn about the world Christopher knows and understands via the narration style with detailed diagrams and unsentimental writing. Language is explored through the narrators perspective, (Christopher), which allows recognition
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Film Review On Golden Pond On Golden Pond is a wonderful drama from 1981 staring Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda and Henry Fonda. It is an IPC film production produced by Bruce Gilbert and directed by Mark Rydell. Both Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda received best actress and best actor for their sensational roles in this memorable film. I enjoyed this film because the main characters gave such a propelling performance. Several scenes showed a tender affection between the characters Norman
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Everyone has their own worldview. Many authors such as Charlotte Bronte may even include their worldviews through their characters or their story. These worldviews open the doors to readers on the author’s perspective. Readers are then able to determine what the author’s views are and see the evidence in the author’s life. This insight into the author’s life sometimes reflects the history of their life. Charlotte Bronte reveals her personal life and beliefs through Jane Eyre who experiences a difficult
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Narrative Writing Prompt “Round’em Up and Move ‘em Out!” and “A Life on the Trail” give information about how life was on a cattle drive. Think about what might have happened if you were actually participating on a drive. Write a narrative for your teacher about being on a cattle drive. Be sure to include narrative elements such as sensory details, dialogue, figurative language, and description as they are appropriate in your writing. Use details and information from the passage in your narrative
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In the novel, The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, the setting plays a very important role in the book. As you read the book, you realized that their ‘world’ is very different from ours. The setting in their ‘world,’ has many differences from what our ‘world’ is like. In the beginning of the story, the author told us that the city of ember was very dim, and had little light. “In the city of ember, the sky was always dark. The only light came from great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and at the
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