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The great Romantic poet, John Keats, was born in 1795, in a part of London called Moorfields. He trained as a doctor in London before his efforts for writing poetry really increased. The love of his life was a young lady called Fanny Brawne that he had known for two years. In 1818 the couple…

When he cited the achievements of America’s Muslim citizens in a speech earlier this month in Cairo, Egypt, President Barack Obama singled out one of the 20th century’s pre-eminent structural engineers, whose legacy lives on at Lehigh 27 years after his passing. In his address, Obama listed Fazlur Rahman Khan, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and other scientists, politicians…

Both these men seem to be sad people who have no control over their own life and have no intention of actually making their lives more interesting, so they used fantasy to make sure they are happy with their lives. In my opinion they both consider their lives so bad now they don’t think they…

The stories ‘Walter Mitty’ and the ‘Poor Relation’s Story’ are two stories that show people that everyone wants a better life. Whether it is in reality or in fantasy. ‘Walter Mitty’ is a story about a man of the same name who fantasises about a better and more powerful existence, as his wife is dominant. Mitty…

Richard realises that nobody actually likes him. This means that he has not fully succeeded in his dreams, as he previously thought he had. He had succeeded in success but in love and popularity, he was a failure. As Richard wakes up from his dream in Act V Scene iii, the audience feels sorry for…

The tragedy of Richard III lies in the progressive isolation of its protagonist.’ Discuss. There are many ways throughout the play that Shakespeare shows isolation in Richard Gloucester, the protagonist, but there is some debate over whether or not it is this which leads to tragedy. This partly occurs due to the dubious understanding of the…

Hard Times is a novel about Victorian society, in particular the divisions in the newly formed industrial society between the upper and lower classes. Dickens’ message through the book is that while the ruling classes, characters like Gradgrind and Bounderby, have the money and power, they lack in themselves basic human components – love, compassion,…

“An Inspector Calls” was written by J.B priestly in 1945. The play was set in 1912. The play takes place in a big rich house. The play is about an inspector. His name is Inspector Goole, and he went to investigate about this girl that committed suicide. The girl drank some strong disinfectant and burned…

But when Mr Kipps got downstairs, a dark, Red light marked the door, which immediately represented the door as something important. The Red light represented a sense of evil, and that something dangerous was behind the door. It also sent a message to the audience, which was a warning to the actor for him not…

The explorative strategies we used were physical theatre when I was being the door, and role play when Stephanie Orford took on the role of Mr Kipps. Physical theatre is when you tell the story through physical terms, and role play is when you take on somebody else’s thoughts, feelings and emotions. Physical theatre helped…