1. Compare and Contrast How, and for What Dramatic Purpose, the Writers of the History Boys and Oleanna Present Characters Who Display Both Vulnerability and Villainy.

Identify and describe two conflicts in the story. Explain how the protagonist responds throughout the story and what his or her response reveals about him or her. Write in complete sentences.

5. Discuss the order in which the characters die. Why do some live longer than others? Do you think this is this entirely by design? Does the murderer ever seem to lose control of the situation?

Character Analysis: Give your ideas about the main characters(s). Include what you like and dislike about the characters and why they deserve praise or criticism. Does the author intend for you to like/dislike them? How do you know?

1979. Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of recognized literary merit who might on the basis of the character's actions alone be considered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay, explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary.

Discuss in detail Bennett’s dramatic techniques from page 70 “boys come in” to “the bell goes” on page 74 and consider how this passage might be viewed as a significant and dramatic moment in the History Boys.

A tale can be told in several different ways. Many people are aware of the astonishing feat of the 1980 USA Olympic Men’s Hockey team, who were huge underdogs in their bid to win the gold medal against the powerhouse USSR. The movie “Miracle”, directed by Gavin O’Connor, is the dramatic journey taken by this team, from the anxiety-filled tryouts in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the exhilarating game against the USSR in Lake Placid, New York. The book, “The Boys of Winter” written by Wayne Coffey, is based on the same events, but takes a less emotional, more factual approach to the subject. The purpose of this essay is to compare these two resources, and to discuss how they differ in tone, style, and theme.

• What are their outstanding qualities? Does the author give any indication as to how or why the character developed these qualities?

Demonstrate how the major events that take place in The Outsiders affect the values and attitudes of 3 main characters.

The film begins with Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon), living repressed lives in Arkansas. Both women have stereotypical roles in this movie. As best friends, they decide to go on an adventure that takes a dramatic turn and ends up being an adventurous police chase to the sudden death. Thelma is an unhappy housewife who despises her husband (Daryl), who is a bumbling, controlling and narcissistic. Her character is somewhat infantile, in that she relies completely on her husband for support. She is too timid to confront him about going on a weekend getaway with her best friend Louise. Her timidity is evident in every act she displays. She is unhappy with her life as a housewife but doesn't blatantly show it. She cooks

Most of the time when I am not reading an independent reading book, it is because I can never find a book I like to read. Also, I am usually very busy and cannot find the time to finish or even start a book. However, if I do find a book I like, I can finish it within days because of how gripping it can be. In addition to this, I will probably re-read the book for a second, third, or fourth time, with time in between, of course. The book The Boys in the Boat, has been added to the list of these memorable, and definitely re-read, stories.

"Jeremy Simms & TJ Avery are two relativly minor characters in the story ROTHMC. However, they both reinforce the themes." Discuss Aprox 1000 words

‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written in the 16th century by William Shakespeare and ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written nearly 400 years later in the early 20th century by J.B. Priestley. In both of these plays the relationships of fathers, Lord Capulet and Arthur Birling and their daughters, Juliet and Shelia, are portrayed as being a typical father daughter relationship with seemingly very caring but slightly controlling fathers.

In this essay I will be analysing how Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’ and ‘Educating Rita’ by Willy Russell investigate the notion that ‘all knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use’ along with how they explore the purpose of education.

In Christine Macleod’s essay, “The Politics of Gender, Language and Hierarchy in Mamet’s Oleanna”, she uses an approach that differs from the common belief by critics that David Mamet comments about political correctness in his play titled, “Oleanna”. Through the analysis of the play along with numerous sources, Macleod argues her idea that the spectators of the play seem to dwell on the antagonist’s – Carol’s – advantage over the protagonist, John, as a result of her gender. In fact, Macleod argues that it is Carol’s struggle for power that truly highlights her in a negative light and is the true engagement within the play. Despite holding a viewpoint which deeply contrasts the standard belief by viewers that Mamet’s “Oleanna” deals with gender, Christine Macleod proves with solid arguments in her essay that David Mamet calls for more attention to hierarchy and language, and uses other factors as an addition to the plot which simply blurs everything else; this is evidently a flawed statement as Macleod fails to realize her

“Oleanna" is a play written by David Mamet in the early 1990s, during the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas sexual harassment scandal. This took place precisely in the year 1991 after two years of employment with Anita Hill as an assistant to Clarence Thomas. David Mamet wrote this play in the year 1992 and he wrote it based on the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas incident. Different readers interpret every piece of literature differently. There is no possibility that two readers have the exact understanding of a particular text, and this variety of interpretation is a recurrent phenomenon in english literature. This interpretation is mainly based on the context in which the readers read the text. Also, the interpretation depends on the different themes in that