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    researched the The Bennett Place Farmhouse and discovered the history that hides behind this simple farmhouse. Fascinated by my trip, my perspective opened up to a variety of views and ideas about the battles and surrenders that resulted from the Civil War. The history of the site, the valuables and sighting, and my reflection towards the Bennett Place Historic Site all contributed to my understanding of the many surrenders that occurred during the great Civil War . The Bennett Place farmhouse, at the

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    Alan Bennett Talking Heads In Bennett's monologues the main character faces an important decision which will affect the course of their lives. I will go on and explain in this essay, the play writer's use of literary techniques - including setting, theme and characterisation- which may make the decision seem correct or not. Talking Heads was originally produced for BBC television but has recently been used as a collection of short stories. Each of the characters portrayed, is played by an

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    A Sense of Tragedy and Humour in alan Bennett's Talking Heads Monologues Alan Bennett uses a variety of techniques to convey a sense of both tragedy and humour in his 'Talking Heads' monologues. I will be looking specifically at 'Bed Among The Lentils' and 'Cream Cracker Under The Settee.' Alan Bennett achieves both of these effects by use of several clever choices regarding the casting as well as sound and visual effects. There are two very different types of humour

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    glad to say that WDMBC took home a win with Paul bringing home first place. Clive come second and Chris took fifth, so it feels like West Drayton are really representing!

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    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. Educating Rita is about the journey of Rita, a twenty-six year old working class woman from Liverpool, entering the world of formal education through an Open University course or as she refers to it as a ‘degree for dishwashers’. Rita’s

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    Can someone be born evil or is the ability to be immoral something that’s acquired through the environment? Various techniques were used by Alan Bennett in the History Boys to convey how Hector wasn’t purely immoral because he let his sexual desires lead to the fondling of his student’s genitals, but because he was a dedicated educator who would stop at no means including disconnection with the traditional form of teaching in order to per-quire his students futures through alternative education.

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    There are simple components for understanding human experience, expression and emotion. The phrase ‘less is more’ is regularly applied in contemporary art and performance. The Broadway production of A Chorus Line uses simple set design, limited costumes, and plot to establish authentic and relatable characters. Throughout the whole musical the whole objective is for the director to hire some chorus dancers for their next Broadway show. The dancers suffer through intense numbers and unprepared in-depth

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    MIAMI, June 20, 2014 — Sometimes it’s not what you know, but whom you know. Meet the team behind the stars! A-Team Studios is an artist development and management company, headquarted in the heart of Miami Florida. The women of A-Teams Studios, Anita Wilson and Athena Cameron, have a combined 50 plus years in the entertainment business. They have helped develop the careers of many well-known artists from NSYNC to Jason Derulo. With a reputation that precedes them, A-Team Studios has a waiting list

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    The Federal Government has been struggling for almost four decades now to close the gap between the wages of men and women. In the 1960's, women were paid approximately 60 cents for every dollar men received for their work. Although progress has been made since Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, equality has not yet been achieved. Today, thirty-six years later, women still earn only seventy-six percent of the wages of men. Early studies found convincing evidence that women were being construed

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    friends and finds it difficult to fill her time so she is often sitting in her chair, looking out of her window and noting what is going on in other people’s lives. She has no social life and she only leaves the house when she has to. Alan Bennett shows Miss Ruddock’s loneliness through her obsession of writing letters. She uses these letters as a way of communicating with the world outside her home. In the drama, before going to prison, we do not hear Miss Ruddock have a meaningful

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