The History Boys

http://rosalinetranslator.multiply.com/journal/item/5/Analysis-of-the-Characters-In-the-History-Boys-written-by-Alan-Bennett?&show_interstitial=1&u=%2Fjournal%2Fitem Analysis of the Characters In the History Boys written by Alan Bennett Jan 17, '09 5:55 AM for everyone Mr. Hector or Douglas He is a round character since psychological aspect is the most obvious thing wherever and wherever he is. Mr. Hector is a sixtysomething eccentric and poetry-loving teacher who inspires his students with the glory

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.

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. In both Oleanna and History Boys the writers include many controversial subjects to portray the characters in the plays to be both vulnerable and villainy. In Oleanna, Mamet involves sexual harassment and power throughout the play. Although, instead of using scenarios of sexual harassment near the time of the play (Clarence Thomas

when she began petitioning the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to allow her to join a Boy Scout troop, aspiring to earn the Eagle Scout Award. Of course, she could join Girl Scouts and ascend through their ranks, but she had been an honorary member of her brother’s Boy Scout troop and wanted to follow in his footsteps. So far, her appeal to the national office of the BSA in Irving, TX has been denied (Khan). Their official response referred to the charter of the Boy Scouts which was approved by Congress

Consider the alternative dramatic functions of the role of Hector in The History Boys and his contribution to the comic impact of the play, with close reference to a key scene. Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys, is set in the 1980s and centres on his own sixth form experience. The protagonist (or arguably, antagonist) Hector, is first presented as ‘A figure in motorcycle leathers’, giving the brief impression that he is a fashionable character. However, once he takes off his jacket revealing that

The Big Boy, a machine of immense size and power. It is among one of the most well known locomotive classes ever built. The size of 85 feet (132 feet including tender.) the Big Boys (4-8-8-4) were behemoths, capable of pulling a massive amount of freight. So large was the Big Boys that they were almost twice the size of a modern diesel-electric engine. The Big Boys, however, were practically two locomotives, joined together. This was called an articulated engine, meaning it had two separate groupings

‘The History Boys’ written by Alan Bennett is a play that explores the theme of love between the characters. The action of the play takes place in all-boys grammar school in Sheffield, in the 1980’s where it focuses on a group of sixth intelligent boys with fighting for the chance to gain scholarships to go to either Oxford or Cambridge. Bennet gives an insight of what the education was like in the north of England in the 1980’s. During this time the play was originated under Thatcher’s conservative

History and Development of Boy Scouts. The History of boy scouts starts way back in the 1900’s as British Baden Powell develops an organization in attempt to develop young men into war ready adults at the age of 18. As the world change, so did the Boy Scouts, from being brought to American to the founding of smaller branches and achievements for the scouts. Not only was development of the boy scouts began, the history of achievements grew within the Boy Scout association, to hitting 1 Million Scouters

The History Boys Essay 13. “Brilliantly funny….but by the end, tears are as near as laughter.” To what extent can we read The History boys as comedy? One of the key factors that makes the History Boys such an iconic play is its witty comedic effect throughout the entire book. Using various techniques, such as parody, contrasting characters and clever juxtapositions within the plot, intelligent metaphors, bathos and many more. But at first glance the history boys could seem a typical dramatic

“The History Boys” and “Educating Rita” have common themes running through the spine of each text, regarding formal education and learning for self-satisfaction. The History boys tells the story of 8 academic working and middle class boys from a grammar school in Sheffield whom are applying for Oxford and Cambridge university in the 1980’s and are studying intensely to succeed. Their teachers, Hector and Irwin have a conflicting approach to education. Irwin teaches the boys specifically how to pass