Great Expectations

The King of Kites (adapted from prescribed text “The King of Kites” by Judith Heneghan and Laure Fournier) CHARACTERS: NARRATOR 1 NARRATOR 2 ANIL MOTHER FRIEND 1 FRIEND 2 VILLAGERS STAGE DIRECTION: CS- CENTRE STAGE CRS- CENTRE RIGHT STAGE CLS- CENTRE LEFT STAGE USC- UPPERSTAGE CENTRE USR- UPPERSTAGE RIGHT USL- UPPERSTAGE LEFT DSC- DOWNSTAGE CENTRE DSR- DOWNSTAGE RIGHT DSL- DOWNSTAGE LEFT SCRIPT: ACT Scene 1 Setting: Backyard of Anil’s house Characters: Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Anil,…

things,yet Dickens is careful to give at least some of these lower-class characters a code of ethics ,adding realism and respectability.The character that perhaps best embodies such a code of ethics is Nancy,and looking closely at her scenes can lend great insight into our reading of Oliver Twist: Th e Jew infl icted a smart blow on Oliver’s shoulders, with the club; and was raising it for a second, when the girl, rushing forward, wrested it from his hand. She fl ung it into the fi re, with a…

Charles Kingsley created the novel under the influence of the social disturbance in the Victorian Britain. Although intended for children, the novel was coming out periodically in the Macmillan’s Magazine for adults and deeply affected many public matters, left the readers contemplative and become the base for social changes (Uffeleman & Scott, 1986). There is an evidence of Alexander Macmillan’s words “from your description of the story I think it will suit us admirably and form a new and…

Though Roald Dahl was faced with obstacles in his life he was still able to become one of the greatest British authors writing such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate factory is a story filled with a little more than just imagination. This story is a story filled with a bit of reality and struggles ROald Dahl had gone through as a child. Dahl you can say was a piece of cake. Roald Dahl was born september 13, 1916 in Landoff, south wales, United Kingdom. He…

Comparing Dickens to the MEN In this essay I will be comparing an article written by the Manchester Evening News, about homelessness and a piece of writing written by Charles Dickens, also about homelessness. Although these two pieces of writing are about people living on the streets that is more or less all that they have in common. To begin with the article written by the Manchester Evening News is, despite the chatty style and standard vocabulary quite somber . As well as this the article…

Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” is famous for being written on New Year’s Eve, which marked the turn of the century. The very work darkling is an old word which has been used since the 15th century, while the Thrush is a type of songbird which is known for its beautiful voice. The title as a whole could be literally interpreted as a songbird whose song which is slowly fading over time but will not be forgotten. A deeper interpretation could be the fact that Hardy is perhaps looking back on…

My Papa’s Waltz The poem, My Papa’s Waltz is one of the best works by Theodore Roethke. When it is looked at first glance, it can be seen as a simple four-stanza body of work, but upon further analysis, we see it has a deeper meaning. Childhood experiences seem to play a significant role in the development of the plot. The dance that is described in the poem shows an interaction between a child and his father that has more nuances than it meets the eye. At first glance, there is a joyous and…

“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses women for their strengths.” (Lois Wyse) She Stoops to Conquer is an 18th Century play by Oliver Goldsmith which tells the story of how a lady crosses class lines to conquer her love. The plot is unravelled when Charles Marlow, a man who is brought to marry noble woman Miss Kate Hardcastle by her father, has a minor foible whereby he is frozen stiff with fear when it comes to talking and socializing with upper-class women. However when it comes…

The novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer written by Mark Twain illustrates the life of a mischievous young boy named Tom Sawyer. Throughout the novel, Twain develops the character of Tom Sawyer who is faced with many difficult situations that not a normal young boy deals with, but they help shape the character of Tom. Twain is able to develop the character of Tom threw his own unique technique of writing his literature. Twain is able to illustrate the type of personality he possesses through his…

Sacraments Flannery O’ Connor’s story; The River, a child named Henry is left with his babysitter for the day. From the beginning, the child lies and steals a book. He is shown to be sinful with his small actions. He seems to be raised in an unfaithful household and has little attention from his parents. In the story, when Henry meets his babysitter, he states that she is like “...a speckled skeleton...” (O’Conner, 157) and that her kids are also like skeletons but “like a skeleton of an old…