Most plays have stage directions to guide the director and actors as well as readers. ... Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound (1968) uses both stage directions and repetition in unusual and funny ways. ... Further, the stage directions go beyond what is necessary for performing the play. ... There are many "straight" stage directions not meant for laughs. ... Besides the beginning with a "pause," the play has a bunch of jokes, out loud and in the written play, about stage directions, programs, and exposition-information that you might find in a program or printed s...

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Seymour conveys these ideas through the employment of a range of dramatic techniques including stage directions, characterisation, dialogue and symbolism. ... '" The use of stage directions and dialogue reveal the represented, contradictory fatherly role Alf assumes. ... Seymour, in The One Day of the Year, demolishes this idea through the interactions between Hughie and Alf, as portrayed through stage directions and dialogue. ... " Seymour's use of stage directions emphasises the internal conflicts Hughie experiences. ... The effective use of stage directions highlights t...

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I can tell this by Priestly stage directions The Inspectors visit had a very large effect on all the characters he says things that make them question the values they base their lives on which they take for granted. ... The stage directions say a lot. ... Here, the stage directions say much as they show that Sheila is astonished by the way her mother is demanding this boy be treated, so she interrupts by telling her mother to stop. ... Also, the stage directions show that Eric is miserable when he asks for the drink and this shows that the only time he drinks is when he's unhappy. ......

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But if you read the label, follow directions, and use them responsibly, the vitamins will have a positive effect on your body and this will result in great gains. ... If you don't follow directions, and over-dose on them, it will be very harmful to your body. But if you follow directions and do some research on the supplement, you can learn how to responsibly and safely use the supplement. ... To get the best gains from a supplement you should research the supplement, and then follow the directions and use them responsibly. ...

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Occurring frequently throughout the play, but particularly predominant at the end of Act I is the use of stage directions to increase tension and hysteria. ... Betty and Abigail exclaim the names of people who they claimed to have seen with the Devil, and Miller once again uses stage directions to show the craziness by describing them as "calling out hysterically " and "rising to a great glee. " The curtain falls on the girls crying out the names of people seen with the Devil, with a progressive increase in intensity and so the audience is left with a clear feel of the hysteria. ... These tec...

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If a woman is out driving and she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she will stop at a gas station and ask for directions. ... Men will never stop and ask for directions. ... This is why it took Mosses in the Bible, forty years to go through the dessert; he wouldn't ask for directions. ...

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All of the students in the Digital Directions class chose a poem and expounded upon its meaning and its metaphor. ... In our Digital Directions class we are making an animated collage that describes the central theme of our poem that we chose. ...

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Despite these deviations, by the end of the movie, Brian has maintained "virtually unquestioned, the values and occupational directions" set forth by his parents (Marcia, 155). ... He is defined by his exploratory process, by looking at and experimenting with alternative directions and beliefs, like those of smoking marijuana and dressing in a non-conformist way. ...

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As the stage directions do not detail many reactions in the play, it is up to the director and actors to decide what reaction and what level of attention should be paid to the speaker by each character. ... A nice way to express this spatially would to have Hedvig sitting between the two, however the stage directions state that the table is on the right side of the room, so by placing Hedvig close to the wall it leaves more room for the parents to move. ...

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But, if the forces are acting in opposite directions, we subtract one from the other. In any given situation, between these two poles (same and opposite directions), we must weigh the forces (this is the overall force). ...

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The excessive and blind religious fanaticism created an evil atmosphere, one that can be felt by the readers in both the dialogue and stage directions. ... Although some ray of sunshine is evident at the end of the play, both figuratively and in the stage directions, there is still a sense of overriding evil. ...

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The heresy, Arianism, was a semi-popular movement during the early patristic period that was started by the Egyptian theologian Arius. Arius somewhat unknowingly brought about the most significant Trinitarian problem the Catholic Church had ever seen. Arianism had far reaching effects on all of Ca...

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Two boats row past in the foreground, going in different directions. ... The fact that the boats are going in different directions symbolises the fact that their paths in life are different, however, they meet up at the end in the same location to marry. ...

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The heresy, Arianism, was a semi-popular movement during the early patristic period that was started by the Egyptian theologian Arius. Arius somewhat unknowingly brought about the most significant Trinitarian problem the Catholic Church had ever seen. Arianism had far reaching effects on all of Ca...

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It updates the 1999 New Agenda for Multicultural Australia, reaffirms its fundamental principles and sets strategic directions for multicultural policy for 2003-2006 with a specific emphasis on community harmonyAustralian multiculturalism is the philosophy, underlying Government policy and programs, that recognises, accepts, respects and celebrates our cultural diversity. ... Philip Ruddock (Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs) 2 Multicultural Australia: United in Diversity updating the1999 New Agenda for Multicultural Australia: Strategic directions for 200...

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It is easy to read the stage directions as part of the action, and in some ways makes it easier to visualize the scene than reading a story or novel. ... If I were an actor in this play, I would rely heavily on the stage directions and the emotional suggestions of the writer to help find the character, because in this play it seems like what is not said is almost more important than what is. ... She is a slim, nervous looking woman, as the stage directions describe. ...

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Creative thinking is often describing as a divergent process in which we begin at a single point with a single question, but extend our search in many directions, generating a wide variety of new possibilities. ...

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The Flood Epic Analyzed The fact that numerous human civilizations possess stories of a great flood provide evidence that some type of flood played a key role in the development of our modern existence. Along with the evidence of floods, many early civilizations have stories which share many si...

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Shakespeare introduces us to Antony in his very first scene, which starts and ends with a Roman viewpoint, which entraps Antony's personality inside. Philo is the first on stage and his speech is engulfed in war and duty, "files and musters", "plated", "Mars". This perception that Shakespeare has gi...

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Miller is very skilful in this characterisation as he ensures that we retain our sympathy for Eddie through the stage directions. ... Miller's stage directions build up tension as they did in the earlier scenes – we are left in suspense , sharing Eddie's horror and isolation as his 'name' hangs in the balance. ...

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In his book, "Why Gender Matters," Dr. Leonard Sax addresses the topic of sex and the biological differences between males and females. Dr. Sax's book is not a discussion focused on "gender,"" as a social force associated with politics and misconceptions. Rather, he's relaying the scientific and obj...

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The Person I am Today The reason why I chose to be in this class is simply because I want to enhance my life by making it more meaningful. So far in this class, I've learned to value many aspects of life and beliefs. This class truly intrigues me to think about life and ways to enrich it; in ot...

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There are three different locations and facilities associated with Casa; Child Development Center (CDC), Residential Services (RS), and New Directions Transitional Housing (NDTH). ... I have asked a few staff members on what happens to those who age out, some have explained that if they have been following the rules and been active with looking for a job then they can try and move to the New Directions program while some will be given a binder full information that will provide number and resources that may help. ...

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Since the explosion throws the stars in all directions, you get the huge sphere of sparkling light that is so familiar at fireworks displays. ... Read all directions, cautions, labels and warnings on each individual firework item to understand the product performance and hazards associated with the use of the item. 4. ...

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Edna's character was slowly awakened to being pulled in four archetypical directions: these archetypes include the marriage of the work-orientated and "bread-winning" husband and the ideal mother, the outcast "quasi-intellectual" feminist, the high-class society, and the true love. ... Seeing her being pulled in two quite different directions by these two figures gives the reader a hint that she cannot properly "fit into" either. ...

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