Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Research on Shakespeare
Why wasn’t Shakespeare’s plays popular at the time? Reference: 1) The Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare Theatre, author Wendy Greenhill and published by Heinemann library in 1995. 2) Snapping-turtle guides, Shakespeare, published in 2003. 3) Website- http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/academic/eng/lfletcher/henry4/papers/mthomas.htm The local London audiences would go to view these plays ever Monday to Saturday afternoon. The plays performed were considered…
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Theme Study Presentation:
Over the holiday I have studied several pieces of texts and films which all link to one theme. I would like to talk to you today and share this idea with you. The theme is man’s inhumanity to man which is quite a wide area to explore in our corrupt world. I hope during this…
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Books and Films for theme study
Theme= Mans inhumanity to man. Material I have read and watched: 1) The boy in the striped pyjamas- John Boyne 2) Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck 3) In Flanders Fields (poem)- John McCare 4) Beyond belief the moors murders- Emlyn Williams 5) Die hard- film 6) Harry Brown- film All these materials involved the…
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Recommended Book
“The Book Thief” by Markus Zuzak
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Creative writing assessment:
It was midday. A time when people should be happy getting their expensive lunches and meeting their friends, but that wasn’t to be anymore. The streets were filled with angry, frustrated rioters with riot squads trying to contain them. I wasn’t a rioter; I have a strong set of morals in place. I had a…
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Descriptive opening to a novel in second person
You can’t escape, questions will forever be entering your mind. The street filled with violence and the pain of destruction. You will feel isolated within your thoughts and emotion because society is destroyed. Listen to the firing of weaponry, the shouting of abuse between the police and people. Think, why has this happened? You can…
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Annotated Dystopia
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Practise opening to a novel
As I stood on the edge of the pier my body was tense and sweat dripped off my hair. There was a strong smell of burning rubber in the air which made my eyes water. The tall chimneys shadowed the damaged ground leaving me with a feeling of despair and anxiety. I looked down into…
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Noun Phrases
Factory stood tall and proud at the end of the bridge. Mist covered lowly in the distance. Car engine roared while they waited. Scared anxious guards looked at the car. Rusty iron gates opened slowly
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Of Mice and Men Assessment
In Of Mice and Men prejudice leaves the minor characters feeling lonely and isolated from socialising which leads them questioning themselves as people and very frustrated resulting to an aspect of their failed dreams and goals. Prejudice is when people prejudge people generally because of their gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language,…
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