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    Evaluation of a Theatrical Performance. Play: Women in Black. Style: Gran Guignal. Our drama assessment was to watch the play “Woman in Black” at the Fortune Theatre in London. The original 1950’s play starred Orlando Wells and Michael Mears as the two main and only characters and directed by Robin Hereford. Set. As the curtain raised and the performance began a minimalist set was revealed; stool‚ chair‚ basket and a coat-rack. Initially‚ the minimalist set predicted that the play would

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    a place where everything there was no noise apart from the occasion sounds of nature‚ and the water was so still it could be mistaken for ice‚ a place surrounded by luscious green trees and colorful flora and when the sun set there was complete silence across the entire countryside. That night I dreamt of a place where I could feel connected and at

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    completely eliminate all internal turmoil‚ so that the external distraction is not enough to break one’s internal peace. In his opening paragraph‚ the speaker proclaims that he cannot understand people who need to shutter themselves away in complete silence in order to study‚ essentially undermining the power of external distractions. The speaker continues to rattle through a myriad of external distractions‚ and although he classifies some distractions as more inclined to distract than others‚ he is

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    mumble words which spill out your mouth in a disjointed mess; wasted words for only the silence to prey upon. Your eyes‚ blank and empty‚ stare at the clock which resides on the wall. For hours you sit there‚ persistent‚ unrelenting‚ watching as time turns stale and the seasons slowly blend into one. “Lunchtime!” A cluster of bodies traipse into the empty room. They droop into their seats and a silence permeates the air. You nibble on a sandwich‚ the crumbs falling softly to the table.

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    Cole Edwards Per.3 1-23-12 Autobiographical Essay A Day I’ll Never Forget Every person should have a Grandma like mine. She was the definition of love. She never got mad‚ she never yelled‚ she was never too busy for me‚ she never turned me away and she never grew tired of listening to me. She was beautiful‚ polite‚ graceful‚ confident‚ quiet and peaceful. Her manners were flawless and her home was always spotless. She has been deeply missed since the day she died in 2010. I remember the day

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    A Silent God in a Suffering World Silence is often characterized as a lack of sound‚ however‚ Shusaku Endo uses Silence to communicate the trials and tribulations of his religious journey as a Japanese Catholic. In his own words‚ Endo feels a large part of his life was spent‚ “re-tailoring with my own hands the Western suit my mother had put on me‚ and changing it into a Japanese garment that would fit my Japanese body” due to being baptized against his wishes to appease his mother. It was not an

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    an informal register. Paragraph One narrates how Estha became quiet in childhood. “Quiet” and “silence” are repeated twice perspectively to highlight Estha’s reticence. “Never awkward. Never intrusive. Never noisy” is not only a repetition but also an irony‚ because if someone keeps silent for a long time others ought to feel uncomfortable and strange. However‚ the author depicts Estha’s silence as so negligible that nobody cares and therefore evokes the sympathy of the audience. Moreover‚ the

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    literature finds himself caught up in the peace‚ tranquility‚ darkness and silence of the woods. The beauty of the falling snow can be seen and felt when the speaker states‚ “to watch his woods fill up with snow‚” (4). The speaker is magnetized by the “lovely‚ dark‚ and deep…” (13) woods. He sees himself having left the busyness of everyday life and now enjoying the undisturbed atmosphere that the woods bring. The silence makes the speaker sense a complete separation from all other aspects of reality

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    Mathematics It was 7:30‚ another cold morning and I had to go to school. School has always been dull and boring but since I realised that there was something wrong with my new maths teacher Mr Harris‚ I decided to find out what it was and follow him. Like every Monday morning I looked out my kitchen window and saw how my maths teacher was making his omelette while correcting our homework. Maths has always been my worst subject and according to my teachers I was very unlikely to pass any sort

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    One of my places is the lake in the wintertime. There I can escape from the everyday mess and can think more rationally or just simply soul search. The lake is located approximently 45 minutes from my house; it has a beautiful view as well as total silence in the winter. The lake water is some of the bluest I have ever seen and the choppiest in the wintertime. I visit the lake in the winter due to the fact that it is not bust with the energy of all the people that come during all the other months

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