Alan Bennett-writer of these monologues was born in 1934 in Yorkshire but spent most of his adult life in London. Alan Bennett-writer of these monologues-was born in 1934 in Yorkshire but spent most of his adult life in London. Although he was aware of two cultures much of his writing reflects the northern characters and views of his youth and the British way of life. Bennett called these monologues accounts of "ordinary, uneventful, desperate lives." Sometimes called "gossip as Drama" because of the intimacy of the television screen. Bennett quoted-" We are presented with 'a single point of view' but become aware of the unconscious revelation of the character and relationships. We hear other voices as well." In the 1980s there were many single plays for TV and these monologues fitted perfectly with this and the use of the TV as a medium. They began as six, 40 minute plays on a Sunday evening to suit that viewing audience, serials came in like Brookside 1982 and East Enders in 1985, and so such plays were replaced. In the 1950s and the 1960s society underwent a lot of change. Before that, communities were tightly knit; the elderly were part of the family and neighbours knew each other. The elderly were treated with great respect and marriage was seen as being for life. Many of these characters long for that past-others, like Mrs Whittaker, preferred a change. There are few direct references to current events though: these are about private, not public lives. Now society tries to take over what the community did before e g, Stafford House and the therapy group. This Britain is multi-cultural too-Zulema and the local shops. This is how the history of the monologue formed. I think that TV has replaced Browning's format because times had changed and as more people were born and bred in the new age they began to forget how times used to be as the people from those times had either died or come forward into the modern age, making the past times history. Assignment: Twentieth Century Drama In the world of Bennett's monologues, what views of old age are presented by the writer? Introduction "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life"-Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson. This quote relates well to the studied monologues. It shows that Ulysses felt that he didn't want to become slow and useless after twenty years of being active and fighting battles, fighting for the king and his country in a foreign land, like in a war hero story. He does not wish "to rust unburnished"-meaning that he does not want to
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explicated how America is a new and young nation, despite it being around the "old age
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In the years the depression raged, many people looked for an answers and longed for a better time. The 1930’s brought back many people’s views of tradition and folk culture. Many intellectuals, sought to look to old times, the Southern Agrarians, a group of eleven southern scholars, sought wanted to society to go back to an Agrarian way of life. Another group known as the New Humanists also wanted to return to the old way of l...
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... the end of the poem until “the rose tree’s thread of scent draws thin and snaps upon the air”, terminating life and dictating the start of another season.
I Served the King of England is a satirical coming-of-age story based on the life of Jan Dítě, a Czechoslovakian man who aims for wealth; the events are told from the perspective of Jan approximately fifteen years later after just being released from prison. While adjusting to his new simple life, Jan describes his steady climb to millionaire status, albeit a quick stay. Younger Jan experiences life through the time before, during, and just after World War II; Menzel, having lived through the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, shows multiple themes that represent his discretions with the experience and its after-effects. Menzel often contrasts the bleak subject matter with bright,
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Instead of trying to fix the problems in their society they blame the problems on something else so they won‘t have to deal with them. In 1692 a few girls got sick, they blame it on witch craft instead of thinking that maybe they were faking it or they got some kind of unknown sickness. In 1950 people begin to think differently than one another and have new ideas, people blame it on Communists instead of embracing the new ideas and learning and politely debating them.
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The people of the time were coping with the major events that were going on in the world in the best ways that they knew how. However, the times were changing. Many of the modernists believed that the safety provided by religion, politics or society was no longer sufficient (Matterson 1). There were new inventions, ideas and philosophies that challenged the existing philosophical ideas. Signs of these changes can be seen throughout many modernist writers' works.