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● The Tempest

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's lowly nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.

● Drama
Drama is now commonly used to refer to a genre of film or television which is more serious than comedy. An older meaning of 'drama' was the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning action, which is derived from the verb meaning to do or to act. The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. A group of characters perform in front of the audience.

 
●  Think in English
你必須避免的壞習慣：

Funeral Blues
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

● tips for learning English
● exposition

The Vacuum
BY HOWARD NEMEROV
The house is so quiet now
The vacuum cleaner sulks in the corner closet,

● Course Objective
This course not only presents students with selected literary texts in terms of its three main genres-fiction, poetry, and drama-but also enables them to approach literature critically. Critical terms are introduced along with individual texts. Designed for the sophomores, this introductory course forms groundwork for students' further literary study. The respective quizzes prior to the in-class discussions ensure the majority of the students read the assigned texts before class. The after-class group discussions would be posted on the teaching blog website and require students to study in cooperation.
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Midterm examination
 

The structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film.
According to Freytag, a drama is divided into five parts, or acts, which some refer to as a dramatic arc: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and dénouement.

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