Essays on Dialogues

The Greek word “dialogos”, meaning conversation, is the point of origin of dialogue writing.

Rule Governing Dialogue Some simple rules that govern dialogue writing include a purpose; convey the tone and plot of the conversation. It must give insights on character traits of people involved and must action the conversation forward. “As a writer, you draw on your lifelong practice of dialogue in creating your characters’ dialogue” (Weinman 5)

Punctuation of dialogues

Quotation marks must be used at the beginning and end of dialogue. The comma should be used after the speaker tag when it precedes conversation and inside the conversation when speaker tag succeeds it. The period is used inside quotation marks if the quote ...

Trifles was written by Susan Glaspell and was first played in theater in 1916. It is based on a true story of John Hossack, whom Glaspell worked for that placed his wife a suspect. The play is set in a house, Mrs. Wright’s house, where an investigation is carryout the murder of Mr. Wright. Though the County Attorney and the Sherriff do adequate investigation, they ignore the little things that points out the murdered as his wife. The women on the other hand, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find out from these trifles that the murder was Mrs. ...

Introduction

The world of art has always been driven by an immortal tradition where the sole artist worked as the creative force and his relationship with the art was way more influential than the traditional author-art relation. In the case of films, the concept of the ‘Auteur’ explains one of the most significant styles of cinematic direction in which the director becomes too dominant over the entire film that he is being ranked as the author for the film. Some directors in the world cinema are reckoned to have such a strong authorial presence in their films that is very ...

Introduction

Many people think that there may not be any rhetoric in a movie. The movie is an object of entertainment. That is why many researchers do not take it for serious. The thing is, the main objective of the movie is to transmit a certain information. And we can only measure the success of the movie by measuring the success of transmitting. We do not always comprehend it, but in most cases we are touched and influenced by the rhetoric means and technique used in the movie. Our task is to research the key characteristics of rhetorical principles applied ...

American gangster movies have been in vogue for a very long time and have been a favorite of the American audience. The issues which surround law and order in the country have been captured well by gangster movies which depict criminals and vivid crime scenes. Although the movie is basically about letting the bad guys lose and the good guys emerge triumphant at the end, the movies usually swerve with the bad guys in the movie going about their crimes successfully without getting caught. Although the public has a clear recognition between the good and the bad, it is ...

REGULATORY BEHAVIOR

The role of the nervous system. The fact that nervous system is the direct and influential regulator of human behavior is widely recognized by scientific communities all over the world. Actually, all the elements of sophisticated structure of nervous system work in concord in order to provide appropriate behavioral responses for any irritant or provocative. Consequently, the principles of coordinative work of nervous system constitute the issue of paramount importance for psychologists. Talking more specifically, both central and peripheral nervous system do take part in behavioral regulation. For instance, spinal cord (the constituting part of central nervous system) works ...

Plato, who is a famous individual even today, came from a very good background of an Athenian Family. His family had very critical political connections. Socrates was the main person who was an influence on Plato’s life. The uncle to Plato named Charmides knew Socrates very well, and he might have been the one who introduced Plato to him (Socrates). More essentially, Socrates was always observed in action by Plato. It was very risky to spend time with Socrates because he used to offend those that had a desire to be elite members. In addition, he used to ...

The main theme of the book, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant, by Roz Chast, is a memoir of Roz’s own parents and the relationship she shares with them. It revolves around their lives and is communicated to the readers through cartoons and conversations. The narrative of the story is both factual and funny. It describes the ups and downs of the good old days as well. There are sketches that makes one laugh, and also sketches that leaves one in tears. The narrative is engaging and moving as well. The important theme that is depicted ...

The academic field of philosophy provides the much need knowledge and introspection about the self, the society and the world. Among the many eminent philosophers of the world, Greek philosophers were among the most influential with all of their vision, knowledge and explication. Their works are still hailed as impeccable and commendable by the modern day philosophers and critics. There can be no denial of the fact that Plato is one of the foremost figures in the domain of philosophy in the entire timeline of human history of this world. Plato has been successful in leaving an immortal mark ...

Shot in 1972, The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola has become one of the iconic motion pictures in the world cinematography, and is still watched by the contemporary audience. The key to success of the film is hidden in the director’s profound artistic approach to reflecting the novel written by Mario Puzo. The talent of the author who provided the screenplay for the film together with the talent of the director who made it visually unique provided the future of the motion picture that is quoted and alluded to most often among others. This paper is thus going ...

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The central claim of supersessionism, an ancient Christian mindset that can be traced way back to the first century, is the forfeiture of God’s covenant with Jews due to their collective guilt over the death of Jesus (Cunningham 1). This ancient thinking could very well be found before the Second Vatican Council. It even found expression from Pope Pius X in a personal message to Theodor Herzl in 1904 – that the Jewish faith was the foundation of Christianity – but was replaced by the teachings of Christ (Cunningham 2). However, in the same verse in his epistle to the ...

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A New Relationship between Christians and Jews

The central claim of supersessionism, an ancient Christian mindset that can be traced way back to the first century, is the forfeiture of God’s covenant with the Jews due to their collective guilt over the death of Jesus (Cunningham 1). This ancient thinking can still be found before Vatican Council II and even found expression from Pope Pius X in a personal message to Theodor Herzl in 1904: “The Jewish faith was the foundation of our own, but it has been superseded by the teachings of Christ” (Cunningham 2). Saint Paul wrote ...

The cinematography is one of the greatest arts. It combines the elements of literature, theater, music, painting, architecture, ballet, etc. As a result of the synthesis of the traditional arts appears a new type of the art - film. Despite the fact that the cinematography is a relatively young kind of the art, it has already become extremely valuable for us. Moreover, it is simply impossible to imagine our lives without movies! After all, we are accompanied by them from the early childhood. Of course, cinematic preferences of a person may change, but it is also worth noting that ...

I would like to talk about the Soviet movie “Ballad of a Soldier”, filmed in 1959 ("Ballad Of A Soldier (1959)"). This film is not so much about the war – the movie is about human relations during the war and love. The film is simple and naive, the character named Alyosha is a simple Russian soldier, who aims to help everyone and everything, sacrificing himself, his desires and his time. He was released on a vacation to his native village for a few days to his mother, but he could see her only a few minutes. Because he helped ...