English dramatic techniques - the history boys
- Created by: A.B.
- Created on: 13-04-13 16:44
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- The History Boys Dramatic Techniques
- Parody
- Contrasting Characters
- Hector and Irwin
- Totally different teaching methods.
- Very similar, both homosexual, Hector just further along his life than Irwin.
- Mrs Lintott and Felix
- Felix is very powerful.
- Little regard for women.
- Fiona
- However does treat Mrs Lintott with respect.
- "thanks to you, Dorothy"
- Little regard for women.
- Felix is very powerful.
- Posner and Dakin, Dakin is much more confident and self assured.
- Posner is in love with Dakin.
- Irony
- Very similar, both homosexual, Hector just further along his life than Irwin.
- Irony
- Posner is in love with Dakin.
- Hector and Irwin
- Juxtapositions
- Contrasting Characters
- Hector and Irwin
- Totally different teaching methods.
- Mrs Lintott and Felix
- Felix is very powerful.
- Little regard for women.
- Fiona
- However does treat Mrs Lintott with respect.
- "thanks to you, Dorothy"
- Little regard for women.
- Felix is very powerful.
- Posner and Dakin, Dakin is much more confident and self assured.
- Posner is in love with Dakin.
- Irony
- Irony
- Posner is in love with Dakin.
- Hector and Irwin
- Mrs Lintott and Irwin and Posner.
- Shows the change in time as well as the secrecy of Irwin.
- Hector and the Headmaster in the french lesson.
- Hector's eccentricity contrasts to Felix's strict adherence to the rules.
- The "admonitory finger" mocks Felix, which adds to the humour, especially as the Headmaster's french is not very good..."trousers".
- Swapping of roles.
- The "admonitory finger" mocks Felix, which adds to the humour, especially as the Headmaster's french is not very good..."trousers".
- Hector's eccentricity contrasts to Felix's strict adherence to the rules.
- Contrasting Characters
- Intelligent Metaphors
- Parody
- Battle of Passchendale for his seducing Fiona.
- Historical accuracy.
- "meeting only token resistance."
- "At 23.00 hours our troops withdrew."
- Historical accuracy.
- Bathos
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