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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"character motivation"”.
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The Nature of Things
… collection of stories and a preface that examine character motivation. The author is concerned with unexpected reactions and surprising outcomes. The stories are independent of each other and involve a wide range of characters.
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Ascending Mango Hill
… of family and personal growth. In the stories, characters must overcome unresolved childhood issues, recognize unhealthy relationships, and decide when to set off on new journeys. I bring the sections together by using my travel experiences as the setting for several stories. Aspects of who I am …
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The use of narrative devices in the fiction and non-fiction of Joan Didion
… to the sense of story in fiction: plot, character, setting, and point of view. The same devices are examined in the nonfiction works because of their similarity to what Tom Wolfe identifies as the characteristics of New Journalism: scene-by-scene construction, dialogue, third person point …
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Shakespeare in Present-Day British Theatre: Where Text Meets Practice
… with the challenge of diachronically assigning character-based acting techniques to a rich network of dramatic rhetoric. This challenge begins in the early stages of rehearsal work and is carried through to the projected onstage performance of a ‘character’. The first part of the thesis outlines …
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An Examination Of The Perceptions And Motivations Of African American High School Students Regarding Performance Character Qualities For Future Success
… is to understand student perceptions and motivations regarding performance character qualities (i.e., assertiveness, perseverance, resilience, and self-control) at an urban high school. In examining these relationships, students' perceptions and motivations towards performance character …