Essays Tagged: "Alan Seymour"

Conflict in Successful Drama: "The One Day of the Year" by Alan Seymour.

ence is often exposed to attitudes and opinions different to their own. The One Day of the Year, by Alan Seymour, is a play that examines how through both the internal and external conflicts of differ ... s wasted his chance for education so instead he forces Hughie to go through university in order to balance out his own lack of education. This is shown by Alf's reaction to the idea that Hughie wants ...

(6 pages) 57 0 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Book Report: Alan Seymour, One Day of the Year (An Australian Play) , 'Is Jan The least convincing Character?'

Alan Seymour has said about his play that "Jan is the least convincingly written role". Discuss the ... the characterisation.In the novel, The One Day of the Year, Jan Castle is, according to the author, Alan Seymour, the least convincingly written role. This is incorrect. Jan is a well-developed, non-c ... . Such a strong opinion, with its polar opposite which can be found in Alf, was a wonderful way for Alan Seymour to explore the theme in its entirety.Jan's character is not perfect, but this makes her ...

(3 pages) 24 0 2.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Attitudes towards war - "Goodbye" from Blackadder and "The One day of the year" by Alan Seymour.

de towards war. Futile? But it is just how it is, as shown in the text "The One Day Of The Year" by Alan Seymour and "Goodbye" from the series of BlackAddar.The One Day Of The Year is a play based on ...

(3 pages) 7 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers