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How does Friel use language to explore theme and characterisation in the 1st act of the play?
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How does Friel use language to explore theme and characterisation in the 1st act of the play? 'Translations' by Brian Friel is a play set in a simple town in Ireland. The English are doing an ordnance survey of the area and the local Gaelic place names are being recorded and rendered into English. The play examines the effect of this on a small group of people in the town. On the surface the story is simple, but the play is more in depth and explores the theme of central theme of new beginnings, language, communication and the shaping of reality. The themes and characters are immediately identifiable in the first act of the play. This essay will state how through the use of language Friel manages to explore the themes in act one. As the play opens the stage direction communicate to the reader the setting of the play and the...
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