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'Translations' is essentially a play about change, consider the ways in which Friel introduces and explores this theme in Act 1.
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Safia B Essay 'Translations' is essentially a play about change, consider the ways in which Friel introduces and explores this theme in Act 1. Introduction From the statement above I am going to consider the way in which Friel introduces changes that occur in Act1. The First change that we come across in the play is the change of education, changing from a Hedge school into national schools. " Did you apply for that job in the new national school?" Hedge schools were underground throughout the eighteenth century. Their name came from the fact that, that literally was where most of the classes took place at that time. The School Master (Hugh), with 35 years of experience behind him, is dogmatic, peremptory, and short with his pupils, and hoping to "trade up" when a new regional school gets built, though he takes a dim view of emphasizing English. "Did you apply for that job...
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