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“Drama Shows Us That Those Who Control Language Dictate the Events of the Play” Compare Your Texts In the Light of This Opinion.
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"DRAMA SHOWS US THAT THOSE WHO CONTROL LANGUAGE DICTATE THE EVENTS OF THE PLAY" COMPARE YOUR TEXTS IN THE LIGHT OF THIS OPINIION.................................................. Norman Fairclough, a modern linguist, proclaimed that "language is power," implying that if you want to control a person or gain power over a nation, you must first control language. The writers of "The Tempest" and "Translations" clearly demonstrate this theme of control through the initial gaining and then maintenance of power through language............................... Both plays share the capacity to combine comedy and tragedy, although Translations is not a tragicomedy like The Tempest. Translations summarises the events of a nation being conquered by another, dwelling on the tragedy of Irish history over the course of several hundred years. Hugh, the school master, tells us that "It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language...we must never...
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