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Throughout the play Bennett has made Dakin to appear the most confident and self- assured out of the boys but the audience later find out that this is just an act to cover up his vulnerability. An underlying theme in the history boys is sexuality and throughout the play the audience see that Posner is the only boy that is...
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In both texts, gender and sexuality are presented by the authors as something which is supposed to aid the students in their learning and is a natural component of their education. Miss Brodie, for example, continuously emphasises how important being in her âprimeâ is to her girls as it is the height of her beauty and allure as a woman....
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Where Duffy uses revisionism to re-evaluate alternative representations of femininity in history throughout âThe Worldâs Wifeâ, Bennett encourages the reader to re-evaluate the nature of history through Irwinâs revisionist versions of it, so introducing the idea of historiography, whereby historical accounts are dependent upon personal experiences or cultural context. Duffy deliberately distances her characters from sentimentalised idealism regarding the role...
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