Word: characterizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As Lolita, Dominique Swain is a little too pouty; she chews gum and candy so perpetually and is so addicted to comic books that her character becomes rather tiresome. Similarly, Melanie Griffith, in the role of Dolores Haze, is so flaky that we are bored of her presence all too...
Floating's strongest moments come in the opening and closing of the novel. Troy reaches out to capture her audience early, sending the reader quickly backward through layers of time and shifting smoothly and non-sequentially from one character to the next until the reader has become deeply familiar with...
From a preview of the emotional turmoil of the final scene of the novel to a reflective image of Ruby's son Brian floating in a swimming pool, trying to block out his family's emotional distress, each short scene at the beginning of Floating reveals an important layer in...
Particularly notable, however, is Lizbeth Mackay's striking solo performance in "My Mother's Luck." Despite her unusually lengthy speech, Mackay captures the audience's attention and leaves one wishing her character appeared more frequently throughout the performance. She sits comfortably in her rocking chair with Hannah rubbing her sore...
Another two sections ask test-takers to assesstheir personal character, and a final section asksstudents to indicate a preference between twodifferent activities.