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Analysing drama
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George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara
Analysing Major Barbara
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Analysing Major Barbara

Task G - Who controls the topic?

Go through the passage carefully looking for examples where one character imposes a particular topic of talk on the other and compare your findings with ours.

 

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