What is gained by framing the Repairman’s story with the French restaurantand the Maitre d’?
What will be an ideal response?
- The Repairman’s attempt to have the Washing Machine accepted as his dinner date provides a pretext for him to tell his story to the Maitre d’—and to the audience as well. Like Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories, the Maitre d’ functions as our surrogate on stage, reacting to the situation the way a normal person would; as he moves from astonishment and outrage through gradual understanding to final acceptance and even empathy with the Repairman, so does the audience.
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Necesito sal y pimienta para la (sopa, alfombra, ropa).
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Costa Rica. Read the sentences about Costa Rica and decide whether each one is verdadero(true) or falso(false). El presidente de Costa Rica recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su trabajo durante el período de conflicto armado y guerra civil.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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______ me faisaient faire toute la vaisselle.
a. Mes frères b. Mon frère
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The topic sentence in a paragraph is most often the
a. first sentence. b. second sentence. c. last sentence. d. first and last sentence.
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