Marty Lonely Marty Minor characters can often play major roles in the outcome of a play or tale. In Paddy Chayefsky’s play Marty, there are several minor characters that contribute to Marty’s life in a major way. The play without these characters would decrease the motivation and purpose shown by the main characters of the story. With each interaction with one of these minor charact

Death Of A Salesman “Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good.” This simply means that english brings out negative rather than positive. This is true in many pieces of literature. In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller this lens is supported in the American Dream. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who believes

Master Of Disguise: The Country Wife William Wycherley’s The Country Wife overflows with deception, humor and sexual decadence. Throughout the play, the characters, especially the females, cling to the importance of sexual masculinity and its characteristics. In particular, Harry Horner exemplifies all of the qualities of a true “man”. From the beginning of the play, the reader kno

Medea In the play Medea, by Euripides, many techniques are incorporated to augment the compelling persona of the protagonist, Medea. She has an overpowering presence, which is fashioned through the use of imagery, offstage action and language. Dramatic suspense, employment of the chorus and Deus Ex Machina also serve to enhance the intense persona assumed by Medea. Medea is frequently

Medea Despite its ancient context, ‘Medea’ is a play that is as current now as it was in the fifth century BC, due to its universal themes, its basic structure and strong distinct characters. Themes such as revenge and jealousy stemming from love are such widespread sentiments they will always be relevant in the theatre. The structure of the play, while not that of a contempory playwri

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol The title of this exhibit is “15 Minutes and Counting.” It featured a variety of popular and exciting works of art from artist Andy Warhol. The title of this work could quite possibly have been a play on Warhol’s popularity with the pop art movement. Andy Warhol was considered to be and categorized as a “pop artist.” This pop art that he was famous for was ve

Hedda Gabler In Henrik Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler, the main character, Hedda Tesman represents a manipulative and powerful young woman seeking to control the lives of those around her. Although Hedda lives in the Victorian era where the women are to live in the shadow of the men, she defines herself negatively. Hedda destroys the things which she cannot accept. The critic John Northam

Modern Dance Modern dance is the term used for the 20th-century theatrical dance movement. The movement was started by American dancer Isadora Duncan in a rebellion against ballet, which she felt was too constricting. Duncan based her dance technique and style on the Greeks. She identified with their ideals of human form and beauty. Although her way of dance was originally met with

GCSE Drama, Paper 1, Unit 1, The Evaluative Phase War of the Worlds: Human Survival Written by: t_beavis As the Martians fire their deadly heat rays, destroying towns and cities will anyone survive against the overwhelming odds' What were the Martians doing here' This could not have been a friendly visit, so what were their intentions' In H.G. Wells War of the Worlds the humans’

GCSE Drama, Paper 1, Unit 1, The Evaluative Phase For this part of the Development Phase, we have chosen to focus the workshop in which we were devising a particular play. This play is mentioned in the Response phase. It is a piece where the idea was taken from Chinese Cinderella. We used the mediums and elements of Drama to explore and develop the play. This devised piece is an explorat

Lysistrata Written during the war, a time of chaos and crisis in Greece, Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata was an attempt to lighten the atmosphere of the country, and provide humor for the people. In my opinion, the comedy was produced for entertainment value, exaggerating and making fun of the actions of both genders. This piece emphasizes the way women use their sexuality and femininity

Much Ado About Nothing I think the author was trying to write a drama with some comedy added into it. I think he was trying to say how love prevails over all evil. In the movie two people fall in love and are to be married. A bad character tries to prevent the wedding by setting the girl up. He makes it look like she is untrue to her future husband. In the end the two find out that i

Romeo and Juliet The 1996 move version of Romeo and Juliet is much like the original Shakespeare version but with a twist. The major difference is the setting for the movie is modern time. The movie depicts the struggle if two young lovers. It is Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet who have fallen in love. The difficulty these two lovers face is that their families the Montagues and Ca

Movie Imagine all the interesting battles this film could have featured: "Britney vs. Christina," "Bush vs. Gore," "Bin Laden vs. Castro." Nonetheless, New Line Studios has attempted to rejuvenate two of its horror “stars” in the form of a crimson plagued WWE wrestling match. "Freddy vs. Jason" pairs up two fading horror superstars and then pits them against each other in the hope that t

Betrayal And Revenge In The Plays Medea And The Libation Bearers Betrayal and Revenge in the plays “Medea” and “The Libation Bearers” In 458 B.C. Aeschylus produced his great trilogy, “The Oresteia”. The Oresteia was said to perfect the vision of warning and reward, which in other words also can be thought of as betrayal and revenge. The Oresteia originally consisted of four plays-Aga

Goodnight Desdemona Goodmorning Juliet Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet The production of “Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet” put on by Villanova University’s Theater Department captured the essence of Shakespeare combined with the humor of an intertwined modern world. The combination of fine acting, beautiful costumes, and impressive stage presence led to wonderful ex

Cassandra Cassandra, was a daughter of Hecuba and King Priam, the rulers of Troy during the Trojan War according to Homer's Iliad. Cassandra was a beautiful young woman, blessed with the gift of prophecy by Apollo, who was infatuated with her. Unfortunately, she shunned Apollo at the last minute and he added a twist to her gift; Cassandra was doomed to tell the truth, but never to be bel

Natural To The End Natural to the End "Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong." – Abraham Lincoln Loyalty cannot be bought, sold, or traded. Loyalty must be achieved through the admiration of your peers. Loyalty is giving your word and sticking to it – not compromising your morals when the going gets tough or wh

Oedipus Whether or not Oedipus’ downfall should be attributed to his own free will or that of the gods can only be established by the reference point it is to be analyzed from. In the time of Dionysus and the day for which Sophocles wrote this tragedy one would have to assume Oedipus’s downfall was most likely meant to be attributed to the will of the gods. However, one must take into

Oedipus Rex The contrast between light and dark, and blindness and sight plays a large role throughout Oedipus Rex. The light and dark imagery that pervades the play is used as a metaphor for Oedipus’s spiritual blindness. The darkness represents his inability to see the truth about his life. Oedipus Rex is a play full of paradox. The imagery of sightedness and blindness highlight th

Oedipus Rex The images of light and darkness, sight and blindness, and knowledge and ignorance are present in the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Throughout the play these contrasting images are always at the center of the conflict. Light and darkness are seen from the beginning of the play. Thebes is hit by a plague. The cause of this plague is that the murderer of King Lai

Oedipus Rex In Sophocles’s play “Oedipus Rex” Oedipus Even though "fate" seems to determine Oedipus' life, . he does infact have a free will. His choices brought the prophecy to life. Only his decisions (not influenced by anybody) he made. Of course those decisions were in side of the limits set by fate. When Oedipus heard a prophesy that his going to kill his father and sleep with his m

Oedipus Rex The Greek drama Oedipus Rex is clearly a tragedy. It definitely meets the five main criteria for a tragedy: a tragic hero of noble birth, a tragic flaw, a fall from grace, a moment of remorse, and catharsis. Oedipus Rex clearly meets the first of these five criteria. Oedipus is the son of Laius, who was king of Thebes. Even at the beginning of the story, when we are told that

Oedipus The King Throughout the play Oedipus the King the theme of blindness can be seen. Sophocles uses Tiresias as a major vehicle in establishing this theme. Tiresias’ physical blindness is used to accentuate Oedipus’ blindness to the truth of his past, and present. Tiresias is a prophet of Apollo and can see the corruption of Oedipus’ life despite the fact that he is blind and

Of Mice And Men Of Mice and Men “ The best laid plans of mice and men usually go astray.” this poem refers to the conditions under which George and lennie live. The book Of mice and men are about to Protagonists ( George Milton, Lennie Small.) that get their dreams become deferred. Cause of a miss understanding that a flirtatious woman cause George, Lennie and candy their dream “ to li

Oleanna Whether Oleanna is a misogynistic play, can be argued either way. It depends on which point of view one sees it from. The play portrays Carol, a woman, as a manipulative character lacking any positive qualities. She is portrayed as a feminist that is out to get her “sexist” teacher, John. However, John is no angel. He misuses his power as a teacher and under minds her. Altho

English Victims and Heroes In the play Antigone, the main character Antigone, had her actions rewarded by death. She had disobeyed the law made by Creon (the king) and therefore had to be punished. It seems as if she made her actions just so people would think of her as a heroine. What kind of evidence would make people think of her as a hero or a good role model' The fact that she pu

Antigone One Woman’s Struggle for Equality Throughout the history of ancient Greece, women were treated as second-class citizens in every possible aspect. They were forbidden to own much property, they couldn’t vote, or even debate political issues. Women were supposed to obey men, and agree with everything they said and did. They weren’t even supposed to leave the house without a man’s

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey was born January 29,1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her parents Vernon and Vernita Winfrey separated. When she was just a little girl, Oprah went to live with her grandmother. While living with her grandmother, she learned to read and write at the age of three. When Oprah was ten her grandmother died causing her to move back with her mother who at the time was

Othello - Staging Paper Moment of Weakness Throughout William Shakespeare’s infamous play Othello, it is evident to the reader that it is a tale of passion, ego, deceit, and betrayal. In scene three of act three, a confrontation occurs between Othello and Iago concerning the promiscuity of Othello’s wife, Desdemona. The scheming and conniving by Othello and Iago conjures an unbelieva