The Yearling After the Civil War many men moved to the scrubs. One of those men was Penny Baxter, who moved to a place in the scrubs called Baxter’s Island. He settled there and started a family. He had a wife who goes by Ma, and a son named Jody. Jody’s maturity is shown throughout one year, through different events, in the novel called The Yearling. In the early stages of th

Theatre And Its Consequences Theatre and Its Consequences Many oppressions and injustices have overwhelmed communities all over the world. However, artists have discovered a way to lighten these burdens by creating what is now known as popular theatre. This can be defined as a performance done for a community and occasionally by a community, in order to depict their predicaments an

Sophocles Formula Around 400 B.C. an epic play was created by a Greek playwright named Sophocles, that play known as Oedipus Rex, or Oedipus the King has set the standard for the formula of a Tragedy. Unfortunately, most people today are unable to see the play in real time; they have only read the lines from the play, usually in form of a short story. By just putting those words into a b

The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams’ “memory play” originates after World War II in a dark, dreary alley in St. Louis. The play consists of only four main characters or actors; a mother, brother, sister, and the gentleman caller round out the people. The names given by Williams are; Amanda Wingfield to the mother, Laura the daughter, Tom the brother who nar

A Funny Thing Happend On The Way To The Forum Dramatic Conflict in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was set in the 3rd century B.C., in the streets of Rome. The play is dense and full of double meanings. Every character’s actions affect the behaviors of the other characters. The main conflict centers on Pseudolus, a slave

Anitgone While reading the Greek play, Antigone, sadness and despair came to mind. The characters’ fate in the play all seems to be doomed for death and tragedy. There were many conflicts that occurred throughout the play whether it is between choosing family over the law, high class and low class, or the decision to do right over wrong. The lost of loved ones was due to the stubbornness

Theatre And Kabuki Japan’s dances and dramas as they are seen today contain 1300 years of continuous uninterrupted history. This prodigious feat of conservation, theatrically speaking, makes Japan an extraordinary and unique country. In all of Asia, where tradition generally is sanctified and change eschewed, Japan stands as the only country whose theatre is its entirety has never suffer

The Compare And Contrast Of Oedipus And Hamlet The Compare and Contrast of Oedipus and Hamlet Since the beginning of time, a battle between good and evil has always been waged. This idea has been incorporated into many stories throughout the development of literature. Two classic examples of this timeless conflict are Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Sophocles’ Oedipus. Oedipus and Hamlet, a

Thoroughly Modern Millie Thoroughly Modern Millie On November 16, 2002, I attended the matinee performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway. I walked into the theater filled with curiosity and wonder: a musical about the 1920’s, flappers, and speakeasies' Two and a half hours later, I walked out singing. Upbeat and enthusiastic, candy-coated and bubbl

The Heiress The Heiress "The Heiress" written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz displays many examples of Aristotle’s six elements. Poetics outlines the six elements which are: plot, characters, thought, diction, music (or sound), and spectacle, all of which were present in this play. "The Heiress" is a play about a young woman living in New York with her father. One day she gets a “gent

Creative Drama Justification for use of Creative Drama in the Classroom Communicating ideas and opinions stands tantamount as the one skill that all human beings must do well to succeed in their lives. We must talk openly and honestly to convey whom we are, and what we want. And we must listen to understand who others are and what they want as well. For real learning is joyful. Lear

Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe “Comparisons are odious”, was once said by Christopher Marlowe in Lust’s Dominion, Act iii scene4. Christopher Marlowe has been identified as the most important Shakespeare’s predecessors. He was born in Canterbury, England, on February 6, 1564 and then baptized at St. George’s Church, Canterbury, on February 25, 1564. Marlowe was the eld

Everyman Everyman is an English morality play but the author is anonymous. The play was written in the 15th century and it is thought to be derived from a Dutch play with the same theme. While the author is unknown, it is believed to be written by a priest. The reason is that the play has a religious content and morale message. Everyman is the story of a man who suddenly faces with

Hamlets Madness The “Big Bang” at the Hippodrome State Theatre in Downtown Gainesville, Florida is the opening play of the season. It went off with out a hitch and was raved about by a couple of friends of mine who told my girlfriend and me that we needed to attend it; so we did. “The Hippodrome State Theatre is North Florida's only professional regional theatre. Celebrating its 30th y

Lysistrata Lysistrata Lysistrata is a play written in 411 BC by Aristophanes, who was a satirist. At that time in Greek history, the city-states were constantly warring with one another. Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. It primarily deals with two themes, war and the power of sexuality. At the beginning of the play, Lysistrata (

Oedipus The Chorus in the play Oedipus has a few important functions. The chorus is set in the play to act as bystanders throughout the play, observing what goes on, reacting and offering opinions at regular intervals throughout the play. In this role they are important to the play as they often offer the voice of reason during moments of heated debate, the voice of fear and confusion du

Criticism of Diego Velàzquez’ “Las Meninas, Sebastiàn de Morra, and Baltasar Carlos and a Dwarf” Diego Velàzquez was called the “noblest and most commanding man among the artists of his country.” He was a master realist, and no painter has surpassed him in the ability to seize essential features and fix them on canvas with a few broad, sure strokes. “His men and women seem to breathe,”

Crucible Monologue Setting: (The scene opens with Elizabeth and John alone in the cell. Elizabeth has been sent to plea with John so that he will confess and save his life. The cell is lit by the light coming from the rising of the sun through the cold metal bars. The cold morning symbolizes the shivering events that are about to unfold. Both, dressed in rags and looking rather weak. Ext

Medea And Direction Medea is not an easy text on a few different levels. On the most basic, it is difficult to read. The language, while translated, isn’t the easiest to follow, and the story line is sometimes choppy. On a different level, the nature of the play, as a tragedy, may be difficult for some theatre-goers to handle. Not that murder was anything new to the stage even in Euripid

Tragic Reason Within The Quotation Marks Have you ever discovered an interesting character in a play or story that you thought didn’t know what they were doing' Some would be baffled by discovering that concept within the pages of a Neo-Classical play, Phaedra, by Racine. This work of literature would be considered by many to be nothing but a triadic play with little or no reasoning. Som

Tyler Perry You may not know Tyler Perry yet, but you will soon. He is a man who can do it all. The writer, actor and producer of urban gospel plays has just signed a deal with CBS to develop and star in a comedy series targeted for this fall. His trademark role is Madea, who totes a pistol full of blanks, smokes her glaucoma medicine, and can’t imagine how her daughter "got

Trifles Little Trifles Add Up to a Big Case Detectives are always looking for little pieces of evidence when investigating a crime. After all, it is this evidence that can turn a trial around, whether be it for the good or bad. This is especially the case in Susan Glaspell's Trifles. When Mrs. Hale comes across little pieces of evidence, she passes them off as being "trifles", hiding t

Trifles In reading the play “Trifles” the reader learns that two of the main characters, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, suppress evidence that will help the county attorney establish the motive behind the murder of John Wright. I feel that the two women are morally obligated to tell the county attorney what they know. It’s the law plain and simple, and I believe in following the law. Howe

Trip To Bountiful Classic Trip to Bountiful On Sunday, October 5, I attended The Trip to Bountiful play; the play was put on by the Shoestring Players of USCS. The play promptly began at 3:15 p.m. in the theatre on the USCS campus. The Shoestring players did a breathtaking job of putting on the production; no mishaps occurred, and the audience left the play feeling content with the out

Tuskegee University The Tuskegee Chapel was originally built in 1896. It was a gift from the Misses Olivia & Caroline Phelps-Stokes of New York City. It was designed by Robert R. Taylor; the first black person to receive an architecture degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Chapel was composed of 1,200,000 student made bricks. The students helped construct the Chapel as

Death of a Salesman “Illusion vs. Reality” The theme of illusion versus reality is very prevalent throughout this play. The most indulgent of this lifestyle is the main character Willy Loman. His whole life is based on the illusion that he is successful because he is well-liked and good looking. He raises his two sons on this premise and feeds it to them day after day.

Cyrano De Bergerac Cyrano De Bergerac Every generation has its own heroes that display, what they believe to Be, ideal characteristics. While each is different in their own way, many of These role models share similar qualities. Most tend to have courage, strength, Compassion, or another respected trait, but this is not necessarily why they win The adoration of their followers. C

Crossdressing Cross-dressing Women’s cross dressing plays a major role in the plays “The Roaring Girl” and “Twelfth Night”. Women would change their physical appearance to the opposite sex to achieve a certain goal. Sumptuary laws were used to tell people of that time who could wear what. For example, royalty were the only ones who could wear the color purple because it was expensive

Medea - A Feminist Perspective MEDEA· A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE This paper contends that Euripides’ portrayal of Medea in his famous play named after her serves as the first notable precursor of the Feminist perspective. Euripides’ depiction of Medea as a proud, active and strong woman seems to be way ahead of his time. While doing so, he has shown a marked shift from the predominant

Amadeus Amadeus I thought that this was a very interesting movie. One of the things that I noticed right off is that when Antonio Salieri was playing his own pieces I had never heard any of them. As soon as he played Mozart’s however, it was something that I recognized hearing before. I found it funny that when Mozart was young he wrote all these pieces and was considered to be so great