As the director and dramaturge for a fully mounted production of, Ruby Moon by Matt Cameron for a festival with a focus on Australian society I must select a relevant scene for an audience to promote the entire play. Ruby Moon was written in 2003 by Matt Cameron (1969), a Melbourne playwright who was heavily “influenced by headlines in the newspaper” regarding missing children which sparked many of his plot lines. His plays, in particular Ruby Moon, comment on the notion of a decimated community where there is no longer any communication between neighbours and how the suburbs are now deemed as unsafe and frightening. This is the paradox of Flaming Tree Grove, the street where Ruby Moon sets off to visit her grandmothers and is never seen again.…
Moon shadow had finally been old enough to fly his dad's kite. His mom didn’t want him to fly them when he was younger. Moon shadow, his mom, and grandma lived together while windrider, moon shadows dad lives in America and works at a laundry company. He and a lot of tang men go to America to make money for their family. Sometimes some or the whole family goes with them. But not windriders. One day this strange man named hand clap comes to the door. He had told them that he worked at the company with Windrider. He said that he wanted Moon shadow to go back with him to America. Moon shadows grandpa had been killed by the demons that lived there (white people) his mom was so sure about it. Neither was he but if it was a chance to finally see his dad he would do it.…
Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne is subtitled "Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History." Empire of the Summer Moon is the sort of history book that makes you need to surrender perusing fiction, since it's significantly more arresting than generally books. Domain of the Summer Moon begins with the Fort Parker slaughter in May of 1836, when Cynthia Ann Parker, then 9 years of age, was caught by the Comanches. After the grisly assault on the private fortress, S. C. Gwynne strays by bouncing back to give a touch of history of the Nermernuh, the Comanche name for their kin, relocating down from what is currently Wyoming, to Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and southern…
When Galileo first turned his telescope to the moon, he had no idea that he was about to see something that would cast doubt upon centuries-old beliefs. At the time of Galileo, science was based upon the teachings of Aristotle. According to Aristotle, the Earth was the center of the universe. All heavenly bodies, including the moon, were perfect spheres that moved around the Earth with circular motions or combinations of circular motions, and the Earth was the only source of imperfection in the universe. According to the moon truther, there are two reasons why he describes the moon as a hologram. The first piece of evidence of why he thinks the moon…
Australian contemporary plays display unique expression within the theatre by implementing various elements of production, performance style techniques and are presented within Matt Cameron’s Ruby Moon, with displays of distorted reality. The play touches into Australian Gothic Theatre, and is an absurd piece uses various staging, and blocking techniques to differentiate the play from other dramas. The script within itself is quiet abstract and a sense of isolation dominates as Ray and Sylvie only venture within their own neighbourhood. The play is not about reality itself, but shows elements of extreme realism, and displays perceptions that form the style unique drama.…
In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Sal’s father accuses Sal of “trying to catch fish in the air” (pg. 75) because she was trying to get her father to stop seeing Mrs. Cadaver to get her mother to come back. The author uses this idiom to show that Sal is doing something that is a waste of time because it is impossible to catch fish from the air and it is impossible for Sal’s mother to come back. There have been times in my life when I have tried to do something that turned out to be impossible. For example, yesterday I went to the Oktoberfest in Yorba Linda and there was a silent auction. There was a specific item up for bid that I really wanted. It was a one week rental for a fancy house with eight bedrooms and an ocean view…
She is a married woman that didn’t like her husband. That being said people marry sometime not only for love, but for other reason such as gaining a political power, or for wealth in order to live better. The woman in this story although is graceful but her eyes are always on the young men. Even if she didn’t make any action, but her mind is telling her what she wants to do. Want is the desire, in the example of Dante’s Inferno, I will show the story of Francesca and Paolo in the next paragraph. That describe how lust wants another led to tragic death. In the story of the woman she begin going to forest for picking fruit and found the bravest warrior and they both did not talk much and starts rolling on the ground. It is the attraction between two young bodies and especially at night her desire is on fire that she imagines him stroking her chest and legs. Day by day, her clitoris growing bigger to the size of a man’s cock. She was shame and tries to hide but she told her mother her story. To a point her clitoris grow to it dragged along the ground. It can not hide from the people in the village, until got cut off and threw it in a middle of the river. It turns to an electric eel. Her behavior affects the…
This is seen through the parallels between Lewis’s love life in reality and his love life “on stage” or in the fantasy world created by the institution which exists through the presence of comedy. For example on stage infidelity is treated humorously “in character “it is a trick and emotional turmoil portrayed as comedy. Louis Nowra uses lighting to help enhance the fact that in the fantasy world infidelity is a humorous matter – where all the actors are on stage and suddenly the lights go out, in the commotion and under the cover of darkness we are shown how cherry develops the courage to kiss Lewis, even tho he is in a committed relationship. This technique re-enforces the idea that the institute has a sense of fantasy about it in which acts of infidelity are less impacting and seen as a humorous gesture rather than an act of betrayal. However “Off Stage” in reality Lewis is devastated by Lucy’s acts of infidelity and betrayal, it is evident that they do not share the same views on the concept of “free love”….(Should there be a full stop after betrayal and just leave it at that? Or should I include this…
Robert Lebrun is Edna Pontellier’s attendant in The Awakening by Kate Chopin, and has a history of flirting with old, married women he has accompanied over previous years at Grand Isle. Because of his tendency to exaggerate his affections, and because he is Creole, Robert’s advances are only taken seriously by Edna. Perhaps due to the prospect of somebody giving him attention, Robert finds himself genuinely falling in love with the married woman. The problem with this, of course, is that Edna is married. Scared of this taboo fantasy, he escapes to Mexico in Chapter XV. Robert’s absence contributes to Edna’s depression throughout the book. At the same time, his absence serves as a catalyst for Edna’s titicular “awakening” and growth. He returns…
She forgets that she is a parent does not always pay attention to Bub. When she was at the bar all that time she realized that Bub was sleeping with the lights on when she came home she would always have to turn the light off. When she asked Bub about sleeping with the light son and if he was scared he would always say no. Lutie realized that she is missing things from Bub’s life and not really seeing what is going on. Lutie finally asked Bub what was going on “You alright Hun?” (216) Bub would always answer with a yes but after a lot of pondering Lutie knew that he was lying. Also Bub had been working with the sup from the mail carrier and he was sending all the mall and collecting it. Jones says that he was going to help the police catch the bad guys. When the police actually come and question Jones he blames it all on Bub “There's a kid that lives in this house it's him.” (382) There is a fine to keep bub out of children's shelter. The fine was $200 that Lutie did not have. Lutie really wanted Bub back so she called Boots because she thought that Boots would have the $200 bucks. Boot said he would have the money be tomorrow he was very lament toward the situation. when he came to Luties home he came with Junto. Boot said that in order to get the $200 bucks all she would have to do is please Junto, this meant that sleep with Junto. Lutie said no and that ended up with Boot sand Lutie getting into a fight and Lutie swinging and candle holder at Boots in the head killing him. Lutie didn't know what to do so she ran. She ran and got a one way train ticket to chicago she needed to get out of Harlem “She decided that Chicago was not to far and very big.” (434) Lutie needed to get out of harlem and this was her one…
Mother continues to fight against Fez’s rules by ignoring meal schedules, holding family picnics of her own, and wishing for her daughter’s happiness. Mother explains that happiness comes from the “right to exercise all kinds of rights, from the right to move to the right to create, compete, and challenge and at the same time could feel love doing so” (118). Mernissi’s father on the other hand is a mixture between the two contrasting dynamics, “he sympathized with Mother, and felt torn between his duty towards the traditional family and his desire to make her happy” (116). Father feels a strong a sense of responsibility to hold onto traditional family values, but often puts aside such values to make Mother happy. The dialogue used within “Moonlit Nights of Laughter” further exemplifies certain situations and personalities. Quoting words from that person gives further characterization and insight rather than Mernissi just telling it as it…
In the critique of, “The Moon We Left Behind,” by author Andrew Harlan he thoroughly explains the good and bad of the essay originally written by author Charles Krauthammer. Harlan’s initial paragraphs were on the original author Charles Krauthammer’s background and summarization. He illustrates wide knowledge and facts to explain how some of the information is faulty and how the world has benefited and still continues to benefit from our trips to the moon. Harlan also states the original writing dismissed too quickly the arguments from the oppose and describes that for the right reasons most of the population would agree with further endeavors to not only the moon but beyond. He describes in the last paragraph that Krauthammer…
Love has a variety of effects on people. When it is pure it can change people for the better and heal their pain. “Catch the Moon” was written by a Puerto Rican American woman and is set in the Caribbean Hispanic Barrio. “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” is written by a Caucasian man from New Hampshire and is set in a New England summer home waterfront community. In “Catch the Moon” and “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” The main character a teenage boy, believes himself to be in love with a beautiful girl he just met. However, In “Catch the Moon,” Luis feelings for Naomi redeem him by inspiring to return to acts of goodness. In “The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant,” The fourteen year old boy realizes that “loving” one for their looks is shallow and futile. These lessons to be learned in these stories are exceedingly important to know, especially as one grows into a young adult.…
Heroes, Gods and Monsters, by Bernard Evslin is a combination of stories of gods and nature…
WHEN BROTHER Bartolome Arrazola felt lost he accepted that nothing could save him anymore. The powerful Guatemalan jungle had trapped him inexorably and definitively. Before his topographical ignorance he sat quietly awaiting death. He wanted to die there, hopelessly and alone, with his thoughts fixed on far-away Spain, particularly on the Los Abrojos convent where Charles the Fifth had once condescended to lessen his prominence and tell him that he trusted the religious zeal of his redemptive work.…