King Jr. once said “Justice denied anywhere diminished justice everywhere”. This idea of social injustice is represented in October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. This poem includes a powerful message on human rights violation‚ specifically LGBT rights considering that Matthew Shepard was killed because of the fact that he was homophobic. October Mourning: The Fence by Leslea Newman explores a theme about being considerate about the vulnerability of the meek and is supported by different
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From Aeschylus’ Oresteia to Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra: Text‚ Adaptation and Performance[1] ©Alison Burke‚ The Open University‚ UK Introduction The Royal National Theatre’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra at the Royal National Theatre (London 2003–4) downplayed the relationship between O’Neill’s trilogy and Aeschylus’ Oresteia. Rather than following the stage directions of O’Neill‚ which are evocative of classical staging conventions‚ the RNT production
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and practices e.g. baptism‚ pilgrimages‚ thanksgiving and mourning. Some of the items used within this religion include the shepherd rod‚ cross‚ tariya‚ lothar‚ water‚ calabash‚ flowers‚ candles and candle sticks‚ incense and bell. It also involves being filled with the spirit‚ shouting‚ speaking in unknown tongues‚ ringing of bells‚ and providing spiritual assistance to those in need (Peza‚ 1999). To the Spiritual Baptist‚ mourning is held in high regard. This ritual is considered an important
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MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA American playwright Eugene O’ Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra is a continuation of the Greek tradition. Joseph Wood Krutch is of the opinion that “Mourning Becomes Electra has all the virtues… which one expects in the best contemporary writing”. It is rare to find two principal complexes “Electra” and “Oedipus” in one work of art. Here one observes both as parallel themes. However‚ it’s set in a modern twentieth century milieu. The characterization‚ the story line‚ the
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Discuss Mourning Becomes Electra as a tragedy in modern sense. (P.U 2007) In Mourning Becomes Electra‚ O’Neill exemplified what Schopenhauer declared to be the “true sense of tragedy”‚ namely “that it is not his own individual sins the hero atones for‚ but original -sin‚ i.e.‚ the crime of existence itself.” So devoted was he to this .conception‚ that he permitted it to inform the entire trilogy. The pessimism of the Greeks may have been equally black‚ their tragedies just as aware of the crime
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CHINESE MOURNING RITUALS In premodern China‚ the great majority of people held beliefs and observed practices related to death that they learned as members of families and villages‚ not as members of organized religions. Such beliefs and practices are often subsumed under the umbrella of "Chinese popular religion." Institutional forms of Buddhism‚ Confucianism‚ Taoism‚ and other traditions contributed many beliefs and practices to popular religion in its local variants. These traditions‚ especially
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Judy Blume once said‚ “Some changes happen deep down inside you and the truth is‚ only you know about them.” Freud’s concepts in his 1917 work Mourning and Melancholia offer possibilities of thinking about change and loss in different ways and at different levels. In this paper I shall explore the idea that mourning rather than melancholia must occur throughout all developmental stages of life in order to reach a healthy and peaceful time in your life where the concept of loss can be fully accepted
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Mourning is a process which helps the bereaved come to terms with reality that their loved one has gone‚ and they gradually start to acclimatise to this fact. Mourning is defined as an “outward expression of those thoughts and feelings‚ to mourn is to be an active participant in one’s own grief” (Wolfelt‚ 2016). 1.5. Understanding Grief Grief is a major part of human life‚ and is a natural response to loss. In simple terms‚ it is a consequence of developing and maintaining emotional bonds to
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Taylor further talks about the mourning dress and explains how funerals were a great platform to exhibit one’s rank and wealth in the society. Even the women in the family zealously participated in the display of their family’s status through their intricate mourning dresses (2010‚ p- 20). 3 In the pictures above‚ mourning dresses have been depicted as another form of Fashion of that period. Taylor says that‚ “the wealthiest and the most fashionable women had their mourning clothes made up by Court or
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world that I want to celebrate and I know you want to celebrate it‚ too‚” said Laverne as her heartfelt closing message to the world. Laverne Cox‚ being a transgender herself‚ understands the daily struggle the LGBT people go through. In October Mourning‚ by Leslea Newman‚ cruel acts like the violent beating and murder of a gay college student‚ Matthew Shepard‚ can affect almost everyone in the community and sometimes even the country. That is exactly what Matthew Shepard’s story did‚ affect the
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