The 1992 comedic play ‘Cosi’‚ written by Australian prolific writer‚ Louis Nowra‚ is a play set in 1971 at a mental institution situated in Melbourne. The central protagonist‚ Lewis Riley‚ a young inexperienced director‚ endeavours to direct the inmates in a performance of Mozart’s opera‚ ‘Cosi Fan Tutte.’ Throughout ‘Cosi’‚ Nowra displays characters that are characterised as normal‚ but display rare various degrees of “insanity”. Over the course of the play‚ the playwright has encouraged his audience
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Revised Case Analysis: Multitasking Madness Digital native is a term used to describe a person who has grown up and been attached with the immersion of technology. In the article “Multitasking Madness”‚ the digital natives have been known with the ability of multitasking at which previous generations are surprised. The digital natives are able to do many tasks at the same time because they strengthen brain cells to carry out specific activities. However‚ the question has been addressed: “How will
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I. Introduction and Overview There is something very interesting about a book with a cover promising lurid tales of sex‚ drugs‚ and cheap labor. The persona of Eric Schlosser’s subject and the effective marketing behind it are very verbose in nature. Here in this book‚ Eric Schlosser is keeping with the long tradition of the so called‚ "yellow" journalism‚ in wresting the black market‚ from the back alleys of public consciousness and putting it on display in the storefront of the
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What is madness? Is it chaos‚ or is it lunacy‚ perhaps? In literature‚ madness and mental illness span across many fields of discussion. William Shakespeare strongly explores the topic‚ especially in his tragedy‚ Hamlet‚ and in his Sonnet 147. The former tells a story of the Prince of Denmark‚ Hamlet‚ who must avenge his father’s death and falls into a dark mental state. The latter reflects a miserable and ill state of mind‚ incurable and without hope. The two selections both express how madness corresponds
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Madness The term “madness” can be known as extreme foolish behavior. It can become a very scary thing if one does not have control over themselves. If someone does not let their anger out during the moment and let it build up inside of them over time‚ it can make them go insane to the point where they are acting and doing things they don’t want to be doing. Not letting your anger out is what constitutes madness and connects it to truth and reality. There is a good example of madness taking
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In Schlosser’s first chapter “Reefer Madness‚” he gathers plausible historical facts and counter-arguments to argue that the punishments for marijuana use are extraneous and unreasonable. He suggests that if the United States government decriminalizes marijuana for personal use‚ it would save the time and money that could be spent on more serious endeavors‚ and by modifying marijuana laws it would fit better into our society today. Schlosser explains that many marijuana laws are so strict that many
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does Nowra use the opera Cosi fan Tutte to explore the play’s main ideas? Set in a typical mental asylum in the 1970’s during the anti-Vietnam War protests and the feminist movement for women’s equal rights‚ the play ’Cosi’ by Louis Nowra deeply explores the themes of love and fidelity‚ in a society predominantly concerned with war and politics. Throughout the play‚ Nowra uses the play within a play‚ ’Cosi Fan Tutte’‚ to convey his key values regarding the importance of love and fidelity in today’s
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Descent into Madness Mark Colvin This piece is written by Mark Colvin‚ a professor of Sociology in the Department of Justice Studies at Kent State University‚ as the introduction to the book “Descent into Madness” by Mike Rolland. On February 2nd & 3rd‚ 1980 one of the maximum security prisons in New Mexico experienced one of the most violent riots in the history of American Correctional System. This is often referred to as The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot. The riot lasted for 36 hours‚ and
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Hamlet Madness In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet‚ Hamlet allows his madness to cause him to behave irrationally. Hamlet’s madness causes him to make many irrational decisions. Starting with hearing the news about his father’s death‚ and then the spirit of his father appearing in his bedroom. The spirit tells him that Claudius was the one that killed him and that he needs to seek revenge in place of his father. This causes the beginning of Hamlet’s madness in the tragedy. His madness continues
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the 1970s (in Così) and the Albanian battle for independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1790 (in Così Fan Tutte). Wars also involve loyalties and betrayals‚ and their chaos on a grand scale underscores the chaos in the lives of the characters in the opera and the play. (Sue Sherman : English for Year 12) •According to Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte‚ the issue of fidelity is depicted to be an ideal that is never achieved. •Since ‘women are like that’ – the interpretation of ‘così fan tutte’‚ Mozart
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