Arthur Miller a playwright‚ who wrote Death Of A Salesman and The Crucible‚ among many others. He was cynical and questioned the norms‚ but that’s what made him brilliant. His characters fought with dilemmas that symbolize societal issues. He combined his characters inner struggles with social awareness. Arthur Miller was born in Harlem‚ New York in 1915. His father lost his clothing store during the Great Depression and his family had to move to Brooklyn. Miller started writing plays when he was
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use of the dash and capital letters. When I first read her poetry I was intrigued how she used the dash to create a pause for thought. It made me realize there can be so much more to poetry than just words and phrases she used. The dash creates such drama in I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain when we read the line “kept beating- beating- til I thought my mind was going numb”. The powerful dash really emphasizes the beating and the anguish she was going through. In the same poem if you look at many of the
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Ludwig Tieck- was a German poet‚ editor‚ novelist‚ and critic who was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Independent theatre movement- associated with the emergence of contemporary drama. Symbolism- a 19th-century movement rejecting Realism
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had a speech generally talking about what TNT is focusing on and TNT’s development. I’m going to illustrate my insight on TNT’s business. TNT relaunched itself‚ with a slogan‚ "We Know Drama‚" which emphasized the channel’s new focus on programming with drama and energy‚ such as sports and network TV dramas like Dallas‚ Law & Order‚ Charmed‚ NYPD Blue and so on. It is in direct contrast to sister channel TBS‚ which shows more comedy related programming‚ and by extension Cartoon Network‚ which
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to add height to actors. Greek drama was dominated by the works and innovations of five playwrights for over 200 years. The first three of these wrote tragedies. In these ancient tragedies many new innovations came to light that are still used today in theatre. One was the concept of a second actor‚ expanding the possibilities for plot and interactions with characters. Then came the third actor which expanded this even more. The role of the chorus in Greek drama shrunk so that the characters could
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New York Times. New York Times‚ 27 Feb. 1949. Web. 05 Nov. 2010 < http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/specials/miller-common.html>. Sister‚ M. Bettina. "Willy Loman ’s Brother Ben: Tragic Insight in Death of a Salesman." Modern Drama 4.4 (Feb. 1962): 409-412. Rpt. in Drama for Students. Ed. David M. Galens and Lynn M. Spampinato. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale‚ 1998. Literature Resource Center. Web. 5 Dec. 2010. Stagg‚ Louis Charles. "Death of a Salesman: Overview." Reference Guide to American Literature.
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makings of a tragedy‚ but in retrospect‚ it could in fact pass for a comedy. Though tragic elements certainly exist‚ the helplessness of the catch-22 Admetus finds himself in and the happy ending indicates the makings of a comedy. Tragedy is a type of drama or literary work that is most well renowned for the suffering its protagonists are forced to endure and an acute lack of a happy ending. Alcestis has no shortage of agony‚ to be sure. The play begins with a monologue delivered by Apollo explaining
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Akim Alimi Professor Kathleen S. Paskin English 112 2/23/06 Oedipus Rex: Dramatic Irony Irony is the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. The play Oedipus Rex especially uses dramatic irony. It is the theatrical effect achieved by leading an audience or reader to understand the disparity between a situation and the accompanying speeches‚ while the characters in the play remain unaware of the disparity. From the
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In the light of Aristotle’s Poetics‚ we see the philosopher’s fundamentals regarding Greek drama‚ a structure or foundation that every tragedy needs for maximum expression and catharsis. It needs Plot‚ Character‚ Thought‚ Diction‚ Song and Spectacle – arranged in order of importance – so that it can be considered a Greek drama. In Plot‚ Aristotle explains how the drama is in the form of a tragedy‚ is efficiently maximized through the use of certain rules or laws called the Three Unities. Aristotle
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was born in Athens‚ Greece. Between 600 and 200 BC‚ the ancient Athenians created a theatre culture whose form‚ technique and terminology have lasted two millennia‚ and they created plays that are still considered among the greatest works of world drama. (Nardo 10) Their achievement is truly remarkable when one considers that there have been only two other periods in the history of theatre that could be said to approach the greatness of ancient Athens - Elizabethan England and‚ perhaps the Twentieth
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