people who viewed his plays. “Oedipus The King” was written knowing that the audience is aware of the outcome of the play‚ and therefore utilizes that foreknowledge to create various situations in which irony plays a key role. More specifically‚ this dramatic irony is used to highlight the characters’ different flaws. Even though Oedipus was not a bad person‚ his lack of humility blurs his ability to see the truth of the prophecy‚ and eventually leads to his demise. When the town people come to him
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To begin‚ the monologue I have chosen is from HAMLET Act 3‚ Scene 1‚ Page 7. Correspondingly‚ the character (Ophelia) who I am playing has a very straightforward goal in her monologue. With this said‚ Ophelia is expressing her lament for Hamlet’s mental deterioration. Ophelia says her monologue to the audience with sadness and extreme distress. For example‚ Ophelia states that Hamlet’s “noble mind is here o’erthrown!” This beginning phrase is significant because it is her explaining how Hamlet’s
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in complete terror‚ paralyzed on the bush he just flattened. “Aren’t gods supposed to be pathological liars?” I admitted‚ nodding my head‚ “Typically.” He breathed with a look of complete understanding‚ “I can see why.” I rolled my eyes at his dramatic nature and quickly pulled him to his feet. He stumbled a bit as he got untangled from the branches and picked off some of the leaves‚ which I helped with in an attempt to save time. When I confirmed there was nothing else on him‚ his gaze fell upon
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calls to me. Don’t say anything‚ I’ll relay the news. Clear? Clear. You fired Nganono. What on earth have you done? So you saw him leave? He was hard to miss‚ walking to the car with his belongings and his tail between his legs. Don’t be so dramatic. - You can’t do this‚ Zakithi. - It’s already been done. Nganono has been relieved of his duties. End of story. I beg to differ. This can’t be happening! Have you lost your mind? If you insist on continuing with this discussion‚ I’ll be in
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I braced myself for the pain that was coming‚ frozen to the spot on the golden yellow hardwood floors and unable to think beyond the terror now that the relief had passed. As James went on about Alice and why he picked me of all people‚ the fog slowly cleared. By the time he slumped forward‚ into a crouch I recognized‚ and his pleasant smile slowly widened‚ till it wasn’t a smile at all but a contortion of teeth‚ exposed and glistening. I couldn’t help myself—I tried to run. As useless as I knew
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The poem‚ “Monologue for an Onion” written by Sue Kim‚ the onion is a metaphor and is the whole poem is written about it and based off of it. The basic main viewpoint of the poem is about the feelings and thoughts that onion experiences when being handle by the person or more specifically when it is being cut. The poem revolves around the whole idea of how the onion feels and thinks as the person cuts away at it and how it reflects on the actions of the person and the person themselves. Sue Kim’s
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Instructor’s Toolkit for Julia Morales’ Monologue Julia’s introductory monologue can be used in a variety of ways. Here are a few to consider: large class discussion small group discussion during class or clinical reflective journaling assignment web-based assignment: listen to the audio or read the script‚ then discuss and summarize the group’s conclusions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What are Julia’s strengths? What are your concerns for this patient? What is the cause of your concern? What information
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began belting out the tunes of the song‚ amazing the audience with my brilliant monologue. Reality quickly set in. It seems I was rather naïve to think this way because before I could do perform‚ there was much work to be done. For starters‚ I had to rehearse and practice my lines over and over until I memorized them. This was not easy since I had to absorb the essence of the message behind every line of my monologue. “Was I expressing the correct emotions? Was I angry or was I expressing a joyous
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Some of those monologues are: SAINT JOAN ’CLEAR GLASS MARBLES’ THE WOOLGATHERER HAMLET’S ’TO BE OR NOT TO BE’ MACBETH’S DAGGER SPEECH THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS THE SHADOW BOX THE STAR-SPANGLED GIRL There are a number of websites that help actors find monologues. Find ones you enjoy and have fun. WHAT SHOULD I WEAR? It is not necessary to wear your ’Sunday best’
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compared their performances in four separate conditions: no background noise‚ or overhearing a either a dialogue‚ a halfalogue‚ or a monologue. Compared to the silent condition‚ they found that performance in both tasks decreased significantly when the participant listened to the halfalogue‚ while there was no significant difference with the dialogue or with the monologue. In experiment 2‚ the researchers replicated the setup of the first experiment‚ except that they converted the original conversation
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