Hoods is a performance by Real Tv performance in 2006 and aimed at a contemporary audience. The production is based strongly around themes and complications of the lower class society in today’s day and age. Also inspired by a series of new stories about children who had been abandoned in cars by their parents for hours at a time. The performance targets the audience in an attempt to incorporate Epic Theatre and Brechtian theatre conventions such as alienation‚ morphing‚ melding‚ and jumps. Techniques
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against a tyrannical monarchy and shouldered the blame for his people. The legend that is Robin Hood has endured the test of time and continues to fascinate pop culture today. Additions to the tale through oral tradition have exaggerated his escapades and muddied the truth‚ which begs the question: Who was the real Robin Hood? From a historical standpoint there have been three distinct types of Robin Hoods. In the earliest form he had no female companion: his is a man’s world demonstrated by the late
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Little Red Riding Hood The way in which women are represented and defined throughout Western culture is leading somewhat of a controversy between the male and female genders. Within the chapter‚ “Dreams‚ Fears‚ Idols”‚ by Simone de Beauvior‚ she expands upon the numerous problematic ways in which a woman is represented in these cultures. In most situations within fairytales or short stories‚ women are portrayed as the “damsel in distress” or the “weak link”‚ meaning that they are powerless and are
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Film Review May 18‚ 2012 Boyz N the Hood The film‚ “Boyz N the Hood”‚ written by John Singleton in 1991‚ exhibits the upbringing of young African American teenagers who are brought up in less than ideal living conditions in their neighborhood. The film compares the distinctions between the lifestyles of Tre Styles and his friends’‚ Darren and Ricky Baker. Singleton demonstrates the importance of patriarchy and the focus on the teenagers to exhibit hegemonic masculinity while living in the
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Lizeth Leon 10/13/2012 Film 160-5070 Boyz N the Hood Boyz in the Hood" is a film that protray’s social problems in South Central Los Angeles. Tre‚ Ricky‚ and Doughboy are the main characters in this film that grow up together in their neighborhood or as they called it "the hood". All three characters struggle with different internal issues which helps them grow as young men. Tre is a good student who has dreams of furthering his education by going to college. With guidance from his father
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The Real Robin Hood By Jeremy Hendricks Robin Hood is England’s most famous outlaw‚ who robbed from the rich to give to the poor. In Robin Hood’s long history‚ his story has appeared in many forms‚ from verse to film. His path to outlawry‚ friends and enemies has been just as diverse. I will first describe the parts of the Robin Hood legend that have remained constant throughout his entire 800 or more year history. Robin Hood was a Saxon noble‚ living near the castle of Nottingham. By various
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Robin Hood and his Merrie Men Young Robin Hood‚ in love with Maid Marian‚ enters an archery contest with his father at the King’s palace. On the way home his father is murdered by hench men of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw‚ gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest‚ to avenge his father’s death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing. Life of the autor Trevor McDonald Sir Trevor McDonald (born George McDonald on
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Fort Ticonderoga The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was a military rivalry against the Kingdom of Great Britain and it’s thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War (April 19th‚ 1775- November 3rd‚ 1783). The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga took place on July 6th‚ 1777 and was attacked on the shores of Lake Champlain and in the borders of New York. The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga ended in a surprise victory for the American colonists. Fort Ticonderoga had its name in 1755 when
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In the last 10 months there have been 45 school shootings in America. Since December 14‚ 2012‚ there have been 142 shootings at schools. Many say the chance that a person will be targeted in school shooting is bellow 1%. However‚ despite these odds‚ many students and parents have become extremely worried in the wake of the most recent tragedy. On Thursday‚ October 1‚ a gunman opened fire at a college in Oregon injuring many and killing 10. Many people all over the country are now demanding a change
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“Robin Hood and Little John walking through the forest‚ laughing back and forth at the what the other’ne has to say... Oo-De-Lally‚ Oo-de-lally Golly‚ what a day.” When many Americans hear the name “Robin Hood‚” these lyrics from the Disney animated movie come to mind. Howard Pyle‚ who wrote The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood‚ which was published in 1883‚ did not write those words‚ but he did write an entertaining‚ adventurous book for not only children‚ but also for teens and adults. Robin Hood is a
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