The play ‘Dags’ is based on the life of a young teenager going through the changes in life and facing everyday issues. The story line involves the struggles as a girl is growing up and discovering relationships with friends‚ boys and family. With the troubles of boys breaking up friendships and friendships breaking up family relationships‚ main character Gillian discovers what is really important and what is just a false expectation of reality. My character in the production was a significant
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characteristics of freely chosen‚ self -directed play and leisure. Freely chosen means that a child is able to make his own choices of when‚ how and what to play. The only intervention for an adult is to make sure that the environment or play is suitable and safe. A play or leisure has to be voluntary‚ spontaneous‚ the child has to be willing to participate and he cannot be forced to play. Children have the freedom to decide and
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and Their Role in the Iliad The gods in the Iliad are characters who seem very human to us. How do their actions propel the story forward? Are they responsible for the events of the Iliad‚ or are other characters? Like normal people‚ the gods have both good and bad qualities‚ their own strengths and weaknesses‚ personal disagreements and struggles. Similarly‚ like many of the other characters‚ the gods have a key role in the determining what happens‚ even from the very beginning. While not the only
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I think that the Decatur High School production of the play “Into the Woods” by James LaPine and Stephen Sondheim‚ was really good. We went to see it on September 28th. It was a fast moving play‚ and the actors’ energy helped make it feel real. I thought it had good change of scenery. I also liked how it was based off the stories that we had grown up with. Finally‚ I thought that they interacted with the audience well. My first reason why I liked it was because of the change moments. I liked their
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their dancing and singing skills in this play‚ contributing to an entertaining play. While the volume of the dialogues was overpowered by the band‚ the detail in the scenery and the choreography made for an enjoyable musical. Because nearly all of the dialogues in the play were delivered through songs which were accompanied by the band‚ it was difficult to hear the dialogues. As a result‚ it was challenging trying to understanding what the play was actually about and following along the
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Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ debuted at the Barrymore Theater in New York. Being the first Broadway play directed and written by an African-American in over half a century‚ many were eager to attend a showing. People had many chances. A Raisin in the Sun was performed more than 500 times. This play won multiple awards such as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. In addition to the many performances and awards the Hansberry play won‚ there were some
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“Curtains” is a whodunit mystery musical originally written by Rupert Holmes accompanied with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. It is a play within a play set in Boston. The play‚ “Robbin hood”‚ is trying to make it on Broadway‚ however the leading actress‚ Jessica Cranshaw‚ always forgets her cues and lines. She mysteriously dies in the last scene of the show. It is discovered that she was murdered and everyone in the show is a suspect. We then meet Lt. Frank Cioffi‚ a detective working
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WPC Jack Thorne’s play ’When You Cure Me’ is based around a fragile character Rachel who is bed ridden for several months after a tragic sexual assault. Rachel’s monologue appears towards the end of the play as an attempt of closure for the character and audience. Thorne chose to the play as a representation of his own struggles that he could not get across personally. With his individual battle with cholinergic uticaria (allergy to all forms of heat)‚ Thorne was bed ridden and angry at the world
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individual’s ability to be happy which can be seen in August Wilson’s play "Fences." For Bono‚ the societal prejudices he faces are racism‚ poverty‚ and prejudice against convicted felons. These prejudices affect his happiness because they influence the opportunities that Bono has to be financially stable. I think is not happy because he wasn’t able to play sports .Croy says “ Hey‚ Pop… You can’t do that. He’s coming all the way from North Carolina.” (Act One‚ Scene 3‚ pg 35). In other words‚ He asking
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Emily Gao 10/8/13 Mr. Magdalenski Honors English 2 Rewrite of Peace Like a River In-class Essay Morality is the essence of right and wrong and becomes very hard to define because of the different ways people view what is correct and not. It is a common theme in many novels‚ such as Peace Like a River by Leif Enger‚ who explores the essence of moral decisions through a young boy whose brother is convicted of murder. Though the moral level of a decision is based on the impact inflicted
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