‘Play – Its nature and value’ by Jerome Anderson In today’s world of technology and pushy parents that want academic savvy children‚ where is the play-time for our kids? For many years parents have been bringing their children to homework clubs‚ football‚ basketball‚ netball practice‚ plus dance classes and other activities to improve their children’s outlook on life. While all these structured activities are good for a child at a young age‚ is it really what they want? According to Article
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feminine type prevalent in the literature of his day."[1] Lewes himself strikes a similar tone of praise in his conclusion: "The poet’s magic wand has laid open the depths of woman’s nature‚ wherein‚ beside lovely and exquisite emotion‚ terrible passions play their dangerous and fatal part."[2] This early period of women in Shakespeare‚ which ends in the beginning of the twentieth century‚ is characterized by a very conventional tone and treatment and the confirmation of female submission. The editors
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3 other children‚ socks and spoons to play with. Also she went to play outside with another child‚ running around. 1:00pm Child ’A’ is playing indoors in the sand pit with 3 other children. She is using a spoon to fill up a sock. She is holding the spoon in her right hand and the sock in her left hand. She is carefully putting the sand into the sock. She is also interacting with the other children -’My sock is nearly full to top.’ This level of play would be referred to as co-operative‚ because
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October 9th my class and I got the opportunity to go see the play Trash. Trash was a production by Theatre Lila and was performed at the Overture Center in Madison‚ Wisconsin. Trash was a play about how some people’s trash is another person’s treasure. Many people throw things away thinking it’s garbage and has no more use to it anymore‚ but in the play they showed how some people appreciate what they have more than others. Throughout the play there are many different short skits/scenes that help demonstrates
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Atmosphere is to a work of literature what a background is to a painting. Each Shakespearean play has a unique atmosphere which helps to build up the play. The general atmosphere of Macbeth is one of darkness and thick darkness. All the scenes which at once recur to memories take place either at night or in some dark spot. The character traits of the protagonist Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth is painted with frequent shades of black. Nature is foul and the desolate heath‚ the darkness of the
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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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Picking my Christmas present for the first time‚ I gravitated towards the Play-Doh dentistry set. In hindsight‚ maybe I selected it because I used to spend time at my grandpa’s dental clinic but I believe I was instinctively drawn to this set because of the tools that came with it. I still recall the excitement that came over me when I made teeth and cavities with the Play-Doh. Today‚ I still gravitate to activities that allow me to use my creativity with tools in order to produce pleasing things;
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David Ives’ play “Degas‚ C’est Moi” found in his Carpe Diem themed collection of one-act plays Time Flies the protagonist Ed daydreams out loud by pretending to be Edgar Degas for a full day. From his spur of the moment decision in the morning to his epiphany at night Ed epitomizes the desires of the human spirit – including humanity’s desire for immortality and greatness. Due to the play’s universal themes this one-act can be characterized as a ‘fine’ play. Among other qualities this play is characterized
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isolated does not necessarily mean a person is bad. Evidence in Shakespeare play Macbeth ‚ demonstrates this quite clearly that MacBeth’s isolation comes from guilt ‚ over-ambition and greed. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have both shown guilt‚ but at different stages in the play. Isolating guilty feelings only begins to isolate them from the world around them. Macbeth is the first to feel guilt at the begging of the play‚ but towards the end he has nothing but isolation. Lady Macbeth has both
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The theatre is a place of such elegance and beauty and yet the first conversation that is heard from the stage of such sophistication is about ‘sharting’ ones pants. This is the first conversation that was heard while witnessing this Adelaide-made play‚ Gorgon. Both playwright Elena Carapetis and director Nescha Jelk tell a story which speaks to the targeted teenage audience about the suffering themes of gendered emotion‚ friendship‚ family and grief all while struggling with the ‘side-effects’ of
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