The individual experiences found in Australian society are the fear of the unknown‚ grief and loss‚ life in a ‘cul-de-sac’ and identity. Matt Cameron explores these ideas in the play Ruby Moon through the use of cyclical structure‚ Absurd and Artaud theatre and transformational acting as well as the elements of production to convey the experiences to the audience. The prevailing cultural‚ historical and political contexts in Australia influenced him to write the play‚ which is a fusion of non-realism
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more ways than one and it would have been great to have seen what he would have accomplished. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22‚ 1963 in Dallas‚ Texas at the Daeley Plaza. On November 24‚ 1963 a man named Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald while Oswald was being transported to another jail. Oswald was the only known person who could have provided sufficient information about the assassination and he was now eliminated from the investigation. When Kennedy was shot
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way they are being treated and they make a change by rebelling against the status quo. Ruby Bridges‚ even though she didn’t realize it at first‚ is an example of someone who rebelled against the status quo to get the rights she deserved. Ruby was chosen to be one of the first black children to go to a white school. Monday‚ November 14‚ 1960 was the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans (Bridges‚ Ruby). On her first day‚ as she walked up the steps to her new school‚ there were many white
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their ideas. In the play ‘Ruby Moon’ Matt Cameron the playwright uses various techniques such as symbolism‚ transformational acting‚ cyclical and episodic dramatic structure and a fractured fairytale. Ruby Moon was written by Matt Cameron in 2003. It is a story about a well known tragedy. In Flaming Tree Grove everything seems to be perfect. A young girl‚ Ruby Moon disappears after she sets off to her grandmothers. After parcels of mannequin doll parts arrive on Ruby Moons parents door step; Ray
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them from the greasy noll. According to a man‚ two railroad workers and another person in uniform were at the greasy noll. These men were taking apart a gun after the shots were fired. The FBI offered money to the man to keep quiet about this. Jack Ruby was the man who shot Oswald when he was transported to prison. Jack and Oswald were having drinks two weeks before the
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the horrors around us stand in irrelevance. There’s no place like home. In Salman Rushdie’s story‚ At The Auction of the Ruby Slippers the world has fallen into apparent disarray‚ and the auction house has risen like a church of consumption. People spend everything they have in an attempt to find some piece of a long forgotten home‚ hoping to finally find happiness. When the ruby slippers come up to auction the people value slippers because of “their affirmation of a lost state of normalcy in which
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John F. Kennedy’s Assassination and the Effects on the Public Outline There have been many presidents that have gone through an assassination attempt and have survived‚ unfortunately‚ John F. Kennedy was one of the four presidents that didn’t make it. The Death of John F. Kennedy took a great toll on the nation and in some cases places outside of the United States. Unlike Lincoln and Roosevelt‚ whose lives were taken just after finishing major historical movements‚ JFK was assassinated right in
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with the elements on stage can also heavily imply meaning – a doll standing on a well-lit stage with happy nursery rhymes would have different air than the same doll standing on a shadowy stage‚ a haunting Greensleeves playing in the background. In Ruby Moon‚ multi-media plays an essential role in lending mood to the audience member – the recurring use of song and sound effects‚ and contrasting well-lit scenes and shadowy‚ unrealistic ones allows for an ever-evolving space. I found‚ as an audience
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Did Lee Harvey Oswald Kill President Kenndey President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963 at Dallas TX. The police thought that Lee Harvey Oswald‚ but many people speculate that he was part of a bigger conspiracy or that he wasn’t even the killer. The government released an investigation team called the Warren Commission. What leads a lot of these theories is that the Warren Commission ignored important information. On the day of the shooting‚ as the motorcade came down the
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Unfortunately‚ just two days later‚ Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby‚ a nightclub owner‚ and was unable to defend the allegations presented against himself. Lee Harvey Oswald: Shortly after the assassination‚ newly made President Johnson made a commission to investigate Kennedy’s death. The commission lasted nearly
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