Time Since Yesterday was a play by PJ Gibson and directed by Joy Vandervort-Cobb. This was very different from the first play that we were required to see. Outrage was more appealing in an intellectual way and Long Time Since Yesterday deals more with the social end. Although I enjoyed both plays‚ Long Time Since Yesterday was more entertaining to me. I thought that everything from the cast to the set to the plot in general was very well organized and enjoyable. This play was something that I could
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Macbeth - Hunger & Humility Some say that when offered power‚ a man would do anything to get it. For example‚ when Hercules finds out he is a god he didn’t even know his own strength‚ and he used it in ways that other people didn’t believe were very helpful but soon proved them wrong when he grew up and became more mature and powerful. Hercules wanted to use his newfound power for the well-being of others; however‚ Macbeth had other plans for his use of power. In William Shakespeare’s tragic
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Summary In “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete‚” Jessica Statsky‚ strongly opposes the fact that children should not be treated or expected to behave like adults. Some sports with adults’ rules and regulation‚ when played by children‚ turn out to be a lot more than just playing the game or enjoying. Winning and losing is a part of life‚ this factor should not be too much empowering that it overcomes all other aspects like enjoying the essence of sports and spending time with friends. Winning and
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The Name Controversy in The Shipbuilder There are many instances in Ken Mitchell’s play The Shipbuilder‚ where the main character Jaanus Karkulainen‚ insists on being called by his Finnish name Karkulainen. In the play‚ many characters call him Johnny Crook. This situation creates controversy about names and shows how important names are to some people. Jaanus and Jukka create most of this controversy. Jaanus and Jukka are brothers who are born in Finland. Jukka move’s out of
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made a point of criticizing society on why we feel the way that we do on this issue. Mainly‚ why we tend to care more about our health in regards to many other issues. The article Don’t let kids Play Football‚ by Bennet Omalu does a good job of providing evidence and reasons on why not to let children play football. My current belief on this issue though is that while these sports have many negative effects‚ they are too ingrained in our culture to ban
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The play‚ After the Ball by David Williamson‚ is primarily about the disappointments and realities that test a suburban Australian family in a time of mystifying social revolution. Much of the dramatic action within the play derives from misunderstandings between characters and their opposing beliefs about what it means to be Australian. These differing beliefs lead to tension of relationships between the characters Stephen‚ Judy and Ron. The conflicts and dilemmas within these relationships lead
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In the play “Rumours”written by the mastermind playwright Neil Simon‚ he has effectively brought out several themes throughout the play. Such themes include materialism‚ the importance of social identities‚ as well as how most affluent people are alike. I’m the cutest The theme of materialism is first brought out in the first Act and comments “It’s all over the room. I don’t know why people decorate in white…’Ken Bevans who is the protagonist of the play does not seem to take notice of the issue
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estate….”( I:3)- Sir Toby Belch to Sir Andrew convincing him his caste will be enough to marry Countess Olivia‚ in Shakespeare’s well known comedic play Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night revolves around a shipwrecked twin‚ who dresses to find work and falls in love with the guy she works for‚ well trying to convince someone else to love him. Within the comedic play the idea that society and class are aspects of life that can be constricting‚ but they are possible to change is prominent. This idea is explored
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Throughout Shakespeare’s work‚ more famously in “Hamlet”‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ “Othello”‚ and “Merchant of Venice”‚ there are cleverly placed puns in the poems‚ plays‚ and some sonnets. A pun is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. These puns are either overlooked‚ unrecognized‚ or not credited well enough. The puns that Shakespeare utilizes in each of his works can have either an erotic‚ humorous
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through dialogue‚ staging and sound to fulfill the event of The Recession. The characters contributed to the period due to their rioting because of the increase in grocery prices. I used my senses and my own analysis to contribute to the purpose of the play. Throughout the production‚ I noticed visual observations that emphasized the production. Margherita refused to pay for her groceries because of the increase in prices. Thus‚ she pretended to be pregnant through hiding food under her clothes. I saw
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