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    The Piano Lesson Plot Line We recently read the play The Piano Lesson and encountered an interesting plot line. The exposition of the story starts when Boy Willie shows up unexpectedly at his sister’s house. As the story progresses‚ we encounter the rising action. The rising action is when Boy Willie informs Berniece that he is selling their mother’s piano. The climax starts in a couple different places: when Sutter appears‚ and when Berniece plays the piano. The falling action and resolution happen

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    Case Analysis Southwest Airlines and Gary Kelly Oscar A. Anzaldua Davenport University Southwest Airlines Company is a well-known low-cost American airline that offers excellent customer and employee service. As of 2009 Southwest is the largest airline company in the world that carries the most number of passengers and it is the third largest passenger fleet of aircraft among the world’s commercial airlines. It also boasts the highest number of customers than any other airlines in the United

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    The play opens in the living room of the Brewster home‚ where Abby and Martha Brewster‚ and their nephew‚ Teddy live. Teddy‚ who is rather crazy‚ believes himself to be Theodore Roosevelt. Mortimer enters and announces to his aunts that he intends to marry Elaine‚ the minister’s daughter‚ whom he is taking to a play that evening. Things begin to unravel as Mortimer lifts the lid to the window seat. He discovers the dead body of Mr. Hoskins and assumes that Teddy has killed him. However‚ Abby

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    Our Town Analysis In fact my town does not resemble the setting displayed in this play although I am sure the setting of our ancestors’ towns were much like this one. Back then everybody knew each other and they did not have to lock their doors and they had a strong fear of death and judgement which was indirectly implanted in their religion. This play was interesting because the representation of death portrayed as being so sudden. When death hit Emily‚ she suddenly realized how

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    Twelve Angry Men On January 16th 2014 I went to see “Twelve Angry Men” written by Regional Rose at the Garrick Theatre‚ London. This play was directed by Christopher Hayden with added design elements by Michael Pavelka. “Twelve Angry Men” was originally presented as a television series in 1953 then as play and finally presented as film starring Jack Klugman. The play is set in a New York City Court of Law jury room in 1957. We learn that this is a murder case for a sixteen year old boy who killed

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    in the same town and they all interact with each other and the stage manager is explaining the play in a very unique way. Every single time the stage manager explains the play he always makes a theme. In the play‚ Our Town‚ Wilder explores the brevity of human life. Wilder explains the brevity of human life by giving multiple examples of how fast fifty years fly. The stage manager interrupts the play and tells the audience: “You know how it is: you’re twenty-two or twenty-two and you make some

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    text therefore the scene indicates the reversals that were happening during the World War II. Moreover‚ the French Quarter of New Orleans was responsible for the abundant background and for the sensitive events of the play (streetcars‚ bars‚ entertainment‚ jazz‚ and blues music.) The play clearly symbolizes the fail of the aristocratic families traditionally associated with the South. Unfortunately‚ at that time the South’s agricultural ground was no longer able to compete with industrialization

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    for Capital Stages’ production of August: Osage County. In short‚ the play is about a dysfunctional family brought back together due to the untimely suicide of Beverly‚ the family’s patriarch. Beverly’s wife‚ Violet‚ and their three daughters are left to deal with the aftermath of his death while also dealing with their own issues and relationships. The play is full of chaos and is ultimately a dark comedy. The execution of the play was amazing‚ I felt completely enthralled and invested in the characters

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    Gary Dahl‚ as California advertising man‚ was having drinks with his buddies one night in April 1975 when the conversation turned to pets. As a lark‚ Mr. Dahl informed his friends that he considered dogs‚ cats‚ birds‚ and fish all a pain in the neck. They made a mess; they misbehaved; they cost too much money. He‚ on the other hand‚ had a pet rock‚ and it was an ideal pet - easy and cheap‚ and it had a great personality. His buddies started to riff with the off-the-wall idea nd pretty soon they were

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    Stephen Hushak IAH 241D 2/22/14 Love is what’s on the inside‚ not on the outside Cyrano de Bergerac was a play put on by the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University. I went to see the play on February 19‚ 2014 with a few friends at the Auditorium on Farm Lane. Cyrano de Bergerac is about a hopeless romantic (Cyrano) who falls in love with the most beautiful girl in town (Roxanne) but his love is not reciprocated. Roxanne is much more interested in another man (Christian) based purely

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