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    "Sin-penalty-penance-salvation" is an important archetype in the BIBLE. This archetype in the BIBLE provides an excellent frame for THE ZOO STORY. Edward Albee’s employment of archetypes from Greek myth and allusions from the BIBLE serve as a catalyst in the expansion of his narratives‚ binding the old with the new and adding depth to his plots and characters. Jerry‚ when we meet him‚ has lived for a short time in a rooming house on the west side. The inhabitants of the rooming house are‚ infact

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    Symbolism and Naturalism in Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story Author(s): Rose A. Zimbardo Reviewed work(s): Source: Twentieth Century Literature‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 1 (Apr.‚ 1962)‚ pp. 10-17 Published by: Hofstra University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/440743 . Accessed: 03/02/2013 22:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps

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    THE2000 Ms Janet Roney 12/1/12 The Zoo Story Edward Albee’s “The Zoo Story” is a one act play that shows what alienation and loneliness can drive a man to do. It is a unique story in the sense that you almost feel as though you are reading in on a social experiment. I consider it is an experiment because of how the reactions between the two characters Peter and Jerry lead up to an intense and life affecting climax between the two. The idea of The Zoo Story is about a middle class man with a wife

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    An Analysis of the Zoo Story

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    Table of Contents 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….1 2. The Coordinates of The Zoo Story …………………………………………….....2 3. Plot ………………………………………………………………………………..3 3.1 Exposition ……………………………………………………………….……3 3.2 Conflict ……………………………………………………………………….3 3.3 Complication ……………………………………………………………….4-5 3.4 Climax ………………...……………………………………………………5-6 3.5 Resolution ………………………………………………………………….6-7 4. Characters………………………………………………………………….……...8 4.1 Main Character ………………………………………………………………..8

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    EDWARD ALBEE´S THE ZOO STORY October 26th – November 26th 2011 Krudttønden. Serridslevvej 2‚ Østerbro.. That-Theatre Company Director: Barry McKenna With Adam Brix & Ian Burns 1 Introduction The story‚ in simplest terms‚ is about how a man who is consumed with loneliness starts up a conversation with another man on a bench in Central Park and eventually forces him to participate in an act of violence. According to Matthew Roudane‚ who quoted a 1974 interview with Albee in his Understanding

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    play‚ The Zoo Story‚ all Jerry wanted was to be heard and understood‚ and in the end‚ after sharing his life story with a complete stranger‚ he got his final wish - death. The Zoo Story not only tells of the alienation of man in modern society‚ but also reflects the philosophy of twentieth century existentialism. Jerry made a conscious choice of wanting to end his life‚ while Peter‚ a man that chose to act as the “guinea pig” and stayed and listened to Jerry’s story‚ made a conscious

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    The Zoo Story is play that’s themes can relate to people today. These themes are very universal to today’s standards and well chosen for the plays plot‚ which fills into the storyline itself. Such themes used within the play are isolation‚ social outcast‚ and loneliness. Even though the themes may not apply to some people‚ they may express how many people may feel or describe people in their general outlook in life. The author really put deep emotions into his themes to really touch the readers and

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    Albee used many literary devices in The Zoo Story. The first device is the anti-hero. An anti- hero is the main protagonist but lacks qualities of a hero. Jerry is an anti- hero and accepts his position as social outcasts. Along with the anti-hero‚ Albee uses satire. Satire adds humor to comment on human nature and social constructs‚ Albee uses these devices in The Zoo Story to comment on the way different social classes choose to view and ignore each other in American society‚ especially the really

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    Yanson Filpo Instructor: M. Shane Breaux ENG 102 November 7‚ 2013 The Zoo Story Edward Albee’s play the Zoo Story is about the misunderstanding among two characters and . Through the play we learn about two different characters Peter and Jerry. Peter is a family man from the Upper class‚ who spends every Sunday afternoon reading a on a bench‚ feels like a caged domesticated animal that lives in a in a cage. Jerry from the lower class‚ lives in a room house‚ acts a wild animal

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    people‚ the zoo is a source of fond memories and funny childhood story’s like the swinging monkey‚ growling tigers and the others animals. Sometimes when we watch the animals in a captivity jumping through a flaming hoop or stand on its hind legs‚ it becomes easy to forget about all the abuse that the animals have been through. The animals may not like to do these things that we human feel amused about. They may prefer their own habitat if they had choices. Some people and I see zoos as prisons where

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