Play of Choice I chose to read The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams as my play of choice. I wanted to read another play by Williams because I was really impressed with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. As in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, this story centers on a rather dysfunctional family, the Winfield’s. Amanda Wingfield is a single mother to her two children Tom and Laura. That concept is rather ahead of its time, as the play takes place in 1937. Tom is the narrator of the play which is referred to
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between the realistic world and his world. In general, the Tom Wingfield family is from a conspicuous Southern family, which has a traditional background, and has agonized a reversal of social and economic fortune at some point (Williams, 1945). “The Glass Menagerie” gives a look into a dysfunctional family. Previously, it looked as if their lives were normal. However Amanda’s “desire to reserve her single-parent family looks familiar. The Wingfield’s family is typically struggling to get by. The family’s
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Chartres & Its Intricate Stained Glass Story that Depicts the Importance of Christ’s Heritage from the Old Testament Although it may seem an outdated medium, stained glass is one of the most striking and intricate forms of expression. Stained glass has been one of the most powerful sources of storytelling during its extended history, especially in telling the history of Christianity in churches, cathedrals and similar notable buildings. However stained glass hadn’t been the method of communication
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Style of architecture then transformed to a Gothic style type architecture in the year 1194. This was an evolutionary step for cathedral architecture which brought “the light of God” within the church and illuminated art displayed on the many stain glass windows surrounding the exterior of the building. The Chartres Cathedral was finally completed in 1220 and the consecrated on 24th of October 1260 in the presence of King Louis IX of France. His coat of arms can be seen painted over the apsidal boss
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Taking a look at contemporary Architecture in modern day Barcelona, one can simply not ignore the influence the Modernisme period had on the city. With Barcelona's most famous Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi, reigning from this era, the city's most popular buildings such as the Sagrada Familia and La Pedrera are a few examples of timeless architecture that are monumental products of Modernisme. To understand the demographics and cultural aspects that led to the birth and continuation of Modernisme
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Ryan Dorsey Modern American Drama 11/5/15 At a basic level, Tennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof confronts the issue that runs through all great American drama, from Eugene O'Neill onwards: the conflict between truth and illusion. Set on a rich Mississippi plantation, Williams's play shows the conflict from many angles. Brick, an alcoholic ex-athlete, refuses to sleep with his wife, Maggie, supposedly out of guilt over the suicide of his old friend, Skipper. The problem Brick is unable to
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evaluating other ways of remembering. If post- colonial literature means the interrogation of the subaltern to the “center”, no other book is representative of the post-colonial theory and practice as Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace. The novel won the 2001 Frankfurt e – book Award of fifty thousand dollars Grand Prize for Fiction. Abreast of the contemporary academic debates about colonialism and culture, Ghosh is well-equipped in challenging
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In the first scene of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Williams paints the scene from the outset to his audience that Tom feels trapped by his Mother. This particular arrises in the conversation between Amanda and Tom at the dinner table: “honey don't push with your fingers” “chew - chew” “eat food leisurely”. Which evokes the reaction in tom “I haven't enjoyed one bite of this dinner because of your constant directions on how to eat it”. This could indicate, for reasons unclear at this time in the play, that
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In the article, A Light in The Darkness, a new church was built in the remote and rural town of Frommern, Germany. This church was the St. Paulus Church, it was built where another church was destroyed by fire in 2011. The previous church was built oddly and was poorly integrated into the community of Frommern. The new church however, was perfectly planned and beautifully built. It was smoothly built to unite the community and the Black Forest into one beautiful plan. The new church building plan
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Maureen’s Struggle When you are in a big family where is normally a sibling that grows up differently from all the others. They might look different or act different. It all depends on how you grow up. In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Maureen is the youngest out of the four siblings. Maureen turns out differently because she did not get enough attention. She grew up when the family was at their lowest. Maureen’s life was turbulent even before she was born. When they were
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