"Overview: Beauty." Drama for Students. Ed. Sara Constantakis. Vol. 31. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2014. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Oct. 2015. URL: http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.longwood.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1430007888&v=2.1&u=viva_lwc_main&it=r&p=GLS&sw=w&asid=4762155d8b2828016fb2827118f0c467 2. This article stated that Jane Martin, whose name is a pseudonym, mainly writes plays that deal with feminist issues, but recently, she has expanded her writing to include a
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The play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” was a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the year 1599. It is one of the many plays that he wrote based off of true events from roman history (these include Coriolanus and Anthony and Cleopatra.) Julius Caesar the main character was a roman states man that played a large role that led to the demise of the roman republic and the rise of the roman empire. The senate granted him triumphs for his victories when he returned to Rome, soon after this he began
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I had to start acting as soon as I entered high school. So once I became a freshman I signed up for Theatre Basics and Drama Club. However, the drama director at the time didn’t allow me a lot of experience since “freshman were to be seen, not heard”. Then, Mr. Smith stepped into the role of drama director my sophomore year. Of course working with him has really helped me grow as a person and entertainer. But I think
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Sports and Retirement A tragedy is a play dealing with tragic events resulting in an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the hero suffers a tragic death. The play is a tragedy because the death could have been avoided at several points throughout the play. As a result, a tragedy can result in one’s life being altered forever. The same principle can be applied to retirement. One could argue that after retiring, one’s life is altered
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Peering back into the life of “Phil” after his untimely death, “The Company Man” portrays the lives of thousands of people living the reality of corporate America and the sacrifices they make. The short story questions whether these sacrifices have any worth in the long run with heavy influences from the author’s opinion. The author Ellen Goodman uses stereotyping, repetition, and diction to portray her feelings of distaste for Phil’s lifestyle. Through the heavy use of stereotypes, the author unveils
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Is the movie better than the book? That is a question asked by those who have read Macbeth, and those who have thought about watching the Great Performances: Macbeth. Even though this is a simple yes or no question, the answer to this is complex in nature. This is apparent when comparisons are drawn between the film and the play; likewise, the comparison allows the audience of both works to see that the movie and the play are drastically different from one another. Moreover, the answer to this question
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“ The greatest sacrifice is when you sacrifice your own happiness for the sake of someone else”( unknown). In the play the Death of a Salesman, the main character Willy Loman makes a plethora of sacrifices for his own family. Willy is the proud father of two boys, Happy and Biff. He is married to a extremely devoted woman named Linda. Willy spends almost all of his time away from home and the people he loves in attempt to make enough money to pay the bills. Throughout the play Willy sacrifices
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Building Castles in the Air: An Attempt at Living in Them Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman is a fast paced drama. In this play, he manages to bring out the elements of the American Dream. Miller illustrates the materialism shrouding the American dream. The effects of the American Dream may not be as profound in the present as they were in the time after the World War II. Today, the United States of America has the option of criticism and an in-depth self-analysis that saves people from the
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Requiem for an American Dream: Benjamin Loman’s Role in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1951) is a subversive parable that subtly makes use of its characters to castigate the collective societal delusion of the American Dream. While protagonist Willy Loman’s character arc is traditionally read as a direct allegory of the decay of the American Dream, the role of Benjamin Loman is tragically undervalued in this respect. In order to illustrate a twisted ambition rooted deeply in materialism and
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Shakespeare's great use of irony, helped this play become so popular. Verbal irony is when the speaker says the opposite of what they mean. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the characters don’t know. One theme or lesson you can take from this play is , “The course of true love never did run smooth” (1.1.134). https://www.shmoop.com/midsummer-nights-dream There are a lot of examples of dramatic irony in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. One example was when Titania fell in love with
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