Frye states that “[comedy] has been remarkably tenacious of its structural principles and character types,” and can be explained by the green world theory (163). The structural movement of comedy flows from an old society to the green world in response to a recognizable central conflict created by the power holding characters of the play. Once in the green world, there is a lack of societal rules and the conflict can resolve leading to the formation of a new society, indicated by some kind of party
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hands , she moved towards a worn out bench at the side and beckoned to me . I sat next to her , all ears to take in everything that she has got to say . But all I saw was her eyes fixed on the distant vastness . So it was easy to interpret what it was about . I took the initiative . “ So, who was he ? “ . Grandma gave a sly smile . Yes . So that was it . That was indeed an admissible grin . I convinced myself . “He was my penfriend . And he died yesterday...around this time” . I stared at her
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god not pitying Odysseus because he blinded his son, keeping Odysseus in exile, had the opportunity to kill him but didn’t Zeus: “the father of men and gods”, most powerful god, helping to plan Odysseus’ return Athene: “the goddess of the flashing eyes”, answered Zeus 1st when the gods were gathered, urges Zeus to act against Poseidon, urges Telemachus to act/speak up, in support of Odysseus coming home Telemachus: “the godlike youth”, Odysseus’ son but doesn’t like being compared to him, says he
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conservative in architecture. The two neighborhoods represent the division in the upper class at this time in America. During the 1920's, the conservative "old rich" despised the "new rich". A good example of an "old rich" family would be the Rockefellers, where as a "new rich" family would be the Kennedys. The East Egg represented the conservative money of the "old rich". For generations their money passed down giving them the belief that the "new rich" with their newly acquired wealth were still lower and
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kind of this clean, fresh smell. I don’t know… It’s so entrancing. Their wavy, black hair always has this perfect curl that goes down their neck. I seem to always lose my concentration during their violin solo. It’s just… beautiful. I can’t keep my eyes off them. Catherine: They?! It’s more than one person?? Courtney: I mean, it’s not more than one person... It’s hard to explain. Catherine: We’re best friends! You know I would never judge you. Come on! Courtney: It’s Jess. Catherine: Jess
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The crucible is a novel written by Arthur Miller, based around the Salem witch trials, which he reflected his own personal experiences into. Around the time of writing the novel Miller, was subjected to the McCarty trials of the 1950s which sole purpose was to destroy communism by questioning either those suspected of it or those who may have information regarding it. The protagonist of story John Proctor, is himself subjected lies within his town, regarding witchcraft. He and many others are thrown
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likeness of a GIRL’S EYE. Each stroke is calm and contained, but as a whole, the eye is passionate and wild. FADE TO BLACK. INT. SARAH’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT SARAH HENSON, 18, tosses aside some brown wrapping paper and a red ribbon as she sits cross-legged on the white carpeted floor, leaning back against the bottom portion of a brown leather sofa. She holds the PAINTING of the eye. SARAH Oh my god. Chris- It’s wonderful! Her brown bangs fall across her face, hiding her left eye. She sweeps them
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time to this particular era because this period was all about going against the status quo. Attitudes about sexuality appeared to loosen, and women started standing their ground openly protesting their old- fashion roles of a mother and housewife, and people lived happy and free. Hippies catch my eye the most. With the tye-dye shirts, long hair, sexual promiscuity and recreational drugs like marijuana and hallucinogens like LSD, the hippy life is the life for me. The primary concern for hippies
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It was a beautiful July day, one of those days that come only when the weather has been settled for some time. The sky is clear from earliest morning; the sunrise does not blaze like a fire but spreads a gentle blush. The sun is not ignescent or scorching hot as it is during a sultry drought, nor is it a murky crimson as before a storm, but it is bright and affably radiant-peacefully arising beneath a long narrow cloud, freshly gleaming through it and submerged in its lilac mist. The delicate
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Chekhov I I REMEMBER, when I was a high school boy in the fifth or sixth class, I was driving with my grandfather from the village of Bolshoe Kryepkoe in the Don region to Rostov-on-the-Don. It was a sultry, languidly dreary day of August. Our eyes were glued together, and our mouths were parched from the heat and the dry burning wind which drove clouds of dust to meet us; one did not want to look or speak or think, and when our drowsy driver, a Little Russian called Karpo, swung his whip at
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