Imagine if you came across two sweet little old ladies who were secretly serial killers on the side. Arsenic and Old Lace is a play set around the 1940s which combines both farce and thrill together in order to create a story that will keep anticipation high, and the audience on the edge of their seats for the whole show. The main plot regards two older ladies named, Martha, and Abby, who start off by having murdered a total of 11 men. When caught by Mortimer, they show no remorse and are very open about what they’ve done. A notable fact is that they seem to know every religion of every man they’ve ever killed. Before, Mortimer thought that the person who killed Adam Hoskins, whom he found hidden in the windowsill, was murdered by Teddy Brewster, a man who thinks he’s Theodore Roosevelt. Mortimer most likely thought this due to the fact that Teddy is a bit off in his thinking, and very eccentric about it as well. With this knowledge that Mortimer has, he saved Gibs from drinking the wine and becoming the thirteenth victim. On the side, there’s a romantic relationship between Elaine and Mortimer which is being damaged by the event of Mortimer finding the dead body in the windowsill. In the second act, the characters, Johnson Brewster, and Dr. Einstein come into the house to run a plastic surgery business for criminals. …show more content…
Usually, when you can’t recognize who an actor is on stage, and you know them, then that’s stellar acting because that means they left themselves and became their character. His voice and his goofy yet elegant Teddy Roosevelt walk appeared to be absolutely perfect for his character. Drew Ardis is evidently very good at voice impressions, knowing the drastic difference from his voice in real life, and the voice he gave to the character he played, the voice he was able to crank out was stellar. The voice reminded me of the Doctor’s voice from the Arsenic and Old Lace movie, it was very
Both Alex and Clinton struggle with problems of their family and others. Alex feels as if he is treated different when hes is, but thats not what he wants everyone to treat him as,by his family, Jennifer, and other people. Clinton is treated as an outcast, his friends don’t want to hang out with him no more and his little sister treats him as a monster. He begins to realized what he ha...
The story begins in “Catfish Row” a small coastal town based on the real town of Cabbage Row in Charleston, South Carolina during the 1920’s. The main protagonist of the story and leading man is Porgy, a disabled beggar man who is known for riding his goat cart around Charleston. Bess is the leading lady of the opera and is in an unhealthy relationship with Crown, a powerful, violent, alcoholic, short-tempered stevedore (dockworker). Act I starts with a lullaby being sang to a small baby by a young mother named Clara, as she sings the men of Catfish Row prepare for a crap game, prior to the game, Crown purchases whisky and Cocaine from the Sportin’ Life, the local drug dealer of the town, during the crap game, Crown who is very drunk kills a local man named Robbins, Crown flees Catfish Row and leaves Bess to fend for herself. Sportin’ Life who is attracted to Bess, he gives her cocaine and asks her to join him in New York, Bess refuses and is now alone, she has no where to go, she is rejected by all of the Catfish Row resident, all except for Porgy who takes her in. A funeral takes place for Robbins, Serena, Robbins’ wife acts very coldly towards Bess when she offers her donation to help pay for Robbins’s funeral cost until Bess explains that she is no longer with Crown, and now lives with Porgy. Soon after, a detective enters and tells Serena that if...
Theodore Roosevelt was a man uniquely fitted to the role that he played in American
Without a doubt, any intelligent reader of this play can see the obvious similarities between Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs. On a purely literal level, the two seem to run parallel to one another. For example, their morning routine is abnormally similar, they both attend choir practice, they both enjoy the town gossip, and the basic makeup of their families are the same.
Mrs. Putnam leaves which leaves the feeling a little less intense. Mary Warren enters intensely and states the whole country is talking about witchcraft which left the intense feeling to a whole new level. Betty “wakes up” but is not acting like her self which leaves the reader curious as to whats going on and frightened for everyone’s safety. This play has the potential to be a realistic play because the teenage girls are telling lies to their parents and almost all teenage girls tell lies to their parents at least once to keep them out of
His direction of the actors was executed extremely well. He knew exactly what he wanted from them, and did not give up until it was as he had expected. Some of his setbacks in Apocalypse Now support this opinion. He wanted every part to be performed perfectly.
Bad choices are made every day by everybody. Those bad choices could lead to consequences that are going to bother a person for a long time. Even more, that person may try various ways to correct that error. The intention is good, but things can go even worse if the effort is based on unrealistic fantasies. This effort is presented as a part of modernist ideas. Modernist writers dramatize this effort through the tragic outcomes of the characters. Three modernist pieces, A Street Car Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, The Great Gatsby, all of them sent out a message to the audience, the loss of past and how it cannot be recovered. Each piece features a character who lost hope, strived to recover the hope, and ended with a tragic outcome. A Street Car Named Desire featured Blanche; Blanche spent her whole life trying to get some attentions. Death of a Salesman featured Willy; Willy spent his whole life trying to apply the idea “Be Well Liked.” The Great Gatsby featured Jay Gatsby; Gatsby spent his whole life trying to win back Daisy. All of those characters ended with tragic outcome. Blanche was sent to asylum by her own sister. Willy committed suicide after felt humiliated by his sons. Gatsby was murdered with a gunshot planned by Tom Buchanan. Blanche, Willy, and Gatsby’s tragic fates are caused by their false beliefs about life, which are proven wrong by the contradictions between the reality and the illusion.
in the way he speaks in a sly voice. He is the perfect actor to play
illustrated through looking at the parallels of the intertwined relationships between three separate individuals. Miss Amelia Evans, Cousin Lymon Willis, and Marvin Macy, are the players involved in this grotesque love triangle. The feelings they respectively have for each other are what drives the story, and are significant enough that the prosperity of entire town hinges upon them.
The plot foundation of the story “Invitation to Murder” by Josh Patcher is daunting. The story is based off of situational irony. “Invitation to Murder” has situational irony throughout the story. At the begging of the story 12 men, who are inspectors or are related to the law, received a letter from Mrs. Eleanor Madeline Branigan explaining that her husband pasted away and she invited them to her house. Once all 12 men arrived to her house she seat them at a table, which had weapons on it, and educated them about her past life, next she explained what happened to her husband, Gregory. One day Gregory and his wife decided to go skiing, they were having a wonderful time until Gregory found himself in a ski accident. He was rushed to the hospital and was there for a
The plot is entertaining and suspenseful which allows it to hold up to the standards of the list. Foreshadowing maintains interest, and is a prominent part of the suspenseful nature of the plot. After the first murder of Mrs. Ascher, Hastings believed that the crime is a singular event, but Poirot stated, “This is only the beginning” (Christie 22). The author uses a delightful example of foreshadowing to hint to the later murders. This keeps the plot suspenseful which makes one want to continue reading. After discussing possible coincidences on the day of the murder with the victims’ friends and families, Poirot realized, “I tell you my friends, it cannot be a coincidence. Three crimes---and every time a man selling stockings and spying out the land” (Christie 211). The finding of clues allows the plot to continue, thus maintaining the reader’s interest and preventing the story from becoming too tedious to enjoy. While Monsieur Poirot finished pronouncing the name of the murderer, the narration stated, “Two detectives...
The play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is about a dysfunctional family determined to live the American Dream. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is about a delusional woman and how her lies lead her to the mental institution. In Death of a Salesman and a Streetcar Named Desire examine insanity and hallucinations through Willy Loman’s and Blanche's fear of the truth and confronting it, the use of music, the light and the stockings as reappearing symbols and not to mention how the characters respond to it. The author justify that denying the truth will lead to lunacy, affecting not only you but, others as well.
Many people let the conflicts they have take over their relationships with their loved ones. In the plays A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, the readers are introduced to the conflicts between each of the families. The Younger family in A Raisin in the Sun, face conflict when Lena Younger’s husband has passed and has left them ten thousand dollars in his will. The Kowalski family in A Streetcar Named Desire are faced with conflict when Stella’s sister Blanche Dubois comes to town. Most particularly, both plays have each faced challenging hurdles and fatalities during their lives. Although both families come from tremendously diverse backgrounds, they share the same conflicts that occur
The narrator murders an old man who he is meant to be taking care of. He claims to have nothing against the man and says that he loves him. Regardless of this, he finds the mans filmy, vulture-like eye to be disturbing and thinks this is a valid enough reason to kill him. Montresor feels insulted by his colleague, Fortunado and believes that it is now his duty to end his life. Both claim to not have anything against his victim other than one small detail, being either and eye or an insult, and feel that they are justified in wanting them dead.They both meticulously plan out what they are going to do to their victim long before they carry out their actions. Neither the old man or Fortunado had any idea that their murderer had any reason to want them dead and had no way of anticipating what was doing to happen to them. The narrator smothers the old man with his mattress, chops up his body, and stuffs him in the floorboards. Montresor leads a very d...
... He really sold the part and did the part justice. Furthermore in the beginning of the flashback I had no idea who the main character was, but Christian developed the character subtly yet effectively.