Julie Andrews Essays

  • A Brief Biography Of Julie Andrews

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    Julie Andrews is one of the most established actress’ to ever walk across a Broadway stage. This humble star has been nominated for the Tony’s three times and refused her third nomination because she felt the other cast members had been overlooked. I have chosen to write about Mrs. Andrews because she has done so much and I aspire to be like her Julie Elizabeth Wells was born October 1, 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England.Her birth father, Ted Wells, was a school teacher and he divorced her

  • Julie Andrews Research Paper

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    Julie Andrews, one of the most recognizable names and beloved person in the performance industry, did not always have a practically perfect childhood or lifestyle. She had to overcome some obstacles and when she did, she used her melodic singing voice, impeccable acting, and witty personality to make one of the largest impacts a star could make on the world. Julia Elizabeth Wells, also known as Julie Andrews, was born on October 1, 1935, to Barbara and Ted Wells. She later took the name

  • The Importance Of Julie Andrews Performance In The Sound Of Music

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    Julie Andrews performance in The Sound of Music was anything but ordinary. Andrew’s role as Maria secured her tittle as one of the greatest actresses of her time, though The Sound of Music was only her second onscreen performance. She played the role of Maria with such strength and kindness yet, in a very assertive manor; when standing up for the children against Captain Georg Johannes Ritter von Trapp. In the film, being it a musical, Julie Andrews shows off her stunning vocal abilities with her

  • Rodgers and Hammerstein

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    the musical Carousel opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York. It was based on the play entitled Liliom by Ferenc Molnar. This was a story about a young man named Billy Bigelow and his young wife Julie Jordan. Billy is a carnival barker, but soon looses his job. This upsets him because he knows that Julie is about to have a child, so he attempts to get more money by means of robbery. He then is forced to kill himself to escape arrest. Billy then goes to Heaven. Some time later, Billy is allowed to

  • Habits That Hinder Thinking

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    John and Julie, your two best friends, have just read an article about the death penalty. It explains the reasons why death by lethal injection is a legitimate punishment for certain crimes. As Julie reads the article, she strongly agrees with what the author has to say. “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” she imagines. Without examining the ideas that are involved, she’s satisfied with everything the article says because, “It’s only fair.” John, on the other hand, is deeply offended

  • Critique of Story Haircut

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    that small town, although some people find his jokes funny as long as they are not on them. There are many examples of those on whom Jim always makes annoying jokes such as Milt who "has got an Adams apple that looks more like a mushmelon" Julie Gregg and especially Paul Dickson who fell out of a tree when he was about ten years old : "Lit on his head and it done something to him and he ain’t never been right. No harm in him, but just silly." Paul is the most important one among them

  • Merry Christmas

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    trauma. Dave called me as I was driving home from my boyfriend, Mike’s house and said that he needed to talk to me about Julie, my best friend and his girlfriend. Because we were also good friends, I, of course, agreed. He was driving home from a basketball camp and said he would call again when he was on his way over. I thought nothing of it because I knew that he and Julie had recently taken a break from each other in order to possibly save their relationship, just like Mike and I had done almost

  • I Know What You Did Last Summer

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    names are Julie, Helen, Barry, Ray, and the killer (we will find out his name at the end of the book). Last summer all four of them (Julie, Helen, Barry, Ray) went to a party, on the fourth of July, and hit a boy with their car on the way home from the party. They had been drinking and had used some drugs so if they had stayed at the accident, they would be put in jail. They called the police and then leaved the seen. A year latter, still no one knew it was then who hit the boy; Julie got an interesting

  • My Mom Committed Suicide

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    if I am some door prize she has just won. The dialogue is more or less the same. "Y'all, I would like you meet my granddaughter Julie." Under my breath I correct her, "My name isn't Julie," while still keeping that fake smile on my face that I mastered years ago. She politely restates her introduction: "This is my granddaughter Jobi, Julie's daughter, my middle child. Julie passed away a few years ago." It is at this moment that all noise drowns out and the only words I hear are those spoken through

  • The Relaxation Factor of Spas

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    different types of people visit spas. A writer for About.com, Julie Register, explains the different types of people who visit spas. She says, “people like a traveler that has jet lag, a mother who would like to break away from her children for awhile, or even a person who is experiencing acne, visit spas” (Register). While looking for the origin of the word “spa,” I found on the internet that there are many possible origins. Julie Register from About.com says a possible origin is from the Latin

  • Dying to Babysit

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    it was all right if I came too.  They wanted us to come over about six that evening. When we got over there Mrs. Smith introduced her two year old daughter named Julie to us.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith didn't leave right away because they wanted Julie to get to know us better.  Mrs. Smith told Susan and I that Julie could stay up until 8:00 P.M.. She also told us she had been having problems with her telephone.  There must have been something wrong with the connection because when

  • Conflict in the Short Story Weekend

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    If it were told through the eyes of George, the reader would then believe Lenore to be actually a “simple” woman. However because it is told through Lenore we understand how she is truly feeling about this situation; “Lenore feels that she is like Julie: Julie’s face doesn’t betray emotion, even when she is interested, even when she deeply cares.” (Beattie 37) This lets the reader know that Lenore does care what is going on with George and Sarah and all of the other girls he brings home. That even

  • The Death Penalty: Can It Ever Be Justified?

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    make up for an unlawful death would contradict these principles of the value of life. Bud Welch supports this theory. His daughter, Julie, had her life viciously taken from her in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Welch, although enduring the greatest pain of all, concluded that Timothy McVeigh’s execution “is simply vengeance; and it was vengeance that killed Julie.” Welch understood the true value of all human life and was able to put his natural emotions away and theorize that vengeance has .

  • Strindberg's Miss Julie and Beckett's Waiting for Godot

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    Strindberg's Miss Julie and Beckett's Waiting for Godot The motivations and behavior of key characters in Strindberg's Miss Julie and Beckett's Waiting for Godot will be analyzed according to Eric Berne's method of transactional analysis. Eric Berne deals with the psychology behind our transactions. Transactional analysis determines which ego state is implemented by the people interacting. There are three possibilities which are either parent, adult, or child. The key characters in Waiting for Godot

  • I Know What You Did Last Summer

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    1) Julie, Ray, Helen, and Barry are four close friends, Julie and Ray being a couple and Barry and Helen also being one. Being high school students, they went late one night up to a clearing in the forest to hang out. When driving home, they had been a little drunk and were still kissing, they ran over a ten year old kid, David Gregg, who was riding a bicycle. Ray had been driving. The four kept driving until they reached a telephone, where an anonymous ambulance was called for help for the child

  • Nicholas Sparks' The Guardian

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    Nicholas Sparks' The Guardian In this book, Julie Barenson is a young widow, whose husband Jim died earlier from cancer. Her husband left her two unexpected gifts. The first was a Great Dane puppy name Singer (this gift was delivered the first Christmas after his passing) and the other gift was his promise that he would always be watching over her. About four years after his passing, Julie is twenty-nine years old and is too young to have given up on love just yet. She may be ready to risk caring

  • Naturalism in Miss Julie

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    Naturalism in Miss Julie Writers involved in the naturalist movement believed that actors' lines should be spoken naturally, and that mechanical movements, vocal effects, and irrational gestures should be banished. A return to reality was proposed, with the old theatrical attitudes replaced with effects produced solely by the voice. There was a call to individualise characters, instead of generalising them, to produce characters whose minds and bodies would function as they would in real

  • Julie Taymor’s Titus Andronicus

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    Julie Taymor’s Titus Andronicus Shakespeare's first tragedy has been a topic of discussion since the day it was written. Titus Andronicus "was staged on 24 January 1594 by the Earl of Sussex's Men at the Rose Theatre" (Welsh 1). Though this tidbit of information seems somewhat irrelevant to Titus, we must note that there are certain standards and practices established by a play from its first performance. It is also important to establish the general attributes that audiences attribute to

  • Ancient and Modern Elements in Julie Taymor's Adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus

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    Ancient and Modern Elements in Julie Taymor's Adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus Roman coliseum . . . Formica kitchen Armored warrior . . . Armored tank Gregorian Chant . . . Hard Rock White toga . . . Metallic business suit Ancient Rome . . . Modern America At first glance, these categories appear entirely incompatible, unable to exist together. However, in Julie Taymor's adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, we find that they are compatible after all. With

  • Miss Julie

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    Miss Julie In Miss Julie, by August Strindberg wrote about the naturalistic view of human behavior. He symbolizes the behavior through animal imagery. The animal image Strindberg uses helps him exemplify his naturalistic view. The first animal imagery Strindberg uses is the dog. Jean uses the dog imagery to describe to Kristen how Miss Julie made her ex-fiancé act before the break-up. “ Why, she was making him jump over her riding whip the way you teach a dog to jump.” A dog is mans best friend