Analysing and trying to critique the play Angelique by Lorena Gale was definitely challenging. I found some of the content difficult to read because it was graphic and triggering. For example, reading scene five where Francois is basically assaulting Angelique was really uncomfortable to read because it was a lot to comprehend because I could make a personal connection to the scene and about Angelique must have felt. Although I found it uneasy to get through the play, however, I did manage to form an opinion on things Lorena Gale could have done differently. Having French incorporated in the play could have been avoided. I’m sure there was a logical reasoning to why Lorena made the choice to include French to play; however, I did not capture
The play Sisters, by Wendy Lill, is set in 20th century Nova Scotia at an Indian Residential School. The play focuses on a hopeful 17-year-old farm girl named Mary who was dating Louis at the time. Along with the present Mary who is currently in interrogation with, the duty counsel, Stein. She has been accused of torching down the Residential School, the place where she worked for fifteen years. There are various factors contributing to the impulsive reasoning behind Sister Mary’s act of burning down the Residential School such as, the actual truth to why she committed the sin, the contrast relationships with others that reflected upon her actions, and the overall punishment she should receive.
The concept of discovery is a manifold notion. It comprises exploring something for the first time or it could be rediscovering something has been faded or lost, forgotten or concealed. People may experience different types of discovery which could be sudden and unexpected. However it may affect them physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually. This response will focus on the idea discovery that relates to the themes of aboriginal connections to their family, place and culture and also the discrimination upon them. This well demonstrated thought the texts “Rainbow’s End” by Jane Harrison, the two poems “Son of Mine” and “We are going” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal as well as my chosen related text, the film “One night the moon” by Rachel Perkins. Each text presents a variety of discovery aspects that allows a deep understanding of the concept of discovery.
Memory is both a blessing and a curse; it serves as a reminder of everything, and its meaning is based upon interpretation. In Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies Dedé lives through the memory of her family and her past. She tells the stories of her and her sisters lives leading up to their deaths, and reflects upon those memories throughout her daily life. Dedé lives on for her sisters, without her sisters, but all along carrying them with her throughout her life, never moving on. Dedé lives with the shame, sadness, and regret of all that has happened to her sisters, her marriage, and her family. Dedé’s memories serve as a blessing in her eyes, but are a burden
Who here likes Zombies? Who here likes Romantic comedies? Well I have the perfect movie for you, WARM BODIES!!! Who here likes Silent Discos? Who here likes Drama? Well I have the perfect play for you, SILENT DISCO!!!Now, you must be wondering why I ‘m saying all this, Well you see these two texts are connected. They show “A teenage life is the hardest kind of life.” And the theme “Connection and Disconnection” and how they are related.
Since this is a review and its based on my opinion, I would have to say this was one of the worst plays I've ever seen in my life. I wasn't entertained by the play at all. The only good parts were the good-looking girls in the play. I like the main character Marisol based only on her looks. She played on ok job of acting. I realize she had a lot of lines to memorize which she had down, but she just didn't get to me. I think the costumes were ok. They had nothing special, or out of the ordinary except for the angel's wings, which were pretty nice. I didn't like the lighting or the scenery. I didn't know where the scene was supposed to be at some points.
In the ''Los Angeles Notebook'' by Joan Didion describes the Santa Ana's wind and its effect by emphasizing the wind's ability to change human behavior before during and after the winds presents, Didion does this by demonstrating supporting detail and imagery. Didion also expresses all of her ideas in first person view and in the present tense. Didion supports an eerie, ominous and dark mood by presenting it with strong imagery and detail, by stating ''My only neighbor would not come out of her house'' and ''Her husband roamed the place with a machete''. Didion also demonstrates personal recollection to assist with the eerie, ominous, and dark mood by stating ''The Indians will throw themselves into the sea with the bad wind blow.'' Didion references other cultures by comparing the Santa Ana winds to the foehn wind. The Santa Ana winds or the foehn wind can dramatically change people's behavior and causes people to commit crimes and suicide. Didion supports this by stating ''in Switzerland the suicide rates goes up during the
Maria Full of Grace is a film that depicts the struggles the protagonist, seventeen year old Maria, goes through as she becomes part of the drug trade in order for a better lifestyle for herself, her family and her unborn baby. The film begins in urban Colombia where the audience is introduced to Maria’s hopeless lifestyle, as she is the only provider for a house full of women and in a relationship with an incompetent young boy. As the film takes plight to New York City, Maria becomes a mule for the drug cartel, while pregnant, Maria is faced with many circumstances that threaten her life. Although Maria Full of Grace depicts a male dominated culture, many events portray Maria’s willingness to stand up against culturally defined
Too many of us family is the most important thing in our life. They will always be there for us when we need them, there our backbone. In Joan Didion 's “On Going Home” she tries to explain to us what family to her is. What I think she wanted to tell us was that family is supposed to be sacred but there are circumstance where it may become a burden or you might have to distance yourself from them. Once she left home her life changed drastically, she now has to worry about her marriage, raising her daughter, and dealing with her family.
The play that I went and saw was Midsummer Night’s Dream at the University Theatre. This play was set in a proscenium venue because the audience was in front of the stage facing the actors. The playwright of this play is William Shakespeare and it was directed by Kirsten Brandt. This play centered around a bunch of lovers who get trapped in an absurd love triangle that is caused by the use of a love potion.
What is your heroine like? How is she described physically? How does the writer characterize her personality? Through what scene or scenes do we see her acting in accordance with this personality?
In Anne Sexton’s poem “Her Kind” the speaker appears to be woman who is dealing with constant feelings overwhelming her as being an outcast. These feelings the speaker portrays throughout the poem causes the speaker to not to fit into the guidelines society expects and forces the speaker to become a poor misunderstood woman. However, upon further review the reader observes the speaker actually embracing the negative stereotype of liberated and modern women and transforms it into a positive image. All the while two voices throughout the poem, the voice of the speaker and the voice of society, dual about the issue of the stereotype in modern women.
Orphans are often forced to mature faster than any other child. Often, they are exploited and used for their labor at a young age, ridding them of any potential childhood. Moreover, orphans lack a sense of belonging and have trouble relying on anybody other than themselves because the people they loved broke the only trust they knew, this leads to an isolation among them and a struggle with social development. Throughout the texts and films such as Anne of Green Gables, Orphan Train, Sidekicks, and The Outsiders we see specific examples of how orphans are expected to behave more maturely than children who grow up in a secure family setting.
Two things about this show immediately piqued my interest. First: Christopher Walken played the lead during the Broadway run of the play. I love Christopher Walken and, although UGA’s production of A Behanding in Spokane will obviously not star him, the fact that he was involved with it initially has endeared the play to me. Second: the show seems to be, from the brief descriptions I’ve read, delightfully twisted. According to Broadway.com, the play is about a man who is missing his left had, two con-artists who promise to sell him what they claim is that hand, and a racy, provocative hotel clerk. That extremely vague description only strengthened my interest in this show; I thoroughly enjoy darker, non “cookie-cutter” stories and can’t wait to learn how the man lost his hand and how all the characters fit together.
Historically, power has been manifested hierarchically within the social training of genders. Simone De Beauvoir’s concept of ‘otherness’ has theorized how individuals’ personal manifestations of self are influenced deeply by their social position and the available power to them within these circumstances (2000:145). She remains one of the first to develop a feminist philosophy of women. In her book The Second Sex (1950), Beauvoir provides “a philosophical account of the development of patriarchal society and the condition of women within it” (Oliver, 1997:160). Beauvoir’s fundamental initial analysis begins by asking, “what is woman” and concludes woman is “other” and always defined in relation to man (Beauvoir, 2000:145). “He is the Subject,
During the 1960s, a woman’s world was highly restrictive in almost all areas, from home life to the work field. A woman’s role was bound to homemaking, raising children and serving their husbands. If they chose to go into the professional world, their options were limited to subservient roles as nurses, teachers and secretaries, as not to disrupt the social hierarchy during the time. Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique transformed this patriarchal dominated society and changed the way middle-class white women viewed their roles and identities in society post-World War II and throughout the 1960s. Friedan’s generation succeeded the generation of “first wave” feminism who pushed for women’s