The ballad of Klook and Vinette is an abstract natured, a general love story, as throughout the play it talks about love, relationship, death, tragedy, drama, passion, and memories. A big part of the play deals with narrating what happens to Klook and Vinnette before the play even starts. The characters of the play are drifters who are running away from their past and end up getting caught up in a tragic love story. The play starts with Klook running away from police and the sound of siren chasing him. He starts thinking of how he got here, and that’s where lights went off and gave a note of “Three months ago”. Klook remembers of how he fell deeply in love with a girl who he was casually flirting with.
Klook- There is a rage in Klook that comes from choices that he has made in the past, but he understands that his rage is not justified. He wants to shut that anger in him and be a sensible man as much as possible. He believes that the life has beaten him up but doesn’t want to play a victim. He sincerely falls in love with Vinette without any regards to how loving someone in this way can get him in trouble. He has anger, and freedom through the love he has for Vinnette. Klook spent most of his youth in the reformatory system, but age have set him on the straight path with a job at a local health club and he owns his own apartment.
Vinette has a very
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relatable personality, she is strong, beautiful, funny, woman and her voice is perfect for the role. She shares a unique camaraderie and trust with Klook which brings out perfect chemistry between them. Vinette is a single mother on the run from herself and her secrets and deep inside looking for a partner who believes in her as she has lost her self-confidence. The play begins with Klook flirting with Vinette in a local health club. Direction- He has crafted a script full of beautiful poetic language that is both romantic, “we were long-lost twins climbing back into a womb of our own design,” and heartbreaking, “the world has become a kaleidoscope of spiritual upper cuts.” The scenes are a series of vignettes that offer a glimpse into what turns out to be a rocky romance. Walker’s directorial choices at times feel out of sync with the script. There are many times when the performers are positioned at stools that are on opposite sides of the stage, which creates literal distance between two people who are supposed to be completely intertwined. There are also moments when the band members react to what is happening onstage and the actors acknowledge them, but these moments lighten the emotional weight of the show. Sometimes a drama just needs to be a drama, and the humor that is already a part of the script is enough. The bare set, designed by Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay, consists of two stools in front of a piano, two jagged half walls for projections, a ceiling fan and an oversized, arched venetian blind at center stage.
The projections look like rainbows of ink spilling out onto a page and are enhanced by Mary Parker’s stunning lighting design. Parker is a mainstay at Horizon, and the warm washes of light over the set make it look like a never-ending sunset. Guitarist and bassist Maurice Figgins and pianist/musical director Christian Magby do a wonderful job delivering the show’s jazzy score, which is both sensual and
somber. The set is minimal, lending focus to the performers and the story being told. With that said, the giant 'Phoenician blinds' are used to set incredibly dramatic scenes at the opening and as the play closes. The only props in this play are two wooden stools. They're used quite a lot, but you rarely even notice that they're there. From their hilarious meeting over carrot juice, to Klook's encouragement for Vinette to pursue a previously shelved writing career
The director’s concept was again realized in a very creative and simple way. The stage crew did not have time to literally place trees on the stage, or to paint a border that elaborate—the light made the slatted walls look real and really allowed the audience to become a part of the experience.
It is a short summary of what the play is about. The chorus is in the form of a sonnet and sonnets were often associated with love in the time of Shakespeare. The. However, the words of the chorus seem to emphasize the idea of hate, although there are some words about love. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny.
Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, depicts an ancient feud ended by a pair of star-crossed lovers’ deaths. A lord and lady from warring families seek a forbidden love with guidance from a friar and nurse. Due to a tragic course of mischances and fateful errors, their attempt of eloping led the lovers to a tragic end. Because of rash decisions, the four characters are torn apart by miscalculating events and misunderstandings. Ultimately, the four characters encounter a heartbreaking ending, as a result of their hastiness.
Horizon is the line that separates the surface and the sky in appearance; the horizon is also known as a person’s experience, how they perceive the world around them. In Zora Neale Hurston's “Their eyes were watching god,” Hurston uses the word horizon several times in the book in third person, and in first person by the main character Janie. In “Their eyes were watching god,” Janie a girl grows into adulthood through three marriages and experiences its ups and downs. The symbol of the horizon in “Their eyes were watching god,” represents the dreams of men and realities of women, it symbolizes Janie’s growth in her life.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. It tells the tale of two lovers from rival households and the tragic journey that leads to their destruction. The play shows all the events over the course of four days in Romeo and Juliet’s home town of Verona. Monday through Thursday is all we have to see of the Montague and Capulet families to acknowledge their hatred for each other. The play shows the struggle of Romeo and Juliet in their efforts to stop the hatred between their families and live happily ever after. But despite their efforts, they end up digging their own graves, showing how different actions have different consequences.
Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately lead them along a series of unfortunate mishaps.
Romeo and Juliet is a play by Shakespeare that contains all the elements of a love story as well as a tragedy. They are a pair of ‘star-crossed lovers’ who go through a long ride with many ups and downs before they can finally be together, but not in the way that you would imagine. In the play Juliet is a maturing teenager that hasn’t yet gotten much of a say in what happens to her. Throughout the play she is ignored by her parents and restrained from living her life the way she wants to. In this essay I am going to focus on Act 3 Scene 5, in which we see Juliet in a different light. I will write about how Shakespeare conveys Juliet’s increasing sense of isolation in this scene, with the main points being the language he makes her use, stage directions and how the people around her – such as the Nurse, Lady Capulet and Capulet – treat her.
are two main plots in the play, both based upon the theme of love. The
In the tremendous play of ‘Romeo & Juliet’, Shakespeare’s ways engages the audience straight away. The astounding methods he uses hooks the audience into the play and allows them to read on, wondering what will happen. The tragic love story of Romeo & Juliet, as mentioned in the prologue, sets a variety of themes throughout Act 1 Scene 5. Many of the recognisable themes are: youth and age, revenge, forbidden love, fate, action and hate. The main idea of the play is a feud that had been going on between two families, The ‘Montagues and Capulets’, the son of the Montagues and the daughter of the Capulets fall in love and the story tells us how tragic, death, happiness and revenge find them throughout the play.
Many of Shakespeare's plays show a strong theme of love. Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing deal primarily with the issue of true and false love. Romeo and Juliet, tragic play, is about two lovers who struggle, sacrifice, and defy their families and society for the sake of love that changes them completely. Although the end of Romeo and Juliet's story is death both of the lovers, their love turns to be immortal. Much Ado About Nothing, comedy play, is about two lovers who their relationship starts as child like and develops to be true love that motives the lovers to sacrifice in order to keep their love. The two plays deal also with the idea of false love. Romeo, the hero of Romeo and Juliet, thinks that he loves Rosaline, but when he meets Juliet, the heroin of Romeo and Juliet, he falls in love with her, forgetting his love to Rosaline. In Much Ado About Nothing, the relationship between Claudio and Hero's, main characters in the play, is based on wealth and appearance attraction. Conventional love is another kind of that is shown in Romeo and Juliet, where it develops in social situations without any consideration to emotions.
Romeo and Juliet was a love story that interests people to want to read it. It’s the ultimate story because as you watch it and read it you can feel the tension as you read it or watch it. It’s about how these two lovers meet at a dance and they in...
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic, romantic story about two people that fall madly in love. At a ball, Romeo and Juliet meet each other and claim to fall in love instantly. If Romeo had not approached Juliet to ask her to dance, they would never have had to experience such burdensome situations because of their relationship. Romeo puts ideas into Juliet’s mind, like getting married, which he convinces her to do. Romeo murdered Juliet’s cousin, that gives her family yet another reason to loathe Romeo so much. These are all actions Romeo does which cause more problems. The two lover’s families despise each other and would never approve of their marriage. Many of their problems are created by Romeo. Both Romeo and Juliet were wrong to fall for
Romeo and Juliet is a romantic love story about a young lad named Romeo who has fallen in love with Lady Juliet, but is unable to marry her because of a long-lasting family feud. The play ends in the death of both these characters and the reunion of the friendship between the families. Romeo is in love with Juliet, and this is a true, passionate love (unlike the love Paris has for her or the love Romeo had for Rosaline) that nothing can overcome, not even the hatred between their two families that is the reason for the death of their two children. Throughout the play, Shakespeare thoroughly explores the themes of both true love and false love and hatred. Without either of these themes, the play would loose its romantic touch and probably would not be as famous as it is today.
Love can be described as the lustful tension between two beings, or the bond that one shares with family and friends. Both of these are expressly shown in the tragedy. Both also containing similar, yet starkly different characteristics. In all, the concept of love is a great
First, let us examine the story of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, one of the most influential writers of all time. As we know, in this famous play, two young people instantaneously fall in love in the midst of a long and bitter feud between their families. After all is said and done, Juliet's plan to fake her death is ruined and both she and Romeo end up killing themselves. The feud between the Montagues and Capulets had ended when both sides realized the pain that it had cost. The movie Shakespeare in Love was about the life of Will Shakespeare during the time that Romeo and Juliet was written. In the movie, Will is writing a play that is supposed to be a comedy. Along the way, Will encounters a woman, Viola. Will becomes enchanted with Viola and they begin to pursue a passionate love affair. Viola is an upper class, aristocratic woman with whom a marriage as already been arranged. As this affair continues, Will writes more of the play which is now turning out to be a love story that illustrates the actual events taking place in Will's life. Romeo and Juliet had become the fictional counterparts of Will and Viola. Eventually, the play is written with great success. However, Will loses Viola to her “pre-arranged” husband, but he always carries a special place in is heart for her as exemplified in his writings.