Timberlake Wertenbaker Essays

  • Our Country's Good Play Analysis

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    Timberlake Wertenbaker's 1986 play Our Country's Good follows the first colony in Australia as they struggle to form a community. She uses both comedy and tragedy to illustrate how people adapt to new situations and overcome difficulties. The colonists adapt to their new home and the many changes, the officers adapt their views on punishment, and various characters devolve and evolve, this all leads to the evolution of hierarchy within the colony. Comedy and tragedy in Our Country's Good are

  • Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good

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    approach to the development of the role of Ralph in Act One of “Our country’s Good” “Our Country’s Good” is a naturalistic drama written by Timberlake Wertenbaker. As an actor, outline your approach to the development of the role of Ralph in Act One of “Our country’s Good” “Our Country’s Good” is a naturalistic drama written by Timberlake Wertenbaker, based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally. The play is based on the first penal colony in Australia in 1788-89. The plot is about

  • Margaret (peggy) Timberlake Eaton

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    married a navy purser named John Bowie Timberlake. They had three children together, one whom died while still an infant. When John was gone at sea, John Eaton entered the picture again, escorting Margaret on drives and to parties. The rumors flew around town of Margaret and Eaton’s supposed affair, and of her husband’s drunkenness. The people around town were all saying that the reason Timberlake kept sailing was to avoid his wife’s obvious philandering. Timberlake was soon reassigned to the Mediterranean

  • Sex & Violence in the Media

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    in one of the closest games in recent history; but this year it wasn’t the football game or even the commercials that had people talking. It was an incident that occurred during the halftime show that involved pop singers Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake that ended in millions of Americans having the privilege to see the left breast of Janet Jackson for a few moments. This single issue may not have been a huge ordeal in itself, but it brought to surface some very pertinent questions about how far

  • Life Without N Sync - A Satirical Essay

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    showcases their creativity. The fact that they let talented musicians do the instrumental sections proves that they care about how their music sounds. N’Sync’s songs are a positive influence on today’s youth. It’s a definite relief to know that Justin Timberlake is having a good hair day, and that Chris Kirkpatrick had a good photo shoot. I am glad to know that their latest CD has gone multi-platinum and they have made lots of money, because their happiness is very important to me. One can never get tired

  • My Opinion on Media Censorship

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    information about the national security is a crime. The article also discusses how certain graphics such as nude scenes should not be broadcast on television or any other forms of media. The Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake super bowl performance was used as example. In this case Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet’s top and her right breast was shown on television during the super bowl in 2004. This caused a big up roar because a lot of parents complained that the exposing of her body was too much to be

  • Pop Star Image and Influence of Video

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    fifty songs, according to billboard magazine. This is a trend that has been increasing since Jackson started. The pop star image has definitely affected the general public but mainly the youth of the world. People like Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, and many others that have preceded them have had a big impact on teenage boys and girls. Also pop stars play an important role in video images that appeal to everyone. I’m not saying that I like pop music or what they stand for

  • Analysis Of Toxic By Britney Spears

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    Throughout the past few decades, female artists within the music industry have become increasingly sexualised and objectified. As society’s views on women began to change during the early 20th Century, allowing them more freedom, it also brought about an increase of attention and focus within the media. Women were becoming more prominent as artists, actors, singers, and models. By examining a popular music video by the female singer and cultural icon, Britney Spears, I aim to analyse the real intentions

  • Essay On Christina Aguilera

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    something that has a bad impact on her influences. It all started when she first began to play a part for the All New Mickey Mouse Club. Many T.V viewers were excited to watch the show. Christina Aguilera along with other members, such as Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling casted this show. In the following article, “The Hit Girl Christina Aguilera”, the writer writes about Christina Aguilera’s personal and career background downfall. Rolling Stones describes her as a nineteen year old almost turning

  • The Story of Justin Timberlake

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    Justin Timberlake is a “Jack of all trades”. He is known for being classy, always sporting a “Suit and Tie”. His sexy façade and luscious locks only make up a fraction of this amazing man. After releasing seven albums and starring in numerous films, Timberlake is still building on his career and making an impact on the music world. Justin Randall Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 31, 1981. His parents, Randall Timberlake and Lynn Bomar Harless divorced when Timberlake was only

  • Leila Gleitman's Theory Of Language

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    “Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.” (Julia Penelope). Language is a mold Many will say that no matter what language one speaks everyone has the same brain anatomy thus language does not shape the way that we think and they way we perceive the world. While others believe there is no correlation with language and how it shapes human thoughts, there is evidence that proves otherwise; language does shape the way that we think. It is odd to think that no matter the language

  • Text Painting Analysis

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    using some type form of text painting. I believe it evolve just as much music evolved. There is a difference of text painting between the two songs I chose. Listen to as Vesta was from latmos hill descending was amazingly dramatic compare to Justin Timberlake “What goes around.” song. Some people may not agree with text painting but allows the audience to engage into the music. I thinks it interesting to hear the dramatic change in pitches. The composers is an effective way to express their feelings

  • America's Misplaced Priorities - Nudity Versus War

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    Super Bowl were a matter of priorities, and it seems that in America ours are quite jumbled. In the days following the game, we heard the chattering classes rail about the various social evils allegedly embodied by the Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake “costume malfunction,” from the racism inherent in a white male stripping a black female to the sexual violence underlying the act of a man exposing a woman in public. While bigotry and misogyny are profound ills that pollute America, the so-called

  • Britney Spears

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    otherwise. Her albums still continued to sell in the United States as well as in Europe. She embarked on many successful roads through 2003 (Wikipedia, 2011). Her public finally saw her as a woman not a girl. In 2002, Britney and her boyfriend Justin Timberlake broke up. The following year during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney and former fellow Mouseketeer Christina Alguilera kissed Madonna sensually (A&E Television Networks, 2011). Madonna has been a major influence in Britney's life. Ever since

  • Narrative Essay About Fishing

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    Father and Daughter weekend became my favorite weekends, as a child. My father made sure that it was never boring when FDW (father/daughter weekend) came around. Every weekend, my father had just one goal to accomplish and that goal was to teach me something no matter what. Well, at the age of eight, my father took me fishing for the first time. When my father and I arrived to our destination, at five o’clock that morning, the smell of freshly cut grass slaps me in the face, almost taking my breath

  • Analysis Of Colette Conroy's Theatre And The Body

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    bodies and power, bodies and mind, and bodies and culture. This paper will discuss bodies and meaning, power and culture in association with The Nether, Lysistrata, and Disgraced respectively. Conroy employs the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Judith Baker, and many others to help discuss the purpose of human bodies within theatre. Conroy first discusses bodies and meaning, describing it as "conventions of presenting and viewing bodies on stage" (4). She asserts that there is

  • Scripting Stage Space in Oedipus the King and Hamlet

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    William. Hamlet, ed. Jenkins, Harold (London: Thompson 2003) Sophocles. The Theban Plays, Oedipus the King, tr. Watling, E F. (London: Penguin 1974) Sophocles. Oedipus Rex (New York: Dover 1991) Sophocles. Oedipus Tyrannos, tr. Wertenbaker, Timberlake. Faber:1992 (class handout) Tillyard, E M W. The Elizabethan World Picture (Middlesex: Pelican 1982)