Imagine dying for the sake of a dream. In the drama Death of a Salesman, the author, Arthur Miller, tells of the tragic life of a salesman named Willy and his family. The family feels trapped in their misfortune, and in turn act in immature ways in order to prove to themselves that life is not as bad as it seems. The Loman family is constantly being tested by various events, therefore when something good happens they are quick to […]
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, thank you for your time as all the evidence was carefully presented. So, all the facts and evidence have been presented to you today and with that I’d like to say the fate of Oedipus’ life now is within your hands. Oedipus has been convicted of committing an inhumane crime and letting his anger get the best of him, resulting in grave damage and therefore we request that you determine a punishment that seems […]
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Get help with your assigmentDramas are usually performed in front of audiences and are often recorded and played on radios and televisions. In a drama, characters’ personality traits are easier to pick up on when the performance is in person. Dramas combine the characters’ dialogues and actions to present a live performance along with adding tones and attitudes to display the personality of the characters. Othello is a well-known play written by William Shakespeare. Othello begins in the town of Venice at night. Iago, […]
The article deals with importance and the effectiveness that drama projects on people rather than protests that end up into violent activities or a lost effort for justice. Drama is a form of art that is performed by people having characters, plot, dialogues and it shows the orders and the disorders that are present in society. As drama is a form of expression, protest is no different. Protest is a way of expression either by actions or by words to […]
There are plenty of definitions of drama. A famous Chinese proverb informs “Tell me and I will forget; teach me and I will remember; involve me and I will learn.” (Heldenbrand, 2003). Drama is one of the best ways for a child to express himself/herself in classrooms. The creative drama which can be used as an instructional approach to teaching is in the form of informal process-centered drama. McCaslin (2006), defines creative drama as a type of creative plays consisting […]
“Emilia. But did you ever tell him she was false? / Iago. I did. / Emilia. You told a lie, an odious, damnèd lie! / Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie! / She false with Cassio? Did you say with Cassio? … Othello. I scarce did know you, uncle. There lies your niece, / Whose breath indeed these hands have newly stopped. / I know this act shows horrible and grim.” (5.2.214-243). Throught the play Othello, Iago has […]
A drama well known by William Shakespeare is Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s play about the doomed romance of two teenagers from feuding families is the most famous love story written. This play was first performed around 1596, Romeo and Juliet has been adapted by ballets, operas, the musical West Side Story, and a dozen other films. The forcefulness of love, love is the play’s most dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion […]
Antigone Antigone is a drama based on a fictional work written by Sophocles, that recounts the tragic plight of Antigone, after she defied the order of King Creon. However, the civil disobedience exemplified by the main character seeks to awaken the moral courage of every citizen who lives under a harsh rule. It is submitted that every person has a moral obligation to stand against oppression and injustice, even if it means offending the existing laws. The story of Antigone […]
Hidden Figures may be a feel-good movie that hurts, and therefore the rare film supported historical events that feels each relevant and new. It’s there within the title, see. The ladies of this film use their sensible minds to ascertain numbers that others can’t, like complicated calculations for spacefaring, the language of computers, and therefore the mathematics necessary to create a rocket, however they themselves are hidden. this can be a movie concerning American heroes. So, it’s 1961, and Katherine […]
Myth (mythos) means story and they include divine figures. Their purpose is to explain a society, social structures, and the religions through the relation to the supernatural (gods) and heroes. Myths are very adaptable, meaning that each poet or playwright can shape it however they want to. Euripides was one of the three main dramatists of Athens that were able to do this, but his dramas were unique. Dionysus was already considered to be an unusual god, due to his […]
Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell and directed by Emmalee Schooler, is a mysterious play to watch and yet very intriguing. A man named John Wright has been strangled to death in his home, and the suspect that is being pinpointed is his wife. The County Attorney, Sheriff, and a neighboring farmer, Mr. Hale, investigate throughout the deceased mans house to find any clues that can support their theory of his wife being the person responsible for his death however, this […]
The Roaring Twenties was a revolutionary period that brought about great cultural and societal changes in American history, including the emergence of the concept of the American dream. The journey to achieve the American dream consists of working hard for this idea of success, which is usually defined by an abundance of materialistic goods, wealth, and high social class. However, this desire to achieve the American dream often comes at a cost. In the case of the character Daisy Buchanan […]
The expectations in a relationship between a man and a woman have changed over the course of time. At a point in time, men were dominant over women and were viewed as the breadwinners of the household. Both of their positions were shaped by societal expectations. Men, unlike women, were to go out and find a job that will pay enough to support their family. Women on the other hand were to stay at the house and care for it […]
After reading a play then comparing it to watching it live makes it feel like two different experiences. The live performance made me feel as if I was present with the characters. The live performances stage production really enhanced the whole meaning and the dynamic of the play. The use of the setting, props and stage design, is what made the show come to life and become far more interactive with the audience. It was really intriguing to watch because […]
Peter Berg’s Friday Night Lights showcases the cold, fall nights of 1988 where a small Texas town, just like any other rural town in America, was brought together in such a raw and emotional way. Although the show is focused on the highly political sport of football, it is not only about football. The central sport here is used as a vehicle that allowed the show to explore ideas like community and competition and diversity and adversity. The plot follows […]
If the 2018 NHL offseason and all the drama that came with it taught us anything, it’s that Leafs fans and management alike could be looking at a very rough offseason come this summer. Last offseason, along with the major signing of hometown boy John Tavares, the main problem came with coming to terms on re-signing William Nylander, who ended up signing a 6-year, 41.77 million dollar deal. As stressful as that saga was (thank goodness it’s resolved!), this coming […]
A stage play ought to be the point of intersection between the visible and the invisible world In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, and Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie both show us a world that is as tragic as it is beautiful. These two works seem to have abounding similarity within each other’s. They are both concern dysfunctional families, the common theme of tragedy and and the bitter sweet memories of the past. But they both have their fair […]
Drama can be said to contain something of the ritual—something to be repeated in front of an audience for a significant occasion, event, or purpose, or simply everyday routines and patterns of behavior. In what ways have at least two plays you have studied made use of the notion of ritual in this way and to what effect? Thesis: Both Death of a Salesman and Death and the King’s Horseman address the concept of ritual, through the vehicle of duty, […]
Two hours and two minutes. That is all it takes for one person to be overwhelmed with inspiration. The film that introduced the world to arguably one of the most inspirational movie characters of all time, Rocky, made quite an impact on me. Watching that film set the standard to which I compared all other films in the drama genre to. The character of Rocky Balboa was the underdog both in the boxing ring and in society due to the […]
The late, great Maya Angelou once said, “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” This idea is one that is clearly embraced my Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House, a dramatic script filled with many heavy themes that leave a reader questioning all views on some rather hot topics. Feminism reigns supreme in the play, as the rights to equality for womankind are demanded, […]
Consequences of bad decisions The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and the myth The Love Story of Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid, retold by Edith Hamilton are closely related with Jena Salon: Bad decisions. The play, the myth talk about two young lovers who are willing to be together no matter the consequences, while Jena Salon: Bad decision talks about two sisters wanting the legacy of survival. Since both the play and the myth are closely related we […]
In the play Othello, written by William Shakespeare, it’s evident how one can manipulate a person to fulfill their own personal agenda. In this play, Othello’s trusted advisor Iago fools him in to murdering his beloved desdemona. He achieves this by lying to him constantly eventually tricking him to believe his wife is a cheat and a fake. By the end of play it can be debated by the audience whether or not Othello was in the wrong by murdering […]
Henrik Ibsen, known as the father of modern theatre, was born March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway, a small lumbering town. Henrik was the fifth child out of six children and his parents’ names were Knud Isben and Marichen Altenburg. His father was a successful Merchant in a small community and his mother his mother played the piano, painted and went to the theaters. At the age of 8 Ibsen’s family was thrown into poverty, due to problems with his […]
Weather during Shakespeare’s time was different how we understand weather today. Weather was believed to be controlled by God or evil spirts. The witches were believed to cause the bad weather to happen. Shakespeare utilizes bad weather to describe what is happening in the plays. For example, stormy weather was associated with the death of Julius Caesar. Weather is just one of the many supernatural events that Shakespeare incorporates into his plays. In Julius Caesar, a series of strange supernatural […]
“I will stay with you, [and] make it to the other side like lovers do” (Don’t Give Up on Me by Andy Grammar). When Romeo and Juliet first saw each other, they knew that their love was more powerful than anything else in the world. Therefore, when it came to life or death, life wasn’t an option. They knew that in the end, life had no purpose if they couldn’t spend it with the love of their life. The two […]
Every thursday night at exactly nine o’clock, millions of people get their popcorns ready and turn on their television to ABC to watch Grey’s Anatomy. It is currently the top-ranked medical drama on television, reaching many households around the world. It is an ABC drama television series written and produced by Shonda Rhimes, and it has been airing since two-thousand five. The show is based around the ups and downs of the main characters lives. Some of those character’s are […]
The long running tv medical drama Grey’s Anatomy is about a surgeon named Meredith Grey, who is the daughter of well-known surgeon Ellis Grey. She struggles to decide if she wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and pursue general surgery or if she wants to pursue something different. At the start of the show it is also focused on the other first year interns Alex Karev, Izzie Stevens, Christina Yang, and George O’Malley. The show is popular for having […]
Do the Right Thing is comedy-drama movie released in 1989. The movie was written, produced, and directed by Spike Lee, who also played the main character, Mookie. Others main characters are Danny Aiello as Sal Fragione (the pizzeria owner); Richard Edson as Vito; John Turturro as Pino. Secondary characters who play an important role in the movie are Ossie Davis as Da Mayor; Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin Out; Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem; Samuel L Jackson as Mister Señor Love […]
The film I chose was Apollo 13, a docu-drama directed by Ron Howard and produced by Imagine Entertainment. The film was released in 1995 and stared Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, and Ed Harris. The screenplay by William Broyles and Al Reinert is the dramatized story of the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission which was aborted during flight. The film is a suspenseful space drama based on true events about the mission three Americans took in 1970. […]
Imagine, you were living in Greece a couple thousand years ago. The sights, smells, and the culture would be vibrant! But what if you were looking for some sort of entertainment, where would you go and what would you do? Seems like a no-brainer, right? You would go to Greek theatre of course! Although the Roman culture is often famously referred to when discussing ancient theatre, we may often forget the Greeks and their many contributions to modern theatre. This […]
