“Respect should be something earned and not demanded.” How do the writers of “Mice and Men” and “An Inspector Calls” explore this idea through their presentation of characters? At the beginning of the play, Priestley makes it clear that Birling is a show-off and thinks he is superior with his stage directions and his first spoken lines. Birling is described as PORTENTOUS, PORT Even Mrs Birling, his wife reveals that he is trying too hard to be upper class, something that you are born into rather than can buy. When Birling says” Tell the cook from me”, Mrs Birling’s reply is “Arthur, you’re not supposed to say such things”. The phrase ‘not supposed to’ really links to the idea that in 1914, there are things that are expected of the Lower, Middle and Upper classes and you can’t build your way up to the higher class you have to be born into it .
Of course MAAN follows Shakespeare’s traditional comedy structure but modern critics have their own agenda that a comedy, being such a complex genre, should conform to. Since the time of the ancient Greeks critics have struggled to define it, Plato described it as a series of events you would ‘blush to practice yourself’. Susan Snyder who writes for the Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Company, states that - ‘Comedy involves men of middling estate, its perils are small scale, its outcomes peaceful’. This is an excellent summary for the majority of Shakespeare’s plays; however it is not necessarily accurate in relation to MAAN. It is true to say that a comedy involves ‘men of a middling estate’, in MAAN the protagonists share the company of the Prince Don Pedro, and are socially superior to the watchmen such as Dogberry and Verges.
He almost made it, little bastard little bugger” (Pg 10) though later in the book we see Ender using this as a way to enhance his heroism as he wants to prove his brother wrong. Elpahaba is seen as an outcast as she is born with emerald coloured skin, her heroism was limited since she was young as she was looked down on for being different. In the musical at University she becomes frustrated when Madme Morrible decides to separate her and her sister, she begins to yell, “let her go” and she uses her powers to create mayhem. The lights begin to become dim and turn green and the music is low and gloomy. We learn though that she is gifted and has a bright future.
Mackenzie Kahl DRAM 105 March 2013 Play Critique #2 On Saturday March 8, 2013 I attended the Young Theatre of CSU Fullerton’s production of “Blithe Spirit,” originally written by Noel Coward. The intended audience could be any adult but probably relates more to middle aged adults and married couples. It was an unexpected amusing comedy with a little bit of darkness intertwined. The audience collectively seemed intrigued in the story line and entertained by the actors. The main action of “Blithe Spirit” revolves around a man who is being haunted by his first wife’s ghost that is extremely bothersome to his current wife who ends up joining the first wife as a ghost and together they taunt and torment the man.
“Staying in character is really hard when you have blows being spewed in form of rhyming couplets,” Says Michael Bush, who plays Damis. “I think the audience is going to have a blast.” The Pine Ridge Players like to have as many people see their shows as possible, and with the financial crunch everybody is in these days, they try to keep their tickets affordable. Tickets are $5 for students, and $7 for adults. All proceeds go to our theatre program, which teaches our students important skills that help them both on and off Stage. Tartuffe opens February 10th, with more shows on the 11th and 12th at 7 pm.
In the play entitled, The Crucible, four characters including John Proctor, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Proctor, and Giles Cory, all endure a test of which all pass except for Abigail Williams who fails. John Proctor’s test is a test of pride and by the end of the play he eventually passes. At the beginning of the play Proctor is a lying, unpleasant, man but he slowly undergoes a character change and becomes a honest, dignified being. For example, Proctor is a good man, but he has a secret flaw, he had an affair with Abigail Williams and cheated on his pregnant wife. He admits to his wife his mistakes, but he doesn’t want it to spread because he wants to keep his good name.
Steinbeck found this to be a turning point in the actions of Americans—to either join together and work through it as a whole, or take advantage of others and push yourself forward and not care about those you may leave behind. John Steinbeck’s works were heavily influenced by the depression and the impact it had in the current struggles of the common man; they were reflected in his works Of Mice and Men, and The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in Salinas Valley, California. Once he completed high school, he went off to Stanford University for five years but never earned a degree. While he was off at college he was able to have a job on a farm.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules At the start of the book, Greg explains how bad his summer was with his brother Rodrick, who knows a secret that Greg is trying to keep. When Greg returns to school, he finds out he still has the Cheese Touch, but he gets away with passing it on to a new kid, called Jeremy Pindle. Later, it is clear that Greg and Rodrick are always broke, so Mom starts a "Mom Bucks" program. Rodrick, at first, mismanages the money on his magazines, while Greg carefully manages the cash. Rodrick has an upcoming science project, and tells it that he would prefer to do it on 'Gravity', but clearly shows no effort, and asks his family members to do it for him.
For Jay Gatsby that flaw is Daisy Buchanan. It is his ongoing dream of finding Daisy and bringing back the love that existed five years ago. Whenever Gatsby is with Daisy, it is her "voice that holds him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it can't be over-dreamed- that voice is a deathless song" (96). As time passes Gatsby sees Daisy quite often, and falls in love with her more and more. Nick, however tells Gatsby, "you can't repeat the past", but he was quick to cry back, "can't repeat the past?
In my first reading, I did not notice any preference in Churchill’s character though the play sometimes tends to differentiate between the good and the evil one, but the evil is simply a poor crazy man who once had power to change something wrong. “A number” opens with a conversation between two characters. It is a conversation that has already begun. The audience will guess because of the familiarity of the language that they must have some kind of relationship. Spectators will confirm their guesses five minutes later when Salter announces that he is the father of the other