This past weekend I went to view Southern Miss’s Trojan Barbie. This play was an amazing display of the range of talent in Southern Miss’s theatre department. As I stepped through the doors of Tatum Theatre, I was transported back to Ancient Troy. Along with the set, the preshow soundtrack made me excited for the play that I was about to see. When the lights dimmed and the play began, soldiers walked out from the vomitoriums and surrounded audience members.…
In the article “The most Dangerous jobs” by Eric Schlosser, we here the story of a man who worked at a meat packing company. Kind and loyal to a fault, Kenny Dobbins gave arm and leg to the company, and turned down the unionized work force based on the things he heard from his supervisor. The company then proceeded to use him up until he had nothing left to give; then throw him away without so much as a warning. Union’s should be mandatory in meatpacking operations because, it provides a way for the work force to stick together and not be abused by management, it provides better safety measures and procedures, and it can increase the wages and benefits the employees get. If Kenny was a part of the union he would not have gone through the…
Biblical Story Assignment As Christian story comes to close, it is now time to look back and reflect on all I’ve learned, especially from Bernhard W. Anderson in his book The Unfolding Drama of the Bible. In this book, Anderson explains that the drama occurs in three main acts. Act 1 The Formation of God’s people, Act 2 The Re-formation of God’s people, and Act 3 The transformation of God’s people. For this paper, I have chosen to talk about Act 3 and highlight some key events that take place.…
The Romans conquered Jerusalem in 63 B.C.E. This brought the region under Roman control, though they used local leaders to govern. The most famous was a ruthless military commander named Herod the Great (37-4 B.C.E.). Herod transformed the country. He built the port of Caesarea on the coast and a temple to Augustus in Samaria.…
Jesus has just been born and now he is in the world. His heroic story starts now, in a barn with animals and shepherds there to…
The second portion shows him at the end of his life after ruling justly over his kingdom. Throughout the course of the narrative, the protagonist is faced with…
Dirt covered hands clawed the ground, nails spiting, muscle tensing, tremors shaking through his arms to his shoulders as the boy pushed himself up a slight. Blood trailed down his pale, bruised skin and dripped off hi chin to the cold, concrete ground below. Madara had been holding back the entire time and when the time came it it really too the Uchiha to take down the Uzumaki was Susano'o swatting him as though he were a gnat, an significant little insect. He was pathetic, weak, and a failure that would never be able to protect anyone.…
Throughout The Theban Plays, politics, tragedies, and warfare test the morals and beliefs of the main characters. In this passage, politics reveal the gender competition through the use of personification of social constructs like anarchy and obedience, symbolism of men and woman through these political terms, specific word choice of these social constructs, and metonymy to further explicate the gender rivalry. By analyzing meanings of certain words involved in this passage, the underlying message can be deciphered. The passage starts off with the word “Unruliness”, but the book cites this word and states its origin from the reek word anarchia (or Anarchy). The definition as stated in the text is “the collapse of rule and the prevalence…
The production of Kingdom city was a representational performance. The definition of a representational performance is a performance where the audience watches a behavior that seems to be staged, as if no audience were present. In the play Kingdom City the audience never interaction with the cast nor was the audience acknowledged by any cast members which is common in representational performances. This type of performance leads to the audience focusing on the events in the play to try and understand the underlying message being performed by the actors on stage. As the drama builds and unfolds the audience is left with the job of interpreting all the information brought to them.…
Hernández, Prisco R. JOSEPHUS: THE JEWISH WAR/JERUSALEM'S TRAITOR: Josephus, Masada and the Fall of Judea. 89 Vol. Fort Leavenworth: Department of the Army Headquarters, 2009. Josephus, Flavius, William Whiston, and Paul L. Maier.…
In ancient rome there are a lot of people who believe in omens, superstitions, and fate so much that it can change their whole day and mood. For them living this kind of life is very natural and they are used to living this life (Omens and Superstitions).“Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare is also a play which involves omens, superstitions, and fate. In the play there are a lot of examples of omens, superstitions, and fate and they represent what is going to happen in the near future. In this play almost everything that has happened to anyone could be an omen or a superstition. For example, Julius Caesar death, it had a lot of signs that represented his death.…
Of all Shakespearean tragedies, Titus Andronicus is bar none the bloodiest. It scores the most points for volume and creativity. Unlike the causes of casualties in other plays, (“Stabbed/ Stabbed/ Hanged/ etc”), those in Titus require a little more imagination to grasp (“Pie/ Pie/ Indigestion/ etc”). When a character dies from a typical tragic cause— poisoned or stabbed with a sword— it is understood that the fact of death alone achieves resolution; when a character dies a little more colorfully— for instance, ground and baked in a pie, and killing the mother who eats it— it should be assumed that the means of death is equally pregnant with meaning, encouraging analysis. Like the mother-sons who meet package deaths through dining experience, Titus and his daughter suffer mutilation and death in similar manner.…
The author, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, wrote the short story titled “The Return,” about a protester returning from a detention camp rather than an individual who stayed at the village because it shows the true emotions that men face when they left their families behind. The readers know that Ngugi wa Thiong’o faced great hardships growing up as a member of the Kikuyu people because the “Before You Read” page talks about his life as a child. The short passage says that Thiong’o’s mother was tortured, and his brother was killed in the Mau Mau rebellion. The subject of Kikuyu people in torture camps hits hard for the author because his family was a victim of it. Thiong’o writes “The Return” from a returning prisoners point of view so that he can honor…
Daenerys Targaryen’s Leadership [Author’s Note: This paper has book and television show spoilers on the Game of Thrones and terminology that may confuse a non-Game of Thrones fan. ] Game of Thrones is a fantasy series based on the Wars of the Roses. The Game of Throne’s plot center around the noble families fight for the Iron Throne, threats from supernatural forces, and how the last exiled Targaryen, Daenerys, will retake the Iron Throne.…
Exegesis Sermon Outline 1. Introduction: Paint the imagery of the intimacy of childbirth and how that reflects the heart of the Father and what He feels for us. a. Hosea 6:6, “For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” i. God desires to know us and that entails intimacy. b. Isaiah 62:5, “For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.”…