1980s drama films

Opera, the Composite Art of Music I like to read a novel, and one of my favorites is “The Children of the Rune.” At the middle part of the story, the main character who has a great talent for music attempts to make an opera named ‘Maximilien’ for his travel cost. It was the first time I encountered an opera, one of the most famous musical genres as a part of the novel. I was 9 years old when I read that novel; therefore, I did not know the exact meaning of ‘Opera’ at that time. What I just knew…

Irony is a figure of speech which describes intended meaning that is different from the real meaning .In simple words; it is a difference between the appearance and the reality... Irony is very important in the literary works because it helps to make a close connection between the reader and the literary work itself. I t is important to make the readers think more and more to understand the events in the literary work and get the messages and themes of the writer. It is often that irony in…

Musicals and plays like Heathers, Hamilton, Next to Normal use costume design in order to portray the characters wearing them through various mediums. Heathers is a musical written by Kevin Murphy and Laurence "Larry" O'Keefe in 2014 based on the film from 1989 (“Heathers the Musical (Musical) Plot & Characters”). The musical is a story about a girl, Veronica, trying to fit in at her high school by leaving behind her friends to be a part of…

Aristotle was a greek philosopher who proposed a set of characteristics or traits which are to be used as criteria when evaluating characters and their status as tragic heroes. Put in a condensed manner, they are as follows: a tragic hero must have noble stature, be a victim of hamartia, be responsible for his own downfall, be admirable and pitiable, gain wisdom and repent before death, and conjure a cathartic release of emotions from the reader. These traits will be used to evaluate, by form of…

“I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman, and you are Biff Loman! (Miller 1902). Arthur Miller, a successful American playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 and former alumni from the University of Michigan, in his play, Death of Salesman, published in 1949, describes the unsettling story of a hero of tragedy whose own fragile mental state unfortunately presents his downfall. Willy Loman seems like an ordinary man who attempts to embody the American dream of success, however, behavioral…

In the play, “The Death of a Salesman,” by Arthur Miller, the characters exhibit a dichotomy to one another through their morals, actions, and ethics. An example would be Biff and Happy Loman, two brothers who are nearly opposites of one another. As the story progresses, we can perceive the numerous differences— rather than similarities—between the two brothers through their aspirations, relationship with Willy, and their perspective of life. First of all, their aspirations for their future…

In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is trapped by both himself and when meeting the strict standards of their society. Willy Loman is an older gentleman in his sixties who lives in a house with his wife and two sons. He is first presented with the standards of society when he is supporting his family with his job. Willy was getting to old to travel for his job and wanted to ask his boss, Howard, if he could a job close to home. He was very confident that he would get the job and…

The definition of a tragedy is a play dealing with tragic events and an unhappy ending. Julius Caesar is a tragedy written by Shakespeare. This play is about the history assassination of Julius Caesar and how it lead to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Shortly after the assassination of Caesar, Brutus and Antony separately make a public announcement to the Roman citizens. Brutus first explains to the public why Caesar had to be killed and the citizens agree with him, but then Antony makes a…

heme: One of the most prominent themes in Death of a Salesman is denial. In the play, Willy Loman denies that he is a mediocre man, with a mediocre family, and will die after living a mediocre life. Although he wishes that he were perfect, deep down he knows that he is nothing but subpar. This denial is seen throughout the play, and also seen in the show How To Get Away With Murder. Annalise Keating continues to deny the death of her husband, Sam Keating. In the show, Annalise is a law professor…

Solo dramas, like the one I used in my classroom, are superb educator tools, allowing a teacher to take on a person or characters’ perspective and dramatically convey important facts or ideas to the students. Through the use of a monologue, a teacher can add a missing voice from a book, tell a story from the perspective of a historical character, or bring focus to a social issue (Kemeh, 2015). The monologue often comes from an unexpected viewpoint, giving a voice where there was not one before.…