Characters in plays

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion is a novel that seems to centralize the majority of its language on a single main character. Due to the fact that we are only able to see into the mind of the main character, Maria, it can be argued that this novel only essentially has one character with the rest are just simply filling space. This begs the question, would William Gass argue that Maria is simply a linguistic location in Didion's novel? After all, "a character for [Gass] is any linguistic…

After a violent hazing incident that leads to the death of a teammate, a conflicted hockey hopeful struggles with telling the truth. STORY COMMENTS ON THE FIRST 30 PAGES THE INITIATION is inspired and based on true events. It’s a character driven dramatic story. The script centers on a young, hopeful hockey player Tony. His goal is clear. The tone is consistently dramatic. The story explores themes about respect. The script presents with solid moral dilemmas. Even though the protagonist, Tony,…

“the Plea”, there were characters that has their only story of dealing with a plea trial. The characters were in different places dealing with different pleas. A plea bargain is an arrangement between a prosecutor and a defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectation of leniency.. For example, there are four main characters who have one similarity which is they took the plea deal. Arma Stwert, Charlie, Patsy Kelly, and Kerry Max Cook. Character Arma Stewart…

During the play, an important discussion between Biff, Linda, and Happy occurs regarding the paternal alpha figure in the play, Willy. Prior to this discussion Willy displays himself as a hardworking, forgetful, and prided man. These traits begin to contradict each other which lead to this discussion about how Biff feels towards his father. There are many underlying factors that lead to why Willy has created this gossip between his kin, the concealment of the truth, and the solitude of Biff’s…

How Macbeth Changed Throughout the Shakespeare play Macbeth, the main character changes over the course of five acts. In the beginning, Macbeth could be considered a hero, following his duty as a soldier and killing people for the sake of his king. Yet after meeting the three witches, whose prophecies would eventually lead him to murder King Duncan, he changes. Throughout each act, Macbeth 's character gets darker and darker, going from someone who only killed when it was required of him to…

William Shakespeare was well known for the main characters of his plays using their tragic flaws to create their own downfall. In this play, we see a different kind of tragic hero. Macbeth is pushed by his mentally unstable wife to commit the murder of the beloved King Duncan, and even though Macbeth has always been known as a great warrior, he can’t use these skills for evil no matter how much he craves power. Before the idea of power was brought to him, Macbeth was a noble and loyal soldier…

Claire: You’re the genius, figure it out. (CLAIRE is upset, near tears. [...] She exits). (Auburn, 78) In the play Proof, by David Auburn, two estranged sisters, Catherine and Claire, struggle to fundamentally understand each other upon reuniting after their father’s death. Furthermore, Catherine characterizes Claire as having a conniving and haughty persona; yet, towards the end of the play, one can see that Claire undeniably cares about her younger sister’s psychological well-being. Upon…

In the movie snow white and the huntsman the queen Ravenna wants to be in power of the whole community and everybody has to listen, obey and honor her just like Creon in the play Antigone is stubborn and wants everybody to honor and never go against him. The play Antigone is a tragic play with emotion and death. In the beginning the two brothers of Antigone fought each other for the throne. Creon became king and said that one of the brothers was not to be buried. Antigone the sister of the two…

13-14, 2017. Niara Williams performed this one-woman show and developed many characters throughout her performance. No Child tells the story of Malcom X High School students and the challenges that they face while in school. A teaching artist, Ms. Sun, comes to school to offer the students a healthy expression of creativity. She directs the students in a play that shows the direct correlation between the characters in the play and the student’s own lives. No Child shows that no child should ever…

From the beginning of the play to the end, Edgar evolves from being the innocent, naïve brother whom Edmund deceives to being the powerful, confident man who kills Edmund and ends the horrors he has helped release on the land. This battle between brothers is Edgar’s redemption scene where he finally gets justice by killing the man who caused him so much suffering. Albany does not have a scene anything like this scene between Edgar and Edmund. Not only does he have nothing substantial to revenge,…