Guardian angel

Written during one of the toughest times in politics, with a theme not many seem to understand Tony Kushner’s’ Angels in America: Millennium Approaches with, departing Artistic Director Kate Cherry, and the final year Fine Arts Acting Faculty students lead this theatrical masterpiece of a production with diverse results. The company showcased the 3-hour beginning act of the two-act gay fantasia and what an intriguing three hours it was. With plot exploring with the multiple key points of…

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches exhibited a dynamic performance at Round House Theatre in Bethesda. The deep character development, plots, themes, and spectacles meshed together to create a theatrical experience that I thoroughly enjoyed. To begin, Angels in America had multiple messages throughout the show due to the different conflicts that existed amongst characters. One main theme and message that I felt was to stay true to yourself and always be who you really are. I feel this is a…

I chose to do Angels in America because I had heard of it before, and as I was searching through the Tony Award’s for the Best Play’s, looking for something impressive to perform, I saw a familiar name and decided I would give it a go. Originally I wanted to do a piece by Prior, but as I read the play I liked the idea of trying out Roy’s character more, so I changed it. My goal was to capture what I imagine was Tony Kushner’s idea of the character and portray him correctly, and also to…

In the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the language established in Gilead promotes conformity. This language utilizes biblical and neologism appeals to get their citizens to conform and follow the new regulations. To begin with, the novel is littered with biblical names and phrases: “Jezebel”, “Martha”, “Milk and Honey”, “All Flesh”, “Lilies” and many more. All of these appellations come from the bible and are used to name the shops that the handmaid’s daily shop at, the housemaids, and the…

This is actually a preliminary ritual to purify space and call upon the guardians of the four quarters, similar to casting the magic circle in Wicca. The Watchtowers were among the Golden Dawn concepts introduced into Wicca by its founder Gerald Gardner. The complicated tablets and Enochian names were largely abandoned, but Wicca retained the Watchtowers as "the four cardinal points, regarded as guardians of the Magic Circle". They are usually mentioned during the casting of the circle…

If you have ever watched a movie or read a graphic novel which included super heroes or crime fighters, you likely understand what vigilantism is. Some vigilante characters include spider-man, batman, power rangers, and others like these. These days vigilantism is very popular, especially in the film business. Thor, Captain America, and even the Transformers are all versions of vigilantism which the film industry has marketed off of and has been very successful in doing so. These film versions…

and they eventually got together. From that point on, she was George’s partner facing the problems with George. Clarence was also there to guide George towards the right direction after he felt he had nothing to live for. Clarence was George’s guardian angel who was able to grant his wish of not living anymore just to show George the impact he had on Bedford Falls. To…

The etymology of the word angel is derived from the mixture of old English engel and old French angele, both words originated from Latin word angelus, from Greek angelo. The Hebrew word for angel is mala'ak. Angels are referred to as a messenger of the covenant, a medium, an interpreter and one that announces as they are used as God's messengers. The Old English word that was used as the word angel was aerendgast, meaning errand spirit. An angel is defined as a spiritual being believed to act as…

Maximum Ride is about six children Maximum, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel. They were made to be different from others. At very young age, they were abducted by scientists that were part of “the School” and they were used as lab rats for the scientist genetic human/animal experiment. Max and the rest of the flock are half bird and half human because of an experiment done to them. Now these kids were different, they had wings on their backs, so now they flew, making them 98% human and 2%…

Esther Akerewusi Ms. Jackson ENG4U 31 May 2018 The Leverage of Language in Gilead What is Language? Language is a method of human communication, either spoken or written, that consists of the use of words in a structured yet conventional way. In the book, The Handmaid’s Tale, the people of Gilead are powerless as they have no means of communication amongst themselves. The use of religious language creates power for the Gilead government to control the behaviour of its citizens while neologism…