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play to life. He believed that in order to do so, a character must have objectives, obstacles, and motivations to perform actions to achieve what he or she wants (Olivieri, lesson 1, 1:42-9:33). In the film, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, directed by Elia Kazan; the main actress, Peggy Ann Garner, displays outstanding acting that fits Stanislavsky’s definition by demonstrating her character’s objectives, obstacles, and motivations to perform her character’s actions. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, narrates…

Diary Entry #1 Hi, My name is Norma Jeane Mortenson. I have decided to start writing diary entries to kind of help let go and get over my past. So as you go along to read more you will learn so much about me and all the behind the scenes action to my life. Diary Entry #2 I was born on june 1, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Let’s get right into it and start with the things you’d never expect from me. I never actually knew my father, but there was a time when I thought Clark Gable might have…

A name is meaningful, but an epithet holds greater weight. Tsar Ivan IV of Russia would rightfully gain the epithet of “the Terrible,” which became the name he would be better known by. Ivan left the Russian state in complete disarray through his policies and actions. Involvement in wars caused high taxes on the people, and Ivan’s mass killings contributed to epidemics and famine. These effects ravaged the Russian people and the land of security, economically and socially. Although numerous…