One-act play

Bernolt Brecht developed a new and modern theatre style in order to communicate socio-political issues as a purpose to learn. ‘’The main objective is to learn to think crudely. Crude thinking is the great one’s thinking’’ Brecht stated in one of his books. He achieves political and sociocultural awareness as a tool to encourage the spectators the possibility of change. This new theatre form, named Epic theatre contrasted the realistic ideology of other practitioners, such as Stanislavski who…

Observation Assignment I conducted my observation in a public playground located in the Military base of Twentynine Palms, CA. This observation took place on Wednesday February 16, at 4:36pm, and ended at 5:20pm. As I am facing the playground, I see many children running, swinging, going down the slide. I can hear babies crying, and mothers yelling at their children not to jump off the swing. I feel the wind blowing and making a whistling sound. As I sat on the soft rubber surface, I could…

A minor character contributes heavily to a play, particularly by revealing information or giving additional insight into the major characters. Tartuffe, by Molière, is a French satire which is over exaggerated and critical towards the upper class and ridicules hypocrisy. Molière’s unique choice of using a stock character to contribute to the technical development of the work aids in the explanation of the minor characters role in the play. Dorine holds the role of the Zanni, the servant who…

‘Hot l Baltimore’ is written by Langford Wilson, a three-act play about the lives of a motley group of characters whose lives are about to be altered by the upcoming destruction of a dilapidated hotel in which they reside. Forth year acting students from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) interpret this production under the direction of Robert Benedetti. The New York Times quote: “Mr Wilson is both funny and sad about today, and the combination is an unbeatable winner”. Benedetti was…

“Trifles” is a one-act play produced by author Susan Glaspell and first performed in Massachusetts in 1916. It addresses matters of family murder and is loosely connected to the murder of John Hossack which was reported by journalist Susan Glaspell (Susan 1). The play has seven characters that include the county attorney (George Henderson), a local sheriff (Henry Peters), neighbor of the wrights (Lewis Hale), and wife of sheriff (Mrs. Peters). Other main characters are Mrs. Hale (the wife to…

Greater warmth in the heart rather than the home In the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora, the main character is the epitome of the oppressed women. During the time the play was written women were under the control of men. Ibsen uses the stove, an ordinary household item, as a tool for Nora to free herself from being restrained. Initially she uses the stove for comfort and stability, but as the play unfolds its symbol turns threatening. The first encounter between the stove…

‘’How is the relationship between Raleigh and Stanhope presented in ‘Journeys End’?’’ The relationship between Stanhope and Raleigh is shown throughout the play. As the play progresses we the audience realise we have only just scraped the tip of a large and complex ice berg. In the play we are shown Stanhope and Raleigh have a complex relationship but it is only till Osborne talks to Raleigh when we find out that this is because they knew each other before. Sheriff displays the relationship to…

Correlation to natives Native-colonizer relations Views of civility Notes Works Cited The Tempest: A Tale of the New World William Shakespeare?s The Tempest symbolized exploration in the New World and its colonization by Europeans. Throughout the play there are several events which make clear connections to both European-native relations and encounters by explorers in the New World. When reading The Tempest with…

Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s play is a conflicting character, his capability of words is tremendous and he is very ambitious, yet doesn’t take a minute to think which makes him a little strange, he is willing to do anything and lose everything in order to get what he wants from Lucifer even if that means he will waste powers that he has gained at great cost. When Faustus is introduced to the reader, he is just preparing to board on his career as a magician, and while we anticipate that…

males. These aren’t male stereotypes, they are stereotypes need to be a good game character. You wouldn’t want to play as a character that wouldn’t let you kill the bad guy or that was to afraid to move. Stereotypes are widely held and oversimplified so they have no room in video games because they don’t matter. They’re aren 't many ways that they are different but there are a few. One difference is that the male characters have or had a female that they cared for greatly, were as the female…