One-act play

accomplish. Pursuing any professional career would probably lead such students to college and force them to abide by their prefered school. One of the most determining factors would be a standardized college entrance exam. When students take the college entrance exam they demonstrate to other schools at what level they are capable of working at, unfortunately, one wrong move could determine their classes or if they can be accepted into their school of choice. Standardized college entrance exams…

examinations in the Western world are used as a convenient way for the government to quickly test large numbers of students in order to determine who is prepared to further their education and how good of a job schools are doing. The ACT and the SAT tests have become one of the biggest elements that influence the college-admissions process, and students are taking these exams more than ever. However, standardized testing does not accurately evaluate students’ overall knowledge and preparedness;…

Many individuals have been wondering if the overall statistic of students who live in more affluent neighborhoods will perform better on their SAT test than those who live in a lower income neighborhood. SAT stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test, which is designed in order to test a high schooler's knowledge. This exam is widely used as a college admission test that tests your knowledge of reading, writing and math, the core that students receive education in their high school career. While many…

The Cougar’s Den would be a bar and grill type of establishment located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Its mission is to provide and fun and safe environment for students and faculty to enjoys drinks and/or appetizers on campus after a long day of class. With having this on campus students of the legal drinking age that live on campus won’t have to drink and drive. Things that still need to be investigated are laws and rules preventing the sale of alcoholic…

Social economically, she is wealthy. Along with Patrick who is 3, she lives with her husband who works in the oil-field. However, this wasn’t always the case. Growing up, Renee used to be in a situation very much like Juanita’s current situation which plays a big part on why she choose pharmacy for a career. While Renee has a 3-year-old and is a pharmacist, in many ways she does and does not fit into the Generativity vs. Stagnation stage. Ways she does not fit into this stage; for example, she…

that’s still a small child. Rachel vividly describes how she feels with multiple similes like, “Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one.” Rachel doesn’t feel eleven on her birthday, but feels eleven weeks or months after it. But on her…

My Response on Eleven In the literary text “Eleven” by Sandra Cisseros, the author expresses all of the different feelings about being eleven years older that the character Rachel is experiencing as she describes her eleventh birthday. Through the text Cisseros appeals to the emotion of the audience, creates imagery, and applies details from home life to characterize Rachel. Today is Rachel’s eleventh birthday, yet she doesn’t quite feel eleven. At least least, “Not right away. It takes a few…

contrast between appearance and reality, whether it be through visions or prophecy, provides an additional experience when reading the play, Macbeth By William Shakespeare. The Witches in the play give Macbeth a prophecy, more specifically, a prophecy about his future. Their motivation for this action was the idea that telling Macbeth his future, will influence him to act in a way that will fulfill the prophecy. Now the Witches reasoning for this sequence creates a sort of paradox; if the…

complicated character despite the fact that at the beginning of this play it seems like quite the opposite. At the beginning of act one, Nora is whimsical and gleeful and very much like a child. She is very much living in a fantasy world or a doll’s house as the title of the play suggests. Nora has been taught since birth to be similar to a doll. Her father treated her as such in the past and so does her husband at the time the play takes place. However, once her illusion of this perfect world…

John Gay was perhaps one of the most popular ballad opera writers of his time. He believed in “recycling” songs; he reworked already written plays and gave them a satirical edge. His most known work, The Beggars Wife, was…