Parallel Play

Stephen Flaherty and directed by Alexander Crosett, gave the play a lighter touch for such a heavy subject. Whenever things would get serious in this play, the music would brighten the tone. This play portrayed a man— Alfie Byrne— average, nice, well-known, yet passionate. He is going through the motions in life without one person. That one person he is longing for…

Protagonists and their Assistants in Doctor Faustus and The Tempest Both written in the early seventeenth century, by two rival play writers, The Tempest and Doctor Faustus share many identical themes, yet they also show differences on some aspects. It is not known if Shakespeare and Marlowe intended these similarities to be noticed by the public, but the parallel notions in the plays cannot be disregarded. Although Doctor Faustus and The Tempest have similar themes, like greed, supernatural…

Adam was the younger child I observed; he was around 12-18 months old. He was a very active child and moved around the room very frequently, seeming like he lost focus really quickly while playing. Adam is developmentally he is right where he should be. With motor skills, he is walking and slightly running smoothly, he also has mastered skills like stacking object and can successfully remove his socks and shoes alone. From what I could see he didn’t communicate much verbally with others in the…

Auditorium When I was in high school I played volleyball all four years. I absolutely loved the sport and couldn’t get enough of it. I played on many travel teams and counted down the days until the summer Olympics, so I could watch the United States team play and dominate the tournament. I know the sport very well, but had never experienced a college game live. I had watched the Olympics since I was a kid and would watch the Texas Longhorns every once in awhile, but I had yet to go to a game.…

King Lear where the owner of a 1000-acre farm named Larry agrees to hand it down to his daughters, Rose, Ginny, and Caroline, in joint ownership but ends up keeping Caroline out of the agreement while the other two turn against him. Although the parallels are apparent between both works, there are also blatant differences…

achieve power and political goals. It is used daily by people who desire to alter a situation in their favor, whether it be for good or bad. William Shakespeare wrote the play Much Ado About Nothing in 1599 for Queen Elizabeth I, someone who often interfered in the relationships among her courtiers and attendants. Shakespeare uses this play to comment on deception and how one may go about deceiving someone, by comparing Don Pedro and the Friar’s use of deception with Don John’s, it is clear that…

In this chapter, belonging is discussed, and how children grow into their own personality by learning who they are through self-identification, culture, and family. “A child’s family is the first and most important place where a feeling of identity and belonging start” (Blimes 58). Children begin to culturally identify who they are through their family, “by the age five a child’s cultural self is already established” (Blimes 58). When attending school, a new introduction to a different…

1. Aristotle believed this was the finest tragedy because the protagonist 's recognition of the truth coincides with the reversal of his fortunes [peripetes]. Where, exactly, does this occur in the play? (From the Temple University Study Guide.) They coincide when the shepherd informs Oedipus that he is Laio 's son. Oedipus acts accordingly. "Ah God!/It was true!/All the prophecies!/--Now,/I, Oedipus,/Oedipus, damned in his birth, in his marriage/O Light, may I look on you for the last time!…

develops in pretend play or imaginative play in social development. Jean Piaget stated that children in the age of two to six will develop in pretend play and symbolic play. In Piaget’s cognitive development, there is a stage called pre-operational stage. Pre-operational stage begins around age two until age seven. Piaget stated that children in this pre-operational stage begin to engage in symbolic play and learn to manipulate symbols. Desmond Morris stated that pretend play starts around 2…

Every time we neared a video arcade, I begged my parents to let me play Whack-A-Mole. I am not sure if it was the hammer I got to use during the game, the joy of smacking the mole as it popped out of the board, or the adrenaline rush as the game sped up. In elementary school this was a rare treat my parents succumbed to only when we were on vacation, and I had worn them down. However, as a junior, my talent at Whack-A-Mole, took on a whole new metaphoric meaning. I was warned when I entered AP…