Radio drama

The play that I chose to read is called “Heracles” and was written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides around 421-416 B.C.E. (Euripides). The basic story of this tragedy revolves around a man named Heracles, whose family is about to be killed by Lycus, the usurping ruler of Thebes while Heracles is unable to help them as he is in the progress of completing the last of his twelve labors. However, Heracles unexpectedly returns and kills Lycus to save his family from their death only for Hera…

of hardships in her life. She also commented on the personified of the house, in the line “The while house seems to be thinking”. She said this stood out to her as a house cannot actually think, saying that the author wanted the readers to feel the drama and tension that was occurring at the time where his/her daughter…

The emotional film “Instructions not included” hit the big screen as a pleasing drama, one whose subject are unexpected parenting responsibilities and acceptance. The film was clearly the end result of the time, effort, and collaboration of the directors. Due to the fact that the film was engaging since the begging with peculiar images along with deep background music playing in the back. Continually, the film directors used many other techniques to send their message to the audience. The film…

When entering the course, I was naive to the true essence of theatre. I believed it to be simple and self explanatory, but in truth it is a complex and beautiful way of acting out a multitude of scenarios. Throughout the course, I read various texts, and watched a variety of plays. And both of these helped to shape my knowledge and understanding of theatre. Now that I am exiting the course, I can say that I have both a better idea what theatre truly is, as well as, I have a stronger appreciation…

Before this course began, I used to think that acting was all about the individual actor, and how well that actor can portray his/her character. I thought that actors in a play work as distinctive units, and that if every unit can perform his/her character realistically and execute every line flawlessly, the final performance would be fantastic, and the audience would have a great time. Acting 1 has taught me that the art of acting is actually much more intricate and eclectic than individuals…

English Essay- Macbeth Rose Hillard 10A, Mr Zitser Universal themes are communicated to the audience in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth through the use of varying literary techniques and dramatic effects. This essay will look at the timeless nature of themes such as ambition and appearance versus reality in Macbeth, and how their transcendence of human nature contributes to the play’s relevance today. In Macbeth, ambition is one of the dominant themes. People who are motivated by their…

history of drama from the ancient times. Drama begins its journey in India with the Sanskrit plays. Indian drama is characterized with the rituals, folks, cultural heritage etc. But the major concern of contemporary Indian drama is the representation of socio-political scenario, marginalization, gender discrimination, oppression, poverty and hunger. A general consensus seems to have emerged that though the social criticism, corruption, oppression, gender discrimination can be found in drama in…

The Doctor, the Demon, The Magician, and the Spirit: Differences in the Distribution of Power between the 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…

Zedina Martin Dr. Adair English 201 8 March 2018 When there is love anything is possible, not! The poem “The Passionate Shepherd to his love” is a pastoral and romantic poem by Christopher Marlowe that has a focus on the Shepherd’s love. The speaker of the poem is the Shepherd. The poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh in response to Marlowe’s poem. A Nymph is the speaker of the poem. Raleigh’s poem is a direct mockery of Marlowe’s poem and all the claims and…

Poem is a piece of writing which express feelings, emotions and ideas using descriptive figurative languages. However, poems are not dependable as a secondary source and if it is written about 100 years later than when the event actually happened. Likewise, the poem cannot be trustworthy if it contains different facts from the primary source written by the person who experienced that moment and who was actually there. Furthermore, as poems use figurative languages that exaggerate things, it is…