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Priscilla queen of the desert is a musical about the journey of two drag queens and a transgender woman on their way to a drag performance from Downtown Australia to Alice Springs, Australia on a pink glittery bus. Throughout their journey, the three encounter many strange people, places and situations, which they handle with a comedic grace. The performance given by all the actors and actresses in Priscilla Queen of the desert were outstanding. The energy the characters had on a calm Sunday…

I. Plot Timothy Mooney’s Breakneck Hamlet takes what would be a 4-hour play and breaks it down into just about an hour long performance. The story truly begins when Prince Hamlet’s father is murdered, believed to be murdered by his own brother and Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet’s mother than marries her now dead husbands believed murder and brother, Claudius. The rising action occurs when Hamlet passes up the opportunity to kill Claudius, as he appears to be praying and Hamlet does not want to give him…

Culminating- rough copy Many people in the modern and fictional world experience adversity in their story or live. Through they face and overcome challenges with themselves and others the adversity is still part of the person after they overcome it. One inspirational person in the modern world that has faced adversity is Johnny Depp. A fictional character that is studied in the class is Guy Montag. The challenges that these people face can be connected through the song “Unsteady” by the…

1. The definition of character as it relates to literature is a person, animal or creature that takes part in the action of a story, play or other literary work. To demonstrate I chose the movie The Blind Side and the main character Michael Oher. After completing the descriptions of the types of characters listed I had to go back and add more to Michael's character. When I first wrote the paper all I saw was that Michael was the main character in the story, he is the character the story is…

Maile Meloy writes about a young cowboy who was burdened with polio at the young age of two. A disease which left him with a bum hip and an awkward body position making it seem “as though he were turning to himself to ask a question” at any given time (Meloy). With no strong parental guidance the protagonist Chet, sets out to live the life of a ranch hand near the small town of Glendive, Montana. To his surprise, fate brings an unsure young lawyer across his path. As he attempts to create a bond…

We also see another, slightly different instance of this writing technic when Fink begins to describe how Ann feels when Mike is telling her about his home and life back in America. She describes Ann’s reaction as “it all sounded like a fairy tale from a storybook for well brought-up children” but this feeling that Fink’s character Ann is feeling does not end there. Fink continues to breathe life into this feeling by carrying it over into the description of the scenery around the characters for…

In the beginning of Plato’s Republic, Socrates jumps into several debates over the definition of justice. In Book I, different peers of Socrates propose their ideas of how the word ought to be defined. Polemarchus is the second contender. He believes that justice is essentially achieved when one aids his friends and harms his enemies (332d, page 8.) He carries this definition to different sectors of the polis. For example, when Socrates asks “With respect to disease and health, who is most able…

“The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.” This quote by novelist and journalist Claire Cameron, displays that surviving depends on what the survivor can understand and do. The short story “Deep Survival” by Laurence Gonzales displays how the protagonist in the short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London did not have the capacity of a survivor. Gonzales wrote twelve steps on how to survive, the protagonist did not do three of these steps. The protagonist did…

Effective Use of Character Dynamics in Literature: An Analysis of Russell’s “St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” Have you ever been reading a book and found yourself drawn into the story by specific characters and you weren’t sure why? Quite commonly, your opinion about a character may have to do with the "depth" or reliability of the character. Believe it or not, authors intentionally focus your attention on specific characters to progress the story along by making them either dynamic…

Cherry Money Baby is a novel that centers around the main character, Alice Kerrigan known as Cherry. It is written by John M. Cusick also known as the author of Girls Part. Cherry is a small town girl. She loves her simple life; living with her family’s in a tiny trailer and even working at the Burrito Barn. She couldn’t ask for a better life. But one day while working at her usual shift at the Burrito Barn, Cherry saved a customer life. Well not just a customer but a A-list movie star,…