Robin Williams

argues that Robin Williams refined his performances to be extreme. In this text, refinement is the changing of different aspects of the comedy show, such as the audience and the actual performance. Refinement in comedy is necessary because it keeps the audience interested in a show, and it leads to new styles of comedy. It is important here to distinguish the word refinement from everyday use. In everyday use the word refinement refers to the process of removing impurities…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream a romantic comedy is a full play written by the great William Shakespeare between 1594 and 1595 (Shakespeare 1265). Shakespeare had written this play to only be displayed on stage and only displayed on stage not read. The play is mostly considered romantic comedy and it is about the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, and dramatizes the idea that “the course of true love never did run smooth” (Shakespeare 1265). There are plentiful characters…

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream The in the play/book, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare, I believe that the author is stating the fact that there are several consequences when there is interference with situations. These consequences can be huge. These can make new relationships and break others. Friendships that can last a lifetime can be torn in an instant because of the unnecessary interference. Weird death battle duels can be arranged too. And in this…

however, Dormer accidentally kills a fellow officer while trying to apprehend the suspected killer (Robin Williams in a rare turn as a villain). Dormer must now both attempt to solve the murder, all while the killer threatens to tell what he saw Dormer do, and protect his own, immaculate reputation. The best part of the movie, probably, is the acting by the male leads. Both Pacino and Williams give convincing performances. Pacino’s character cannot sleep because of guilt and the perpetual light…

play the craftsmen put on because, they did not. The duke gave the men the benefit of the doubt but everyone else made fun of them. Bottom continued mixing up words in this act, and substituted devoured with deflower. The ending was unexpected when Robin says to treat the play like a dream, and was confusing. Overall, I enjoyed the play but was confused at times. Vocabulary: “This lanthorn doth the hornèd moon present.”(V.i.258); lantern; noun “Sing and dance it trippingly.”(V.i.413); in a…

Introduction In William Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the theme of love is a central part to the play. When separating the play into the three separate worlds in which it portrays: the Social world, the Green world as well as the world represented by the lower class workers, the norms regarding love as well as dreams differ within worlds. With reference to the extract of Lysander and Hermia given as a key example of what goes wrong within the green world, as well as with…

example, like William Carlos Williams hold his red wheelbarrow to so much standards. He feels as though so much depends upon it. When we focus on the little things, we tend to get side-tracked as William Carlos Williams shows in his “Red Wheel” poem and not consider important things as Bergmann pointed in her “Apology” poem these ideas connect to political…

This essay for first year writing students shows how a simple man made huge waves in the world of the arts with his beliefs of poetry. This simple man was William Carlos Williams. He was born in America as a Puerto Rican-American who then with hard work and determination became a well-practiced doctor. He however is better known for his works of poetry that challenged the traditional way of writing poetry. In Williams’s book of poetry, The Wedge, is prefaced by an introduction that introduces…

poetry, authors often switch between the two throughout their bodies of work. William Carlos Williams is an imagist poet whose personal poetic philosophy as expressed in various essays and interviews demonstrates a clear choice for using the poetic form to make social political commentary. In particular, Williams poem This is Just to Say is no exception to Williams’ method of using the poetic form for political…

In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…