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- 5081: A Rhetoric Of Outcasts In The
- ... received by audiences in St. Louis. By 1945 he had completed and opened on Broadway The Glass Menagerie, which won that year's New York Critics Circle, Donaldson, and Sidney Howard Memorial awards. Before his death in 1983, Williams accumulated four New York Drama Critics Awards; three Donaldson Awards; a Tony Award for his 1951 screenplay, The Rose Tattoo; a New York Film Critics Award for the 1953 film screenplay, A ... plays were revived successfully there: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1974), Summer and Smoke (September, 1975), Sweet Bird of Youth (October, 1975), and The Glass Menagerie (December, 1975). On the day of Williams's death, the New York evening papers issued an impressive list of famous actors who have performed in his plays; these include Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Geraldine Page, Paul Newman, Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Tallulah Bankhead, Burl ...
- 5082: Courage Under Fire
- Courage Under Fire In 1991, millions of people tuned in to CNN to observe a real life and death drama played out in the cities and deserts of Iraq. For the United States, the war was more or less a display of power and a preservation of economic interest. Nobody was to ever hear ... himself unavoidably drawn into Walden’s crew’s conflicting stories. Each crew member seems to give a different interpretation regarding the events that took place during the rescue mission that lead to the captain’s death. Serling begins to suspect a cover up and decides that he must delve deeper into this investigation. Throughout the movie, we learn of Walden’s heroism from numerous flashbacks of the same incident. Crewmembers including ...
- 5083: Critique of Romeo and Juliet the Movie
- ... was set more fantasy-like. Because of the setting, the deaths of the people in this movie did not seem as moving as to the old movies. For some reason, the setting of Mercutio's death interfered with this supposedly poetic scene. A broken down stage on a sandy beach does not seem to fit well together. The setting seemed pretty artificial. Also, the scene when one of the Montagues died ... as depressing as would be if any other person was to die. This scene was the opening one so, the audience could have been distracted by the dialogue and therefore, not paying attention to the death to much. In the beginning of the movie, it was hard to adjust to the dialogue with the atmosphere. The dialogue was way on the other side of the timeline compared to the setting. Some ...
- 5084: Dillards Delay
- I think the subject of this story is about making life and death decisions right there on the spot, about staying calm in hard situations. It's also about the consequences of those decisions. Everyday you have to make certain decisions and follow through with them, I feel ... kindness allowed me to reach my husbands bedside before he passed away. Thank you again Mrs. Nat King Cole. In conclusion, I have had to make many personal choices on my own, (not life and death choices) choices that would affect my life, and my decisions for the future. My parents have given me all the freedom that I have needed. They have taught me to make wise choices with the ...
- 5085: The Labours Of Mendevolin
- ... is why we have sent for you. MENDEVOLIN: He hinted at that in his letter. I came as soon as I could. How long do we have? HIGH PRIEST: Not long, he's on his death bed. I've been using my healing powers to keep him alive for the last week and a half. We have been waiting for your arrival. MENDEVOLIN: Why didn't he say anything before I ... place it on a pedestal in the diamond mountain range. SPRUCE: (aside to LEON) And you talk about me giving away too much information. MEDEVOLIN: (looks at the pair then continues) My father, on his death bed, told me that you may be of some help, will you join me? LEON: A dangerous quest, involving Islands that only told of in legend, bees that are probably larger than I am, not ...
- 5086: The Crucible: Characters
- ... end of the play, Proctor has to make a choice. He can either confess to a crime he is innocent of to save himself from execution, or die proclaiming his innocence. He ends up choosing death because a false confession would mean implicating other accused people, including Rebecca Nurse. (Rovere 2632) Proctor feels she is good and pure, unlike his adulterous self, and does not want to tarnish her good name and the names of his other innocent friends by implicating them. (Warshow 117) By choosing death, Proctor takes the high road and becomes a true tragic hero. The reader feels that his punishment is unjust (especially since the crime of witchcraft is imagined and unprovable.) Because the trials take place in ...
- 5087: Macbeth: Aristotelian Tragedy
- ... Shakespeare's Macbeth there are many ironic statements regarding the action of murder due to Macbeth's hamartia (tragic flaw), which is his ambition. Macbeth's hamartia (ambition) encouraged by Lady Macbeth resulted in her death and when Macbeth hears of her death his words are inspired by grief and despair and full of irony. He calls life a pathetic, strutting actor briefly on a stage, and then says: "It is a tale/ Told by an idiot, full ...
- 5088: As Night And Day And The Heir
- ... his family during a heavy rainstorm. Since there was a heavy rainstorm the wooden bridge on the way from the village was washed away and killed Sokpae. The villagers arrived with news about Sogun’s death, which terribly devastated the family. “He must get away quickly because he could not face the dead body of someone virtually killed by him.” (Kiwon 493) as Sogun thought while running to his room to ... of his grandfather stayed in his mind. He remembered his grandfather saying: “Everything in here is yours.” (Kiwon 494) Sogun knew what he did was wrong and what he did wrong led to Sokpae’s death. And for this he left so that he could not cause anymore problems or troubles to his grandfather and his uncle. His guilty conscience had overcame him making him feel like everything would have been ...
- 5089: The Missing Dialogue in Antigone
- ... and Haimon been faced with speaking to each other. A question of romantic loyalty would have been introduced, and it might have ruined the political point Sophocles was making. When it comes to life and death, we usually try to protect the ones we love and defend them by any means possible regardless of their guilt or innocence. Although we know that Haimon does defend the actions of Antigone, he does ... actions of Antigone. She remained loyal to her father and can only expect Haimon to do the same. Loyalty remains to the family. It is this very reason that leads Antigone to be faced with death to begin with. Her loyalty to her brother supersedes any orders given by the king. It is family loyalty along with the political nature of the play which make Antigone more effective without a conversation ...
- 5090: Superstition in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- ... suspicious is accused of witchcraft and hanged. Arthur Miller wrote a play called The Crucible. It is based on the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials change many peoples lives and even led to death for some. The power of superstition and hearsay can distort from the truth. Four ministers of Salem joined Matther, and they spent a whole day in the house of the afflicted in fasting and prayer ... desire more than six months, and it was not decreasing for more than a year. During that time nineteen had been hanged, and Corey Giles who is killed by the horrid process of pressing to death with stones because he would say if was guilty or innocent. He continued to say "more weight" (Miller 1113); until he died. In doing so, his family could keep his land. Others had been tortured ...
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