Equus scene 20 Introduction: First we will summarize the scene‚ after that we will analyze the following features. (we will be discussing scene 20 first). Summary: Dysart and Alan are in the office of Dysart‚ however they are pretending to be at the stables. Dysart asks questions to Alan and Alan answers all of them. Alan tells about his ritual in the stable. He does this ritual every time before he rides a horse. In this ritual he gives the horse sandals and the ‘’Chinkle-chankle’’. Later they
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Equus‚ a play by Peter Shaffer‚ written in 1973 was performed on Forbes Center Stage by James Madison University students. It introduced actors- Chris Consaul‚ Noah Heie- allowing them to perform complex roles full of emotion. The playwrights inspiration originated from a friends recount of a story heard at a most recent dinner party in London; a young man who blinded 26 horses with a spike. This story was enough to fascinate Peter Shaffer in constructing a play around it. Alan Strang‚ a unstable
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Coming out during the onslaught of World War I‚ To Be or Not to Be‚ presented the world with a film that through comedic relief‚ put the Nazi’s under a microscope and examined the life of Jews and non-Jews alike during Nazi occupation in Europe. Although this statement is certainly a reality in the film‚ Jews are not explicitly labeled as characters in any of Lubitsch’s works‚ including in To Be or Not To Be. Greenberg‚ who stands as the poignant paradigm of the Jew in the film‚ is never explicitly
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Miles Singer AP English 12 4 March 2014 “Hamlet”‚ an Analysis of Treachery The play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare features an array of tragic deaths steaming from various acts of treachery. Shakespeare sets up situations destined to fail for his characters to show how treachery will always backfire in the end. The deaths of characters such as Polonius‚ Laertes‚ and Claudius all contribute to Shakespeare’s claim that duplicity will fail. Shakespeare’s portrayal of the death of Polonius is
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Bryan Lietz 3/5/13 English 3 Ms. Lindstrom Sparknotes and Cliffnotes both assist a reader and can help students interpret literature at a more in depth level‚ and help improve understanding the literary elements‚ character developments‚ and plot development that a author uses to help create the story. Both sites provide similar information‚ ranging from overall plot summaries and character analysis‚ but Sparknotes goes more into the literary aspect of the book‚ while cliffnotes focuses more
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Will Grayson‚ Will Grayson By: John Green and David Levithan The book Will Grayson‚ Will Grayson is by: John Green and David Levithan. The three main characters in this book are Tiny Cooper‚ Will Grayson 1‚ and Will Grayson 2. There are two Will Graysons in the book Will Grayson‚ Will Grayson. One of them is from Evanston and he follows these two rules: 1. Don’t care too much. 2. Shut up. His friend Tiny Cooper who is gay and he thinks he’s fabulous and flamboyant.The other Will Grayson is from
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In life we find friends to go along the journey with us. As humans we naturally fear the unknown‚ yet we fear it less if there is someone with us to experience the rewards or consequences. The audience members for Laura Wade’s play Posh‚ are the middle-class who are unaware of the comforts provided to the upper-class. As a part of the middle class we are unaware of traditional dinner etiquette‚ we work for everything we obtain‚ and are strangers to an extravagant lifestyle. Laura Wade uses themes
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The story of Atrahasis begins with three upper echelons of god: Anu‚ the god of the sun and heaven; Enlil‚ the god of land; and Enki‚ the god of wisdom and water. The three upper gods‚ before the appearance of human beings‚ created younger gods and commanded to reshape the world through hard laboring. Eventually‚ the younger gods could not carry out the work anymore because the work was overwhelming and consumed a lot of time. Under the burden of endless work‚ the younger gods decided to wage a war
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The film “Amistad” is recreate base on a true story about a slave ship traveling out from Cuba to the United State in 1839. The film start off with a group of African were shackled and chained then packed in an overloaded‚ dirty slave ship and exposed to inhuman treatment‚ on the Portuguese the Tecora as it makes its way through the Middle Passage towards Cuba. The ship carries 53 Africans who have been sold into servitude in Cuba. They tackled living board the ship and tied in the freight hold of
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Tania Daros World History II Zachary J Martin Book Investigation Project The Prince (Machiavelli) 04-12-15 Niccolo Machiavelli (The Prince) Niccolo Machiavelli was fames from writing “The Prince” in 1514‚ but it was published until 1532. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote “The Prince” as a guide to political power. Niccolo Machiavelli was well-known writer‚ but after this period during the time when the Medici recovered power. Machiavelli was removing from
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