A Broadway Dream Book Analysis

Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses the topic of white America often throughout his book, Between the World and Me, as well as the struggles he has as a black American. The dream he portrays in his book consists of maintaining a well-paying job and eventually striving to become a wealthy, upper class citizen. Little do people know that the dream is not obtainable by everyone, Coates asserts that the American dream revolves around being white. Often times, blacks will begin to “act white” in order to achieve this American dream or achieve happiness in White America. Black people leave their natural physical appearance and language form in order to achieve this idea of “being white”. Personally, I find this to be bothersome. Still to this day we are

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as in many of Shakespeare's plays the main theme is love. Shakespeare presents many different aspects of love in the play. He shows how love can affect your vision of reality and make you behave in irrational ways. He presents many ways in which your behavior is affected by the different types and aspects of love. The main types of love he presents are; true love, unrequited love, sisterly love, jealous love, forced love, and parental love. Shakespeare tries to show what kinds of trouble, problems and confusion, love can get you into.

In Embattled Dreams, author Kevin Starr explains the decade that begins with World War II and ends with the growth of states that were part of the war, concentrating on the United States specifically California. The book speaks about the changes that the war brought into California and how it was a catalyst for major changes in the state’s economy and society. It focuses on the development of California. Many books show the major events that changed a country, but there were smaller stories within the country that demonstrated to the development as well. The author wants to show readers that California contributed much to the war cause, building machinery and such, but this book emphasizes the effects these jobs had on society. Kevin Starr

In The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Edna Pontellier is a housewife who spend her days chatting with friends and going to the beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana. She feels empty, and almost like an object, whose sole purpose is to satisfy the needs of her family. However, after a summer on Grand Isle, she begins to express her feelings and desires with the help of her friends and the surrounding Creole culture. Edna eventually undergoes a massive transformation during which she discovers what she is really passionate about and begins to do what she wants, when she wants, without the limitations of her husband or children. However during this

Wicked The Musical was composed by Stephen Schwarts. Schwarts has written many hit musicals such as Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. From the musical Wicked only, schwarts has won the Grammy award for best musical theatre album, Drama desk award for outstanding musical and lyrics, and Outer critics circle award for outstanding Broadway musical. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Broadway Hall of Fame in 2009. Schwarts has also won numerous lifetime achievement awards. The show Wicked opened in 2003 and as of 2013 is the 12th longest running show in Broadway history. Wicked was immediately a sensation among the people, but the critics did not feel the same. Luckily, there was enough street buzz about the show to keep the showing alive.

A trip to 42nd street circa 1990 was certainly no destination fit for a family. Walls of graffiti adorn the peeling awnings of storefronts and theatres promise private dances and live nude women. Porn shops dotted the city block with colorful invitations to sex hotlines and signs prohibiting entry to anyone under the age of eighteen (Wollman 445). Decades earlier, during the Prohibition era, speakeasies and brothels lined the city, creating New York’s red light district. Today’s Times Square, however, bares no hint of resemblance to its former image of sleaze and mystery. Neon lights that once illustrated silhouettes of burlesque dancers have since been fashioned into the welcoming faces of cartoon characters. Signs visible

American plays. According to the author Ann Corio "The Beggar's Opera, John Brougham, Adah Isaacs Menken and The Black Crook were just a prelude."(Corio, 14) Burlesque at that time was small time show business. One historian asserted "The girl whom everyone credits with the establishment of burlesque as an American institution was about to arrive."(Corio, 14)

Molly, who is an unwed mother, shows the struggles she faces regarding her sickness and her father-less motherhood. She has to live with the social stigma of being an unwed mother as well as her financial instability due to her sickness. Betty Lou however is also faced with the social stigma of her perceived status as an un-wed mother. The way Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Monty react towards Betty Lou’s new status is striking. Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Waltham react in separate ways. Mr. Montgomery seems saddened by her status and offers to ‘forgive’ her for what she has done. Whereas Mr. Waltham seems aghast by the presence of a child. His perception of Betty Lou drastically changes to such a point where he offers her a “left handed deal” as Betty Lou describes. Betty Lou was of course highly upset by Mr. Waltham offering her everything aside from the single thing Betty Lou wanted,

What is true love? What is fake love? How can we tell the difference? William Shakespeare, in Midsummer Night's Dream demonstrates how fake love crumbles and how true love perseveres. New relationships can be easily broken if they are fake.

The supernatural. The supernatural can control everyone and everything, including love and affection. The paranormal shape the entire plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare. There is a fairy king, Oberon, and his wife Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. Secondly, there is an unsound parent, Egeus, who is Hermia’s father and is very direct and controlling towards her. Their are also some confused lovers known as Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena. In addition, there is a weaver, Bottom, who gets the head of a donkey, and is very overconfident and makes silly mistakes. Last but not least, Robin Goodfellow is a funny fairy, who knows falling in love can make fools of everyone. In fact, love is a force that people cannot

Titania, and Love: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Interpretive Essay (Word count: 1000) The concept, and theme of love is thrown around a lot in literature, and Shakespeare’s works are no exception. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is an exceptional showcase of the mysterious emotion of love, and this essay will be focusing on the theme of love surrounding Titania in particular. In this play, the motivations and subsequent actions of Titania are explored and show how love can change people and their relationships.

true love, it cannot be made with a magic potion. In order to get true love you have

A war is fought on many fronts. The war front were the actually fighting takes place. The government front were the stiff shirts fight politics. The home front were the people still at home have to deal with the repercussions of war. And the public front were people still had to go about their daily lives. This is where Broadway was born and raised. Broadway was just getting started in the late 1860’s so it was still a baby when World War One began. Broadway was loved by all and people could go see their favorite shows, with their favorite actors for the low price of $1.50 or $2.00. Before WWI Broadway was not really concerned with the outside world, but the war changed all that. Soon the only thing one could see a play on was the war, or

I chose this book because it was a recommendation that my friend gave to me. One of my favorite genres is realistic fiction because I feel like I can connect to the book. “The Running Dream” is a realistic fiction book because the scenes in the book could really happen. I was able to connect to the book especially when certain things happened to Jessica and when her emotions changed. Because this book contains so much detail, emotion, and reality, it will be easier to write and analyze the book. In addition, because I enjoy the book and it’s theme, it will be easy to write about it and make a second book or a fanfiction.

In New York, Fanny Brice, a young Jew from the Lower East Side, dreams of becoming a Broadway star, despite her ugly appearance. When she loses her chorus line job at Keeney's Oriental Palace, she enters a roller skating number and is a comedy hit. After the performance,a gambler visits her backstage and helps get her a raise. Soon Fanny's comedy routines come to the attention of Florenz Ziegfeld, and she is hired for his Follies at the New Amsterdam