Each Patient in Cosi Has Their Own Way of Escaping Reality. Discuss.

Some people come into therapy with the misconception that the therapist is overly responsible for figuring out what is wrong with them and then can change it. The problem with this misconception is that it makes the therapist the impetus for change; clients take on the role of passive recipient, waiting to be cured. It puts unrealistic expectations on the therapist. As a new therapist, this is something I will have to watch out for myself. I will need to watch for the client having unrealistic expectations that I will be able to fix them all by myself. I will also have to watch that I don’t put unrealistic expectations on myself; needing to be the expert that has all the answers and amazing insights and solutions for the client’s problems.

How does Nowra use the opera Cosi fan Tutte to explore the play’s main ideas?

I n the Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin gives us the feeling that Mrs. Mallard is unhappy in the by telling us “she was presses down by physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul” (227). We learn right off that Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition and should be treated tenderly. When she heard the news of her husbands death, she was at first upset and distraught. She did not begin to feel better until she had time to sit and think, with “the delicious breath of rain was in the air” (227). Mrs. Mallard felt lonely and did not know what to do with herself anymore. She realized that there would no longer be someone there with her to be there when her life expired. She often had the feeling that life was too long and that the end would never come for her. That was a sign that Mrs. Mallard was a lonely and isolated woman. She was sitting there in the chair when it came to her in a sudden rush. That she is “Free! Body and soul free” (228). Mrs. Mallard knew then that life was not short after all. Life was short and she should live it to the fullest. She is now free to do as she pleases. Mrs. Mallard has a feeling of freedom, freedom form the loneliness and isolation that she has felt for a very long time. She is now free to be herself

Throughout my clinical experiences, there have been quite a few circumstances I have been placed in that have remained with me whether good or bad. All of them have been learning experiences for me whether it is how to improve and to do better next time from a mistake, for me to learn that this is or is not how a patient should be treated, how to handle family situations, and many others. One experience that I was able to participate in that will remain with me because I had not experienced this before was during my critical care rotation in the fall of 2015. This patient was dying and we were implementing comfort care for him.

P. 686- The nurse’s personality is cheerful. Nurse has been through alot with the death of her daughter and husband. She seems to lot a lot more of Juliet and acts like a mom to her too.

Characterization is the strength of Love Medicine. The humorous, but tragic, exploits of eccentric characters are extremely vivid in her story, and force a constant chnage of viewpoint for the reader as more aspects of characters are revealed. The characters in this novel are a woven pattern of intricacy possibly far surpassing the reader's ability, and especially surpassing the characters themselves. This may be by design, as those things unresolved and disjointed by the end of the story can promote an incomplete and unsettled set of emotions

“A great nose may be an index of a great soul”, Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac. This quote shows that outside beauty is nothing, when you see person inside world. This play was interesting to watch. The Cyrano de Bergerac is a romantic play. It is interesting and funny play that has a tragedy in the end. This play shows that love can’t be hidden. Cyrano is a smart and talented man, but it is hard for him to say that he loves Roxane. In this play Cyrano is shown as a genius. His poems are amazing, and they come from the heart. This play shows a life of a romantic person that is afraid that nobody will love him because of his big nose. Also, this play has many design and technical elements that make the play remarkable.

Within the play Cosi by Louis Nowra, the character Lewis grows and deepens his sense of identity by the connections he develops with the patients in the mental asylum. His character experiences transformation where he grows in confidence as a director. The text portrays the idea that by Lewis working with the mental patients, it has changed his sense of identity and his own understanding of his values. Lewis is shaped as a director, personally renews his attitudes and beliefs about people in the mental asylum. Working with the patients on “Cosi Fan Tutte” has changed his view on love, fidelity and also learns the value of love and commitment.

Darkness is manifested through the reality within Cosi and the fantasy aspect contained in the play, Cosi Fan Tutte. The darkness behind the truth in regards to the nature of humanity is vastly explored. Louis Nowra has integrated such concepts within the comical play. Set during the 1970’s, the seemingly contemporary situations reveal much of the dismal reality most had experienced during that time. Throughout the play, the Cold war is also acknowledged, therefore elucidating the idea whereby, much of the ‘dark’ aspect of the play was a result from this conflict. Furthermore, the character’s perspective upon certain concepts such as infidelity, becomes a portal to the reality during those times. The inclusion of Cosi Fan Tutte represents

The room that John picks out for his wife is upstairs and secluded. There are bars on the windows and the wallpaper has patches that have been ripped off. Would you want to stay in a room like this after already suffering from depression and anxiety? She tells him that she expected a room “downstairs that opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window.” (217). However, she walks in to find a bed that is nailed to the floor. Imagine how scary that would be! John assures his wife and their family that she is fine. He thinks she will get better being in this room away from everyone and everything. Her “brother is also a physician and he says the same thing.” (216). She is placed into an uncomfortable environment and is made to be alone against her will. This is one of the reasons she loses her mind.

By making a contrast between the psychological situations before and after Coss begins to sing, the author suggests that artistic expression is a cure for stresses and fears. The opera changes the tone of this hostage situation from distant and stressful to loving and caring. Listening to the beautiful music has become the path to hope, or a way to escape from the reality. People become gradually unaware of the terrible

Initially it is implied that the reader shares the narrator’s initial disillusion towards the increasing severity of her illness. For example, the narrator mentions the house she resides in is peculiar, “for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls” (2). The quote describes that the narrator believes the house was a former nursery. A reader on their first reading of the story would without further inspection agree with the narrator and accept their description of the room. Consecutive readings of the story, and further analysis on the quote could reveal to the reader the unreliability of the narrator. The narrator is not critical of her condition as it stands; she acknowledges the severity when it can be considered too late. The story shows the difficulty a patient experiences in keeping in check with their health, hopefully preventing readers from experiencing a similar fate should they find themselves patients in the future.. The Yellow Wallpaper is intended for patients and physicians to take a more active role in the diagnostic and recovery process, to be more vocal in their interactions. Neglecting and ignoring the symptoms will lead to the patients like the narrator to worsen until it is far too

The following characters Mildred, Clarisse, and Montag each have problems with being happy. Mildred who overdosed on “sleeping tablets which earlier had been filled with thirty capsules” is an unhappy person in the society (13). She has her up and downs about being happy but in this specific time she was not happy. Montag goes to Faber and says “we aren’t happy” because he thinks nobody is listening to him (82). Montag does not want to burn books anymore because he is unhappy when he does burn them. Clarisse states that she does not fit in “I don’t mix” shows that she is unhappy in the society that they live in (29). She does not like the place she lives because of the problem in the society. These characters do not like the way the society works which makes them unhappy.

She is our protagonist. Her father died when she was only seven. There is also a man, of the name which is not said. His name in the play is just The Phantom of the Opera. He however, has actually had a much more torched life than poor Christine. He was abused as a child and was deformed. Because if that, he was sent into a circus gang and was later taken out by the people of theatre. The Phantom was sent to live under the theatre. There, he learned many songs and kept all the extra and leftover props from the older plays. The Phantom was a troubled man, so he was a bit crazy. Raoul is Christin’s old childhood sweetheart. She had actually told Raul as a child about her angel of music. Then there is Meg. She is the daughter of the ballet teacher at the theatre, who takes in Christine, after the unfortunate death of her beloved father.
meg is the one true friend of Christine. She is always there to help her with any problems. The two new owners of the theatre are a bit frazzled through the musical. They are new to the whole phantom drama, while everyone was already used to the to their terrible fates, as long as they are forced to stay and perform at that theatre. 
La Carlotta is the musical’s diva. She only cares about herself and want Christine gone, the second she took a little bit of the spotlight away from her.

For this semester’s experience of art, I chose the aesthetic of opera. It was a rendition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. This is an opera in the language of Italian, so Cosi Fan Tutte roughly translates to English as “Women are like that”. Written in a time of grace, elegance and beauty, Cosi Fan Tutte was written at the height of music history - the classical period. This opera uses a ‘aria and recitative structure’ meaning the singers adopt rhythms of speech between arias (a solo voice performing a long song). The musical phrases balanced each other equally as they were perfectly crafted. Cosi Fan Tutte was first performed on 26 January 1790 ( Program given at the event).