English unit 4 17. Write answers in paragraphs in response to two of the following questions. Each answer should be approximately 200 words. Support your answer with specific references to Still Stands the House. Organize your ideas to express them clearly and coherently. a) The house is a dominant symbol that looms over Still Stands the House as if it were a character itself. What does the house symbolize? Support your answer with two references to the play. b) This play has several strong themes. Identify one of them. How does the symbol of the house contribute to the theme? Support your answer with two references to the play. c) Identify one character trait of Hester or Ruth. How has the playwright used dialogue effectively to …show more content…
Hester got what she wanted, the house to herself to keep her father’s memory alive. 18. Write an essay describing three ways in which Jinch Malrex is similar to The Farm Show and the theatre group to which Miles belongs. Use examples from the article, from the information in this lesson, or from The Drawer Boy to illustrate and support your comparison. Organize your essay this way: * Introductory Paragraph. * Three paragraphs-each paragraph explains and supports one point of similarity. * Concluding Paragraph. In The Drawer Boy, Miles tells a couple of farmers that he wants to do a play based on farming in Ontario. He asks if he can observe their work and make notes to give his play some realistic views. He explained that his play was going to be called The Farm Show. From the article that I read, it talked about a play called Jinch Malrex. This play is also based in Ontario, more specifically Toronto. The similarities between the two plays aren’t as noticeable when you look at them from the outside, but if you get down to the process of how the play was made, you understand a little more about how they are similar. Three ways that The Farm Show and Jinch Malrex are similar is in the process of how the play was created, the message the plays are trying to create, and the locations of where they take place. In the process of how the play was made for both Jinch Malrex and The Farm show, research was done. The Farm show was
At first, the house just sits there, resisting everything that wants it gone. Representing Carl and how he does not want to budge, how he’s determined to accomplish what Ellie always dreamed of , just like a house’s job is to stand
Although the Harlech Shadow House is not Cooper’s real house or home, it has a profound effect on his psyche as it mimics any traditional house; with each room planned out and rigid in nature, a confining environment is created. A traditional idea of home, one that evokes thoughts of suburbia and little white houses, calls for one to feel obligated to establish one solid home whether or not one stays in their same hometown or moves. Although the Harlech Shadow House does not resemble the typical “home sweet home”, its structural characteristics closely resemble them. A traditional house layout compartmentalizes each room in a different way than it does in the House Without Doors; it is more rigid and strictly laid out. These physical aspects and feelings of home contribute to each character’s experience and allow further analysis of each character’s attitudes towards
type of artist to hesitate the reality of showing what goes on in his land. From paintings of drug use to
b) Pick one brief quote from this scene that supports the direction of your essay. The quote from the text or movie should show how this theme reveals the aspect that you are writing about.
Our Town is different from most plays. It starts with barely any scenery, forcing the viewer to use their imagination. In the beginning the set manager comes on stage and describes the scene while also making sure that everything is under control; he plays an oversoul or God-like figure. Act I describes birth. The play commences before dawn and the first call Dr. Gibbs receives that morning is for the
Between the two plays further symbolic parallels can be identified. The Wingfield home represents Tom’s bondage; he is obligated to work at a job that he hates so he can support the family. The Loman home represents Willy’s bondage; he is working to pay the mortgage and the refrigerator payment. Both Tom and Willy have big dreams that are blocked by such ordinary responsibilities. By reporting the
As sentimental tone becomes evident frequently through the story, the author uses determination to display the struggles and growth that the author experiences. One of the major quotes that shows determination through a sentimental tone can be displayed as the hotel burning down where the Walls currently lived. Walls stated, “I wonder if the fire had been out to get me. I wonder if all fire was related . . . I didn’t have the answers to those questions, but what I did know was that I lived that at any moment could erupt . . . It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes” (Walls 34). This excerpt explains that the author and her family struggle through life to find a decent home--that they can afford. Jeannette spills her emotions through this quote; her struggles become strengths, as she narrates her childhood. The author displays the theme of struggle and the sentimental tone when “. . . the whole family stretched out on the benches and the floor of the depot and read, with the dictionary in the middle of the room so [the] kids could look up words [they] didn't know. . .” (Walls 56). This quote really tears at the reader’s heart strings, as the family copes with their living situations. Jeannette exceeds with describing the story; adding imagery to the situation creates the sentimental tone. The idea of struggle and growth portrays the main point of the overall
congratulations! my school is going pretty well. Unfortunately, I have been busy with school and work as well, but the more I work and the more I go to school, my English is getting better and as I said before I am taking an English class. it makes my English better. end of the semester, I am going to take assignment tests in order to pass on English 120. I think it will help me
All households studied in Who Has Seen the Wind and "To Set Our House in Order," include minor characters who have power, demonstrate acceptable behaviour yet fail to provide proper nurturing - all acting as major influences on the order with which the main characters conduct their lives.
In the both Jinch Malrex and The Farm Show the plays are based on real life, people and situations. In The Farm Show the everyday life as a farmer is being represented, the information is being provided by Mile’s show The Drawer Boy where Mile’s visited a farm ran by Morgan and Angus and learns what it is like in real life to live of a farm. In Jinch Malrex the play represents the real life as trouble youth, in the play the authors create character’s somewhat based on their lives for example Casandra London created a character whose mother’s wasn’t around based on her life of not having her father around. In all three of the plays the actors are creating stories by drawing on their own life, knowledge and
of the fact that she is kept in the house. One specific characteristic of the house that symbolizes
Hester was tall, with dark and abundant hair. She had deep black eyes. She had a beautiful face. She was lady-like, and characterized by a certain state of
“Just follow the rubric and you will do very well during your high school English experience each,” teacher stated. Teachers handed out a rubric at the beginning of each assignment, which detail every single thing that needed to be included in your paper. As long and you followed all of the instruction stated in the rubric, your paper would qualify you to receive an A. At the time, I thought this method was rather effective. I thought I was a stronger writer as result of being able to follow the instruction from the rubric and always receiving an A on each assignment. I never received anything lower than a 93% in any of my high school English classes. Therefore, I transitioned from high school English to college English with the idea
Discuss how Shakespeare uses language and dramatic techniques for character development in Act 2 Scene 2 of Measure for Measure.
b. go on and show how the playwright conveys the significance of your chosen theme.