Long Christmas Ride Home Themes

p.127 Rebecca is a pillar of the church and if she is given the opportunity to speak then she will show the town what a righteous woman she is by her prayers and then the town will turn on those that have condemned these righteous and respectable people.

The scene before this metaphor describes the author 's realization of his forever departure from his childhood world as his presents are no longer from "Santa Claus", unlike his younger brothers. Christmas is a holiday filled with joy and laughter, however for the author, this Christmas meant the mark of his entrance in the adult world. As he said on page 344, paragraph 4, "...so much surprised as touched by a pang

The plot of Rebecca is an interesting and suspenseful story, but it would greatly differ if it were to occur in today’s current time period. Though some aspects of life have remained the same, there have been many changes in history and culture since Rebecca was written. Because of the contrast of roles in society, views on marriage, and technology for crimes, the plot of Rebecca would not make sense in the twenty-first century of America. The roles in the society of Rebecca differ from today’s

In The Long Christmas Ride Home, a play by Paula Vogel, a family deals with the difficulty and consequences of family relationships. These family relationships are tested and presented through a play which fuses American and Japanese traditional theatre. Through the utilization of Japanese influence, Vogel’s play explores the themes of infidelity, sexual identity, and grief to create an immersive experience into the struggles of this family.

On the surface Rebecca appears to demonstrate the conventions of the romantic genre. The storyline includes a heroine, who is thinks herself to be very plain “with straight, bobbed hair and youthful, unpowdered face, dressed in an ill-fitting coat and skirt…”, as well as a hero, who the heroine believes is

I Visualize that currently in the lives of Rebecca and Tane that both their lives aren’t going well. Though they may be very talented. They definitely do have some problems that are tough for both of them to overcome. Such as a dead mom a dad who left, and a uncaring family for both of them.

The play "Our Town" starts out with a family that has children getting ready for school. The play then jumps six years ahead where two of the children are now getting married. The small town all attends the wedding and the Stage Manager goes through discussing what the people say about their wedding. After this the play jumps forward another nine years where the bride is now having her second child and dies during child birth. After this happens it tells about people attending her funeral as she watches in the afterlife along with other people form the town in their afterlife. The Stage Manager goes through explaining how all the people died and then the bride, Emily, decides she wants to go back for just one day. She wasn't allowed to pick a normal day so she just picked her 12th birthday. During her birthday, she had a normal morning with her parents and brother, but as the day goes on she realizes that the time is going by too fast. She decides to go back to the afterlife because it was too hard to sit there and know it was her last day with them. She began to realize that even the boring, daily life is important and should be

Time slows down and the moment is elongated to linger in the minds of the audience. This enables the audience to reflect on the scene as they watch it and pay attention to the visual details unfolding. This reminds the audience that the characters enacting the scene are merely children making the entire slow motion sequence of Sam and Suzy striding out the chapel in solidarity with deadpan expressions after their “wedding” seem comical. A surreal fantasy feel to the scene is conveyed- reminding the audience of the purity and naiveté of children. In this manner, the slow motion enables the audience to savor the scene as a legendary moment capturing the beauty of childlike abandonment and naiveté- building on the film’s theme of nostalgia and innocent childhood days gone

In the classic play, “Into The Woods,” the fairy tales Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and The Beanstalk, and Rapunzel collide in a twisted story. The fairy tales intertwine in the woods while they are struggling to make their wishes come true. In the play and in the book by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, the fairytale, “Jack and the beanstalk,” helps pave the path for Into The Woods. For instance, by having the reader's question the moral behaviors of the fairy tale. Furthermore, Jack and the Beanstalk helps readers comprehend Into the Woods by regarding greed, maturity and the ends justify the means as an essential element to understanding Into the Woods.

What are my thoughts on, “The Long Christmas Ride Home”? It was better than expected. The entire runtime was one hour and twenty-five minutes long, no intermission, no long pauses, just a straight shot; I respected this, usually plays or musicals are unnecessarily long, because of this I steer away from theater culture, though it was short, it managed to get the main point across without having the audience endure hours of senseless character buildup. The atmosphere was different for me, usually I watch a play or musical in a large auditorium or outdoor venue, but this play took place in a pretty small room. In perspective, the room could fit in the classroom

Breathtaking Christmas Light Displays in Cleveland OhioCleveland, Ohio is a lovely place to visit at Christmas Time. There are many things to do in both the City and surrounding areas. Make sure you set aside time to visit these glorious places with your friends and family this holiday season. Deck the Halls at Stan Hywet Hall and Garden 714 N. Portage Path Akron, OH (330)836-5533 November 24 to December 31 Mansion Hours 10 am - 4:30pm Grounds are open from 9am - 6pm Carriage House Store and Cafe are 10am - 5pm. Admission to the mansion and gardens is $12 adults, $6 for children 6-12, and children under 6 are FREE when accompanied by an adults Located just east of Cleveland Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens is well known for

Rebecca begins with the sentence, "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." The heroine, dreaming, sees herself as a ghost, flitting through the charred ruins of the once-beautiful mansion Manderley, where she once lived. When she awakes, she resolves not to speak of the dream, for "Manderley was ours no longer. Manderley was no more." The only person to whom she could speak of it, we realize shortly, is her husband, whose name we have not yet learned. Together, the couple is traveling through Europe, staying in small hotels to avoid meeting people they both know. They have recently been through a period of great suffering, connected to the destruction of Manderley, but the heroine does not reveal the nature of their predicament. Pieces

You know all those times you wake up on Christmas morning and there are presents under the tree, well Santa has finally failed. In the play Hurry Up Santa, there are children who find that Santa has slept in on Christmas and are now devastated. While at the workshop the elves try to keep everything under control, and reassure children all over the world that Santa will indeed show up. The theme of this play would be that Christmas isn’t about presents or money it’s about being with your family and being happy.

The novel “Rebecca” is generally regarded as her masterpiece and has been adapted into film several times-- One of the films was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Another situation in the story that splits adulthood and childhood into two separate worlds is when the Burnell children want to show their friends the new doll house, but they are told by their mother that they can set up the doll house in the courtyard but not allow their friends to come inside for tea or wander throughout the house. Usually children are open hearted and when they have a friend over they want to show them around their house, offer them a snack make them feel at home. But in this story the mother of the Burnell children wants the children to stay outside and not expect to be fed or be allowed in the house. The reason that the mother doesn't want children to come inside is because they may mess up the house or break something, and if she gives one child tea, she has to give others as well which may turn out a bit expensive.