Performing Arts

Michael Hoffman’s 1999 film version of Shakespeare's midsummer night’s dream was able to modify the audience experience of the play. Michael Hoffman had successfully turned the play into a film and was able to show a visible expression of the characters to the audience. He had also made some changes, like the settings and made his version modernized. Though the film was based on the Shakespeare’s play, the audience’s experience is still different.

After being rejected for her Metis identity, Piquette is forced to change in order to be accepted by the people around her. Four years later, Vanessa

For this assignment. I will be talking about the original musical performance of 42nd street. I will present the conditions of the stage and setting for the original stage performance. In this, I will talk about the plot and the characters of 42nd street, how the plot progresses and how each character has their own purpose in the story in comparison to each other. I will talk about the underlying themes of 42nd street; how these themes are important

The abandonment of her father leaves her with her Great Uncle Etienne and Madame Manec who passes away shortly after Monsieur LeBlanc’s departure. Marie-Laure no longer has someone to guide her physically and emotionally. This absence creates moments of desperation where she is engaging in dialogue with her father begging for guidance when he is not there. In one part of the story, she is hiding, and her hunger is eating away at her fear of being discovered so much so that she is willing to risk her safety to satisfy her stomach. The voice of her father engages and encourages her not to eat and to wait it out until it is safe. Furthermore, Marie-Laure experiences her internal conflict of value to society and her Great Uncle. There is a moment when she asks Etienne if he ever regretted Marie-Laure and her father showing up at his doorstep in which he promptly replies that he does not. Marie-Laure without the guidance of her father now must find her will to survive and choose whether or not she is going to wither away hiding or be a part of the resolve in the war. The absence of her father gives Marie-Laure the free-will to choose as she pleases and she chooses to be a part of the resolve. Marie-Laure becomes a part of an intricate system of bread delivery from the bakery to her Great Uncle. In return, Etienne transmits discrete radio signals to points of enemy locations and

"It is precisely of him that I wished to speak. Dispose of me as you please; but help me first to carry him home. I only ask that of you." Upon examination of Les Miserables, it is clearly evident that the elements of Forgiveness, Self – Sacrifice, and Courage are only a few of the main themes Hugo wanted to develop.

Florian and Joana find hope within each other. Their appreciation for each other grows immensely, from their first interaction in the barn to their kiss on the Wilhem Gustloff. This offers them a distraction and provides color to their dull and gray worlds. It reminds them of feelings other than sorrow and fear. Their love allows them to remember that there was life before the war and there will be a life waiting for them after.

Valjean navigated through the mazes of the small streets and climbed over a wall when he met a dead end. He pulled Cosette over with a

There is an obvious conflict between the Comte and Vianne Rocher, the single mother who arrives in Lansquenet bringing a splash of red to

Marius described the Jondrettes plan to kill Valjean to Javert. Javert then gave him 2 pistols and told him to look into the hole of the house when the Jondrette’s were going to kill Valjean.

(M.Hipp)Les Miserables is an exquisite example of revolution. The story takes place in France while there is an Orleanist Monarchy. Many french workers, students, and commoners decide to attempt to overthrow said government. The revolution does not end in the commoners favor but could be viewed as a similar story as Persepolis. Throughout Persepolis many people did not approve of the changes the government made in Iran so the people rebelled and a revolution sparked. The revolution was one of the factors that shaped Marjane and who she is a person today. She had to learn to accept that there was nothing she could do to stop the revolution, that she was too young to understand everything, and that she would have to abide by the new laws that

Jean Valjean also known as 24601 was imprisoned in prison for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his young relative who was starving. After he is freed from the jail he thinks he is free again but his past keeps haunting him. He doesn’t get a job because of his parole. It seems like he has lost all his hopes after looking forward to what his new life had for him even after he meets a bishop who gives him food and shelter. So he decides to steal the silverware from the church and run away but he gets caught and gets taken back to the church by the police officers but the bishop covers for him and tells him to use the silver and become a honest man which changes Jean Valjean thought about the cruel world and decides to become a better person so

Both texts explore storytelling Moulin Rouge features a play, within a story, as Christian recounts his time at the Moulin Rouge and creating said play; Spectacular Spectacular. This technique and continuous “flashback” allows the audience to see the events as if they were happening for the first time and adds contextual information to the story, alluding the audience to the plot from the beginning. Luhrmann also utilizes dramatic irony through the plot of Spectacular Spectacular, which neatly summarises and foreshadows the plot of Moulin Rouge itself.

Les Miserables is a characteristic romantic work in both theme and form. In theme the novel assaults the traditional social structure, glorifies freedom of thought and spirit, and makes a hero of the average individual. In this novel the several characters were portrayed as heros. It follows the lives and interactions of several French

He is willing to go to extreme measures to prove that he isn’t a bonapartist and gain trust from the St. Merans. He finally finds out that if he arrests a suspected bonapartist, in this case Edmond Dantes, he will get this trust. After he arrests Dantes, he gets the St. Merans trust, gets to marry their daughter Renee, and even gets acknowledgment and praise from the King of France for his royalist actions. This event shows how far Villefort is willing to go to get what he wants and please people. He embodies a royalist personality and arrests an innocent man all to please his fiancee’s family. With all of this interpersonal intelligence, he often lacks intrapersonal intelligence which is getting to know yourself and control your actions. Villefort usually doesn’t realize the effects of his actions on other people, which make things a lot more difficult for him. He lacks this intelligence when he tells his wife to kill herself; he doesn’t realize the possible

But for Mr. Marius, even though he didn’t know the name of the girl (Cosette) he already fell in love with her that he sent his last words before their battle with the national guards.