Rhapsody In The Rain Analysis

Tom Dent’s Ritual Murder portrays the phenomenon of black urban crime on New Orleans, Louisiana. A friend kills a friend; Joe murdered James in the Negro bar on a Saturday night while both were drinking. Killing each other happens all the time in “our race on Saturday nights” (Dixon 474). Friends are the victims as well as the perpetrators. The murders and the victims in the play are friends that often murder one another, because “Friends kill each other all the time…unless you have an enemy you can both kill” (480).

Before they even drove to her parent's house, Chris informed that he was hesitant to go because she did not inform her parents that he was in fact, black. But, despite the hesitation, he decided to go anyway. When they arrived at her parents' house Rose’s father, Dean Armitage, played by Bradley Whitford, almost immediately began to act “black” by saying slurs like “man” and

“If the Reverend hadn’t take the situation in hand and preached one of the hottest sermons in hand and preached one of the hottest sermons on the relationship of the fruits of the Earth to plain, downright human foolishness, I don’t know where it would have all ended” (Fast 68). The novel April Morning is a book of historical fiction written by Howard Fast. The book depicts the historic battle of Lexington in the Revolutionary War. The theme of April’s Morning is about a fifteen-year-old boy named Adam Cooper who is trying to prove to his father that he is a man. As the small village of Lexington prepares to battle the British Red Coats, the village relies heavily on the Reverend. The Reverend is a flat character because his stance as a leader does not change. He is also a static character because he does not change in character no matter what happens. Although throughout the book the Reverend’s true name is never revealed, he has many other character traits are shown in

Ellison illustrates the social injustices the black community endures through the characterization of the audience in the theater and their attitudes towards the protagonist in order to display the inexcusable treatment African Americans “accept” in their daily lives. Ellison’s use of diction depicts the white structure through words conveying the message of a higher power. The protagonist sees “(...) the white beam filtered from the projection room above the balcony,” which gives the illusion that the white power structure controls the bingo wheel (252). Consequently, as he feels that he is on the stage by himself with no perception of reality, he feels a sensation of alienation and isolation that “felt right” in his nature. As the protagonist steps on the stage, the audience responds to his presence by talking down to him which includes being called “boy” by the man with the microphone. Although he grins at the “man’s jive talk,” he feels

Set in 1959 Chicago in the first act, the neighborhood association is trying to prevent a colored family from buying a middle-class white family’s home. As the second act comes around, the story is set in the 2000’s in the same neighborhood, but now the neighborhood is predominately black. A white family is buying back into the neighborhood and change that home to counter what has come of the neighborhood.

The film mocks the ways that white students adopt black language and culture, makes fun of the ways that whites use black culture to be “cool,” and shows how they fumble in performing it.  But it is not only the white students who are the butt of jokes in the film. Semien takes stock black characters and uses them to humorous effect: the overzealous black activist (Sam), the black girl with blue contacts (Coco), the black man dating a white woman (Troy), and even the black gay guy (Lionel) who “listens to Mumford and Sons and watches Robert Altman,”1 arguably too white in his cultural tastes to fit in at Armstrong-Parker, the black student house. Taking cues from Spike Lee, the writer-director critiques the structural racism that exists in the American university, highlighting the absurdity of everyday life as a “black face in a white

The main title music “A Quiet Life” played at two very important scenes in the film but was used for different purposes to create impact for the storyline. The main theme first occurs right after the loss of their family youngest son Beau, in order to show the time and the overall environment the family is living in after a year of the creatures invasion. The music starts to play after Regan woke up from her nap as she lies on the bed of white sand. It starts out with the repetition of the piano being played in three different notes/keys (low, high, low) with an additional lower, louder note/key after 3-4 rounds. It plays along with Regan’s expression as she looks around conflicted and finally realized that she is back to reality, that her

The film opens with an African American, later revealed to be Andre, walking around at night in an upper middle class suburb. He is trying to get directions as a white car begins to follow him. It is discovered later in the film that the man in the car is Jeremy, Rose’s brother through the recurrence of the white car and knight’s mask near the end of the film when Chris is trying to escape. An important thing to note in this scene is the director’s use of film noir, which depicts the film’s use of low-lighting and not shots. At first watch, this scene appears to only serve to set up the eery vibe through film noir, but this vibe that director Jordan Peele is putting off is meant to remind the audience of the Trayvon Martin case. Similar to the murder of

Another example of racism in Act 2 is the jokes that the cast keep saying back and forth to each other. For instance Steve asks the cast ‘”how many white men does it take to change a light bulb?” and Kevin replies by saying “one to hold the light bulb and the rest screw the entire world”. Then Steve replies with another racist joke asking “what is long and hard on a black man?” As the cast keeps bickering and talking over each other Lena decides to tell the most racist joke of the entire play. She asks “why is a white woman like a tampon?” As Steve tries to figure out the answer Lena tells them that it is because they are both stuck up cunts. After all of this is said everyone continues to argue and talk over each other. Nothing seems to be solved and people start to leave because of all the racist comments.

the play are ―rich symbol[s]‖ that convey the barriers of a ―racist society‖ (Kenny par. 18). The

Jordan Peels’s Get Out (2017) is entertaining through its chilling aspects; however, it also focuses on an extremely important issue in today’s society. Peele uses the combination of sound and graphics to portray the ongoing issue of racism. In this film, a black man by the name of Chris (played by Daniel Kaluuya) is going to meet his Caucasian girlfriend of 4 months- Rose’s (Allison Williams) parents. Chris is very paranoid that his skin color may be a problem with Rose’s folks, but she assures him that her parents are loving of everyone no matter their skin tone. When Chris arrives to Rose’s parent’s upscale property, he is a little uneasy. The housekeeper and groundskeeper are African American and they have a very strange persona, which increases his discomfort. Through tone and dialogue, Get Out expresses how the factor of racism has continually added to the aspect of racial paranoia.

Emotions in Humanity When one hears about emotions, typically that person is talking about women. All humans have the ability to convey emotions, but more often one hears that women are the ones who typically have emotional outbursts. A common gender stereotype is that, men who show emotion are undesirable. In society, women can be portrayed as being more emotional and their emotions are valued less through the tone in short stories, which is shown in, “April Showers” by Edith Wharton, “The Wagner Matinee” by Willa Cather, and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin.

In 1971, Marvin Gaye, a renowned Motown artist, published a concept album that would become a huge hit for both critics and casual listeners throughout the US. Written towards the end of the Vietnam War, What’s Going On would touch on subjects including war protests, unification of the American people, and the poor treatment of veterans. Gaye’s brother served in Vietnam, and much of this album shows the brother’s thoughts and feelings when he returns. Throughout his album, Marvin Gaye uses his own experiences to give us a look at why he and many others had a dissatisfaction with society and the government during the Vietnam War era in the United States.

When looking at the origins of African-American Dramas specifically in Mulatto, Native Son, A Raisin in the Sun, Funnyhouse of a Negro, Great Goodness of Life, and Dutchman, the emotions of all these characters created the sense that everyone in this time were still searching for their identity. Each character in the plays had to overcome difficulties relating to their skin color, thus causing either confusion or confidence in their search for what defines them as their self. It created internal conflicts and they often blamed society for specific expectations and stereotypes. How the characters decided to express their feelings in emotions demonstrates a sense of realism and how they viewed themselves. In each play, we are able to see how the characters deal with the searching of their identity through various emotions and internal conflicts through their life choices.

The all around idea for our reactant ment of The Glass Menagerie is to make the play less boring and take newer twists which usually are not taken in the play.Sound is very important to create mood for any play especially the Glass Menagerie. Our idea is to come up with newer music fitting in with the play so the audience can be more diverse in ideas. Also, to create the same feeling songs like Ave Maria would give the audience. The idea is to combine old classical music with newer music and create the same mood with the original songs without boring the audience to sleep.