The Boys In The Band Analysis

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night examines patterns of love and courtship through a twisting of gender roles. The play centers on the lead female role and protagonist, Viola, who

Throughout the 1950’s, the United States belonged to the Leave It To Beaver era. Families were structured around a strong, hard working father and a wonderful homemaker mother. Children were brought up with solid ideologies on what society expects from them and were warned about living a different and dangerous life. Only one-year separates Tennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room from there publishing dates during this decade of unwavering beliefs. These texts were seen as extremely controversial during their time due to their themes of homosexuality. Sexual orientation was an awkward topic during such a “to the book” time period and these texts pushed the limits, making them remarkable and memorable works. Both Tennessee Williams and James Baldwin explore the panic men experience while trying to comprehend what sexual orientation they belong to and highlight the masculine gay man. These texts also examine the woman’s role in the mist of it all.

Published by the Huffington Post, 20 year old Austin Fisher voices his process of coming out in his article entitled “The 3 Sides to my Coming Out Story”. I choose to analyze and reflect on this text for I believe it displays various situations and perceptions in response to one coming out. The author starts by explaining how he came to terms with himself. When Fisher was younger he idolized his brother’s bravery for announcing his homosexuality to the world. This planted a seed in Fisher’s mind that would not seem to stop growing. Though deep down he knew he was gay, he was not ready to admit it to himself or the outside world. Instead, Fisher suppressed his “gay side” and reinvented himself. He got a girlfriend and views “coming out” as overrated, for Fisher views it as unfair and unjust that because of his inherently “wrong” sexualtity he has to go through an emotional process of explaining who he is attracted to the people he loves.

Roy doesn't believe that he is gay, he simply feels that he is a heterosexual man who occasionally has the desire to be satisfied by a man. Roy also didn't identify himself as an homosexual because he considered homosexuals to be weak and who have no political clout. “Homosexuals are men who in fifteen years of trying cannot get a pissant anti-discrimination bill through the city council.” ( 45) He also conveys, “Homosexuals are men who know nobody and who nobody knows. Who have zero clout. Does this sound like me Henry?” (45) Roy threatens to destroy Henry's career if word got out that he had contracted the virus. He pronounces, “I will proceed, systematically, to destroy your reputation and your practice and your career in New York state Henry. Which you know I can do.” (44) He also states, “AIDS is what homosexuals have. I have liver cancer.” (46) Roy Cohn serves as the antagonist of the play because of his cunning and deceitful ways, which he uses

Band of Brothers is a non-fiction historical account of the U.S. Army’s Easy Company during World War II. Historian Stephen E. Ambrose explores the deep psychological bond that formed between the men as they went from basic training to their inevitable meeting with history at the Normandy D-Day invasion. Band of Brothers is unique among military histories in that it focuses not on the men behind the scenes making the plans, but on the front line soldiers, from the privates to the non-commissioned officers, carrying out the grand strategies of the generals.

Greenan & Tunnel (2003) posit that the societal marginalization exerted on same-sex couples, translates into internalization of an inferior status (as cited in Wetcher & Bigner, 2012). Herdt (1989) describes the process of coming out as the process of introducing an individual’s sexual orientation to broader circles of people, commencing with the self. The fear of coming out is often associated with fears of emotional rejection by family members, or internal belief of disappointing one’s parents. To cope with this fear, often gay men resort to concealment of their identity (Herdt, 1989; Ramirez & Brown, 2010). The social construct of belonging to a minority community, the avoidant attachment style and the threat of conflict within the family of origin system acts as the reagent that evokes Steve’s emotional distress which he regulates by withholding disclosure. Brain’s feeling of insecurity and wanting reassurance could be attributed to the vast discrepancy between the interactions he has experienced with his family of origin and current family system he shares with Steve.

In sixth grade, my step-dad left, leaving me to be the “adult” of the house in my mom’s absence. I was the “dad” to my little brothers because my mom could not be, but often I felt more like a clumsy, estranged figure than not – and sometimes, that’s how Tomas came off, too. In this way, I could identify with him the most. Ika felt too fragile, and Gabe too young to relate to. In contrast, Tomas’s love often came off as well-intentioned but poorly executed, like when he stole jewelry for his mom that matched her skin tone. It was more like “The Pursuit of Happyness” than “Boyz n the Hood” at some times. and I could empathize heavily with that, his family’s hardships with poverty, and his struggle to fill all the shoes everyone wanted him to:

The 1990s was a period of teen pop culture and dance pop culture that was originally stirred up in the late 70s and 80s. The 90s focused primarily on the teen population of many western countries. Companies and corporations looked to capitalize off the youth through trendy clothes, new technologies (video games), and ultimately Boy Bands. This new wave of bands contrasted greatly with the rock and roll bands of the previous generations. For instance, their style consisted of hip-hop, rap, and RnB fused with funk, soul and even dancing or performances. Also, 90s Bands were backed by a CEO and were not self-sufficient. Most of the time they didn’t even write their own music or even play an instrument for that matter. Music variety

Author Peter Cameron’s novel, The Weekend is clearly indebted to modern masters; in fact it extends the tradition of gay relationships by incorporating social observations into the novel. This novel expresses how society perceives and influences gay individuals, especially during the early 20th century. Cameron uses three major characters, including Lyle, Robert and Marian harmoniously to convey this message to readers. Firstly, Cameron identifies homosexual’s lack of recognition in society by using the main character, Lyle.

This drama study will argue for the acceptance of homosexuality as a primary theme in Goodnight Desdemona by Ann-Marie MacDonald. The main character, Constance, is a modern woman that is transported through time to play a new character in Romeo and Juliet and Othello. MacDonald allows Constance to become female and male characters, which explore the duality of genders roles, which challenge accepted homophobic assumptions about sexual relations in Shakespearean plays. Constance’s observations about Elizabethan society provide a uniquely accepting view of homosexuality through a modern evaluation of the Constance/Constantine gender role shift. Therefore, Constance provides a validation of homosexuality in the commentary as a method of opposing sexism and homophobia in the original Shakespearean platys. The social construction of supporting gender/homosexual identity will be examined in relation to the modernity of Constance’s influence on Elizabethan characters. In essence, an argument supporting the acceptance of homosexuality will be defined through an analysis of Goodnight Desdemona by Ann-Marie MacDonald.

I imagine this song to be an upbeat vibe type of rock n’ roll song. I want to it have an upbeat type of song because I feel like rock n’ roll is that type of genre where people back in the 1950s would dance to and have fun listening to it at concerts. In this song, it would go along with instruments like the electric guitar, a couple of backup singers, a drummer, an electronic keyboard, a bass guitar, and possibly a saxophone. For the type of band who would sing this song, it would probably be a band like Bill Haley and the Comets. I can picture this song sounding something like Bill Haley and the Comets’ song “Rock Around the Clock” with that kind of upbeat fast tempo.

In modern age, society finally accepts homosexuality,other sexual orientations, and gender identity became a more acceptable concept.However, even though it became acceptable once again in the twenty first century. Literature throughout the ages depicted different sexual orientation and gender identification. The play Twelfth Night made produced by William Shakespeare discusses the topics of sexuality during the early 17th century. The articles Gender Trouble in ‘Twelfth Night by Casey Charles agrees that the main central theme of this play is associated with gender identification and sexuality. However,the article “Rings and Things” in Twelfth Night:Gift Exchange, Debt and the Early Modern Matrimonial Economy by Stephanie Chamberlain examines the play having more to do with economically obligations that was occurring during that time instead of sexuality orientation. Due the different claims of the two authors, it makes the reader question what is this play by Shakespeare identifying as its central idea of focus. Is it about sexuality and how society might be disgusted by some individuals or the economically and materialistic problems that society faces?

The first character I will be analyzing is Alfie. In many aspects, Alfie doesn’t live true to his authentic self. Throughout the musical he is clearly struggling with the fact that he does not like women. His sister often encourages girls, and questions why he doesn’t seem interested. He never explains to her that it’s because he likes men, he simply brushes it off, or claims it’s because he is too focused on his plays. His best friend is the man who drives his bus, yet will barely admit to himself that he loves him. Based on Alfie’s circumstances, he feels that he must conceal his true identity, this leaves him essentially living a lie. The society in this early time period played a large role in Alfie concealing the gender that he likes. Most weren’t accepting of gay people at this time, this is demonstrated when Alfie later gets beaten up for openly showing his affection or another male. His religion also plays a role in

What this actually meant in the culture’s sexual economy is perhaps more accurately suggested by meta-theatrical references in plays’ prologues and epilogues. The actress playing Flirt in Wycheley’s The Gentleman Dancing

According to Chris, Shakespeare’s play ‘Twelfth Night’ touches on sensitive concepts within the society (1). Similar to the majority of his literary works, Twelfth Night captures the concept of love and how individuals use love through marriage to achieve power or a higher social status. Throughout the play, there is an apparent struggle for social status by the key characters. Lindheim asserts that there are some characters in the play, such as Antonio who would do everything within their means in order to achieve their sexual desires (2). For example, in a more traditional society or contemporary setting, Antonio could never hope of