The Evil Queen

Atwood opens her speech using colloquial language. The informal nature of her language makes her speech more accessible for the audience and the humour associated with the colloquial phrases engaging. It sets the casual atmosphere in which the speech is delivered.

3. One opinion is not always as good as another. The best ones are usually the ones that bring forth controversy with good judgement (A is better than B).

Director Stephen Frears chose, when filming this movie, to use traditional 35mm film for the scenes featuring the Royal Family. He chose to use traditional 35mm film to reflect the traditional views of the Royal Family. The syntax analyzed the language provided by the syntax helped understand the Royal Family traditional culture. The Royal Family at the beginning of the film had deep traditional roots and don’t agree with the progressive members of the society at large. After Princess Diana’s death the Royal Family believed that the arraignments should be kept as a private matter of her family. The Royal Family strongly believed that the Princess Diana was no longer part of the Royal Family since her divorce to the son of Queen

“An opinion is a judgment based on facts”- Fowler, H. Ramsey. The Little, Brown Handbook.

Opinion: “Opinions are intensely personal, so it is understandable that people have strong feelings about theirs. (Ruggiero, 2010, p.34). Your opinion may not be the truth but for an individual it is a personal view and not any one else’s.

Comedy and tragedy would not seem to mix well, as they have opposite conclusions of happiness or sadness. To have comic and tragic plots within one play, then, can be argued as being too distinct to be coherent. In The Insatiate Countess, however, it is the differences between the tragic plot of the countess, Isabella, and the comic plot of Abigail and Thais, that strengthen the play’s message supporting loyalty in friendship.

"In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true." - John Lilly

Opinions and facts can be forced into whichever lens is chosen to view them through. As a

wrong from thinking. It is also my favorite maxim because it's about expanding your mind.

In this life, it is extremely important to always look at things from another person’s perspective. The reason for this is that though someone may know quite a bit about one subject, they might not be so well taught about another, and therefore, they have different opinions based upon their knowledge on the subject (whatever that subject may be) than someone who had studied that certain subject. Everyone has different beliefs, and it is important to respect that.

Imagine a child that was born with a bright green tint to their skin and had razor sharp teeth. This happened to Melena Thropp in the book The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, written by Gregory McGuire. The Broadway musical “Wicked,” by Winnie Holzman, was based on this novel. When it made its debut it astounded the world as it won many awards. “Wicked” draws in many people because they can relate to the feeling of being ostracized the way Elphaba was. In the 21st century, musicals have progressed along with technology due to the use of new special effects in musicals today.

In order to achieve anything in life one should set goals and that is exactly what Macbeth has done after the Weird Sister gave him the prophecies. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee,thane of Cawdor! All Hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!” (1.3.50-51) After Macbeth becomes the thane of Cawdor he has ideas killing and replacing the king. When Banquo asks Macbeth what he was thinking about Macbeth lies and covers up his dark thoughts. These are the first signs of evil, raising inside of Macbeth. As the play continues Macbeth has murdered the king Duncan and feels guilty “No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red” (2.2.61-63). During this part of the play, Macbeth shows that evil is slowly

"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt."

Title of the Work: Wicked: The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of The West

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." -- Marcus Aurelius