The Testing Book Review: 'Comedy Of Errors'

Additionally, a second author impact would be to motivate one to make a change. The novel, The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau, takes place in a dystopian society revolving around the poverty/wealth inequality. The effects that have come because of the poverty in their society, shows the reader that in any scenario change is a good thing. One can learn to make a positive change over these inequities by the impact they have on a society. An example would be when the main character, Cia, is speaking with her roommate and she says that lots of people in her town are hungry. (Charbonneau) To sum it up, motivating one to make a change is another author impact.

Antigone is a tragic play written by Sophocles in about 441b.c. The play is a continuation of the curse put upon the household of Oedipus Rex. Sophocles actually wrote this play before he wrote Oedipus, but it follows Oedipus in chronological order. The story of Antigone begins after the departure of Oedipus, the king of Thebes, into self-exile. Oedipus’ two sons, Eteocles and Polyneices, were left to rule over Thebes. An argument over rights to power forces Polynices to leave Thebes. Some time passes and Polynices returns with the army from Argos and attempts to overthrow his brother. The two brothers fight and kill one another and the war ends. Creon, the uncle of the two

Antigone, written by the Athenian Sophocles, is about a woman named Antigone who lives in a city named Thebes. The play’s plot is based on her attempt to successfully bury her brother Polynices whom perished in a battle with his brother that also assumed the role of

Antigone is set in Thebes, which is an ancient Greek city that is set to be cursed and prone to disaster. By setting Antigone in Thebes, Sophocles allowed the tensions between male and female to be explored.

The most important difference between the plays Antigone and Lysistrata are the underlying tones of each play. Antigone is quite serious and deals with darker subject matter involving birds and dogs devouring a human’s body and flesh; while Lysistrata is more light-hearted and geared towards husbands wanting to devour their wives in a different way. Imagine the mood of each play was reversed, Antigone was more cheerful and happy while Lysistrata was morbid and dark, the story of each play would change drastically and would not have the same meaning. This difference between the plays tones is what categorizes them into a “tragedy” or “comedy”. Without these important aspects of the plays, their meaning and delivery would entirely change.

Alister McGrath, from the very beginning of this book, plainly states what the dangerous idea is all about. “The dangerous new idea, firmly embodied at the heart of the Protestant

Throughout a student’s scholarly career, they are tested nonstop on various subjects ranging from math and science to literature and history. Within the article “How The Obsession With Testing is Hurting Learners and Teachers” by Mike Crowley, one can recognize Crowley’s opinion—testing is bad—repeatedly argued though the work as a whole. Crowley uses powerful diction along with credible evidence and various rhetorical devices such as pathos to achieve his goal in convincing his readers that testing children constantly harmful to the children’s well-being.

What once began as a simple test administered to students yearly to measure understanding of a particular subject has, as Kohn (2000) has stated, “Mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole” (p.1). Today’s students are tested to an extent that is unparalleled in not only the history of our schools, but to the rest of the world as well. Step into any public school classroom across the United States and it will seem as if standardized testing has taken over the curriculum. Day after day teachers stress the importance of being prepared for the upcoming test. Schools spend millions of dollars purchasing the best test preparation materials, sometimes comes at the cost of other important material. Although test

First, the major characters in both of the plays are suffering through great pain and end up with death. The drama Antigone which is written by Sophocles, tells the story of Antigone. Antigone is a tragic heroine who doesn’t have the power to challenge the authority of the king; she has to obey the rules. However, she shows her strong will and voices her opinions

Testing: To check or qualify the performance of a person under strain. “The Testing” by Joelle Charbonneau, is a Scientific Fiction book about a girl who gets chosen for a test to become one of the next leaders of their country. As she tries to find out what is happening to all the students that failed the test, she has troubles and tasks along the way. A test which can kill anyone who fails.

The Comedy of Errors is a significant work of Shakespeare, because it was his gateway to works with more significance, depth, and characters with definite characteristics. In The Comedy of Errors, the character of Adriana is presented. Adriana is best known for being wife of E. Antipholous, but Adriana is also Luciana’s sister. Adriana is so significant in this play, because although this play was a comedy, Adriana’s role in this play is highly emotionally based. Adriana challenges the roles of the standard woman at the time and of a woman in her marriage. Adriana is outspoken and is not afraid to be very opinionated. Throughout the course of the play, she focuses

The human race loves to self justify their actions and beliefs. The self justifications include people in the criminal justice system. The book Mistakes Were Made by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson talks about testilying which is when someone lies and admits to a crime they never did. The book exaggerates how bad testilying is, but is right in some areas.

Antigone is a play that was written in ancient Greece by the playwright Sophocles. It is the third play in a trilogy of tragedies about the city-state of Thebes, revolving around Oedipus Rex. Antigone starts the day after a civil war fought between the two sons of Oedipus Rex after his death. The civil war ended in death for both brothers, so their uncle, Creon, assumed the role of King of Thebes. The main conflict of the play begins when Creon gives one brother, Eteocles, a burial with honors, but passes a law forbidding a burial for the other brother, Polyneices with the penalty of death. One of the sisters of Eteocles and Polyneices, Antigone disagrees with this law, and decides to bury Polyneices, resulting in Creon sentencing Antigone to death. A conflict emerges between Antigone and Creon, who appear to be opposites. However, despite Antigone and Creon’s different stances on law, they are ultimately more similar than different because of their shared value of loyalty and their shared characteristic, hubris.

Another theme prominent throughout the play is in the phrase, “drop of water." Antipholus first uses the phrase to describe himself, since he views himself as a drop of water, which is trying to find another drop in the vast ocean of mankind. In this case he is referring to his search for his lost brother and father. Later, Adriana uses the same language when referring to her husband, and compares their division similar to separating water. The phrase stands for a joining of two people, and implies an intimate bond. The use of twins in The Comedy of Errors is not necessarily essentially entertaining.

Comedy of Errors, an enthralling and entertaining play written by William Shakespeare, contains a riveting and unique storyline. The story begins with the forlorn idea of a father trying to discover and reunite his family who was split apart by a shipwreck. Egeon, who is introduced in the first act, is the father of two twins named Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse. Antipholus of Ephesus has grown up with his father, but his long lost twin has been off living his own life. Along with this set of twins, comes their servants Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse who are also twins and unaware of each other. The humor in this play lies in the fact that both sets of twins and Egeon are all in the same city, but are oblivious to this throughout the play. The plot continues to progress through the multiple interactions the twins and their servants have with other characters. Throughout these encounters, the other