Albee

Since the previous response to course material, we spent a lot of time discussing one particular work, The American Dream, learning the vocabulary terms and even beginning to apply them, and learning how to analyze specific literary techniques likes tone and mood. Furthermore, we even practiced AP multiple choice in both prose and poetry styles. Our main focus in this time period was Edward Albee’s The American Dream. To have background information before reading it, we read “Theories of Humor

modern man. The absurdist viewpoint and generalized question concerned with existence self have been at the very heart of the inspiration of the play. The play may also be studied a picture of the problems and conflicts of an existential character. Albee(1928-2005) is the only American dramatist to introduce absurdist troubles and situations to the American theatre: his criticism of the American ethos is outstanding and it annihilates the very foundations of its value structure. In his plays Edward

class, as a successful executive at a publishing company, who abides by the norm- a nuclear family, a steady, high-paying job, and a superior mentality- and Jerry, the “permanent transient” in lower class, living in a run-down boarding house (Albee). Edward Albee, the playwright of The Zoo Story, exemplifies the rungs of social hierarchy through the zoo metaphor, which places separate and caged animals in the same plane with people trapped in their class. The illusion of the American Dream, the social

In Betty Keller’s Tea Party, Alma, a seventy-five year old woman, and Hester Evans, a seventy-nine year old woman are sisters that share a home together. In their old age and due to Hester being a cripple, the Evans sisters are confined to their home almost all the time. The small amount of excitement they do get, is from the neighborhood paperboy that they occasionally get to speak to. It is made quite obvious at the beginning of the drama, that the two women are starved of attention and company

Anger is an innate feature and feeling that is present in all human beings. It is a feeling the leads man to feel that he is not restricted and free. It gives one the motivation to face everything and create his own predestination ( Grasso1).Vincent K. Bissonette believes that anger is a respond to the injury and unfairness that the mind receives towards something (126). Aristotle declares that anger is a motivation that accompanied by pain. It leads to the idea of trying to make the other suffer

The sexual dominance of male characters over their female counterparts in the plays establishes their superiority and control. Both playwrights suggest that a degree of personal status is acquired by sexually dominate women. The rape scene shows Stanley’s use of power sexually through rage and strength, used to illustrate his final defeat of Blanche and establish himself as ‘King’ of his territory, ‘limited to expressing basic desire’ . ‘Since earliest manhood… his life has been pleasure with women

In the award winning movie We Bought a Zoo, directed by Cameron Crowe, Dylan Mee isolates himself from life and his life’s issues. In the beginning of the story when the Mee family moves to a zoo, Dylan is discouraged and stops communicating with people. In fact, Lily forces Dylan to communicate with her, “I’ll bring you a sandwich everyday at four o’clock.” (Crowe, x:xx) Dylan would much rather draw in his journal than to have to deal with Lily everyday. Later in the story, Dylan refuses to work

Zoolander is a 2001 film that was directed by Ben Stiller, who also starred as the main protagonist. On the surface, the film appears to be a nonsensical comedy about male models in ridiculous clothing. But, with a closer look, it becomes clear that this film is a satire with many messages about the fashion industry and its negative impacts on society. The film begins with Derek Zoolander, an award-winning male model who is considered to be one of the best in the business. After losing a modeling

In the book Zebra by Chaim Potok, Adam Martin Zebran (called Zebra by his friends) loved to run because he loved the wind running over his face. One day, Zebra was running down a hill and out of nowhere a car comes off a side street hitting him. He ends-up breaking his hand and injuring his leg. Afterwards, Zebra becomes depressed and stays away from everyone. One day, a man named John Wilson, a one-armed artist, appears along the fence where he is standing alone. He asks Zebra if his school would

In this emotional movie We Bought A Zoo, directed by Cameron Crowe, Dylan Mee tries to move on with his mother’s death in his depressed life, but realizes he has to leave the past. In the beginning of the story, we see that Dylan is going to fail his education if he doesn’t focus on his school work as much as his art. Even though his father, Benjamin Mee, should be focusing on Dylan, he is trying to fix other people’s problems. While in the principal's office, Benjamin tries to fix the squeaky window