Eugene O'Neill’s social criticism is negative… Whatever hope he sees for man lies in individuals who may have the courage to possess their own souls” (363). A prime of example of an individuals who do possess their own souls are present in Anna Christie. Anna and Marthy, the main woman characters, are both examples of O’Neill’s experiments into writing more well-rounded and independent women, much like the women of the 1920’s. Despite Marthy only appearing in the first act, her personality reveals
There were many plays that I could have chosen from, but this one Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies caught my attention. I found it so interesting and very well written which made me want to actually write my director’s notebook about. I chose this play because I liked how it was being told. The way the author wrote this play was very unique. I also liked the play itself because a lot of these stuff are happening today in the world we live in and so there is a lot of comparing between
Introduction- On August 14, 2011 thirty-eight year old Anna Garcia was found dead in her home. She is a hispanic female who weighs 165 lbs and is 64 inches tall. Doug Greene, Anna’s neighbor, contacted 911 at 9:45 a.m. to report his concerns for his neighbor. Police and emergency personnel arrived at the scene at 9:56 a.m. Preceding the day of Anna’s death, Doug spoke to her when he saw her walking her dog around 6:30 a.m. She was wearing a sweater even though they were currently experiencing a
to her inability to put aside her starched values she turns down a sexual advance from a man. With the night's failure, and without Connie, she goes home early. "Her New Home" ch.4 p.12-15: This is the introduction of the caring & passionate Anna Madrigal. Mary Ann had enough exposure of Connie's Trix. Out of the three places the rental agency sent her, Mary Ann discovers that 28 Barbary Lane is where her new funky home will be. Once back at Connie's apartment, Connie suggests they meet
Evaluation of Group Work 1. Rate your group (not individuals in the group) and share what factors influenced you picking that number and explain what it would have taken to move you up half a point up the scale. I would rate our group as a whole with a 9, because we all took this project seriously and wanted to do a good job. We all put effort into this project, even though we all thought at some point that the others were doing more work than ourselves, however, we all put in more work than we thought
“It was the old New York way…the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency about courage, and who considered that nothing was more ill-bred than ‘scenes,’ except the behavior of those who gave rise to them” (Wharton, Prologue). Because every time period has different beliefs and traditions, setting is vital to a novel. In The Luxe, the young and determined socialites’ lives are greatly affected by the setting. In this novel, teenage elites struggle to decide whether
In this paper, I will discuss the concept of simplicity in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. That simplicity is narratively shown by character Platon Karataev (Platon for short), his dog, the complexity of Pierre and Tolstoy’s philosophy of life. Platon and Pierre are inmates to one another. Platon shows up in Chapter 3 of Book 12, 13 and 14. Even though a number of words Tolstoy writes about Platon is not significant compared to our personas such as Pierre, Natasha or Prince Andrew, it’s still enough
In the opening chapter of Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy uses the technique of in medias res, which translates from Latin to “in the middle of things”, to establish the central themes of his novel. The opening line of the book serves as somewhat of a thesis statement for the seven-hundred pages that follow – that is, Tolstoy asserts the unique nature of unhappy families to preface a book about several strained familial relationships. In the next sentence, Tolstoy establishes the novel’s chaotic tone
Anna Akhmatova was born into a high class family in Russia. Her father, Andrei Antonovich Gorenko, was also a writer in his free time. Her father forbid her to use his name on her writings so she came up with the fictitious name 'Akhmatova'. Akhmatova later married the highly praised poet and critic, Nikolai Gumilev. Gumilev was from Russia like Akhmatova. Gumilev and Akhmatova got divorced not long after their marriage. Anna Akhmatova did not have an easy life. She went threw three different marriages
Erik Erikson: The History, Development, and Significance of His Work Erik Erikson has had a tremendous life and has left an amazing legacy. He was an influential and pioneering psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author whose development of his psychosocial stages are immeasurable to the study of personalities. Erikson came from a somewhat troubled past, not so much economically, but psychologically. Erikson was born on June 15, 1902 in Frankfurt, Germany to his mother Karla Abrahamsen (Friedman