Chandra Wilson

17 The angular shapes in the beginning of the play represent the towering buildings that loom over the house. It shows that things aren't as they used to be, they are dark and dismal. The music playing as the kitchen fades in the beginning is a light flute representing feelings of nostalgia. By having the dark looming buildings it makes their house feel enclosed and surrounded by the more modern times. The leaves falling off of the tree represent the fall of a great man. The buildings enclosing each

In an attempt to increase trade and prove itself as an economic and military superpower, the US began to expand overseas and increase its military size; the US believed in International Darwinism and saw these actions as an expansion of Manifest Destiny which led to imperialism. People like William H. Seward pushed to annex Midway Island and purchased Alaska to expand the size of the US. However, imperialism became a controversial debate among the American people throughout the late nineteenth and

AHG 505 #10 The progressive vision did not die with their failure to secure the White House in 1912. Their ideology has become part of the vernacular of society, education and politics; influencing all modern presidencies, especially those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Barack H. Obama. The desire of progressives was to have an informed, civilized, democratized population, not hindered by corrupt local governments, legislative or judicial branches influenced by special interests

“The Piano Lesson” is a production written by August Wilson. It is about a brother, Boy Willie, coming from Mississippi to Pittsburgh to sell a piano that is located at his uncle house to purchase land to gain ownership for the first time (August 1995). His sister, Berniece, will not allow him because of so much pain that is behind the piano. Berniece does not like to play the piano nor does she wants it to move out of her home. She is soon forced to move out of her comfort zone by getting rid of

was to establish world trade and world peace and punish the Germans for all the destruction they caused. President Wilson was mostly interested in establishing peace and built a working world trade network. He tried to avoid a too aggressive punishment for German and did not believe in blaming a country for starting this war. Therefore he presented his fourteen points: President Wilson wanted to eliminate secret treaties, remove all trade barriers and guarantee freedom of the oceans. All countries

Two of Wilson’s themes, forgiveness and the conflict of self interest and the responsibility of others, were shown very well in the film Fences with voice changes and facial expressions. Forgiveness is a characteristic that everyone has, but self-interest is a characteristic that everyone gains over time whether they like it or not. The themes of forgiveness and the conflict of self interest and the responsibility of others are shown more prominent in the film Fences. Forgiveness is a characteristic

The Selfish, Woodrow Wilson The Wilsonian Moment: Self Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism, written by Erez Manela focuses on the 1919 Paris Peace Conference not from the perspective of the core, but instead from the edge. The usual concentration on the post war peace process as it both affected and was affected by the major European powers, Manela centers instead on the impact of the peace process on the edge of empire, namely, the colonial states, using the

The play Fences by August Wilson uses staging to create a different world for the audience. From the short excerpts of Fences, the setting takes place in the front yard of the Maxson house. It is not special or unusual in any way. The color and features on the house makes it seems small, old, and run down. The house seems to be in an alley as there is a big brick wall behind the house. The lighting is also a bit dim which gives the audience a clue that the house is not in a bright and sunny neighborhood

Fences by August Wilson exposes the idea of a family struggling through social and cultural issues. These allow for the characters to have a difficult time identifying themselves in society. The social norms established for the characters in the play cause for problematic situations in which the family is exposed to. Furthermore, this is the reason why I chose this play. After reading the text, I was able to explore some of the same situations/ themes occurring in society today. It exposed me to

1. Throughout the play, Rose confronts Troy only on minor flaws, while supporting his self-image as a good, strong capable man. Rose: “I know you like the back of my hand. Go in there and get you some coffee… See if that straighten you up. ‘Cause you ain’t right this morning.” (544). Rose: “Ain’t no sense you blaming yourself for nothing. Gabe wasn’t in no condition to manage that money. You done what was right by him. Look how long you took care of him… till he wanted to have his own place and