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    Wicked Play Analysis

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    time we spent going to see the show, by far what struck us as the most important were the venue, the service, and the high level quality of the production, which all proved to be the most defining components of our adventure through Wicked’s land of Oz. As we approached the Gershwin theatre, we marveled at the sleek and pristine building that towered above us, which bore the classic image of the green and white witches from the play. Though from an exterior view the venue gave off an almost futuristic

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    Television In The 1930's

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    Television has changed though years and years of researching and now all those have paid off but no one actually could understand what the trouble of the old TV’s were like. Back when Tv’s were rare and very expensive they were extremely popular for the rich because usually they were the only ones who could afford these sets. In the 1930’s Tv’s were large sets and were usually around 12 inches and costed about $300 to $400 dollars per set. Now we have smaller sets with much larger screens and they

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    they should definitely prepare them for the journey from childhood to the adulthood. This chapter gives different idea for parents and teacher to help children. Author Miller connected this chapter with the popular children’s classic “Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. This movie shows the transition of Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow who realized that their future is dark because they lack self-esteem. Author said if

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    kiddie stories to shape their stories. Most  of the time this is too complex to put in a text. Foster also talked about how writers we know tend to take the basic fairytales and kiddie stories and add depth to them. We all know for example The Wizard of Oz was turned into Wicked. He also talked about how when reading these type of stories, we want the strangeness and  suspicion but at the same time, we also want to be familiar with the characters and know who they are. We want to be able to relate

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    Mrs. Rickstrew has been in our school district for many years and she does so much for our school. She cares about our school as if it is her second home. If you ever have a problem she will do her best to help because that is her job here. She is a guidance counselor so she will listen to your problem and help you no matter what it is. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. When you are feeling down about or you can’t figure out how to get to your dream she will do everything in her

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    transformed from my six-year-old self, I would not be who I am today. I would not be as tall, as brawny, as intelligent, or as self-reliant. I must change in order to survive. To change, I must have courage. Since I could walk, the characters of the Wizard of Oz have inspired me to transition from who I was to become who I aspire to be. The Cowardly Lion, like me, needed to find courage to overcome his fears. But what is courage? To me, it’s having extra motivation to go against the flow of the world.

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    Like the lion in “The Wizard of Oz” Tim O’Brien pulls a cowardly act in the short story “On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien. Knowing what is right and choose to ignore it is the act of a coward. Tim O’Brien is a coward when he decides to ignore his draft to the Vietnam War, when he sets out for Canada but ends up meeting a friendly man that helps him choose the right path. O’Brien is a coward when he struggles with the embarrassment and avoiding is inner conflicts if he doesn't go to Vietnam. O’Brien

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    Margaret Hamilton was the Director of software engineering of the Apollo Project in 1969. She was born August 17, 1936 she lived to the age of 80, she is sill is alive. She wrote the code by hand that allowed humanity to land on the moon. The code controlled the on-board guidance software required to navigate and land on the moon. From 1961 to 1963, she worked on the SAGE Project. Where she created a system that could predict and track weather system. It was soon developed for military for anti

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    Theatrical Mask Analysis

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    creating a theatrical mask, that revealed something about ourselves, for our midterm I had no clue what I was going to do. Through lots of brainstorming I came up with the idea of having half of my mask be Glinda the Good Witch, from Wicked and Wizard of Oz, and the other half be Elphaba, or the Wicked Witch of the West, from the same shows. My first reason for choosing this design was the fact that it reveals my love for the theatre, and musicals particularly. That was something about myself that

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    Frank Sinatra demonstrated a remarkable ability to keep his appeal and his musical goals. On record and live performances, on film, radio and television, he consistently sang as his own style. He is the one of 20th century’s music icon that his music still played on radio station. Frank Sinatra was known as Ol’ Blue Eyes to his fans. “strangers in the Night” “New York, New York” and “Chicago” was few of his hit songs. Frank Sinatra’s image and music is still remains represented in media, like Facebook

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