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    compositions. In Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, the Weston family must confront their past and present in a claustrophobic house during the scorching heat of summer in the Oklahoman Plains. In Tony Kushner’s Angles in America, the AIDS epidemic is rampant and the effects are seen across all spectrums in the American society, while keeping up with the fast pace and intricacies of New York City. Essentially location influences the plays, which steers them thematically and stylistically. Letts slowly builds

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    characteristics. In the play, The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams portrays a southern family in the 1930 's trying to deal with life 's pressures, and their own fears after their husband and father deserts them. In the play, August: Osage County, Tracy Letts depicts a large eccentric family who come together after the death of the patriarch, Beverly, and try to triumph over the obstacles in life. Unhealthy and detrimental relationships among family members are ample between the two families. The Wingfield

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    Realism in Theatre Essay

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    character is developed to have its own sets of values, beliefs, and attitudes towards life and so there are no two characters alike. With each character having its own identity, it brings a sense of excitement and unpredictability in the plays. Tracy Letts the writer for “August: Osage County” establishes a sense of reality in his play by developing characters that everyone can relate too. His play is about family, the use of drugs, cancer, and suicide, subjects that people go through during their

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    The Biography of Violet Weston. Violet Weston is a character from a play by Tracy Letts called August: Osage County. Violet Weston is a sixty five year old woman living outside Pawhuska Oklahoma. She is a middle class woman married to Beverly Weston who is a sixty nine year old man. He is award winning poet and an alcoholic. They have been married for many years. Violet and her husband have three daughters. Her eldest daughter is Barbara Fordham. Barbara is married to Bill Fordham and together

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    Tracy Letts August: Osage County is a modern drama that epitomizes the role of honesty in relationships. Despite the overall complexities of the play, the magnified lens that Letts focuses on family interactions helps readers distinguish what is keeping the relationship between family members intact. In this case, it is that the Weston family lies to themselves and each other to preserve and maintain love. August: Osage County depicts that love is not based on honesty. The characters work hard

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    Tracey: A Short Story

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    “Let’s wrap things up”, Mary said. Timothy, Tracy, and Mary were all in the process of closing Wal-Mart tonight for work. Timothy was grabbing his keys to head to the door when all of suddenly the doors slammed shut and locked. Mary, Tracey and Timothy all shot each other a petrified look. Not knowing what’s going on they try to get a hold of their manager only to find out they have no signal. While trying to brainstorm on what to do they hear the intercom come on. “Let’s play a game, hide and

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    Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. I chose this book without reading the description and mainly based my selection on the great reviews for this book online as well as the fact that the author, Tracy Kidder, had won a Pulitzer Prize in the past. Ultimately, this book turned out to be as remarkable as the reviews stated it was. 2. Paul Farmer had a very unusual upbringing in Massachusetts, Alabama, and Florida. What specific elements from his

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    so. In the song fast car by Tracy Chapman, the incredible singer/songwriter will do just that. She will render an image so graphic, and so dramatic, that you will swear that you were walking in the shoes of the woman she sings about in her song. The gracefully flowing melody and emotionally evolving lyrics transport you through an undeniably extraordinary journey of joy and sorrow, all within the confines of a four minute and fifty-nine second song. Fast Car by Tracy Chapman is a powerful song about

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    Tracy Chapman - Fast Car In Tracy Chapman's song "fast car", the speaker deals with her reality and longs for a better life situation. By using the metaphor "fast car", she wants to describe an incisive moment in her life. The woman supports this with words which are associated with this conveyance and talks about the escape from her old, deadlocked life to a new place, where she wants to be able to start all over again. The speaker opens the song with expressing her desire of a conveyance

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    taking care of others to get what they want. In fact, people can gain this satisfaction through people they can possibly meet in real life. Tracy Kidder, the author of the book Mountains Beyond Mountains, introduces his audiences to Dr. Paul Farmer, a man accountable for his tremendous work for his

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