Free Essays on Theater to Get Inspired & Learn by Example - Page 5

Power is the process of production, which is achieved via relations that socially affect persons who take part. The concept of power forms the core of many international relations. Power entails two vital analytical dimensions. The first dimension is the kind of power with a relation inclination towards social fabric, which in either of the relational aspects in a social setup and interactions is constituted. In addition, consideration of the effects on relationships socially can be mitigated by diffusing/indirect or the direct/ specific. The elaborations of the domain are segmented into taxonomical and other four different power ideologies: institutional, Continue reading...

Creative and personal destiny of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), one of the most important figures in the history of American literature of the 20s of this century, was complex and dramatic. Legends, judgments and reviews of critics and contemporaries about Fitzgerald, biased and unfair in many ways, confirmed after him reputation of a carefree singer of "Century of Jazz" - a period of economic prosperity the United States (1919 - 1929), which followed First World War, and was succeeded in the 30's years by Great Depression. During the Depression of 30th years, Fitzgerald experienced the frustration and Continue reading...

“The Jewelry” is the casual name of Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The False Gems”. In “The False Gems” Maupassant uses the realistic approach and eliminates the moral judgment and long digressions found in most writings. This short story entertains and moves the audience to ponder the deeper and hidden meaning of events. It entails symbolism, irony, diction and subtle allegory. Maupassant masters irony by blurring the boundaries between art and reality. He uses allegory to underscore and bend the essential nature (greed and deception) of the characters to the perceived truths (standard of living). The protagonists in Continue reading...

A local theater company is in need of a space to put on a production of the musical, Hair. There is a church in the neighborhood whose chapel is currently closed due to economic reasons. In order to raise funds for the parish, the church is renting the chapel out for community events and meetings. The theater company is considering renting the space for their production of Hair. Should the church consent and rent the space to the theater company in light of the controversial content of the play?
Hair was originally produced and presented on Broadway in 1968. Continue reading...

Answer The Questions

1. Run the tool in socialmention.com with the two keywords respectively. Paste the first page of the result screen for each actor.

Tom Cruise
2. Who were mentioned more in social media? Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt?
Brad Pitt has the highest score than Tom Cruise. Brad Pitt holds a 46% strength compared with 33% strength score for Tom Cruise (Social Mention search, 2015). The results indicate that social media users have a growing interest in Brad Pitt acting career and his social life. The measuring criteria accounts for the phrase mentions in average of 2 hours.
3. Who Continue reading...

Listening Log:

A) The song is peppy yet low-key, the heavy emphasis on bass and snare drums offering a softer, milder sound to accompany the major key improvisation in the piano solo, of which there is a major section. Tenor sax also gets to enjoy a solo, all of which contributes to a very warm sound. Unlike a lot of music I am familiar with, it does not confuse pleasant with slow; the soft tone color of the instruments, as well as the energetic improvisations, contribute to a warmer piece that is still fast-paced and exciting to listen to.
B) There Continue reading...

Bertolt Brecht was one of the most radical, innovative playwrights and theorists of his time, his work dramatically challenging the very idea of theater as an art form. Of particular note is his abandonment of verisimilitude – the idea that plays had to work hard to pretend to seamlessly imitate real life. In his “Short Organum on the Theater,” Brecht himself says that this particular goal is impossible in the theater, as the audience will always know that it is a play. To that end, the ideal thing to do is abandon all pretense of verisimilitude and embrace its status Continue reading...

Aeschylus and Sophocles are the two greatest dramatists of Ancient Greece. Both of them wrote their works in the fifth century BC, and along with Euripides were the greatest Greek tragedians. The main motive of tragedies Aeschylus' and "Oedipus the King" and Sophocles' "Agamemnon" is idea of omnipotence of fate and hopelessness of the fight with it. These tragedies are also about sufferings, not only sufferings but fair sufferings to main characters. Both authors have used in their texts violence as the punishment for previous crimes. It can be sought in the different episodes from the tragedies. Both tragedies Continue reading...

Introduction

In the tragedy "Oedipus Rex" (or “Oedipus the King”) Sophocles puts one of the most important issues of his time - the will of the gods and man's free will. Mythology, which served as the parent soil for classical poetry, especially tragedy, each tragedian gets its interpretation. Sophocles used in the plot of his drama the myth of Oedipus accident in order to show the collision will of the gods and the will of man. If the tragedy "Antigone" by Sophocles sings a hymn to the human mind, the tragedy "Oedipus Rex" it raises man to even greater heights. Continue reading...

Background

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a single-camera, situational comedy set in a police department in Brooklyn, New York City. The series, aired by Fox television, follows the lives of oddball detectives and a quirky office clerk under a new leadership after the appointment of the precinct’s new captain. The main characters in the show are Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), Det. Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), Det. Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero), Det. Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio), Det. Hitchock (Dirk Blocker), and Det. Scully (Joel McKinnon Miller), Sergeant Terry Jeffords (Terry Crews), Gina Linetti (Chelsea Peretti), and Captain Ray Holt (Andre Continue reading...