... Ironically, I was able to manufacture the presumable reaction from Shakespeare's audience to the original text, which was risque in its time, through radically altering it to meet with the expectations of contemporary young adults, for whom the plot as written comes across as extremely tame. Finally, the environment of the nightclub in itself contributed to the "hip " feel of the ... James, that had a visceral charge and intense energy that I was certain would promote an audience comprised of members of my age cohort. Despite positive reviews, and great feedback from young theatre pract...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 'clews'". No longer a journalist, no longer a carpenter, Whitman was during this period in the process of establishing his identity, not only for the public and posterity, but for himself. As first published, Leaves of Grass was a large book encased by green covers with an ornate, leafy design. It included twelve poems- "Song of Myself," "A Song for Occupations," "To Think of Time," "The ... Sleepers," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Faces," "Son of the Answerer," "Europe," "A Boston Ballad," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Who Learns My Lesson Complete," and "Great Are the Myths.". Excep...

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... ;Sonny's Blues," was written in 1957 and serves as a semi-autobiographical account of the authors struggles. By contrasting the lives of two brothers, who were both afforded the same opportunity, but chose different paths he is able to offer an insightful commentary on the struggle of blacks living in the racial ... an Algebra class, as he is simultaneously digesting the revelation of his Brother Sonny's incarceration. Baldwin uses both imagery and metaphor as he writes "A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept melting there slowly all day long" (73). Along with the vivid ima...

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The Need for Success Arthur Miller, who wrote Death of a Salesman, was born on October 17, 1915 and is still living today. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, which just happens to be the setting for Death of a Salesman. This play was first published in 1949 and on November 18, 1950, when the play closed, it had encountered 742 well-liked performances ... bad and he does not want to pay for it. Willy is delusional as well. He imagines his dead brother Ben a lot. Ben pops in occasionally and tells Willy how great Alaska is and is always how successful he has been. This again fires Willy's d...

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• Grade Level: High School

... says he needs her desperately and she is so flattered that she gets involved. 4-She sees a man's potential and feels that with her help he could be great. When a woman takes credit for a man's success, it is very likely that he will leave her one day to find a woman that he can take ... feels sexually attracted to a man right away. This is a sign that she is reacting to her expectations of who this man is, and not the man himself. Before acting on this chemistry, she needs to first move through the first three stages of dating. 7-She feels eager to accommodate and please a man. This is...

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• Grade Level: High School