... massiveness and solidity. I can imagine him speaking very seriously and looking very hard at the person he addresses. I can tell this by Priestly stage directions The Inspectors visit had a very large effect on all the characters he says things that make them question the values they base their lives on which ... alarm) "Mother - stop - stop!" There is intense drama here as the audience realises with Sheila that Eric is to blame. Here, the stage directions say much as they show that Sheila is astonished by the way her mother is demanding this boy be treated, so she interrupts by telling ...

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... of the scene at the beginning of the play helps to immediately lay out what the kitchen looks like for the mind's eye. It is easy to read the stage directions as part of the action, and in some ways makes it easier to visualize the scene than reading a story or novel. The way the author uses dashes as pauses makes ... it easier to hear the words as they are meant to be heard. If I were an actor in this play, I would rely heavily on the stage directions and the emotional suggestions of the writer to help find the character, because in this play it seems like what is not said is almost mo...

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... knows that she has her advantages and begins gradually to break her " inferiority complex" B Laura blows out her candle In GM, stage directions are as important to the theme of the play as the dialogue itself. Detailed stage directions intensify the unrealistic setting, foreshadow and emphasize events, and develop the characters. Dim colored lighting and symbolic melodies create the unrealistic setting for ... ...

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... from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and thus can never take them seriously. They are not people in search of meaning; they are characters in search of motivation. They ask for explanations and directions, but free will is beyond them: they only exist for the pleasure of Claudius and Gertrude--and, we are given to understand, the audience and Stoppard himself. Stoppard plays with ... Two, pg. 79) • Guildenstern: Even if I don't know where I am, I like to know that. (Act Two, pg. 95) • Guildenstern: We act on scraps of information--sifting half-remembered directions that we can hardly separate...

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... first day, but has since had no trouble interacting with them on a daily basis. When interacting with his teachers, Dylan is usually smiling and looking at his them. Dylan follows directions well for the most part, but will occasionally shake his head no if he doesn't want to do something. By the second time he is asked and shown what is ... ...

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... first day, but has since had no trouble interacting with them on a daily basis. When interacting with his teachers, Dylan is usually smiling and looking at his them. Dylan follows directions well for the most part, but will occasionally shake his head no if he doesn't want to do something. By the second time he is asked and shown what is ... ...

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... at the end of the play. Another example of his uncertainty was when he second guessed the ghost of his father. He was hesitant to listen and obey the ghosts" directions. He had to prove that Claudius was guilty before he would take any actions in revenge. This uncertainty was very admirable because he wanted to be certain that it was ... ...

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Antigone's Character Sketch World Literature Honors Antigone, the character for which the play was named, is a very complex character. She seems to change directions all throughout the play and there is never one point in which you know exactly what she will do because she is just that unpredictable. This unpredictability also makes her ... ...

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... as well as the laws and social order of the time. The story contains fairies and other mystical creatures who take it upon themselves to guide the mortals in the directions they think necessary. This leads to many hilarious situations and misfortunes for the humans. There are many characters in the play and, for the most part, each one is in ... ...

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... Danish court is trapped in a web of spying, betrayal, and lies. Not a single man speaks his mind nor addresses his purposes. As Polonius puts it so perfectly "by indirection's, find directions out"(A2,S2,L71-73) One of the main themes of the play is revenge. "An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth." But revenge is not always right. We ... ...

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... to Centre Stage. He would leave at Stage Right, thus completely crossing the stage during the passing of one scene. This would show that Peter and Jerry come from different directions, different walks of life, yet both of their lives are monotonous. Both have different opinions of their lives. Peter thinks that he can turn it all around, but Jerry knows ... ...

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... the removalist couldn't care less about Kenny. Kenny, becoming desperate even pleads: "Look, for Christ's sake be a good bloke and ring Russel Street." The composer even describes in the stage directions that "THE REMOVALIST watches with interest" as Simmonds beats Kenny up. Here, the composer reveals that the removalist thinks that Kenny is just a form of entertainment which can be tossed ... ...

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... WIlliam SHakespear, i sabout the deterioration of a man (Macbeth's) humanity and snaity. Macbeth had fought valiantly for his king, and ironically, he kills the king. Macbeth is mentally pulled in two directions; being weak of will, he is easily coerced by his wife to carry out the slaying of his monarch. A person's gender mandates the reactions and actions of the person; that ... ...

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... them come in to me!" (1812). She also does not let anyone see her in her party dress until the actual party. Also, in the beginning of Act 2, the stage directions say, "The Christmas Tree is in the corner by the piano, stripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its disheveled branches" (1812). This description of the ... ...

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... how its use by one or more characters leads to their downfall. In Act One; Scene Two, Polonius explicitly stated this theme when he said to Laertes; "By indirections find directions out". Each major character in Hamlet, in his or her own way, provided an example of this theme. By using deceit the characters in "Hamlet" employed methods to fulfill their ... ...

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... has some of the nervousness he started with, "I weren't half so certain as I sounded. Words came from my mouth that made me jump at my own boldness." The final stage directions show Will's own reaction to all he has achieved by the end of the play: amazement, triumph and incredulity written on his face. ...

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... one stage of the play, Serebriakov asks: "But where are the others? I don't like this house. It's like a sort of labyrinth. Twenty-six enormous rooms, people wander off in all directions, and there's no finding anyone." (Page 226) Astrov, the doctor, speaking to Sonia tells her about his feelings in their house. In fact, it seams as if he were summarising ... ...

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... direction as he enters; he was constructed as a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit and an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness. That is how the stage directions described him. Also during the play in Act 1 when he was relating the death of Eva Smith, (Eva Smith died because she had swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant. This burnt ... ...

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... no mater what ethnicity, religion, gender, shape, or size a person should be granted the freedom to discover themselves, make their own mistakes, and learn from them. Life is a game without directions and a variety of ways to win, it is only us who can pick the right way to win this game, we pick anyone else's only ours. If a $20 bill is ... ...

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... in the bedroom scene when he gave her a nice talking to. He took his anger a little too far, and that was when the ghost appeared. The ghost gave Ham specific directions to leave her alone; "leave her to heaven" were his words. Hamlet was very disturbed by Gertrude's hasty marriage to Claude. Another action, or lack of, that might've been ... ...

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... builds up tension is in the use of lighting. When the inspector arrives Mr. Birling asks Edna the maid to give them more light, which she promptly does, the stage directions at the start explain what the light should be like. At the start we are told that lighting should be "pink and intimate" this expresses a feeling of comfort and the ... ...

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... a play is like listening to a conversation retold by a friend: it's not the same if u weren't there to see it all go down. More imagination is needed to read a play. Stage directions can only do so much because the intention is for it to be seen. Some people like creating the world on their own, and that pretty much what has to ... ...

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... remorse. This scene could be interpreted as a kind of repentance made subconsciously through her mental and emotional breakdown. We are left to believe that in act 5, scene 5, from the stage directions that the Queen has taken her own life. This is a final and prominent symbol of how heavy the burden of guilt was on her. Macbeth's simple reply to the messenger ... ...

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... 's defense, his entire cultural background argues against the open "adoption- of a black man as a father figure. Now, as a teenager, Hally attends some form of prep school (at least the stage directions say he is wearing a black blazer with a school badge), and is very proud of his "superior- education, and that he has been able to share this bounty of knowledge with ... ...

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