However, according to Johnson, Christie, and Yawkey, (1999), "play is an extremely difficult concept to define -- there are 116 distinct definitions listed in the Oxford English Dictionary!"
Some adults think play is trivial while others believe play makes vital contributions to all aspects of child development. While we cannot define play, there are telltale signs of play that are recognizable. Some examples of play involved students freely choosing to play in the kitchen rather than with blocks demonstrated intrinsic motivation because it was their choice. When children moved from writing activities to reading indicated flexibility because students had the ability to move quickly from one activity to another. The writers emphasized that students talking and laughing was a positive affect signifying positive emotions.
The authors described two different groups of theories of play. One of the theoretical groups, classical theories, which originated before World War I, focused on explaining why…...
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References
Anderson, a., & Stolks, S. (1984). Social and institutional influences on the development and practice of literacy. In H. Goelman, a. Oberg, & F. Smith (Eds). Awakening to Literacy. 24-37.
Brunner, J.S., Jolly, a., & Sylva, K. (1976). Play -- Its role in development and evolution. New York: Basic Books.
Hanline, M.F. (2001). Supporting emergent literacy in play-based activities. Young Exceptional Children. 4, 10. doi: 10.1177/109625060100400402.
Isenberg, J. & Jacob. E. (1983). Playful literacy activities and learning: preliminary observations. Paper presented at the International Conferences on Play and Play
The freakish nature of the modern world seems to have infected even the way the young woman sees herself -- she calls herself 'dead' because the old woman refers to her as 'dead' even though she is clearly alive. She passively submits to the idea that she will be eaten, unflinchingly asking how she will be cooked, and what will be served with her 'feast.' In the context of the play, it is uncertain if the young woman is really dead or simply does not care if she is eaten or not, even though she has been preserved for many years. The old woman, who calls her dead, seemingly tries to convince herself of the young woman's demise, even though she is having a conversation with her future dinner. In the new, destroyed earth, the barrier between what is dead and alive has become uncertain and permeable.
It awakened her imagination and excited her about the theater, and it also instructed her, forming the basis for her future art. Another contributor, Beth Henley, has a very different memory: of being greatly disappointed at the ordinariness of a princess in a production, and her dissatisfaction with the actress' performance. Casting is everything. Henley learned at an early age.
Many of the authors detail unconventional encounters with theater that give rise to future inspiration. David Auburn says that he saw his first, truly life-changing production on PBS, a surrealist production of the House of Blue Leaves. This example suggests that theater does not even have to be 'live' to be life-changing; it merely needs to challenge the assumptions of the audience of what is possible. Auburn grew up in a 'theater town' with a local repertory company and an English professor for a father. However, being exposed to a…...
Warren's business partner and has in fact invested 40,000 pounds in the venture. In his own words, "The fact is, it's not what would be considered exactly a high-class business in my set -- the county set, you know.... Not that there is any mystery about it: don't think that. Of course you know by your mother's being in it that it's perfectly straight and honest. I've known her for many years; and I can say of her that she'd cut off her hands sooner than touch anything that was not what it ought to be.... But you see you can't mention such things in society. Once let out the word hotel and everybody says you keep a public-house."
So, the problem is much less with what an woman does in order to ensure her living, but more on how that is hidden so that to be able to fit…...
The last part of the show, s. Fisher, now at age 54, has her old and well-known Princess Leia "Cinnamon Bun Hairstyle" telling her audience how much she hated her character's hairdo since she felt it made her face look even rounder while taking two hours every day to style.
s. Fisher shows a somnambulistic safety of using words like play-dough manipulating them cleverly and utmost witty. On the subject of her substance abuse she twists Karl arx's famous quote "Religion is the opiate of the masses" to report she took "masses of opiates religiously." Further mocking-up the whole endeavor she involves audience members into the play -- even to the extent of handing out drink vouchers. s. Fisher was joined on stage by an unexpected guest during last Sunday evening's opening performance of Wishful Drinking -- the star's mother, s. Debbie Reynolds. The legend movie actress and "Singing in…...
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Ms. Fisher is the life in this party in this sobering description of her Hollywood celebrity hangover.
Wishful Drinking premiered in 2006, in Los Angeles and has since completed sell-out runs across the country, winning the prestigious 2010 Outer Critics' Circle Award. Ms. Fisher received a 2010 Grammy Nomination in the Best Spoken Word Album category for her bestselling memoir Wishful Drinking. The play opened on officially on Sunday, October 2, 2011. The limited engagement has been extended through October 30, 2011.
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) [HIDDEN] and online at www.roundabouttheatre.org. A number of premium tickets will also be available. Ticket prices are $45 to $125. Wishful Drinking plays Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 8:00PM with a Wednesday and Saturday matinee at 2:00 PM. Prices range from $36.50-$126.50
Play-within-the-Play
Developing a cultural understanding of the relative power of theater upon culture creates a sense of the traditional and the dramatic. ithin many works of antiquity is a demonstration of analogy, in much the same manner as the analogous representations of doctrine. Creating a thematic web of understanding about the nature of humanity, through the play-within-the-play technique many play writes of today and yesterday demonstrate the power of drama upon culture. ithin the work The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd and the Shakespeare's The Tempest can be found a demonstration of the use of the play-within-the-play device as a representation of human theme and cultural messages.
The works discussed reflect a genuine contextual interest in transition, as the works themselves and the plays they envelope represent thematic transition changes within the world where they were popular. The theme of revenge, a constant source of fascination for the Elizabethan and the theme…...
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Works Cited
Coursen, H.R. The Tempest A Guide to the Play. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Frankardolino. Apocalypse & Armada in Kyd's Spanish Tragedy. Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press, 1995.
Kyd, Thomas. The Spanish Tragedy: A Play. Ed. J. Schick. London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1898.
Orgel, Stephen, ed. The Tempest. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Play Station Move
PlayStation Move is a motion sensor game controller platform developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. It was first introduced for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console. PlayStation Move comes with a PlayStation Move System, a handheld motion controller wand, PlayStation webcam (called as 'PlayStation Camera' for the PlayStation 4 and 'PlayStation Eye' for the PlayStation 3), PlayStation Move Navigation Controller, PlayStation Move Charging Station, and optional accessories like shooting game attachments, PlayStation Move racing wheel, and game bundles (Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, 2013).
Launch and Target Market:
PlayStation Move was officially launched internationally during September and October, 2010. It was available in Europe, UK, North America, Australasia, and most of the Asian markets from 15th September, 2010 and in Japan from 21 stOctober, 2010 (Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, 2013).PlayStation Move also won the Popular Science Award for the most immersive game controller in 2010 (Popular Science, 2010).…...
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Bolton, M. (2010, 09, 05).PlayStation Move review: Sony takes motion control to the next level. Retrieved on November 18th, 2013, from
Hammerbacher, J. (2011, 11, 01).Is the PlayStation Move Sony's Biggest Failure-Retrieved on November 18th, 2013, from
Harradence, M. (2012, 05, 23).Is there any hope left for PlayStation Move-Retrieved on November 18th, 2013, from
Lowe, S. (2010, 09, 17). PlayStation Move Review: Has Sony perfected the concept of motion control-Retrieved on November 18th, 2013, from
To a certain extent, this might be true only because of the fact that white individuals had unlimited access to information while blacks were limited by their masters and by their condition in general.
Even in the twentieth century, when slavery was but a thing of the past, there were seemingly more white intellectuals than black intellectuals (Kramer, 2006). Is thus explainable why Esther believed that she would find better support in Van Buren. In addition to the fact that she was white, Van Buren also seemed to be the best person to help Esther because she belonged to the upper class, whereas Mayme had a substandard social statute.
The racial factor is frequently referred to during the play, in spite of the fact that slavery was long gone from New York, which was recognized as one of the states in which anti-abolitionists resided in great numbers (Kramer, 2006). Furthermore, Esther's…...
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Works cited:
1. Dickerson, G. (2008). "African-American theater: a cultural companion." Polity.
2. Kramer, S. (2006). "Uplifting Our "Downtrodden Sisterhood": Victoria Earle Matthews and New York City's White Rose Mission, 1897-1907," The Journal of African-American History 91.3
3. Nottage L. "Intimate Apparel."
4. (1940). New York State Writers' Program. "A Guide to the Empire State." New York: Oxford University Press.
play of Moliere and one of his famous work "A school for wives." This paper will highlight the roles of different characters and what important aspect and part was played by each individual in making the lay a major success and a worth watching comedy play.
Moliere
Moliere is considered as one of the best French comedy writers, his plays are a classic and make the crowd laugh for hours. "A school for wives" is one of his most classic comedies in which he has highlighted the issues of women from various aspects and point-of-view. The audience goes through fits of laughter's during the whole play, especially during the excellent performance of the actors, who portray the women and wives and the problems each of them undergo and the solution they come up with.
The school of wives is one of classic comedies that portray the role of women in the lives…...
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References
Alfred Bates, The School for Wives: A history & analysis of the play, last viewed: 11th May'04
play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, the theme of escape helps drive the play forward. Amanda Wingfield, the mother, escapes the reality of her hard and narrow life by remembering better times, possibly without great accuracy. Laura, Amanda's daughter, escapes by playing with her collection of glass animals (the "menagerie"). Tom, Amanda's son, is the only one in the family who has a chance of truly escaping the life they have lead, but if he chooses this path, he will be leaving Amanda and Laura behind just as his father did many years before. Tom and Laura's father is an important character in the play, even though he never appears. Tom describes him as "... A telephone man who fell in love with long distances." ("The Glass Menagerie," scene 1) The father's picture in his World War I uniform is placed prominently in the family's living room. In…...
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Bibliography
Cardullo, Bert. March, 1997.l "The Glass Menagerie." The Explicator, Vol. 55:161-164.
Williams, Tennessee. "The Glass Menagerie." Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 1948.
He even murdered his beloved friend Banquo. But although Luther initially lacked such a support structure, Luther eventually won supporters because people believed in his sincerity. They also realized that they too supported his objections to Catholic doctrine and the corruption of some of the officers of the church. Luther acted as a model, an example of Christian honor and fortitude that resonated with past examples of men who suffered for God in the Bible. Macbeth began his play more supported by friends and institutional authorities than Luther, but by the fourth and fifth acts of the tragedy, he was virtually alone, because the fact that he had acted only in his self-interest, not out of philosophical conviction or to advance the good of society. Soon, this self-interest became manifestly clear to everyone in Scotland.
Despite the purity of his convictions, Luther's actions spawned many bloody disputes. Although Luther believed…...
The strangeness of the judicial system whereby confession lead to freedom and truth lead to death was accurate in spirit in the Miller play, as were some aspects of the accusations, such as favoring older women to accuse and pressing one man to death for a refusal to enter a plea beneath heavy stones.
According to the PBS documentary "Secrets of the Dead," the real origin of the hysteria in Salem was likely biological, and not purely due to the psychology of religious fanaticism or even a craven desire to use the judicial process to wage personal vendettas. According to researchers: "LSD is a derivative of ergot, a fungus that affects rye grain. Ergotism -- ergot poisoning... eating ergot-contaminated food can lead to a convulsive disorder characterized by violent muscle spasms, vomiting, delusions, hallucinations, crawling sensations on the skin, and a host of other symptoms...Ergot thrives in warm, damp, rainy…...
play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon brings disaster upon his family because he lacks experience and does not yet know how to rule wisely.
Creon becomes King of hebes at the beginning of the play because Oedipus' two sons, who were supposed to share the throne by ruling alternate years, had a falling out. Eteocles refused to turn the throne over to his brother Polyneices. Polyneices attacked the city attempting to right this wrong. During the ensuing war, both brothers were killed by each other in battle. Creon, as their uncle and Oedipus' brother, took the throne.
But such a situation with two co-kings who ended up warring with each other left Creon with a dilemma. he people of hebes were still uneasy, and he suspected that not everyone was ready to accept him as king. his made Creon very suspicious. He concluded that he must demonstrate his strength of will no…...
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The chorus finally reasons with Creon, and he sets off to right the wrongs he has committed. First he sees to Polyneices' burial, and then leaves for the cave Antigone has been sealed into, to free her. It is too late. She has hung herself, setting off a chain of tragic events.
While Creon pays a terrible price for his inexperience and his choice to be domineering and rigid as compensation for that flaw, in the end, he realizes his fault. This puts him ahead of Antigone, who never doubts for a moment that she possesses the sole truth of what should have been done, no matter what the cost.
Instead, he wants to be with the girls, eating herring snacks with their parents at the fantasy party he envisions, where men in ice-cream white coats serve olives and real cocktails poolside.
It is easy to sympathize with Sammy, given that the repressive nature of society he perceives around him seems very real. The entire store is transfixed by the sight of the girls: "She kept her eyes moving across the racks, and stopped, and turned so slow it made my stomach rub the inside of my apron, and buzzed to the other two, who kind of huddled against her for relief, and they all three of them went up the cat-and-dog-food-breakfast-cereal-macaroni-rice-raisins-seasonings-spreads-spaghetti-soft drinks- crackers-and- cookies aisle" (Updike 468). It is absurd how much the other patrons care about what the girls are wearing, but also absurd how much moral weight Sammy gives to these ordinary girls' ambling march through the…...
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Work Cited
Updike, John. "A&P." From the Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature.
This group of interest presents a powerful vision to the person that wants to become leader of the company. They make him believe that it is possible, and necessary. They put into action a series of strategies. The person becomes the leader of the company, but soon notices that its ruling cannot be a peaceful one. This is because the group that helped him get the power wants to be rewarded for this. Therefore, they ask the leader to do things that he does not agree with. The leader thinks that it is necessary to eliminate this group that helped him first, but that now does not let him rule in accordance with his intentions. But the group is more powerful in comparison with the leader, and decides that this leader does not satisfy their needs. Therefore, they must find another Macbeth that they help become the leader of the…...
Business communication plays a significant role in day to day activities, because nearly every transaction a person engages in is a form of business. At work, business communication is more than just talking with the boss about important matters. It's also small interactions between colleagues, how you talk to customers and vendors, and non-verbal communication concerns like posture and facial expression. In an increasingly global society, proper business communication is becoming more significant.
You can find information on this issue in business journals. The website ACBJ.com provides you with access to a large number of business journals from a wide variety....
According to some authors, divorce is a problem when it comes to delinquency. Others do not see a strong correlation. For example,
"The variables that predict male delinquency were found to be different from those that predict female delinquency. Characteristics of the parents' marriage play an important role for boys, while misbehavior of girls is more strongly predicted by variables measuring parent-child interaction and parental control." comes from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb01014.x/abstract and appears to say that only boys are affected by factors in their parents' marriage when it comes to delinquency.
However, this article: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J087v39n01_07#.UnhDkOLufLY states that divorce is a cause of....
There are two main levels of language used in A Streetcar Named Desire. These are the text of the stage directions and the words the actors actually say to one another. The biggest contrast is between Stanley's course, slang language and Blanche's classy, flowery statements. While Blanche's language sounds much more proper, it also sounds very fake and false in comparison with Stanley's speech. This is how Williams wanted it to sound when he wrote the play. By using two styles of writing and language, Williams was able to distinguish the two main characters from one another very easily, which....
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