Her big chance
Her big chance Lesley is a young actress, who as other actors is trying her very best to make big time. Lesley tries to come across as being a caring, sensitive, and witty but professional individual. However as we discover in the monologue, she is actually a very insecure lonely person, who has created a false persona about her in order to succeed. The monologue is an extended dramatic speech, narrated from a single view point. The writer has written the monologue in this was so as to give Lesley the control over what readers envisage of her. As a result the audience are given an extremely subjective view of Lesley. The writer is able to manipulate the readers so as to force a image of Lesley on to them, yet also inviting the readers to form their own opinion of Lesley, from what is implied through the language used rather than basing our opinion on what we are unambiguously told. Lesley is quite apparently convinced that she is a socialist and someone who can explicitly talk to anyone she may meet. She says "Now my hobby is people. I collect people". She takes it upon her self to introduce her self to people who she considers to be "interesting". "So when is saw this interesting-looking man in the corner, next thing is I find myself talking to him". She sees her self as being someone who is genuinely interested in individuals, however in reality she is usually just
What do I know about HIV/AIDS and how it affects me!
What do I know about HIV/AIDS and how it affects me! 'What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs at night?', the lynx told this riddle. What does it speak of? This is the life cycle of a human being. If you think about it, a human is the only creature on earth that relates to this. Unfortunately, some humans don't even live that long, they are born to the world to die sooner than others. The question I ask myself is, 'why?' The answer to this question is simple; it is because of a virus called 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus' (HIV). The keyword is 'sex.' This is because HIV is primarily sexually transmitted. However, it can also be passed on through mother to child during pregnancy, medical personnel and even sharing needles. It is both sad and depressing to see the number of innocent men, women and children in this world who have been chosen to hold this ticket to death's door. It is not a punishment sent by God, but largely due to carelessness that these people have received HIV. Miraculously, a few people have been given a chance, to protect their lives as well as many others. Indeed, HIV leads to AIDS. A person who acquires HIV is in serious danger of not living long. The cells in their body can no longer fight sicknesses, even those as simple as the common flu. If an uninfected person has the common flu, it is just a matter of days or
Live like pigs and refugees drama comparison
Live like pigs and Refugees drama comparison Live like pigs has the same background as the devised refugee piece because both pieces are to do with moving to different places and also changing themselves. There home is also pretty much the same to as in the live like pigs piece they live in a condemned broken tramcar on a caravan site which is not a practical place to live, and in the refugees piece they have to move to a place with conditions like the place in live like pigs. The language of the live like pigs piece is like there from up north because the word summit is used quite a lot, which actually means something and also they use the word mister and misses spelt differently, but in the refugees piece it was mostly our own voices with some accents but not really old English. The techniques used in live like pigs are the same as refugees because they both have the same sort of storyline and plot so therefore they have the same techniques such as because the characters are quite alike in both pieces. The type of play refugees is quite sad and mysterious because of the different music and lights being played and also the way of the acting such as facial expressions. In live like pigs the play is quite convincing because of the different types of languages used and the way it is laid out. . The setting is also important to the genre such as different colours, textual
According to psychologists, playing hard-to-get can be an effective technique for gaining and keeping
Information about the Literature-review Section The idea of "playing hard to get", which I interpret as a style of flirting meant to increase the significance of the individual by increasing the effort in the "chase", has been only presented in a few studies. One study which was quite interesting and provided many new insights on this subject was conducted by Walster, Walster, Piliavin and Schmidt (1973), in their study they conducted five experiments, all of which failed! They had the same hypothesis as I proposed, that a woman who is hard to get to go out on a date would be more valued by a man, rather than a woman who is easy to get. This was not true due to the fact that men simply get frustrated with these types of women, and do not want to waste their time on a woman who does not show the same interest that they have in them. What they found instead was that men were highly attracted to a woman who was hard to get for other men, but easy to get for them. What I interpreted from their results was that when a woman shows interest in a particular man, he will reciprocate those feelings for her if he knows that she has other options, in terms of other potential romantic partners. This makes her more desirable for the man. Walster, Walster, and Berscheid (1971) showed in their results that the act of playing hard to get was not an effective strategy for increasing one's
Willy Loman as a Father
Willy Loman as a Father Modern society would condemn the parenting skills of Willy Loman, the father in Arthur Miller's A Death of a Salesman, who imposes his dreams upon his two sons and preaches the value of popularity over integrity. As an unsuccessful salesman, Willy is unable to cope with his own shortcomings and valiantly attempts to find something to be hopeful for, and he finds this opportunity in his son Biff. Frail and well past his prime, Willy feels that he is incapable of ever getting back on his feet, and so he believes Biff has a better chance at success. However, Willy steps over the boundary, and he develops into a father attempting to control his own son's life. In one instance, Biff comes home to recollect, and Willy vows, "I'll see him in the morning. I'll have a nice talk with him. I'll get him a job selling. He could be big in no time" (6). These expectations, though, are contrary to Biff's desires and dreams, since he aspires to work in the outdoors. For Biff, the job of becoming a salesman entails one "to suffer fifty weeks of the years for the sake of a two-week vacation, when all you really desire is to be outdoors, with your shirt off" (11). Thus the difference in desire between father and son leads to conflict, especially because Willy is stubborn and unwilling to yield to his son's ingenuous ideas. Biff is first to realize that his own
Assessment analysing + commentary
GCSE Drama Coursework - Monday 14th July On Monday 14th July, during the course of our first examination session, we explored different perspectives of gender. As a warm up, several diverse occupations were listed to us whilst we created an individual freeze frame (within a time limit of five seconds) expressing the posture and facial expressions we thought a typical employee of that particular job would hold. Some of these professions included a ballerina, hairdresser, nurse, lorry driver and a builder. For a ballerina, I created a frame of a female with a smart posture, posing the Demi Plie (a ballet stance). I ensured that my facial expression corresponded to the confidence and elegance that I aimed to be perceived. Opposing this posture was classically a lorry driver. I held broad yet hunched shoulders, with a sitting stance and facial expressions that were stern and stiff, which emitted a sense of boredom. We were able to conclude that the majority of us posed in a similar way for particular professions during the course of the warm up, we were also able to safely say that for the ballerina, hairdresser and nurse we portrayed females, and for the lorry driver and builder we represented males. This was a stereotypical way of approaching the task in groups we made 4 different freeze frames, two of which were to show a female in a stereotypical male occupation and vice
This essay will mainly be about the drug D-lysergic Acid Diethylamide, or for short LSD
LDC Thesis/Introduction This essay will mainly be about the drug D-lysergic Acid Diethylamide, or for short LSD. It has always been a center of controversy in American society, but little is known about it in Sweden. Research chemist Albert Hoffman first discovered the psychological effects of LSD on April 19th 1943 when he accidentally dipped his fingers in a solution containing the LSD-25 molecule. What I will try doing in this essay is to answer some questions about LSD. What are the effects on your body and most importantly your mind? I will explain what ¡§ego loss¡¨ is and why LSD is a ¡§set & setting¡¨ drug. The final question that I will try to answer is if LSD has any medical properties? ¡§I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and colors became more glowing. Even self-perception and the sense of time were changed. When the eyes were closed, colored pictures flashed past in a quickly changing kaleidoscope. After a few hours, the not unpleasant inebriation, which had been experienced whilst I was fully conscious, disappeared. What had caused this condition?¡¨ - Albert Hofmann - Laboratory Notes (1943) The History of LSD The LSD molecule was discovered and synthesized by the chemist Albert Hofmann. The work of unraveling this
Drama Evaulation
Sex Education Evaluation My group . The overall intention of our sex education piece was to inform year nines about different types of STIs. Including how they are transferred, visible symptoms and how they are treated. 2. We tried to achieve the intentions of our piece by having four naturalistic characters that all caught an STI. We showed all characters at present day so the symptoms were visible, and then used numerous flashbacks to the doctors so that we could explain how they were transferred and how they can be treated. 3. We devised the work in this way so that there was a clear divide between the comedy of the piece and the vital information that needed to be conveyed. We chose to use humour with both comical characters and accents, (both common and stereotypical blondes) when acting in the present day. So that when the flashbacks occurred, and we played more realistic characters the audience would understand that a serious approach to the content would be used here. Since we felt that this may be more engaging and memorable for our audience. 4. I played two characters throughout the piece, one being a middle aged female doctor and the other a sixteen year old chav-style girl. The fact that I played two characters may have increased the overall intention of the piece when it came to contrasting the serious approach to the more comical. Because my characters
Today we know more about Shakespeare than any other play writers of his time because of his mastering of English literature. However, today it is true to say that we have no record of what Shakespeare actually looked like.
Oral Today we know more about Shakespeare than any other play writers of his time because of his mastering of English literature. However, today it is true to say that we have no record of what Shakespeare actually looked like. William Shakespeare was born in Snitterfield, a small town in Stratford on April 23rd, 1564. At this town the youthful William spent his childhood in a leather merchant's family until later on marrying an older woman by the name of Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare was a Christian. Church records give evidence that he was baptised in a Holy Trinity Church on April 26, 1564 with the authority of his parents, John Shakespeare, Mary Arden. Very well known in the town and were mentioned as 'gentlemen' of the time. Shakespeare's father John had a large family of 10 children, William being the eldest. Two of them died at the date of their birth and one past away early in his existence, leaving him with seven. Shakespeare lived a life full of excitement and some say he was lucky to be around at the right time when theatre plays were incredibly popular or Shakespeare might never had been heard of. After a gigantic contribution to the world of literary by writing a grand total of thirty-seven of plays in Shakespeare's life, although there is no exact record of his death but some say in assumption he died on April 23rd, 1616, from the cause of alcoholism.
Character Assessment
Character Assessment We are currently studying 'The Crucible' wrote by Arthur Miller. This is based in the 17th Century. In 1697. It is based around true events. On the Salem Witch Hunts this was known as McCarthyism (Witch Hunts) The play is about accusation, lying. And affair. And a number of key characters. Ranging from the usually strong, proud character Proctor. To the deceiving young Abigail. And Revarand Paris a distressed priest in worry over his sick daughter. I will cover a short extract and explain how I believe John Proctor should be played during a chosen scene. At pages 27-30. First I would give tall, Strong gestures. He should be portrayed as a strong character. With definite grasp on most situations. I base this on the fact that in the text he is referred to as a kind man. And on pg27 it refers to proctor as a kind of fraud. But then immediately states that none of this had come to the surface. He is also very well respected within the village because of his ' sharp and biting way with hypocrites' it says on pg27. Because of this I would expect others to feel slightly honored while around him. And be eager to make good impressions with his reputation. Although his typical posture would be tall and proud. In pages 27-30. It is somewhat different. Due to his relationship with Abigail. I would show this fact by making him look more troubled and threatened. I
