Cedra Wilson
Robyn Nolting
THEA 161
24 March 2014
Response Paper The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard describes the lives of a group of Russians, in the wake of the Liberation of the slaves. The action takes place over the course of five or six months, but the histories of the characters are so complex that in many ways, the play begins years earlier. The actor I choose to write on was Yermolai Alexseyevich (played by Erin Despanie) he is the other lead character in The Cherry Orchard. In my opinion his character was dramatic and effortless it caught my attention the moment he appeared in the scene. He is awaken to memories, in the beginning moments on-stage, he tells of a time if his ancestor exhausted him, “His father and grandfather were serfs who were drinkers on the cherry orchard estate all of their lives, and abuse him” but his short response was as well relates to Madame Ranevskaya's consecutive affection to him that managed to use the Liberation of the slavery to his full advantage and is now a wealthy landowner and a shrewd businessman.
Erin was the most animated and passionate character. The ambiguity in his character is precisely what makes him and all the other characters in the play, so mesmerizing to me. Yermolai a childhood friend of Madame Ranevsky, who becomes a savoy business man trying to save “The Cherry Orchard” design a business plan unknown what will happen. Although he was born into a family of slaves, Yermolai change in class experienced during his lifetime is amazing; at the end of the pay, he is not only a wealthy man, but he is the owner of the estate where he was born. He is a symbolic character in that he enlightens the success possible for the newly freed. However, while his bank account makes him...
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... a dynamic talent his interpretation of a distinguish business man who attribute himself, savvy with money and his trademark with finances, who completely overcomes the poverty he was born into was excellent. Although his betrayal of Yermolai was great there were a few moments in the play that I thought he over acted on but his overall performance was wonderful? It was almost unrecognizable. The cast of the play was so prepared there were almost no noticeable mistakes. It was unclear in the second act to me for a while what was exactly going on. The transition while they were speaking in the orchard just seems to be a little confusing and somewhat rambling. I think it did not have much to do with the play direction. The end, however, pulled it all together for me to better understand each Act over all this play was enjoyable and a play I could watch again.
...od out because he used charm and just the book to advance in the company. I think young adults and adults who are into economics, how companies work or even realistic plays would like the production that was put. It was simple and gave across a clear point. I think that people who grew up in the sixties and worked during the time period would enjoy the play. I feel that they would have a different understanding of it because they grew up in the time period and lived through what was going. Over all the play head a straight forward point that in my opinion put J. Pierrepont Finch as the protagonist because everything revolved around him, he had a simple objective and every set or choice he made effect something or someone. Whereas the antagonist was reaching high positions in the company because that was the main thing that was in Finch is way at achieving his goal.
I felt that the characters were allowed to be themselves in this scene compared to the other acts. In Act 2, the characters were at work that called for them to have a professional mindset, even though they were familiar with each other. The director had the most professional mind set, yelling for order and keeping her employees working, however, she was never standoffish with the other members of her crew.
Not knowing what this play was about, I went to go see it Wednesday after noon at Holyoke Community College in the Leslie Phillips Theater. I had many mixed emotions about this play. I thought some parts were very funny, but others were a little uncomfortable because of some racia...
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In this paper I will discuss the print called Plum Garden at Kameido. This print was created by Ando Hiroshige in 1857. It is a woodblock print. In the front of the print is a close up of a tree. It is an image of a plum tree in a plum garden. The tree has pretty white blooms on it. For this reason it is logical to assume that it must be springtime. Working back, I see two more plum trees. None of the trees have much detail of the bark texture. I can see that if these trees are true to life, Plum trees are not very shapely trees. Behind the second row of trees is what appears to be an iron fence with people standing at various points along the fence. The fence line angles back to show a third row of trees in the distance. Green grass can be seen in much of the fenced in area highlighting the fact that it is a garden.
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for the interpretation of the play. In this essay, I plan to analyse the role of
...ay. The spoken language was written with a southern accent which was also very well done. All the characters also speak in their different social class styles. For example, the servants speak with very poor grammar and then on the other hand, Ben or Mr. Marshall speak in a very dignified manner. Besides the spoken language, the play has many written stage direction which almost all highlight the characters’ ideas. Since though there are so many stage directions though, one has to be careful to make sure that they all further and enhance the plot of the play. The intentions and meanings of the language also came through exceptionally clear. From the very beginning of the play, the reader knows exactly what every character’s ulterior motive is and almost every character has one. Because of the very clear character makeup, this enhances all themes, meanings, and intentions of the play and characters.