Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “To be great is to be misunderstood”. That is the quote I was pondering during the opening scene of She Kills Monsters when the narrator introduced the main characters Tilly and Agnes Evans. Agnes was described as average in all aspects of her life while her younger sister Tilly was a world class computer gamer while as being considered weird by most of her peers. But after Agnes wishes for her life not to be normal her family got involved in a car accident. Tilly and her parents died and Agnes was left with a changed life and few memories of her sister that she barely even knew. While Agnes was cleaning her sisters room she found her sister’s journal and her curiosity compelled her to find out more about her and …show more content…
What used to be seen as mutiny is now widely accepted by the public and the media. Although it is not 100% agreed upon progress is being made to show that there is nothing wrong with being gay so much so that it is commonly seen in the media. In the play She Kills Monsters, Agnes finds out through the video game that her sister is gay. She was shocked to find this out but since she lacked giving her sister attention it is understandable why Tilly didn’t have the confidence in her sister to tell her about her orientation. This shows how the society back then was not accepting of homosexuality to the point where Tilly felt like she had to hide herself from the real world and this lead her to find sanctuary in her video game. Tilly having to hide herself from the real world because of her feeling of being different in so many ways shows how societies pressure to be normal makes us hide our true self from everyone who doesn’t …show more content…
After finished the journey with Tilly and her team Agnes felt like a burden of regret for not getting to know her sister while she was alive. This made me think about how strong of an emotion regret can be in changing a person. The play made me reflect on how regret in my life has changed me and my future actions. You can also see the change in Agnes as a person after her journey. This makes me think how we all might have some Agnes in all of us. Many of us might not realize what we take for granted until we all lose it. And once we do we gain new perspective on life. The perspective of doing something now so later you wont wonder what if, and that to be is the most life changing thing a person can
The play shows how Eva Smith is a victim of the attitude of society in
A significant aspect of the play is the acting and wardrobe, because it helps demonstrate the personalities of the characters.
The first character that stood out the most for me was Peter also known as “The Boy” because his character changed the most from the beginning to the end of the show. At the beginning of the performance, we saw a hopeless, nameless, and friendless orphan who expressed a lot of anger and frustration not only through his words but through his physical actions. I could
The female characters in Young Frankenstein and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest are, stereotypically, satiric and parodic renditions of oppressed or emotionally unstable feminine personalities. The theme of the treatment of women is not only played out in the external relationships the women interact within but also in the basic mentality and roles they embody within their personality. The women of Young Frankenstein add a comical element to the film which a direct contrast to the insignificance of the female in Mary Shelley’s novel. The women of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest are either almost terrifying when thinking of the potential evil lurking just beneath the surface or effectual props in the healing of those who need it.
...vie, the actresses that played them actually fit the role. Women usually do not have impacts on things, but in this novel, major things happened as a result of these women. These things include dishonest marriages, love affairs, wealth, power, and jealousy. This goes to show that women are not always the innocent ones in novels, or any other type of literature.
The novel begins with the protagonist, April Wheeler, portraying Gabrielle in an amateur-theatre production of the play, The Petrified Forest. The play ends up being a total disaster and leaves April devastated, leaving her disconnected from Frank, her husband, and her neighbors, Milly and Shep Campbell afterwards. The play, The Petrified Forest, is a disastrous love story of a man who decides to have himself die to keep the women he loves out of a life of misery. In the end of The Petrified Forest, Gabrielle is able to escape from her horrible lifestyle and fulfill her dreams; April was never able to do that.
For starters, imagine the most flawless and pristine character, and then multiply that by ten. Then and only then can you get the inerrant Cathy Ames. Well, Miss Ames is the ideal model of perfection, an angel fallen from heaven. She grew up in a really crappy town, not really knowing the difference between “good” and “evil”. Some children at a very young age understand that public nudity is very taboo, but she didn’t. In fact everything that the other children found wrong she found curious and intriguing. She started to experience a lot of things at a very young age, thus waking a kind of twisted way of thinking that couldn’t be overwritten even with the best of therapy. Her understanding of people’s emotions, carnal desires, and greed gave her the utmost advantage. Later, over the years of her youth she use those said advantages in her favor. In the middle of one night she had disappeared, that was the same night...
Within Tennessee Williams's story about love and abuse within marriage and challenging familial ties, there lie three very different characters that all see the world in vastly different ways. These members of a family that operate completely outside of our generation’s norms, are constantly unsure of themselves and their station within the binary not only of their familial unit, but within the gender binary that is established for them to follow. Throughout the story of the strange family, each character goes through a different arch that changes them irrevocably whether it is able to be perceived or not by those around them. The only male, Stanley is initially the macho force in the home who controls everything without question. He has no consequences for his actions against his wife and is never held accountable for treating the people around him poorly; this lasts until Blanche arrives. Blanche is an outwardly demure, but spirited young woman who after experiencing untold misfortune breaks mentally and decides to no longer care what others may think of her. She lives her life lavishly and foolishly by having dalliances with younger or richer men who shower her with gifts and attention to get sex from her all too willing form. Her effect on Stanley is one of temptation and challenge; she continually tries to convince her sister that she is too good for the man and in turn fosters a resentment for her in him. Stella acts as the antithesis of Stanley and Blanche’s extreme personalities. She is innocence and purity where they are the darkness that threatens to overtake her life. Throughout, Stella is a pawn that they both try to use against the other to no real avail as she is determined to make the best choice for herself. In th...
The major themes related directly to the entire context of the story. The formidable mother-daughter conflict going on throughout the story exposed the clash of their cultural roots. The conflict showed the theme where the mother does not understand the game of chess and does not accept Waverly playing it. Also, it showed it when Waverly felt embarrassed by her mother using her as a trophy metaphorically. Another theme is the symbolic games of chess that Waverly played. Without the use of symbolism the story would have lost a major impact on the plotline. Also, Amy Tan used setting to her advantage to fully show the tone of the story and created a scene of emotion. Its major theme of mother-daughter relationship made it possible for young children to relate the short story to their own
...ing identity to the point where it no longer exists. This identity can be lost through extreme devotion, new experience, and immense tragedy. Relationships with the most meaningful companions impact both main characters, Elie and Frederic. Due to the events they must encounter alongside loved ones, Elie and Frederic change completely, losing the identity that once existed. The most impactful events of any life are those that involve struggle and tragedy. Any tragic event that one encounters can significantly alter the purpose of life forever. Tragic events such as taking away what one may hold dearest, such as a loved one in the cases of Elie and Frederic. This type of loss can create a saddened, purposeless life in all humans.
... perfect exemplars of how an ideal innocent women, can face undoubtedly tragic fates. Despite much strength in their characters, both Daisy and Desdemona exhibit the vulnerability of their innocence, the ability for others to take advantage of them, and glaring weaknesses. They are unaware of their surroundings, which lead to questionable actions. Their inevitable tragedies occur because of how each character dealt with these situations placed in front of them. All in all, Daisy and Desdemona are responsible for their tragedies because they are women placed in unfamiliar positions and are unable to deal with situations placed in front of them.
...e relationship with men, as nothing but tools she can sharpen and destroy, lives through lust and an uncanny ability to blend into any social class makes her unique. Her character is proven as an unreliable narrator as she exaggerates parts of the story and tries to explain that she is in fact not guilty of being a mistress, but a person caught in a crossfire between two others.
...n, regardless of gender. For the entirety of the game, players will find their courage within Lara rather than watching and admiring her triumphs from the sidelines. The interaction between heroine and gamer revolutionizes the standard at which video game heroes and heroines must live up to. Rather than an image of sophistication that ordinary people may have difficulty reaching, Lara’s newfound vulnerability humanizes her struggles into a culturally accessible archetype.
Emily Dickinson once wrote “Much madness is divinest/Sense-To a discerning Eye.” Often in literature, a character’s madness or foolish action plays an important role. Such is the case with the play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? written in 1962, by Edward Albee. The author develops and revisits the inner conflict of Martha, the protagonist, which results from the struggle between her and society throughout the plot to highlight the theme of struggle between reality and illusion. Martha’s madness is used by Albee to reveal characteristics of American society in the 50s and 60s that reveal the seemingly mad behavior as reasonable.
Role play is a big part of “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen because all the characters pretend to be someone there not instead of being their selves. The one who stands out the most though is Nora. It’s almost like she lives two different lives because of how differently she acts. Nora is claimed to be Torvald’s childish, loving wife and is unknowingly a strong, independent woman. She was known as the playful, trophy wife by everyone at the beginning of the play, but as the play goes on she is shown as a self-empowering, eager woman.