Wedding Bells? By: Genna D. Daughter is in a wedding dress standing in front of the floor length mirror with her eyes averted from her reflection, arms crossed. Mother is really excited for the wedding, even more so than the daughter. Light music is playing in the background, Gymnopedie by Erik Satie. Daughter is slow speaking. MOTHER: Oh I love that one! Nearly as pretty as the first one! We may need to have the sleeves altered but that is an easy enough task, anything for my daughter! DAUGHTER: (finally looking into the mirror) I don’t know… It’s not my style. EMPLOYEE: I’ll go grab another selection. (Exiting stage left after being nodded at by Mother) MOTHER: (coming up from behind daughter and resting hands on her shoulders peering …show more content…
Driving on the highway at night. Mother is emotional. Cold War Kids - Bitter Poem - Loner Phase - First AMELIA: (Driving and tearing up, full of rage) I am not about to fight with you again. JAKE: (arm hanging out of the window) You don’t want to fight? Let me out and you won’t ever have to deal with me again. AMELIA: You’re being ridiculous! All you do is think about yourself! JAKE: (laughing) You’re quite the hypocrite, look in the mirror. AMELIA: (shaking head) You want to leave? You would rather leave your children and wife than wait to calm down and talk this out? JAKE: Don’t put that on me, that’s not what this is about. AMELIA: That’s exactly what this is about! Out of all people you should know how much that will affect them! JAKE: (pausing and taking a deep breath) Well then give me some time to calm down, and I can’t do that in this car so let me out. AMELIA: Whatever, (pulls car over, wiping tears out of eyes) Get out. JAKE: (looking over in disbelief, unbuckling seat belt and stepping out of
Alan Shapiro is a poet whom uses the sorrowful tragedies that occurred in his lifetime and turns them into beautiful poems in which he greatly expresses through his poetry. Most of his poems symbolize either a type of sorrow or tragic death, and the expressions used throughout his poetry make it noticeable that Alan Shapiro endured a life of hardship and tragedy. While Shapiro was growing up he lost his brother and his sister in which the poem “Sleet” by Alan Shapiro beautifully encompasses his feeling of grief and sorrow due to the loss of his siblings.
Lyndon Baines Johnson the 36th President of the United States gave his inaugural address in Washington D.C., on Wednesday, January 20, 1965, to one of the largest crowds in history, approximately 1.2 million Americans. In the shadow of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, LBJ took up the mantle of leadership, while the country was still in a period of mourning the tragic loss and earned the trust and respect of the country to be re-elected in 1965. A speech that lasted just under 22 minutes, reflected his passion and the forward thinking spirit of his desire to transform the country through justice, liberty and union, wage a war against poverty that was facing most of the American population and return the nation to their roots as a model
Emma: *Tears ran down her face* You mean Graces mom left her because she wanted to? How could a mother ever do that to their child
For those of you that don’t know, I am Trey Rongisch and I am currently a student at Midland University. It is quite ironic how Nick and I first met, it was during my first college class. I would have never expected him to ask me to be his Best Man at his wedding in the short span of four months, but when he asked me, I just couldn’t turn down the offer. But I’m going to be honest, I’ve been feeling quite nervous about giving this speech for some time. But I’m pleased to say last night I slept like a baby – I woke up every two hours, crying my eyes out. With this in mind, I am ready to get this speech going and I must share how honored I am to be here today and speak on behalf of Nick and his beautiful wife, Katie.
I have elected to analyze seven poems spoken by a child to its parent. Despite a wide variety of sentiments, all share one theme: the deep and complicated love between child and parent.
Poems are often designed to express deep feelings and thoughts about a particular theme. In Theodore Roethke’s poem, My Papa’s Waltz, and Ruth Whitman’s poem, Listening to grownups quarreling, the theme of childhood is conveyed through their details, although we can neither see a face nor hear a voice. These poems are very much alike in their ideas of how their memories pertain to the attitudes of their childhood; however, the wording and tones of the two poems are distinct in how they present their memories. The two poems can be compared and contrasted through the author’s use of tone, imagery, and recollection of events; which illustrate each author’s memories of childhood.
"What, exactly, did you think you were doing?" Reinhardt's calm, but stern voice filtered in through the haze surrounding her head.
“Carisi, I’m really sorry about the situation you got into the other day. I was in the wrong for leaving you alone in there.”
The poem begins with the speaker, the daughter, describing how the sky “has been dark for many years,” giving the poem a dark and murky mood. She compares her own skin to her mothers, pale from the lack of sunlight, realizing that her body is beginning to change just as her mothers did as she grew old. The realization worries her, as she secretly longs for freedom from the chore of taking care of her aging mother. But
During the civil war in America, Alexander Hamilton Stephens served as the Confederate States of America’s Vice President, despite his previous reservations against Georgia’s secession, and later went on to become the governor of the state of Georgia. Stephens is best known for his considerably controversial speech referred to as the ‘Cornerstone Speech’ in Savannah, Georgia, during which he expressed his opinion and the Southern states’ position on slavery as an ardent supporter of the enslavement of the black race. In his address, he acknowledged the then new constitution’s provisions for the citizens’ fundamental rights. However, in accordance to the Confederate
While most of us think back to memories of our childhood and our relationships with our parents, we all have what he would call defining moments in our views of motherhood or fatherhood. It is clearly evident that both Theodore Roethke and Robert Hayden have much to say about the roles of fathers in their two poems as well. While the relationships with their fathers differ somewhat, both men are thinking back to a defining moment in their childhood and remembering it with a poem. "My Papa's Waltz" and "Those Winter Sundays" both give the reader a snapshot view of one defining moment in their childhood, and these moments speak about the way these children view their fathers. Told now years later, they understand even more about these moments.
screaming, “ God why do you hate me are you calling me back so you and dad can hear me cry and listen to my pain to laugh at all ive ever did was be the best daughter I can be by getting good grades, behaving and looking picture perfect just like you wanted me to are you liking the satisfaction of what is going on what on earth is wrong with you?You're my parents you're supposed to love me and be proud of me for doing my best but this is what I get for trying to be the daughter you always wanted!” Amelia sighs exasperated when Andrew says ,“Wow that was amazing that took major guts admitting that to me.”Amelia is so shocked she looks like she has just seen a ghost when she says, “I am so sorry I didn't mean to take out my anger and frustration
Falstaff’s honor speech does not imply cowardice, rather it exemplifies the contrast between himself and King Henry IV. In King Henry IV part one, act 5, Fallstaff explains why honor is not an ideal he strives for. He says that honor drives him to battle and asks, if he dies for honor, what is the reward? Honor will not assist him if he is wounded, it is nothing but air, a word. It is only achievable through death, and it is useless to the dead. Therefore, in the upcoming battle Falstaff will not, as characters in heroic plays had done for centuries, sacrifice himself for love of country. He will instead look out for his own self interest, and attempt to earn acclaim from the actions of others.
Cynthia says to herself, do I really have to go? She huffs and puffs while she goes out to the backyard.
It’s really none of your business, and it will change nothing.” Outraged, Marie bashes a headlight with the hammer. “What do you think to gain by pissing me off?”