Monthly Archives: October 2011

With Elizabethan theatre, it would have been the best seats in the house to sit farther away from the action as it unfolded on stage. But secretly I would want to be the groundlings, since they get to see that … Continue reading →

In Act One, Scene Five, it is revealed to Hamlet exactly how his father had died. The current king, Claudius, poisoned Hamlet’s father by pouring poison down his ear, using the “juice of cursed hebona in a vial” (80). In … Continue reading →

Fences was a depressing slice of life as it was for African Americans in the 1950s. This time, only a decade before the rise of the Black Pride movements, can be depicted by this play. When I read this play, … Continue reading →

In A Raisin in the Sun, there isn’t a lot of new technology presented to the reader or the audience. I believe that, however, was very deliberate. The fanciest machine we see is the radio, which plays an important part … Continue reading →

Wow. What can I say about this play? Actually, it would be more accurate to say what can’t I say about this play? As I was reading so many different things jumbled around in my head, but I guess I’ll … Continue reading →

“Or does it explode?” I think that this final line speaks so much about the struggle that civil rights groups went through during the late sixties, early seventies. ‘A dream deferred’ doesn’t simply go away, but builds and builds until … Continue reading →

Depth: Here’s my blog about Neighborhood 3, and I think I go into a lot of detail here. Another one I think it pretty good is this one, the first one I wrote about Oedipus Rex. Seems like Oedipus really … Continue reading →

Willy really was a sad man. All his life he tried to make it, and life just never worked out the way he wanted it to. The quote I pulled is at the very end. Willy is saying to Biff … Continue reading →