Drama Poetry
How is the more direct performative aspect of drama and/or poetry reflected in these forms? (Consider for example, each genre's uses of literary structure, language, technique, and style.)

In upert Goold's Macbeth, the language and literary structure are following the same lines from the Shakespearian play. Yet, the way the characters are speaking and performing their roles helps the individual to understand the setting and background of what is occurring. This technique and style is used to provide a better comprehension of the key ideas and to help everyone directly relate to the events that are unfolding. Once this takes place, is the point the audience is connecting with the themes from the original play and the different events that are occurring. This makes it more entertaining and allows them to apply these images, scenes and words with their own lives. ("Macbeth," 2013)

These ideas are different from the kind of…...

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References

Macbeth. (2013). PBS. Retrieved from:  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/macbeth/watch-the-full-program/1030/ 

Frost, R. (1920). The Road Not Taken. Bartleby. Retrieved from:  http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html

However, behavioral skills training that incorporated active learning approaches, such as role playing, were found to result in children that were significantly more likely to demonstrate the proper safety skills in role playing and in situ assessments than children who did not receive this behavior skills training. Furthermore, in situ, role playing training was found to enhance the safety skill development of both the educational and behavior skills training groups (Gatheridge et al., 2004).
Another context where role playing has been effectively used in interventions with children is bullying prevention programs. Salmivalli (1999) suggested that bullying could be considered essentially a group phenomenon, where children who are members of a class take on various roles in bullying participation. Some of these roles may include assistants to the bully, reinforcers to the bully, or outside bystanders. Salmivalli (1999) described this phenomenon as a form of "peer group power (p.453)" where peer…...

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References

Johnson, B.M., Miltenberger, R.G., Knudson, P., Egemo-Helm, K., Kelso, P., Jostad, C., Langley, L. (2006). A preliminary evaluation of two behavioral skills training procedures for teaching abduction-prevention skills to schoolchildren. Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis, 39(1), 25-34.

Gatheridge, B.J., Miltenberger, R.G., Huneke, D.F., Satterlund, M.J., Mattern, a.R., Johnson, B.M., Flessner, C.A. (2004). Comparison of two programs to teach firearm injury prevention skills to 6- and 7-year-old children. Pediatrics, 114(3), e294-e299.

Salmivalli, C. (1999). Participant role approach to school bullying: implications for interventions. Journal of Adolescence, 22(4), 453-9.

Gronna, S.S., Serna, L.A., Kennedy, C.H., Prater, M.A. (1999). Promoting generalized social interactions using puppets and script training in an integrated preschool. A single-case study using multiple baseline design. Behavior Modification, 23(3), 419-40.

He left her in her pain. I wanted to be there for her. She wouldn't let me. (Sits down next to SILENT GIRL)
SILENT GIRL (Smiles, shakes her head, sighs a little, looks at MARK)

MARK (Smiling amidst the tears): I remember the trip. I was glad she came; I finally found the courage to tell her. (Turns to SILENT GIRL) I took her for a walk near the field of flowers. She loves flowers, especially tulips. I jokingly told her I'd have taken her to the Netherlands for our honeymoon, if it was me she married. She laughed and I kissed her. For the first and last time, our lips met. I wish the kiss never ended. I loved her. I love her still. (Puts hands in head)

Stage lights off (MARK exits Stage Right, IAN and KAREN enters Stage LEFT)

Act 2, Scene 1

Stage lights on IAN (still walking around agitated):…...

According to Flynn (2004), rehearsals and performances of CBT scripts can help increase students' abilities to read the text fluently. "Fluent readers read aloud smoothly and with expression. They recognize words and understand them at the same time. eading educators emphasize the importance of fluency -- the ability to read a text accurately and with the appropriate speed. Because there is a close relationship between fluency and comprehension, fluent readers tend to be higher achieving students" (p. 361).

Future Areas for esearch.

A what further research might need to be done any arguments against the use of drama to promote literacy and rebuttals

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Clyde, J.A. (2003). Stepping inside the story world: The subtext strategy - A tool for connecting and comprehending. The eading Teacher, 57(2), 150-60.

Crumpler, T., & Schneider, J.J. (2002). Writing with their whole being: a cross study analysis of children's writing from five classrooms using process drama. esearch in Drama Education,…...

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Rinehart, S.R. (1999). Don't think for a minute that I'm getting up there. Opportunities for Readers Theatre in a tutorial for children with reading problems. Journal of Reading Psychology, 20, 71-89.

Tyler, B.J., & Chard, D.J. (2000). Using Readers Theatre to foster fluency in struggling readers: A twist on the repeated reading strategy. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 16, 163-8.

Worthy, J., & Prater, K. (2002). 'I thought about it all night': Readers Theatre for reading fluency and motivation. The Reading Teacher, 56(3), 294-7.

Still, the thwarted desires of Emily have more of a sense of inevitability, and thus seem less tragic than the willed and possibly preventable actions of the heroines of the "Doll's House" and "Trifles."
However, perhaps the least functional and most distorted family is the family without a father at the helm at all, that of "The Glass Menagerie," where Tom functions as the breadwinner and quasi-husband to this mother Amanda and quasi-father figure to his sister Laura. As strange as the surreal drama of this family may seem, it suggests that without any conventional family dynamics even more chaos ensues than in the aforementioned nuclear families. Like all of the family plays, "The Glass Menagerie" ends with the main protagonist's flight from the family -- with the slamming of the home's door, the only way he can break away. But he leaves not for death or prison, or even…...

For instance, Constance's supervisor, Professor Claude Knight, frequently plagiarizes her carefully researched and written work. Later, after stealing from her, Knight runs off with a more attractive graduate student, very unlike the Shakespearean heroes Constance is so enamored of, such as Romeo. But because of the heightened absurdity of the pun-ridden scholarship of Constance, and the ugly nature of Knight, the audience does not necessarily see these events as tragic, like Romeo and Juliet's separation.
Also, when Ledbelly enters the world of Shakespeare's dramas and makes them 'right,' such as when she exposes Iago's treachery, although she interrupts delicate causal chain of events that make up the plot of the play, she does not create a perfect world. In "Othello," rather than a tragedy of two good spouses subject to misunderstandings, the two characters must now understand one another on a deeper level, after the first flush of first love.…...

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Works Cited

MacDonald, Ann-Marie. "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)." 1988.

Shakespeare, William. "Othello."

Shakespeare, William. "Romeo and Juliet."

Drama
Death of a Salesman -- comparison between the play and a 1985 TV rendering of the play, starring Dustin Hoffman

The tragedy of illie Loman in the play by Arthur Miller seems like a man who wants to be great, yet falls to a tragic and small end. However, the televised version of the play makes illie seem like a little or 'low' man throughout. Thus, although the Arthur Miller 1950's play "The Death of a Salesman" is often defined as a modern-day tragedy, whereby the central father and patriarch of the Loman family, illie, is a kind of modern-day tragic hero who sacrifices his life to the folly living according to the rules of cutthroat, American capitalist 'salesman' society, in the television version illie Loman ultimately strikes viewer of the Arthur Miller debacle as merely a man of small ambitions -- to make money, to be liked, and to make…...

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Works Cited

"Death of a Salesman." Starring Dustin Hoffman. Made for television in 1985.

Miller, Arthur. "Death of a Salesman." Course textbook, p.1824

Drama
Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House appear to contain no common themes on first reading. But upon close analysis of the two plays, readers are likely to discover that there is indeed the one major theme that is common in both stories however it has been discussed and exploited differently. Both plays highlight the importance of 'identity' and the consequences of not having one.

Death of a salesman revolves around the disillusioned and delusional world of Willy Loman, a nature salesman who is sadly confused about his identity that leads to a tragic end. Similarly A Doll's House focuses on the life of a naive housewife, Nora, who again has no identity of her own and lives in a world defined and dictated by her husband. Both Willy and Nora are confused about their own identity but the causes of this and consequences too are…...

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References

The Bedford Introduction to Drama, Fourth edition:

 http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/jacobus/ 

Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, 1949 Penguin USA, 1 edition, October 6, 1998

Wilson settled into nibbling on French fries, but when he took the first big bite of burger, he spit it out, making a mess on the table. Lisa realized the burger had a pickle on it, and Wilson absolutely hated pickles. Even though she scraped every bit of the pickle off the bun, he refused to eat another bite, and began to cry again. Lisa fed him French fries, hoping to distract him. Finally, he ate a few, munched on the tomatoes on the side of the plate, and his eyes began to droop. By the time Lisa really got to taste her salad, she discovered she wasn't that hungry any more. She picked listlessly at the greens while Wilson curled up on the seat beside her, sucking his thumb. Finally, Lisa had enough, and asked for the check. It seemed the entire restaurant breathed a sigh of relief when…...

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References

Bayer, Alicia. "Eating Out with Toddlers." MagicalChildhood.com. 2006. 28 Sept. 2007.  http://www.magicalchildhood.com/articles/eating.htm 

Bennett, Holly. "Eating Out with Toddlers." Today'sParent.com. 2007. 28 Sept. 2007.  http://www.todaysparent.com/toddler/foodnutrition/article.jsp?content=924651&page=1 

Cloud, Mark. "Ten Tips for Dining Out with Toddlers." DadsToday.com. 2007. 28 Sept. 2007. http://dadstoday.com/resources/articles/diningout.htm

The tension of the opening is never fully dissipated even as Achilleus shows his hospitality and makes certain promises to Priam about holding off the fighting for twelve days while the Trojans bury the son of their ruler. However, just as it appears that the situation is concluded, the god Hermes comes to Priam and warns him to leave now because if the Greeks find him asleep in the morning, they may decide he is worth more as a ransom and will not allow him to leave as Achilleus has promised.
The drama is characterized by language that often involves or approaches poetry, but the presentation differs greatly. An oral tradition of epic poetry places one "actor," the speaker before an audience as he recites the epic poem and so tells the story. Any dramatic element emerges from the characters and the story, carried by the poetry and involving images…...

He responds just like a man when he tries to bargain with Dave, claiming things are going to be okay and that he feels much better. The intensity of this scene is gripping because of the hissing air in the spacecraft's background and Dave's exasperated breathing. The drama intensifies when Dave begins to deprogram HAL. He tells Dave that he is afraid and all the while, Dave is deprogramming him. HAL tells Dave that he "can feel it" (2001) and that his "mind is going" (2001). The drama between these two characters is powerful because Kubrick has successfully made HAL a computer that we like. Even as HAL dies, the scene is sad because his voice changes radically and, for all intents and purposes, we witness HAL's almost human death.
This scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most dramatic scenes in cinema history. The intensity of…...

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Works Cited

2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Perf. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. 1968. Videocassette. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

He actually credited his use of pot as helping his thought processes and considered himself intellectually inspired by it (Davidson 1999). His previous writings on the subject appeared much earlier, but under a fictitious pseudonym. In his words:
I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, unavailable to us without such drugs. Such a remark applies not only to self-awareness and to intellectual pursuits, but also to perceptions of real people, a vastly enhanced sensitivity to facial expression, intonations, and choice of words which sometimes yields a rapport so close it's as if two people are reading each other's minds" (Davidson 1999). Even some former federal law enforcement agents have changed their minds about recreational drug use, maintaining that the government's anti-drug laws cause more societal…...

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Works Cited

Brecher, Edward, M. (1991) Licit & Illicit Drugs. New York: Little Brown & Co.

Coleman, James, C., Butcher, James, N., Carson, Robert, C. (1994) Abnormal Psychology and Human Life. Dallas: Scott, Foresman & Co.

Davidson, Keay. (1999) Carl Sagan: A Life. New York: Wiley & Sons.

Farwell, Scott. Man Who Sells Tips on How to Avoid Arrest Is Running for Congress; the Dallas Morning News (Mar. 3/08)

Unfortunately, he is afraid to leave the home, even though he has only been there a few months. Henri is the down-to-earth member of the group, who finally decides he does not want to take part in the expedition, which sours the others on him. Finally, Philippe is the funniest of the three, due to an unfortunate war wound. He has shrapnel in his brain that causes him to pass out at the most inopportune moments. The three actors all have wonderful comedic timing, and the script itself is full of quick, witty responses and great use of the language make the play's hour and a half seem to pass much more quickly, even though all the men do is talk. In some hands, that could be extremely boring, but this production moves quickly, and the scenes just seem to get funnier as the play progresses.
The audience cannot help…...

drama "Oedipus the King," by Sophocles. Specifically, it will identify and apply terminology used in the play, and identify the term "irony."
OEDIPUS

These literary devices are important parts of drama.

exposition - Exposition is the beginning of the play which sets the tone, theme, mood, and setting of the play. In "Oedipus the King," the exposition lists who is on stage, who is speaking, and describes the royal palace in Thebes.

rising action - Rising action is the part of the play which brings the action to a climax, and is usually the most exiting or suspenseful moment in the play. In "Oedipus," the climax comes when Oedipus discovers he killed his father, married his mother, and fathered children by Jacosta. He then blinds himself, and this is the climax, which the discoveries, and the continued action of the play, lead up to. The rising action makes the climax more effective, or…...

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Bibliography

Sophocles. Oedipus the King. Trans. Robert Bagg. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1982.

A play like this could be extremely depressing, but it is rarely sad or maudlin. The men are funny, and their characters are so bizarre that the audience is always waiting to see what they think of next. The comedy is broad and slapstick, which draws the audience in and makes the characters extremely sympathetic. They are not afraid to act outrageously or laugh at themselves, but they want to be taken seriously just the same. Even though the audience does not know much about their backgrounds, they are still extremely likeable, and the audience finds themselves hoping they will make good on their attempt to escape and enjoy just one more adventure in life.

Perhaps the most interesting image in the play is the row of poplars that edges the garden where they carry out most of their imagined escapes. The poplars come up often in the play - the…...

To write a good thesis about this, you have to first put together what you know about early America and its approach to religion.  Obviously, the American colonies were initially established, in part, as a way for people to freely practice certain religions.  That said, they were extremely restrictive, with punishments for people who did not adhere to societal norms.  Many undesirable behaviors were not just considered undesirable, but labeled as sin.  The most dramatic example of this could be found in the witch hysteria that overtook some of the colonies and the executions and general destruction that happened surrounding....

One of the interests that I have is in helping victims of childhood sexual abuse.  I became interested in this area by accident.  As a middle-school child, I had a friend express suicidal ideations to me and relayed them to my parent.  The friend’s parents got them into a treatment program, but also removed them from our school.  Feeling as if I had betrayed their confidence, the friend ended communication with me.  It was years later, in an unrelated way, that I learned that there were several warning signs of childhood sexual abuse in their home.  When....

In the book Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, the author describes a Native American child and his family who retreat into the woods in order to avoid the child being taken from them and raised away from the family, which was happening not just to members of their Ojibway nation, but to Native Americans across the country.  The book is a fictional novel, but is based in the historical fact that not only were Native Americans forcibly removed from their ancestral lands throughout North America, but were also subjected to having their children stolen from....

For the last decade, total quality management has been considered the gold standard in quality management in the healthcare setting.  Therefore, the question is not really whether we can apply total quality management in hospitals, but what steps hospitals need to take to implement this type of management within their organizations.

The first thing to keep in mind is that modern hospitals are not simply hospitals; they are almost all part of larger healthcare networks.  This has the potential of dramatically improving patient care, as the range of care that a patient can access through a....