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The play addresses the real issues that were evident in the medieval era by employing an inversion of the Nativity story. Four character descriptions found in the play are as follows; Make: Make was a local thief who was already known by the shepherds as a sheep-thief. He denied being a thief but rather a…

Dead Man’s Cell Phone On the 14th of April I saw Dead man’s cell phone at the Gordon Wilson theatre. The play whose playwright is Sarah Ruhl was directed by Dr. David Young. The protagonists of the play are Gordon played by Tyler Brown, Jean played by Kaitlyn Fouts, Mrs. Gottlieb played by Becca Trimbur,…

Whenever we try to determine someone’s faithfulness and loyalty and their overall character, you must take into consideration their characteristics. One might seem pleasant on the outside but in the inside their true intensions might be what we don’t think. An iron fist in a velvet glove is a great idiom to explain one, such…

In 1945, George Orwell penned “Animal Farm” as a satirical take on the Russian Revolution. As a socialist, Orwell criticized the flaws in communism and the corrupt leaders. Initially, the novel faced challenges in getting published due to its subtle yet discernible insults. Orwell’s intention was to demonstrate how the indifference and ignorance of individuals…

Over a period of time sic-if authors and composers have presented their texts and films using cautionary tales of our soon to be dyspeptic society. They use informing techniques to instill the fear of a futuristic dyspeptic society into the minds of readers and viewers. These authors and composers also bring forth the concepts of…

On the last page of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, lead characters Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley come to a verbal understanding that they can never be together. As Jake is impotent and Brett someone who heavily values sex, a long-term physical relationship between the two will never realistically work. However, I…

As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students, Mark Edmundson utilizes ethos, pathos, and logos to effectively deliver his argument that the current educational system, especially in college, revolves around consumerism which in turn has negatively impacted students, teachers, and universities in general. Although Edmundson presents an overall logically sound argument, there are few instances throughout…

“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. ” (Franklin D. Roosevelt). In Gilding’s Lord of the Flies there is battle for civilization. However, this battle takes place within. A group of…

In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain a young boy bythe name of Huckleberry Finn learns what life is like growing up in Missouri. The story follows young Huckleberry as he floats down the Mississippi River onhis raft. On his journey he is accompanied by his friend Jim, a runaway slave….

How have spoken sounds acquired meaning? What is the nature of the connection between the sounds and what they are taken to represent? Language in a communication system has undergone a number of evolutionary changes. Language can be further explained by saying that it is a collection of sounds, sounds that have acquired meaning over…