Essays on Entertainment Page 17

The title of my book is, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry. This book highlights how Jonas, the main character, lives in a sameness, but soon realizes that’s there is another world outside of The Community and wants to leave. The Giver is a fictional book and is also an award-winning book for children’s literature….

The name commedia dell’arte is difficult to interpret. It roughly translates to ‘humor of the artists’, referring to performances by professionals as opposed to amateur performers. This form of theater has been given other names that better reflect its nature and characteristics, including commedia dell’arte all’improvviso, commedia improvviso (improvised comedy), and commedia alla maschera (masked…

This is a prelude book to Lord of the rings. It starts in a place called Shire, as a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins meats a old friend again, a wizard named Gandalf the grey. The wizard is at the door not alone but with several Dwarfs. Bilbo greeted them all into his dwelling. Gandalf starts…

Edgar Allan Poe was best known for his mystical short stories. One of his works, “The cask of Amontillado“, is about a retaliatory murder. One of the main characters but also the narrator, Montresor, murders the other main character, Fortunato. He accomplishes this through a mischievous murder scheme While doing this, Montresor justifies his murder…

Coldplay recently won a Grammy award for Parachutes for Best Alternative Album. The only thing wrong with that is that Parachutes deserved to be nominated for Best Album. All of the quartet attended the University College of London. All four had been playing instruments since their early teens and been influenced by likes of Bob…

The idea of theatre as a changeable human construct has been presented by several constructivists, including B. Brecht, V. Meyerhold, and C. Stanislavski, each with their own unique perspective. Meyerhold’s theatrical style incorporated audience participation to reveal the dynamic nature of entertainment and its connection to viewers’ reality. Brecht used an established theatre to symbolize…

Hallmark traditionally has been viewed as the company to use “when you care enough to send the very best,” which Hallmark would like to keep in the minds of the target market, but also use to increase sales for non-holiday seasons. Hallmark believes with continuous marketing efforts they can appeal to more women to buy…

The future of the United States, according to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novel. Is filled with bleak, rigid and never-ending misery. In other words Suzanne Collins picked a world in the future. Formally North America but now called Panem that has many dystopian properties. Dystopia can be best defined as a society or world. As…

Was Hamlet insane? Scholars have debated this question ever since Shakespeare presented this play to the public. Although I am not a scholar, I believe that there is enough evidence in the play to suggest Hamlet had been sane. He may have been depressed and angry however this was due to the treachery and betrayal…

George Orwells, The Animal Farm, depicts how power can corrupt society. If one person receives too much power, one will most likely lead up to dictatorship. To exemplify this idea, Orwell uses a farm to represent a society and the animals inside to portray the people. Orwells use of the pigs and animals are also…