Essays on The Seagull

People can be blind to love, truth, or reality in general. The reason can be strong emotions or an intention to escape a traumatizing situation. At the same time, the outcomes of such blindness are usually tragic. Euripides was a master of creating dramatic plays that encapsulated the strongest emotions of a person by engaging them into the traumatizing actions and experiences. Particularly, the topic of blindness is particularly vividly represented in Euripides’s “Medea” (Euripides 17). She is overwhelmed with her frustration and anger on Jason’s betrayal and humiliation. In the swirl of a blind rage Medea ...

1.0 Introduction There is a sense in which nature is depicted in literal work to resonate with the normal human course of life. In this regard, authors and artists seek to use psychological and philosophical aspects on nature to make this impact (Bruin,Murray, and Boom 43). Such depictions are very essential because they make sure that the reader connects with different components of the play because it enhances a sense of familiarity. In this light, therefore, this paper will analyze the various ways in which natural world is significant to two different plays. The plays include “Our Town” ...

(Insert Author’s Note) I am here to explain, respond and analyze the wonderful poem, “The Bridge”, by Hart Crane. This poem was first published in the early after the great depression, or 1930 to be more specific. It was first published by the Black Sun Press, and was also Cranes only attempt at writing long poetry. Cranes motivation for this piece came from the notorious Brooklyn Bridge. He was inspired to write the poem during his residence at 110 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn, New York, in which, had an extremely sensational view of the bridge. Sadly, by ...

- Introduction When literature is translated onto a stage, it becomes a play; it takes on a facet of reality that merely reading the words does not bring to the reader. Not every story translates perfectly into the medium of the play; plays have to have a lot of interaction between characters and environments to translate properly into theatre. Although there are certainly plays where not much happens, these plays are few and far between; most plays focus on the relationships between characters and their environments-- including the other characters that are present in the play. In theatre, the actors are ...

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov and “Chekhov for Children” by Philip Lopate.

Chekhov's The Seagull is known to reject the conventional dramatic subjects that dominated the theater at that time. The intensely dramatic events are not seen on stage, and The Seagull brought about a fundamental change in not only how the plays were written but also how they were acted. Chekhov for Children by celebrated writer Phillip Lopate is an inspiring reflection about his experience with the child actors and how he teaches them. This is an assessment of the nature of childhood and evokes the question as to how does one demarcate between experimentation and self-indulgence. The choices made by ...

Introduction

The seagull was first published in March 1986.The seagull is the best play that was written by Chekov. He was inspired by a real life incident of a death of a seagull. This is a poignant love story. The characters are seen suffering in their own realistic ways as they move across the country. The characters are the ones that are analyzed in the play not the plot. The author allows his character reveal the act of devastating dreams. The death of the seagull has been used to symbolize the absence of defeat and that life has a lot of beauty in it.The characters ...

Film studies: The Drifters

The twentieth century opened the new era of development and led to collision of the modern industrialized world and pure untouched nature. John Grierson was extremely fond of tendencies of the modern art. He would consider them to reflect the coming changes in their full extent. The other peculiarity was his interest in Soviet films, especially those of Sergei Eisenstein. All these things rolled into one were expressed in the brand-new technique of representing the reality.

After Lumier brothers John Grierson made another breakthrough which became the turning point in the history of the whole cinematography. He appeared ...