Inspired by the wit of John Donne’s work, Margaret Edson intends for “Wit” to confront the same themes and topics represented in Donne’s poetry. Throughout the course of the play, Edson tackles the ideas of mortality, of the anxiety of death, of suffering, and of redemption. She does this by paralleling the narrative of the play with passages of the poems, “Death be not proud”, “This is my play’s last scene”, and “If poisonous minerals be, and if that tree be.” The most significant poem Edson incorporates
Twelve Years a Slave for three reasons. First, Solomon’s autobiography puts real faces and names to what is taught in history class. For example, textbooks say that masters beat their slaves but until reading Solomon’s description of a whipping, no one can fully comprehend that physical and emotional cruelty. Textbooks also say that slaves were allowed to marry, bear children, remarry and bear more children. Slaves bearing children was also a financial benefit because those children belonged to
This performance was likely a metaphor to prepare her fans for what was to come. Although the “Can’t be tamed” music video stirred up controversy, it also brought a huge boost to MTV ratings (Toomey). Miley was beginning to successfully separate herself from her second identity as Hannah Montana. Drastically cutting
and why does green mean "go"? Why does the bride wear white, and black is the color of mourning and sadness? Why does an optimist see the world in bright colors and a romantic person pursues the "blue dream"? This work discusses color and its place in culture. A lot of things in the reality surrounding us we perceive by means of colors and through them. Color terms bear in themselves much more information than it might seem at first glance. Understanding and insight into the world happens primarily