Follies Essays

Musical theatre performance, which presents fictional plots and impresses audiences with show-stopping dance and song, unites dramatic works across the globe. American musical theatre, specifically, draws inspiration from European straight plays, burlesques, and operas, while dramatizing American topics. Nineteenth-century musical comedies use entertaining situations, rather than plot, to frame performances involving song, dance, and humor. For example, George M. Cohan’s works, although inspired

This musical was the most difficult show that I have ever been in, even compared to the high school shows I have done. Follies was a challenge for me, not only because it was music from Sondheim, the show was tough because the characters we were playing were going through midlife crises in their marriages and even with finding themselves. My director would talk to us after

Erasmus, a Renaissance humanist, portrays folly as a character named so in The Praise of Folly to show his appreciation for the role foolishness plays in the human life. For all earthly existence, Erasmus’s Folly states that “you'll find nothing frolic or fortunate that it owes not to me [folly]” (The Praise of Folly, 14). Moreover, she states that “fools are so vastly pleasing to God; the reason being, I suggest, that just as great princes look suspiciously on men who are too clever, and hate them

Background information and dynamics of the family Gorden Wong, 30 years old, elder son in the family; living with father, Sing (age 70), mother, Cindy (age 65) and younger brother, Simon (age 25). Sing and Cindy retired for 4 and 10 year separately. Simon is still in the college, studying a nursing course; he will be graduated from college in coming July. Sing and Cindy were immigrants from Mainland China 35 years before. They are hard working and live frugally. Father Sing grew up in a big family

From Mannerism, We can find the process of ideological change of the Renaissance. People began to get rid of shackles of ideology, get more freedom. But it also shows the power of Rome and Vatican was weakening. In Bronzino’s painting: Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time. We still can find it is has the characters of the Renaissance arts. But I feel more interesting point is the freedom of artist’s ideas. The picture has more story， not just a scene. The figures still

Lucidity’s Folly In the fourteenth teaching, Krishna goes on to explain to Arjuna about “a knowledge” that, “knowing it, all the sages have reached perfection.” This is the knowledge of the three qualities of nature- lucidity, passion, and dark inertia- which inherently form when the world is created by Krishna. These three qualities bind the self to the mortal body; the ultimate goal of man is to understand and ascend above them in order to share in the infinite spirit. While lucidity may seem like

Katherine Anne Porter, originally Callie Porter, was born in Indian Creek, Texas on May 15, 1890 (Baym). Many events during her childhood were what influenced Porter’s writings. She was introduced to unforgettable hardships at only two years old with the death of her mother (Baym). After this tragedy, Porter and her siblings lived with their grandmother for 9 years, in extreme poverty, until she passed away as well (West). After her grandmother’s death, she attended many convent schools and ran away

Everyone Loves Lucille Ball Some famous Americans have won the noble peace prize, while others might be known for creating world peace or world catastrophes. Lucille Ball will forever be remembered as the person who entertained people with “rubber faced antics (“Lucille Ball Biography”) “zany impersinations.” These comments may seem demeaning; however, they glorifiy Lucille Ball’s legacy. An actress, comedian, a producer, Lucille Ball is most famous for producing and acting in her most famous sitcom

Ambition’s Folly in the “Scarlet Ibis” “It’s only hubris if I fail”-Julius Caesar. This attitude is mimicked by the nameless narrator in the “Scarlet Ibis”. He is the lense that Doodle’s death is seen through. He is a mere boy pushed to passive homicide through the folly of man and civilization's progress pushed on his adolescent shoulders. He is the accidental killer of his brother pushed to this state by his and societies best and worst qualities. The Brother (the narrator) is compelled to teach

“The Folly of Scientism” Article Precis One popular group today that attempts to challenge philosophy and religion is called scientism. Unfortunately, these scientists have warped the definition of science to fit their own definition, by defining science on its institutions, regardless if these institutions are reliable or not (Hughes, 2012). However, defining science based on institutions is extremely dangerous, since this assumes that these people and institutions are immune to selfishness and

Lucidity’s Folly In the fourteenth teaching, Krishna goes on to explain to Arjuna about “a knowledge” that, “knowing it, all the sages have reached perfection.” This is the knowledge of the three qualities of nature- lucidity, passion, and dark inertia- which inherently form when the world is created by Krishna. These three qualities bind the self to the mortal body; the ultimate goal of man is to understand and ascend above them in order to share in the infinite spirit. While lucidity may seem like

The folly of youth defines the relationship between the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet express their foolish love for each other in Act II Scene II when Romeo says, “It is my lady, oh it is my love”. Shakespeare conveys the folly of youth through Romeo’s devoted and lovestruck tone toward Juliet. The quote expresses how Romeo is enamoured of her though only known her for such a small amount of time. The tragic hero’s hamartia is revealed when he falls this deeply in love with

After Visiting Folly, it is hard to believe that it is only located 11 miles from the coast of Charleston. When you arrive to the island you are immediately submerged into morals and values which is much different than all other areas of the United States. The houses of Folly are inadequate to hold a family from suburban Illinois, but the space is excess for a family in Folly. The few inconvenient driving roads are considered rough to someone who lives in a city known for construction, but for the

has to bear due to his crime. If he or she were given the choice to steal or to be robbed, a generous person would choose to be the victim rather than the despised doer. Such a thought did not escape from Nietzsche, who regarded this concept as a folly of injustice: “An injustice we have perpetrated is much harder to bear than an injustice perpetrated against us” (Nietzsche). However, does everyone who perpetrates a crime bear much more than if he

humanist, whose works sought to reform the then-corrupt Church of Rome (Erasmus 21). In particular, his In Praise of Folly and The Militant Christian were extremely persuasive works that sought to reform the views of Christians in regards to their faith and the means by which they practiced their religion. Erasmus took on a sarcastic tone in his Praise of Folly, as he claimed that folly, which is the natural and innocuous foolishness of human nature that was generally looked down upon during the Middle

Ghosts either exist or they don’t exist. In Terry Castle’s, “Contagious Folly: ‘An Adventure’ and Its Skeptics,” we are introduced to the minds of Charlotte A. Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain, who are the principal and vice-principal of St. Hugh's College, Oxford. In 1901, Moberly and Jourdain decided to meet up at Versailles. They did not think much about the palace, so they decided to take a stroll through the gardens to Petit Trianon. As the two women made their way through the property, they got

by the US not owning Alaska and in 1868 the US bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. This is known as the treaty of Russia. Most of Alaska was unexplored at the time William H. Seward agreed to purchase it on March 30, 1867. The Seward folly made an increase in imperialism. The decision to buy Alaska helped the United States out by stopping Spanish and Russian expansion into the United states and it made the United States about 20% bigger. And buying Alaska put an end to russian trade

illustrates the folly of humanity. Without it, none of the play would have even been possible. From getting Brutus on the conspirators side, to Cassius’ original plot to kill Caesar, this nature is what made the foundation for the story. From the human urge to seek revenge, to the mind’s tendency to change its opinion on a matter, these traits are the two that set the stage for the fall of Caesar. Throughout the course of the play, Julius Caesar, we are introduced to many instances of the folly of humanity

The solution to our problem is not to be found in the Book of 1 Samuel, it is not even to be found in Psalm 34, but the key to our dilemma is contained in Psalm 56 is based on the same event in David's life will help us to see the folly of David's fears from which God delivered him: “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee. In God, whose word I praise, in God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid, what can man do to me?” (Psalm 56:3-4; v.10-11). In 1 Samuel 21:12 reads: And David took

Stanley Fish, the author of Free- Speech Follies, is a well renowned scholar, who has written many pieces about campus politics and academic careers. Fish has taught at some of the most elite colleges in the country, which include: Berkley, John Hopkins College, and Duke. For five years he was the dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Illinois University. At the age of seventy-five he joined the Cardoza Law School in New York City as a Floersheimer Visiting Professor. Some of the books he has written