Maria von Trapp Essays

her portrayal of Maria von Trapp in the 1965 classic film, "The Sound of Music." Following her breakout role as Mary Poppins, Andrews faced several setbacks in her career, including a throat operation that threatened her singing voice. However, she made a triumphant return with "The Sound of Music," which became one of the biggest box office hits of all time and solidified her status as one of the most beloved actresses of her generation. "The Sound of Music" tells the story of Maria, a governess who

It is the late 1930s in Austria and Maria, played by actress Julie Andrews, is desperately trying to become a nun. Maria took care of the children belonging to Navy captain Georg Von Trapp as a hired governess. The captain and Maria weren't to keen on each other in the beginning, but over time they fell in love, which created issues due to Maria being a postulant and the captain engaged (and eventually widowed). Soon later, more problems arise when Austria finds itself being overun by Nazi Germany

resent you. Or to liberal and your kids will not follow rules. When he does the room inspection his kids laugh at him. I think this shows how his children view him. His children view the room inspection as comical. But when he meets Maria she balances him out. Maria is fun loving and has a good imagination. Her personality works well with kids and them like her. She adds some color in the black and white world the kids are used to be living

Naomi Shahab Nye and Maria are from completely different stories, but something not a lot of people know is how similar, but as well very different, the characters are. Naomi is from the story "Going Where I'm Coming From." In this story, Naomi and her family move from Missouri to Jerusalem. Naomi hates it in Jerusalem, but once she leaves back to the U.S her idea of home had changed forever. Maria is from T"he Sound of Music." In that story Maria training as a postulant nun, who gets sent away to

the 2 gangs, Jets and Sharks. Through Tony killing Bernardo, Tony not hearing the full truth, and Tony trying to find Chino, it is clear that Tony is responsible for his death. Tony killed Bernardo, he makes a mistake and Chino finds out saying to Maria “ Now, he could see, she believed him, but there was no time for explanations, no time for anything but to find Tony Wyzek and kill him” (Shulman,134) Tony killing Bernardo was a mistake making Chino go after Tony. If Tony hadn't killed Bernardo, he

and a Puerto Rican gang known as the Sharks. Tony, previous leader of the Jets, falls in love with a Shark girl named Maria. Riff, leader of the Jets, and Bernardo, leader of the Sharks, plan a large gang fight in an attempt to win control over the city block. During the fight, Bernardo kills Riff and Tony kills Bernardo. At the end, Chino (another shark) kills Tony in front of Maria. The true tragedy of West Side Story is when Tony stabs and kills Bernardo, but the Jets, Sharks, and society all assisted

“The Rite of Spring” was certainly the most controversial piece of orchestral music of its time. The piece, composed by the Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky, included a great deal of uncommon musical elements. But was it really that uncommon? The world-changing ballet, “The Rite of Spring” was so controversial when it debuted in 1913, because it completely contradicted the common rhythmic and harmonic languages of the music at the time. The choreography and costumes were a main part of the reason

My Summer Project is on the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. My project initially highlights the problems faced by a women in 19th Century. The issues come in the way of people when the two belongs to different class and status. It also highlights various themes, the writer has used in the novel and also how every theme is being shown with examples. The novel is about love and determination, which can be understood from the view of an orphaned girl, who apart from being a part of all

The Seeds of Hatred “Nothing in life is promised, except death,” (Kanye West). This was the fate of the star-crossed made from the hatred between the households of Montagues and Capulets. The play is Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, tells a story of two lovers killed by hatred. Their love is planted in the soil of their kinsmen. This soil is blackened with a plague that doesn’t hesitate to kill and death shall follow. Romeo and Juliet dig deeper into this soil, so no one can see their love

On Saturday, November 11, I attended a performance of Cabaret at Dutchess Community College. This musical is set in Berlin, 1931 Germany pre World War I as the Nazis are rising to power. It takes place in a nightclub, the Kit Kat Klub and revolves around an American writer named Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with an English cabaret performer, Sally Bowles. The cast features six major characters: Sally Bowles, the headlining British singer at the Kit Kat Klub, the Emcee, or the Master of Ceremonies

Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story about “two star-crossed lovers” who are battling love and hate between each other and their families. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are deeply in love, but even with all of this love, there is still a brawling hate between the two families. The Montagues and Capulets are known to be the two families who have had a long lasting feud in the city of Verona, where in this story this “ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny”. Romeo and Juliet

LASALLE College of the Arts presents a modern adapation of William Shakespeare’s double bill. The Taming of the Shrew was directed by Stefanos Rassios and Macbeth was directed by Adam Marple. The Taming of the Shrew featured Level 2 BA (Hons) Musical Theatre students and Macbeth featured Level 2 BA (Hons) Acting students, in collaboration with the students from Diploma in Technical and Production Management. The double bill begun with The Taming of the Shrew where Rassios directed the play with

In your comparative study of two texts, our understanding of intertextual connections is enhanced by a consideration of each composer’s use of textual form To what extent does this view accord with your comparative study of the prescribed texts? Through intertextual connections, texts continuously provide readers with an enhanced understanding of context and key values that are shaped through the literary form, ultimately expanding upon proceeding works and generating a greater appreciation for

Introductory paragraph Jean-Baptiste Lully created a unique French opera and his tragedie-lyrique Armide is a prime example of his use of French tradition. French opera was exceedingly different in performance practice from Italian opera. At the beginning of the eighteenth-century, Francois Raguenet and Jean-Laurent Lecerf published treatises criticizing and praising French style opera. Their praise and criticism can be applied to Lully’s Armide to demonstrate the controversial issues raised

Amadeus begins with an attempted suicide by composer Antonio Salieri, who has been overcome with guilt about supposedly killing Mozart. His life is saved by his aides as they find him in the room covered in blood; and he is sent to what looks like some kind of a mental hospital, where a priest Father Volger is sent to council him and listen to his guilt. He recounts his tale of music, passion, and jealousy, introducing one of the defining elements of their upbringing. Mozart, although he does not

Before Malaysia is dependence, Malaysia was colonized by Britain in late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. At this duration, Britain had brought up the capitalist ideas to Malaysia (and the change in carte system to class system) and thus, this concept is still running until now. This system is constructed by dividing the society into different social class: the upper class, middle class as well as the lower class. There are 3 dimensions of stratification system which stated by Max Weber. That

Morality is the distinction as either proper or improper, of a person's decisions, intentions, and actions. It is the code of conduct that governs the people's behavior of a particular culture, state or even country. Moral development is the ultimate focus on the emergence, transition, and perception of these codes of conduct from infancy through adulthood. Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of development assumes that an individual's moral evolution is a sequential process that occurs in six stages. However

Look at the Genius Annotations for your song. You can do this through the official website (even if you can’t access Rap Genius). Find at least three interesting annotations for your song. Look for historical contexts and hip hop references. Can you use them in your presentation? “The Adams Administration”: Many people believed the rumors that Hamilton was corrupt. It was rumored that he used his role as Secretary of the Treasury to cut back on the wages of veterans. Hamilton attempted to clear

Ever wonder who came up with simple medical processes, such as washing your hands? Well, that would be a woman named Florence Nightingale, but that’s not all she’s known for. Born on May 12, 1820 in Italy, Nightingale came from a family of elite’s. Her mother came from a long line of merchants and her dad was a landowner. Florence choose to take a different path. Florence was an important leader and left a legacy for multiple reasons, the most noticed are that she helped in the Crimean war, cared

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