Analyzing Margaret Edson's Play 'Wit'

What will I do? What will I do?! To speak the truth of the poppet in court with chances of Abigail taking my head? To speak the truth when I have been speaking with lies, Elizabeth taken away and I am to depart tomorrow and speak the truth with John? Abigail will charge lechery on you Proctor and it will be the death of you! Oh how much of a coward I am to speak the truth! That judge Danforth, his judgement would freeze beer! These are dark times and there will be no light. When Abigail and the others would dance I only watched, I knew it was wrong and yet I attended. I watched the others kiss and throw the flowers into the pot, muttering the names of the boy or man they wish. Never I thought it would come to this!

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‘’Roman Fever’’, written by Edith Wharton in 1934, tells the story of two wealthy, American women who are in Rome visiting their daughters. Rome, known as the Eternal City, gives significant meaning throughout “Roman Fever” and highlights the sequence of events that happen to Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley. The ladies had met in the city previously and presented each other with the idea that each led a perfect life since they had each found their significant other within the city during their stay. As the story progresses, the reader will pick up on minor clues that enable them to better understand the relations between the women, their daughters, and the Eternal City. Throughout the short story, the uses of symbolism in relation to the story,

Avenue Q is an American musical directed by Jason Moore based on the book written Jeff Whitty. Its music and lyrics were written Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. The play won three Tony Awards in 2003, including the Best Musical and ranks 23rd on the list of longest running shows in Broadway history. I was fortunate enough to see the play on Dec 18th at New World Stages performing arts complex, located in New York City. Avenue Q mainly addresses the issues of men and women entering their adulthood. The characters in the play are searching for their purpose in life and themes such as racism, pornography and homosexuality are part of it. The dialogues used in the play are hilarious and the music is very catchy, but the most important aspect of the play is that most of the characters in the play are played by a puppet. The cast consists of three human characters

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“The Importance of Being Earnest” is a comedic play by Oscar Wilde about a man named Jack Worthing and his best friend Algernon. In this play, both characters are leading a double life because they want to escape from the responsibilities and be true to their own impulses. Ernest is the name which Jack goes by in London where he is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax; Algernon cousin and she is love with him because his name is Earnest and she thinks, “it is a divine name.” Jack says in the country that “Ernest” is his brother and he has to go and visit him to make sure that he is doing good because he is troublesome. This way nobody in the country can suspect about his fake identity. Algernon, Jack’s

The article, “Death Be Not Proud: An Analysis of Margaret Edson's WIT” by Madeline M. Keaveney, begins by depicting who Margaret Edson, the author of “WIT,” and how she came up with the inspiration of her play “WIT.” Edson’s inspiration for her play came from her work as clerk in an AIDS-oncology unit. The article goes on to compare the play itself to the HBO TV movie of the play. Keaveney states that the two are both similar in the impression of the central message, which is how language helps everyone better, understand the meaning of life.

Long Christmas Ride Home is a story about a family who goes and sees their Grandmother for the Christmas holiday. The story for the family seems that they need to come to terms with some emotional grief that is associated. During this trip they learn about the problems at hand and try to fix it. It’s so much more than a story of happy times but definitely showcases the sad times and the term of acceptance. For the dialogue I really thought that it was good and it was needed. This was a man who was having an affair with someone and basically in turn made it seem like it was his wife’s fault. To me he seemed not to have any remorse over his actions and that he was okay with the decision. The bringing of God into this play I felt was a very unique style saying that both parents had different outlooks on religion. They all went to a church looking for an answer and I think that answer was acceptance. The children had to accept their dysfunctional family and deal with it in their own way. I think the play had a lot to do with the focus on the hardships that the children might have to face and unfortunately take their feelings into adulthood.

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Oscar Wilde once said “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde was written during summer 1894 in Worthing, England and was first published in 1898 by L. Smithers. In the most basic sense, The Importance of Being Earnest is a drama because it’s a play, first performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James 's Theatre in London. It 's also a comedy, not only in the modern laugh-out-loud way, but also in the classical sense, in that it features a set of characters overcoming adversity to achieve a happy ending. The play 's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

In the beginning of the play, we visualize the growth of the character performance including Fefu, Cindy, Christina, Julia, Emma, Paula, Sue, and Cecilia and how it represent in the play. Next, the audience see the suspense on the character of Julia’s aspect of her hallucination that has frightened her due to shot on her spine which made her unable to walk again. Last, the play end where Fefu accidentally shot with her shotgun on Julia’s forehead during the rabbit hunt which has reveal that Fefu was the one who put Julia in wheelchair.

Wit, and 't be thy will, put me into good fooling! Those wits that think they have thee do very oft prove fools; and I that am sure I lack thee may pass for a wise man. For what says Quinapalus? 'Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. '