The Fool's Errand was performed on April 17th, 2015, the first show on the last night of the Accademia dell'Arte grad lab presentations. This meant that when the audience arrived, the performance space was already set up for my show. The audience entered a quiet, dimly lit performance space surrounded by black curtains and facing a field of stars and the, as of yet unexplained, Moon Beam Lantern; glowing softly and suspended above. The house music was relatively low, though audible, and was made up of songs about the Moon and Fools. The sense of the space was dreamy and contemplative, like sitting outside on a summer evening watching the stars wheel overhead. When the show begins, the lights go out, leaving the Moon Beam Lantern the only …show more content…
Trapped by his own words that only a Fool could believe in accomplishing the impossible, the Senses-Taker offers to make the man a Fool. Without his Common Sense, she explains, he will be foolish enough to seek a path to the moon. The Assistant warns him, however, that there is no place in using his normal world for Fools. He skeptically agrees, and with a plunger, the Senses-Taker pulls all of his Common Sense out of his head, leaving him a witless Fool. The stars are lit for the first time within the story of the play, and we are drawn from the harshly lit real world into the more softly lit realm of Fairy Tales. The Assistant gives a few last pieces of advice and a bag of supplies for the journey and with that, the Fool is off to find his way to the Moon. He starts by going to the Fork in the Road, which turns out to be a large fork lying in the middle of the road. He adds it to his bag and continues, only to be pursued by the Thief. The Fool and his money are soon parted as the Thief tricks him through fractured logic and outright lies. The Fool realizes he is being deceived and moves on, where he encounters an Old Man along his …show more content…
He sees her and does indeed become enthralled, asking why he would even want to go to the Moon. He reveals that the man he loved died after saying that he loved the Fool “to the Moon and back”. The Fool is desperate to find out if the Man on the Moon, is in fact, his lost love. The Star Queen convinces him to give up his quest, on the basis that after all he's gone through, he has grown too wise to hope for something so foolish. She points out that so many other Fools have tried, and failed to get to the Moon and when they miss the Moon they end up as stars in the sky. Unable to break through the enchantment of seeing her beauty, he surrenders, resigning himself to become just another star, rather than risk the uncertainty of the rest of the journey to the
Just then the moon high above came out of the clouds that were blocking it and its light shined brightly down upon the world below, making it easier for them to see. Jean was caught up in looking at the moon that he did not notice that his friend had stopped walking until he bumped into him and then he finally stopped. Jacque was silent as he nervously pointed forward to a hunkered human, moving slightly, only gurgles coming from him. Jean readied his rifle, aiming it at this person and called out to him.
Leo can’t get her voice out of his head. Before he goes to sleep and sees the moonlight shining in his window, he thinks of Stargirls distinct voice. It’s almost like the moon is calling out to Leo about Stargirl. “Hi Leo,” is all he can think of when the moon is shining on him. It is almost like he can’t escape Stargirl.
Despite the difficult times the townspeople faced in The Moon is Down, they still continued to display the power of the human spirit through their actions. After the small town was flooded with the invaders, the townspeople were subjected to the harsh treatment of their new authority. Although it may have seemed there was no way to triumph this oppression, the people displayed the role of the human spirit regardless. As a miner of the town, Alexander Morden was commanded to extract the natural resources for his enemies.
In The Folly of Fools, leading evolutionary theorist Robert Trivers argues that in order to deceive others, we often deceive ourselves first. To lie to others, we hide our intent to deceive and the details of our deception; we selectively recall information and bias our arguments. Trivers marshals evidence–from immunology to neuroscience to group dynamics to the relationships of parents and children–of an arms race between deceiver and deceived at every level of biological
Upstage is back, downstage is front, right is left, left is right, out is up, break a leg but don't really, wings have nothing to do with birds, the catwalk doesn’t involve cats, and when the stage manager says move it means move. The theatre vocabulary is very confusing for the outside world, but for me it is my second language. More specifically, I have developed a passion for the technical elements of theatre over the years. The joy of being the “people in black” that can make amazing sets and produce incredible plays which goes unnoticed.. Although this discourse is much small yet complex it has helped me find out who I am but also in my academic skills through learning how to work in teams, solve problems independently but also how to be
Go to Alaska. Moon tries to follow his father's instructions to avoid the law and go north, but it's awfully hard. Only one day after his death, Moon has people coming after him. He gets caught, and is sent to a boy's home. Moon escapes with his new friends, Hal and Kit, and go immediately to the forest.
The moon" (Beniof 88). It shows the natural beauty even in the man-made ugliness of the war. The moon also represents the characters' connection to the natural world and the larger forces that govern their lives; it is a reminder that even during war, there are larger forces at work, such as the cycles of nature and the movement of the stars. As Lev observes, "I felt like the stars and the moon and the sky were all a part of me, and I was a part of them. That's what it feels like to be alive, to be part of the world" (Benioff 89).
before our wishes could meet the mood of the story. He states them. Under these stars and sky that the sky is crying and the I used to hear stories, but now it moon is hiding. This is similar to seemed as if it was the sky that him, as the sky crying symbolizes was telling us a story as its stars his sadness toward the war. The fell, violently colliding with each moon hiding symbolizes how other.
She begins to realize within time that unfortunately she has taken
William Shakespeare consistently uses language that displays celestial imagery in order to explore enduring themes such as love, loss, destiny and vengeance throughout his classic play Romeo and Juliet. The uses of imagery that Romeo uses bequeath not only the idea of fate, but meaningful symbols and metaphors to successfully convey the despair that the lover’s face in a way that we ourselves can feel their lust as well as their anguish. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses imagery to portray the adoration and love Romeo has for Juliet using language to compare her to all that illuminates. Here Romeo professes, Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (I. v. 57-58) he proclaims out loud. Letting his heart take over his head, he subconsciously makes his way to her, where their lips press together like hands in prey yearning for a better future. However, the hope is to no
Ever had a mental “fork in the road?” Of course you have. We all have those tough decisions to make at times. William Stafford’s “Traveling Through the Dark” is about one of those very instances. But there’s more to it than meets the eye.
He idealizes the woman he loves and sees her to be far better than she actually is. This is also demonstrated in the line,“Love’s eye is not so true as all men’s” (8). This further proves the difference between sight with love and without. Sight with love ignores flaws, while sight without gives a clear view of imperfections.
In life, people want to have that someone they can call the “sun to the their moon,” or the “night to their day,” wishing for an undying love. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet deals with the recurring visual motif of light and dark, that is used to represent and foreshadow their love. Both of the lovers compare one another to the day and night, which highlights the intensity of their relationship, but also expresses the downfalls and unforeseen complications to come. For Romeo, Juliet is his sun. His light.
However, the moon also carries “the first few stars,” showing that in the midst of darkness their is a glimpse of light. Although the speaker is always left sad when mother visits, the speaker also feels a little love that a mother rightfully possess. The moon came only to visit with no intention to stay. It comes and go and is headed to the “northern sky”. The moon passes the room as path to her intended destination.