Arthur miller was a famous American playwright in the 1950's who wrote the plays "A view from the bridge" and "the Crucible". Miller married Marilyn Monroe. Miller was born october 17th 1915 and died on febuary 10th 2005.
The Greek tradgies were a form of ancient greek plays between 550 BC and 220 BC, the plays honoured the greek gods. they were most popular in athens. A protagonist is a word from ancient greece which means the main character
The story of oedipus rex is about a mythical king of thebus, that fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought a terrible plague onto his city.
In the 1940's the majority of italian immigrants went to america, the italians mainly settled around noth eastern america, the italians were extremely poor and lived in overcrowded area's.
In the 40's jazz was extremely popular due to the large black community living in harlem in newyork. Also theatre became extremely popular due to broadway and famous playwrights such as miller and elia kazan.
Omerta is the code of silence praticed by the mafia, a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
Arthur Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a promenant figure in American theatre writing many dramas throughout his career. Greek tragedy is a form of art (drama) based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. Ancient Greek drama is a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece between c.55o and c.220 BC.Tragic dramas are written to be performed by actors/actresses in which a central character called a tragic protagonist. Protagonist means the main character in a drama or other literary work. Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family Oedipus' fatal flaw is that he constantly thought that he could outwit prophecies. He tried to escape the prophecy that says he will kill his father and marry his mother by leaving Corinth, but, in doing so, he actually fulfills the prophecy. At the beginning of the 20th century the Italians were the main group entering the United states. Most Italians found unskilled work in America's cities. There were large colonies in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore and Detroit. New York was the top venue for jazz in the 1940s Beginning in the 1940s, New York City was the center of a roots revival in American folk music. Many New Yorkers took a renewed interested in blues, Appalachian folk music and other roots styles. Omerta is a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
Arthur Miller was an American playwrighter born on the 17th of October 1915 in New York. Greek Tragedies were Greek plays written about Greek Gods. A protoganist is the main character of the play. The Story of Oedipus Rex was a story about a mythical Greek King of Thebes, who fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family. Most of the Italian immigrants went to America in the 1940s. They were extremely poor and lived in the most overcrowded areas. The life and culture in New York in the 1940s was mostly Jazz. Omerta was a code of silence practised by the Mafia: a refusal to give evidencde to the police about criminal activities.
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, a period during which he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was married to Marilyn Monroe.
Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus rex is an "Opera-oratorio after Sophocles" by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus.
Italian Immigration. Many Italians moved over to America due to overcrowding in there own country, but they didnt immediately find it easy as jobs werent paid well and they werent treated fairly.
Arthur Miller- wrote many books and plays in his time he was also an essayist and a playwrties, who was also a journalist that lived to the age of 90. he was a polish-jewish immigrant.
Greek Tragedies- Is are based on human suffering that offers the audience pleasure. the protagnois is the main or chiefactor of whom the main events occur round.
The story of Odepidus rex- Oedipus means 'swollen foot'. The story is about a king and a queen that have a child.The king was a ruler of a place called Thebes, God told him that his future son would kill king lauis and marry his wife- which was oedipus's mother. as soon as baby oedipus was bornt his father had his feet and ankles pinned together to stop him for being mobile. They didnt name him at first they abondend him with a shepard that passed him on to another.The baby got passed onto another king and queen of cornith who adopted him but didnt tell him he was adopted as he grew older. Odeipus one day met a drunken man and he told him everything so Oedipus questioned his adopted mother and father of which they confirmed this mysetery. Oedipus wasnt set on finding his parents but went out and came across 3 roads. There was a man on a chariot who was goign to battle Oedipus for priority to go first down the road.In self defence oedipus killed this man, theyre were a few slave witnesses - he didnt no it was his father. Oedipus choose a road of which lead to a spinx with a slave outside. She asked him a riddle of which he answered correctly meaning they lady slave had to throw herself to commit sucide. Oedipus approached thebes and met the queen of the place- jocasta (his birth mother) years later they married without knowing who eachother were. They had 2 daughters and 2 sons together, the witnesses then cmae forward to tell who killied the king, oedipus then realised what hed done by accident - killed his father. One day oedipus found his mother and wife at the time dead in the palace. Oedipus was so distraught he took the brooch from her cloack and stabbed his eyes out. his two sons fourt for the throne and killed eachother which left jacasta's brother to man the throne.
Italian Immigrants to US in the 1940s 5.5 millions immigrated. The italian americans influenced tight knitted families throughout american and popular music.
Omerta- This is a code of silence to do with criminal oragnisations, such as the mafia etc... It means if your sentenced to a crime wether you commited it or not you have to serve the sentence without revealing to police any information about the real criminals its makes you seem full of manliness.
Arthur miller was a famous American playwright in the 1950's who wrote the plays "A view from the bridge" and "the Crucible". Miller married Marilyn Monroe. Miller was born october 17th 1915 and died on febuary 10th 2005.
ReplyDeleteThe Greek tradgies were a form of ancient greek plays between 550 BC and 220 BC, the plays honoured the greek gods. they were most popular in athens. A protagonist is a word from ancient greece which means the main character
The story of oedipus rex is about a mythical king of thebus, that fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought a terrible plague onto his city.
In the 1940's the majority of italian immigrants went to america, the italians mainly settled around noth eastern america, the italians were extremely poor and lived in overcrowded area's.
In the 40's jazz was extremely popular due to the large black community living in harlem in newyork. Also theatre became extremely popular due to broadway and famous playwrights such as miller and elia kazan.
Omerta is the code of silence praticed by the mafia, a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
Arthur Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a promenant figure in American theatre writing many dramas throughout his career. Greek tragedy is a form of art (drama) based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. Ancient Greek drama is a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece between c.55o and c.220 BC.Tragic dramas are written to be performed by actors/actresses in which a central character called a tragic protagonist. Protagonist means the main character in a drama or other literary work.
ReplyDeleteOedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family
Oedipus' fatal flaw is that he constantly thought that he could outwit prophecies. He tried to escape the prophecy that says he will kill his father and marry his mother by leaving Corinth, but, in doing so, he actually fulfills the prophecy.
At the beginning of the 20th century the Italians were the main group entering the United states. Most Italians found unskilled work in America's cities. There were large colonies in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore and Detroit.
New York was the top venue for jazz in the 1940s
Beginning in the 1940s, New York City was the center of a roots revival in American folk music. Many New Yorkers took a renewed interested in blues, Appalachian folk music and other roots styles.
Omerta is a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
Arthur Miller was an American playwrighter born on the 17th of October 1915 in New York. Greek Tragedies were Greek plays written about Greek Gods. A protoganist is the main character of the play. The Story of Oedipus Rex was a story about a mythical Greek King of Thebes, who fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family.
ReplyDeleteMost of the Italian immigrants went to America in the 1940s. They were extremely poor and lived in the most overcrowded areas.
The life and culture in New York in the 1940s was mostly Jazz.
Omerta was a code of silence practised by the Mafia: a refusal to give evidencde to the police about criminal activities.
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist.
ReplyDeleteMiller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, a period during which he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was married to Marilyn Monroe.
Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus rex is an "Opera-oratorio after Sophocles" by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus.
Italian Immigration.
Many Italians moved over to America due to overcrowding in there own country, but they didnt immediately find it easy as jobs werent paid well and they werent treated fairly.
1940s New York and Omerta.
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Arthur Miller- wrote many books and plays in his time he was also an essayist and a playwrties, who was also a journalist that lived to the age of 90. he was a polish-jewish immigrant.
ReplyDeleteGreek Tragedies- Is are based on human suffering that offers the audience pleasure. the protagnois is the main or chiefactor of whom the main events occur round.
The story of Odepidus rex-
Oedipus means 'swollen foot'. The story is about a king and a queen that have a child.The king was a ruler of a place called Thebes, God told him that his future son would kill king lauis and marry his wife- which was oedipus's mother. as soon as baby oedipus was bornt his father had his feet and ankles pinned together to stop him for being mobile. They didnt name him at first they abondend him with a shepard that passed him on to another.The baby got passed onto another king and queen of cornith who adopted him but didnt tell him he was adopted as he grew older. Odeipus one day met a drunken man and he told him everything so Oedipus questioned his adopted mother and father of which they confirmed this mysetery. Oedipus wasnt set on finding his parents but went out and came across 3 roads. There was a man on a chariot who was goign to battle Oedipus for priority to go first down the road.In self defence oedipus killed this man, theyre were a few slave witnesses - he didnt no it was his father. Oedipus choose a road of which lead to a spinx with a slave outside. She asked him a riddle of which he answered correctly meaning they lady slave had to throw herself to commit sucide. Oedipus approached thebes and met the queen of the place- jocasta (his birth mother) years later they married without knowing who eachother were. They had 2 daughters and 2 sons together, the witnesses then cmae forward to tell who killied the king, oedipus then realised what hed done by accident - killed his father. One day oedipus found his mother and wife at the time dead in the palace. Oedipus was so distraught he took the brooch from her cloack and stabbed his eyes out. his two sons fourt for the throne and killed eachother which left jacasta's brother to man the throne.
Italian Immigrants to US in the 1940s
5.5 millions immigrated. The italian americans influenced tight knitted families throughout american and popular music.
Omerta-
This is a code of silence to do with criminal oragnisations, such as the mafia etc... It means if your sentenced to a crime wether you commited it or not you have to serve the sentence without revealing to police any information about the real criminals its makes you seem full of manliness.