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Antislavery And A Modern America: Free Soil In Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1848, Michael Zakim
Antislavery And A Modern America: Free Soil In Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1848, Michael Zakim
Honors Papers
Ashtabula County's commitment to the politics of antislavery was built upon unqualified belief in the greatness of the American system of government as expressed in the Constitution and realized by a free and hardworking Northern society. It was also based on an equally vociferous rejection of slavery and Southern life as inhumanely degrading, elitist and antidemocratic, un-Christian, and antimodern. The unfettered opportunity of the individual to prosper was what America had fought the Revolution for and created the Constitution to protect. It was what Ashtabulans saw as the key to social progress, what had brought America to the threshold of …
Structures Of Ritual Sacrifice In Abraham And Isaac And Afore Night Come, Misty Baumann
Structures Of Ritual Sacrifice In Abraham And Isaac And Afore Night Come, Misty Baumann
Honors Papers
In part, this study is a response to a frightening reality-- humans acting to take human life. It is an attempt to understand better how, why and when that act is deemed holy. It is an examination of ritual sacrifice, its symbolic structure, its use and its perversions in two very different dramatic works, the Brome version of the medieval Abraham and Isaac and David Rudkin's modern, British Afore Night. In respect for the eldest, I begin with the former.
The Homecoming And The Cherry Orchard: Pinter's Inversion Of Chekhov's Subtextual Method, Art Borreca
The Homecoming And The Cherry Orchard: Pinter's Inversion Of Chekhov's Subtextual Method, Art Borreca
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The ever-present tension between literary criticism and performance analysis makes one wary about suggesting a cause and effect link between the work of a single dramatist and the development of a major acting method. And yet, it is impossible to separate the original concept of subtext, which emerged upon Stanislavsky's stage, from Anton Chekhov's revolutionary dramaturgy, which made startling demands upon that stage. Chekhov wanted specifically to narrow the gap between real life and stage life--to do away with the worn-out well made play formula that permitted actors to declaim and gesticulate broadly, shouting incredible passions and externalizing larger-than-life desires. …
Loyalism In Massachusetts: The Characteristics And Motivations Of The Harvard Loyalists, Joshua L. Rosenbloom
Loyalism In Massachusetts: The Characteristics And Motivations Of The Harvard Loyalists, Joshua L. Rosenbloom
Honors Papers
Historians have tended to approach the American Revolution from the perspective of its winners. They have tried to understand the causes and consequences of the war in terms of the attitudes, perceptions and actions of the revolutionaries. Although this approach had been very fruitful, the focus on the reasons for a revolution has obscured the possibility that any sensible, right-thinking American could have opposed the Revolution. There has long been an interest, however, in those colonists who did not support the Revolution. Recently, historians have sought to explain the motivation of these loyalists as a result of the characteristics and …
Henry Agard Wallace And Latin America (1932-1946): The Limits Of American Liberalism, Jason Steiker
Henry Agard Wallace And Latin America (1932-1946): The Limits Of American Liberalism, Jason Steiker
Honors Papers
The crowd waited anxiously, expecting the nominations for Vice President to begin momentarily. Throughout the galleries the chant began, "We want Wallace!" It swelled into an uproar and the chairman of the convention, Sam Jackson, despite all of his efforts, could not stop the chanting and the noise. Finally Jackson called for adornment. The entire stadium retorted "No!" Sam Jackson spoke up, "The ayes have it" and the days work at the convention ended despite all the booing the Chairman's action instigated. The next day, the anti-Wallace forces had manipulated enough delegates to nominate Harry S. Truman for Vice President …
Sowing The Seed: Oberlin Female Missionary Teachers Of Southern Blacks, 1863-1875, Anne Spielberg
Sowing The Seed: Oberlin Female Missionary Teachers Of Southern Blacks, 1863-1875, Anne Spielberg
Honors Papers
The American Missionary Association (AMA) proved to be the largest and most enduring of the benevolent societies which sponsored teachers in the South. Local affiliates of the society were organized throughout the East and Midwest to raise funds, gather donations, and enlist teachers. Many of those who went South as teachers were recruited from colleges, theological seminaries, female seminaries, and normal schools in these areas. Not surprisingly, a significant group of individuals who were sent South by the AMA was recruited from Oberlin College. Most of those who came from Oberlin College, as was true of the missionary teachers on …
The Interweaving Of Poetry And Dance In Ben Jonson's Masques, Ted Gradman
The Interweaving Of Poetry And Dance In Ben Jonson's Masques, Ted Gradman
Honors Papers
The masked noblemen prepare to preform one of their intricate dances for King James I and his court; they aim to make the complex floor patterns and body movements appear ordered, adroit, and effortless. Their dances are just one element of the highly elaborate Stuart court masque with integrates dance, poetry, scenic design, costume design and music into a three-hour dramatic spectacle. All that remains today of the lavish event is a text of twelve pages, some short descriptions of the choreography, a handful of sketches, and several short pieces of music. Although we can never fully reconstruct Pleasure Reconciled …