The Play Is Buried Child By Sam Shepard

The Anatomy of Gray was a play performed by the Southern Union Wadley Campus Theatre. The play took place in the small town of Gray, Indiana where, according to the main character, June Muldoon, nothing ever happened. The town was full of good country folk, Rebekah Muldoon, June’s mother, Phineaus Wingfield, the town priest, Tiny Wingfield, the priest’s sister, Crutch Collins, the local farmer, Belva Collins, Crutch Collins’ wife, Maggie, the owner of the town diner, and Homer, the local farmer boy. At the beginning of the play, June’s father died from an illness. The town did not have a doctor, and because of this there was no hope for June’s father to survive. June prayed to God that he would send the town a healer, and at the same time make him good looking so she could marry him. A few days later June’s prayers were answered.

Maureen Walls- she is the youngest child of the family. She is the most difficult character to understand in the family. She would always be at her friends’ houses while living in Welch. Maureen becomes confused and she stabs her mother. She is the most fragile child of the family. She went to live to California living away from her family at a younger

of crime. “Their mother had had a baby a year ago, making it three boys in the Moore clan, and

Waverly plays many games throughout this story. She is very smart, easily deceiving many of her opponents. Some of her games can be played on a tangible game board. Others cannot be seen, but played through subtle suggestion.

In the book “Weeping in the Playtime of Others”, author Kenneth Wooden goes into unlimited detail about the incarceration of juveniles. Not only does he discuss how the “juvenile justice system, that originated as a small community concern by people of good will, [has] created a national industry”, he also discusses the conditions in detention centers around the country where thousands of children are being held, many without fair defense or a family to support them (Wooden, p. 30). Aside from these main points, Wooden also discusses the causal explanation for juvenile delinquency with many different ideas but the main explanation he explores is the American Education System. He discusses the schools conditions, teachers and administrators,

Her fourth child's father is also another vital role into discovering more about Roselily. He went to Harvard so he was a very educated man. He could not live with her because she was not as educated as him and he had a wife. His function in the story is that he still has her son and she wonders if the son will ever come to Mississippi someday. The father was a good man who had a good job and money. During that son's pregnancy the father began skin and bones and had nightmares and this resulted in an attempt to take his own life. He represents her sad past and what she wants to avoid in the future.

With the play Baby in the bathwater by Christopher Durang, you can find within the story the dark humor of some very serious situations. The author uses it to bring a little fun and light to the life of Daisy and her parents. It has twisted situations at goes throughout the whole play from calling the baby a baked potato to the dog eating the baby. I can honestly say I would love to meet the person who wrote this just to get into his mind of what he was thinking at the time.

Hiram, The Main character , and RC, his best friend, are the two most important of the book. hiram was a teen who lived with his grandparents in greenwood, mississippi (crowe 7). Hiram helped his grandfather with his farm fields and he enjoyed it (crowe 11). Hiram’s Grandfather was a racist man and hiram did not understand why he was (crowe 12). Another main Character in this novel is Rc Rydell. Hiram and RC had been friends for a while, rc lived down the road from hiram (crowe 16). Rc was always doing something he shouldn't of been doing (crowe

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity or hardship, this idea was express to the audience by Debra Oswald in Gary’s house and podcast through the lives of fictitious characters based on real Australian People. She chooses themes such as people marginalised in society, challenging gender roles and the past affecting the present knowing that the audience will relate to it. By using these ideas with the diverse range of characters, Oswald is able to show how people need resilience and how important it is to overcome adversity through engagement with characters and their development throughout the play.

Through character development, the story also portrays the theme of escaping the past. Sethe’s actions are influenced heavily by her dead child, Beloved. When the “human” form of Beloved arrives while sleeping

In the story Lizabeth goes with her friends to the old lady's house and end up destroying some of her Marigolds by throwing rocks. Lizabeth was ashamed of what she had done but the child in her said it was fun. She later hears the conversation and heard her dad sobbed,loudly and painfully which had effected her because as a child she saw her dad as a strong man who whittled toys and always laughed with them. In paragraph 45 it states," Long after sobbing and humming had stopped,I lay on the pallet, still as stone with my hands over my ears, wishing that I too could cry and be comforted." Her feeling too lonely she woke her brother up and asked him to come with her to Miss Lottie's yard so he did. In paragraph 57 it says,"I had indeed lost my

In Shepard’s Buried Child, there are many twists and turns that have the reader wondering and wanting more. Buried Child can be similar to classic plays such as Oedipus Rex, where Shepard includes the theme of incest. He has also included many symbolic objects and Native American symbols of renewal with the large quantity of

“Home Burial” is mostly about a tense conversation between a husband and wife who recently buried their child. They show their grief and anger at the situation with insensitive words, such as the intimidating tone for ‘dear’. The wife is clearly upset after seeing the burial site of her child out of the window. This discovery is confronting but also fresh and meaningful as she is emotional and she wants to know why her husband is not showing grief. Frost illustrates a couple of broken structures in the poem. “What is it – what? She said. “Just that I see.” This quote is an example of the broken structure, it’s a metaphor for their relationship, which the title of the poem is also foreshadowing the collapse of their marriage. “A man must partly give up being a man with womenfolk.” This quote is juxtaposed with men and women used to show their divide between the husband and wife. “Two that don’t love can’t live together with them. But two that do can’t live together with them.” Is a paradox, it reveals the truth about their lives but they can’t resolve their broken relationship. The wife confronts the husband, “Who is that man? I didn’t know you.” This quote is visual imagery as she was looking at her husband digging the grave. She made the confronting discovery that had influenced her original thoughts of her husband. This poem links to the confronting discovery by showing the husband and wife’s different perspectives on their dead son and no matter how much the husband tries to understand her, they can’t mend their relationship. This discovery is also in “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, as it can relate to “Home Burial” with a broken relationship. There are two Will Graysons with relationship problems with the same person, Tiny Cooper. The first Will’s relationship with Tiny is that they

1. The Second Shepherd’s Play, According to its preface, contained in The Norton Anthology of Drama, was part of a cycle of plays performed as a celebration for the Feast of Corpus Christi, The feast of the holy eucharist. This means that it was only one play out of about 32 other texts. It was, like the other plays in this “Wakefield” cycle, written as a “Mystery Play.” A “Mystery Play,” according to a study guide put online by Dr. Debora B. Schwartz of the California Polytechnic State University, is a dramatized version of the bible. A “Mystery Play” was used to demonstrate the teachings of the Bible in a way that the peasants who didn't speak latin could understand. According to the preface of this play, contained in The Norton Anthology

Defining play can be very difficult. The term play can be used to illustrate a wide range of behaviors and activities, and can be perceived as both essential and insignificant to the child at the same time. Santrock (2012, p.437) suggests a definition of play as "a pleasurable activity that is engaged in for its own sake." However, this is argued by Kernan (2007, p.5) who states that none of the potential definitions are broad enough to encompass all of the meanings associated with play. Despite the lack of such universal definition, Rennie (2003, p.22) claims, that "we can recognize play across barriers of language, of culture, even of species", which conveys its importance in the life and development of children, as it is