They way the whole scene plays out is much the same way as when a man asks for a woman's hand in marriage. ... It could be that they were not like any other towns back in those days. After all, they were much more accepting of and caring towards the blacks in the town; which was also unheard of in that time. ... She plays cards like a man, drinks like a man, and even dresses like a man. ... Coping with situations within FRIED GREEN TOMATOES Human Nature, it's our instinct, our reaction, our thoughts, and our ability to make decisions. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Oedipa's first name, obviously, derives from Oedipus, the hero of Sophocles' famous play. ... It is a type of secular religion that deals with a pagan god of batteries and small towns--a type of order and structure. ... Now, we feel connected to Oedipa in our mutual struggle to ascertain what is real. ...

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In director, Johnathan Miller's words (1986:66): "Most novels are irreversibly damaged by being dramatized as they were written without any sort of performance in mind at all, whereas for plays visible performance is a constitutive part of their identity and translation from stage to screen changes their identity without actually destroying it." ... Sensory Experience The shift from a single-track, uniquely verbal medium such as the novel, which 'has only words to play with,' to a multitrack medium such as film, which can play not only with words (both written and spoken)...

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• Has Bibliography

"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." -Gloria Pa...

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• Grade Level: High School

The town of Lorain on Lake Erie is where both families settled and is also where Morrison was eventually born. ... During her time at Howard University, she was a member of the theater company that presented plays about the lives of African Americans. ... It opens our eyes to the challenges of the past while allowing us to experience an absolutely wonderful and influential story. ... Our cultural knowledge and values that are central to the blues form the thematic and rhetorical understanding of The Bluest Eye, as the narrative's structure appears to follow a pattern common to traditio...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate