Author: Zhuoya Li

I watched the movie Glengarry Glen Ross. In this movie where dirty words are all around our ears, I can see the desperation and deception that people exhibit through out the play. The play starts with a boss motivating his workers of working harder to closing more deals. According to him, if they are not…

After reading the play A Raisin in the Sun, I find myself deeply depressed by what happened in it. From the beginning of this play, I can feel the tension hidden in those lines. It talks about a big word : “dream” ; and gives two options of what to do with it. It foreshadows…

I watched the play Waiting for Godot. At the beginning of the play, I can have a full sense of the whole scene. There is a road at the rural area and a tree at the background. GoGo and Didi are talking about their waiting for Godot. They’ve got many significant characteristics, all of which…

I watched a ballet performance by The Royal Danish Ballet at the National Center for the Performing Arts. This center is probably the best performing stage in whole China or even Asia. After taking elevator to get to the third floor of the hall, I finally sit on my seat and prepare to enjoy the…

I watched the movie Sweeney Todd by Johnny Depp. From The beginning of the movie I can feel that it is full of darkness and evilness. The blood flowing over the scene of the picking song foreshadows that this movie will be bloody and ruthless. The makeup of Todd is basically white face with smoky…

I watched a play named A Streetcar Named Desire. At the beginning of the play, Blanche takes the Desire streetcar to her sister’s home, foreshadowing the central theme of play — desire. The first problem comes out when Stanley discovers how many luxurious costumes and jewelries Blanche possesses. Stanley doubt Blanche sold the her real…

Recently I watch a play called Forty years of silence, performed by Philippe Bizot. It is in a very tiny little theater, holding only about forty to fifty people. Once everyone get inside the theater, the lights are immediately turned off. People are reminded time and again to turn off or silence their phones during…

Medea is a play about love, hate and revenge. Jason wants to remarry another woman named Glauce and abandon his original wife, Medea. Jason hurt Medea to the extent that Medea doubt the meaning of her existence as well as her children. Then she decides to revenge, even though that means the death of her…

“Much Ado About Nothing” was created at Shakespeare’s most mature writing period. The contents are full of joy, as well as philosophizing. The story is about masks, camouflage or game, and the characters in the play explored the relationship between men and women in this whole society. The play was around the theme of two…

Inherit the wind is a play about how two different groups of people react to Darwin and his theory. One group of people is called evolutionist and the other is called creationist. The first group accept the theory that humans have the same ancestor with apes, and the second group believes the creation story written…