ddo^' ve^` play !

[ShyGirl]

Hihihi, Shy ho.c ca'i lo*'p English Intro 2 Drama va` co' ddo.c qua 1 so^' plays ne`, nay mang ra ddo^' mo.i ngu*o*`i nheng ;)

1. Ca'i play na`y ra^'t la` xu*a ro^`i, vie^'t bo*?i 1 ta'c gia? bi. mu` . Truye^.n la` co' o^ng kia gie^'t cha (vo^ ti`nh tho^i) ro^`i dda'm cu*o*'i vo*'i me. (cha('c la` vo^ ti`nh qua', ta.i 0 bie^'t ma` ) Ro^`i sanh ra 4 ngu*o*`i con, 2 trai 2 ga'i . Va` o^ng ddo' cu~ng ddu*o*.c la`m vua . Ma~i sau trong nu*o*'c bi. o^n di.ch, va` ngu*o*`i ta no'i la` ne^'u ti`m ddu*o*.c ai dda~ gie^'t che^'t o^ng vua cu~ , thi` co' le~ se~ he^'t o^n di.ch . Va` o^ng ddo' bie^'t ddu*o*.c la` mi`nh dda~ lo*~ gie^'t cha va` cu*o*'i me. ruo^.t ne^n o^ng ta dda~ mo'c ma('t tu*. tu*? .
Ho?i ai la` ta'c gia? co' ca'i play ddo' , o^ng ma` la`m nhie^`u chuye^.n tu`m lum te^n la` gi` . Va` ca'i te^n cu?a ca'i play la` gi` ? ;)
Bonus cho ai gia?i thi'ch ca'i te^n cu?a o^ng ddo' nghi~a la` gi` luo^n ;)

2. Ca'i play ve^` ngu*o*`i dda`n ba` kia co' phe'p thua^.t phu` thu?y . Cho^`ng ba` ta ddi cu*o*'i 1 co^ co^ng chu'a tre? , bo? la.i ba` va` 2 ddu*'a con trai . Ba` ta tra? thu` ba(`ng ca'ch gu*?i cho co^ng chu'c chie^'c a'o, va` va^.t trang su*'c tre^n dda^`u . Khi co^ng chu'a ma(.c a'o va`o ma` cho ca'i gi` ddo' le^n dda^`u thi` bi. ddo^.c va` che^'t . O^ng vua cha tha^'y va^.y o^m xa'c con mi`nh va` che^'t chung. Ro^`i thi` ba` ddo' gie^'t che^'t 2 ddu*'a con trai luo^n !
Ho?i ba` ddo' te^n gi`, ca'i play te^n gi`, cho^`ng ba` te^n gi`, va` ke^'t cuo^.c cu?a ba` ddo' ;)

3. Ca'i play setting o*? Athens, Greece. Lu'c ddo' ddang co' chie^'n tranh, ma^'y ngu*o*`i dda`n ba` muo^'n cho^`ng ho. ddu*`ng ddi dda'nh gia(.c nu*~a, ho. khuye^n ba?o va` ma^'y ngu*o*`i dda`n o^ng 0 nghe. Ne^n ho. dda~ cu`ng nhau 0 chi.u ngu? chung vo*'i cho^`ng, to*'i chu*`ng na`o ho. chi.u giao ho`a thi` tho^i . Ca'i play ra^'t la` vui nhu*ng cu~ng ra^'t la` i' e.
Ho?i ca'i play ddo' te^n gi`, va` ke^'t cuo^.c ra sao ?

4. Ca'i play na`y setting o*? Chicago, around 1930-1940. Gia ddi`nh na`y co' 3 me. con. Ba` me. thi` co' ve? ho*i ma't ma't, o^ng cho^`ng thi` dda~ bo? ho. , ne^n chi? co`n ngu*o*`i con trai lo*'n ddi la`m. Co^ con ga'i thi` bi. ta`n ta^.t ca'i cha^n. Co^ ta thi'ch collect nhu*~ng con va^.t ba(`ng thu?y tinh . Co^ ta ra^'t la` shy va` i't no'i (not me :D ) . Va` ba` me. muo^'n ngu*o*i` con trai gio*'i thie^.u cho co^ ddo' ba.n be` dde^? quen bie^'t . Va` ngu*o*`i anh da('t ve^` ngu*o*`i ba.n la`m chung ha~ng . Thi` ra la` ho. dda~ ho.c chung ho^`i xu*a, va` co^ ta dda~ tu*`ng ye^u tha^`m anh ddo' . Anh ddo' a(n to^'i vo*'i gia ddi`nh, va` anh a^'y co' slow dance vo*'i co^ ta`n ta^.t ddo' . Va` anh ta lo*~ la`m vo*~ ca'i con unicorn. Con unicorn la` con ngu*.a co' ca'i su*`ng ddo' ;) . Anh ta co' xin lo^~i va` co^ no'i it's ok, nhu* va^.y con unicorn se~ tha`nh normal do^'ng nhu*~ng con va^.t kha'c
Ho?i, ta'c gia? ca'i play ddo' te^n gi`, ca'i play ddo' tu*.a gi`, co^ ga'i bi. tho.t cha^n te^n gi`, me. , anh co^ ta, va` ngu*o*`i con trai ddo' te^n gi` ? Ca'i play na`y buo^`n la('m ddo', vi` ve^` sau ngu*o*`i con trai bo? me. va` em ga'i, ta.i vi` ngu*o*`i me. e'p him va` la him nhie^`u qua', ne^n he bo? ddi. Ca'i play cu~ng do^'ng nhu* cuo^.c ddo*`i cu?a ta'c gia? :(

5. Ok, ca'i play na`y cu~ng ra^'t la` no^?i tie^'ng . Setting hi`nh nhu* cu~ng la` o*? Chicago, around 1950s. Gia ddi`nh My~ DDen na`y ddu*o*.c tie^`n insurance va` ho. dde^`u co' y' ddi.nh kha'c nhau. Ba` me., nghi~a la` cho^`ng ba` che^'t dde^? la.i tie^`n insurance, ddi.nh la` mua ca(n nha` mo*'i, ngu*o*`i con trai thi` muo^'n mo*? tie^.m ruo*.u (dda'nh va^`n sai ??? ) ngu*o*`i con da^u thi` cu~ng muo^'n mua nha` mo*'i , ngu*o*`i con ga'i thi` muo^'n ddo'ng tie^`n dde^? ho.c ngha`nh y . Lu'c tie^`n insurance ve^`, ba` me. la^'y 1 i't dde^? down ca(n nha`, the rest thi` ddu*a cho ngu*o*`i con trai. Ngu*o*`i con trai la.i ddu*a cho ngu*o*`i partner, va` o^ng ta la^'y he^'t tie^`n va` bo? tro^'n !
Ve^` sau gia ddi`nh ho. cu~ng move qua nha` mo*'i . Ca'i play ke^'t thu'c o*? ddo' .
Ho?i ai la` ta'c gia? va` ca'i play te^n gi` . Ba` me. , con trai, con ga'i, con da^u va` ngu*o*`i la^'y tie^`n cu?a ho. te^n gi` ? hihihi ;)

ok, mo?i tay qua', tu*ng ddo' ddu? ro^`i, mo*`i mo.i ngu*o*`i ddoa'n cho vui

[Tammy Nguyen]

Cái play #1 sounds like Oedipus.
Ok, I'm sure it's Oedipus. Oedipus is the son of Laius and Jocata, King and Queen of Thebes--hahaha--Greek mythology 101 again!!
Laius was warned by prophecy that he would one day be killed by his own son. Determined to change his faith, he took the new born baby, bound his feed and left him in the mountain to die. But the child was saved by a Shepherd. The shepherd named the baby Oedipus--meaning "swollen foot", because of the rope binding created inflammation on his feet.
Later Oedipus came back, later killed his own father unknowingly, and solved the riddle given by the sphinx, and as a reward, got married to the queen. Years later he found out he was married to his own mother, and killed his father, he took his eyes out.
Thus the psychological modern day term"Oedipus Complex " derived from this. It applies to any grown man who is too much influenced and admired with the mother, that they can not love any other woman in their life.
oh, BTW, author of the play is Sophocles---Master of Greek tragedies and plays of all time.

Now other plays: ? :confused:
Wow ShyGirl is stepping up on the difficulty notch ru`i. Plays are not my strong points. Let me muse on it some more, and I will get back to you.

[Tammy Nguyen]

Ok, I'm back . It has been so long, and like I said, plays some how don't register too well in my memories but here it is:

Play #4 is " The Glass Menagerie" by Sir Tensessee Williams.
This is a wonderful play because it has many symbolic meanings in it. Laura is the main character with a limp. She collects many glass figurines, among them, her most treasured one is the Glass Unicorn. In symbollic terms, Laura is associated with the glass unicorn that she collected because the Unicorn is different than the rest of the horses because of its protruding horn. She is different from the rest of the people because of her limp.

Tom is the big brother. He feels the burden of support the mother & sister, and often associates himself with fire-, movies, - symbol of freedom, and escapism.
Amanda is the name of the mother.
Jim is the friend that was introduced to Laura. Laura in the end slow danced with Jim , and handed over the unicorn that she loved the most. He broke it, the horn came off-- symbolizing the broken love she had for him --because at this point, he finally revealed that he was already being engaged to someone else.

Even though the unicorn was broken, but Laura was not sad, she was somewhat relief because now, symbollicly she can become normal like every one else.

Ok!! 2 down, 3 to go !!!:D :cool:

[ShyGirl]

yay, sis gio?i qua', hihihi ;) keep up the good work ;) muahz sis ;)

[Tammy Nguyen]

Cái play # 3 , T. cần thêm vài chi tiết nữa . I need to know what time frame the war is in , approx. 400 B.C- 500 B.C or 800 B.C or later, etc...
As far as I know there are only few Grecian Wars that involved women, the Spartan War, the Trojan War in which it involved the famous Helen of Troj, and then there was a group of women
warriors called Amazons. But the Amazons were active warriors themselves, they did not sit home passively like your descriptions.

[ShyGirl]

Cái war này em cũng không rõ , mà the Athens men were fighting against quân nào em quên rồi, cái play này vui lắm đó . Cho chị hint nè, nhân vật chính trong đó tên là Lysistrata, là 1 người đàn bà , hihihi ;) . Em nghĩ em đã give away cái answer rồi :D :D :D

[Tammy Nguyen]

Ok, cái play này thì T. chưa đọc qua, nhưng mà có biết sơ, và nghe tên của nó . Play được viết do playwright Aristophanes. Cũng nổi tiếng như ông Sophocles. Play about the Spartan and the Lacemedonian wars.

Greek plays thi` T. đọc ít lắm . Chỉ đọc qua bộ trilogy cua Sophocles regarding Oedipus, Antigone, and co' đọc qua 1, 2 cái play của Euclides tho^i. T. chi? biết nhiều hơn về Greek Mythology and History itself from the Olympus time down to the passing of Roman, and the fall of Roman Empire. Co`n play thi` biết ít lắm !!:D :p

Ok,

[Without_U]

mu`
:)

[Tammy Nguyen]

This is a sideline question, since we talked about " Oedipus Complex" , there is a complete opposite version for the woman-- Could anybody name it ?
Hint--She tried to kill her own mother because she believed that her mother was no good for her father. This is the ______ Complex !!!
If you read about Oedipus or took Psychology 101, you should know this complex by heart !!
:D :p

[ShyGirl]

The Electra Complex !

Shy học cái này trong Psychology, lúc vào major Human Development and Family Studies lại học lại nũa, hihihi ! Cái ông Sigmund Freud đó, đưa ra những lý do tếu quá :D :D :D

[Tammy Nguyen]

Good Job sis !!! Take that all the guys at VCB.!!! :D See what women thời 21st century can do, and do know !!!! :D :p
Way to go sis !!!!

[LangTu_LuuLinh]

Khâm phục, khâm phục ..... mấy cô giỏi wá xá ... :) ... mục này LT chịu thua .... plays thì LT chỉ có đọc wa vài cái của Shakespear's .... :)

[Tammy Nguyen]

Ready?
Play # 5 - A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, (one of the first few African American playwrights.)

The setting is in a Harlem neighborhood in the '50 with the father Big Walter died because of being overworked. The mother Lena inherited a $10,000 lumpsump insurance. The family members all have different ideas of what they want to use the money for.
Walter Lee-older son , wanted to buy a liquor store, so he can stop working as a chauffeur for the whites. Beantha- the daughter wanted to use the money for Med. school.
Lena, seeing that she could not please everyone, used some of the money for down payment in the white neighborhood, and gave the rest to Walter Lee. W.L was supposed to invest the money with his friend, but his friend took the money and ran away. Later W.L almost accepted a bribed money from a group of white people in exchange for staying away from their neighborhood. In the end, he chose to keep the family's pride and did not take the money.

This play is important because it made the public aware of the prevalent racisms and increasing tensions & violence between blacks and whites at the time, before the Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King.
____________________________________
I skimped to this long long time ago, but did not pick it to do my book report, instead I did the report on "Death of a Salesman."

[nike247]

Originally posted by Tammy Nguyen:
Thus the psychological modern day term"Oedipus Complex " derived from this. It applies to any grown man who is too much influenced and admired with the mother, that they can not love any other woman in their life.


Đó là trên phương diện lý thuyết thời xưa, trên thực tế, thời buổi này "Oedipus Complex" còn thêm một nghĩa nữa: it applies cho những ông cặp bồ hoặc in love, hoặc làm đám cưới với mấy bà lớn tuổi hơn mình nhiều.

[Tammy Nguyen]

nike247--- Người ta vẫn gọi nó là Oedipus Complex. Có nhiều người Mỹ thời nay, vẫn kén vợ , or GF đúng theo tiêu chuẩn và tính tình của mấy bà mẹ của họ nên this theory can be applied broader to them.
What you are referring to is called " May -December Romance" or "Summer Winter Romance" meaning the woman is much older than the man because of her age & wisdom. :cool:

Ma` sao nike247 co' kinh nghiệm dữ vây ? Chắc đã từng date wa mấy cô này !!!!:D:p

[nike247]

Originally posted by Tammy Nguyen:

Ma` sao nike247 co' kinh nghiệm dữ vây ? Chắc đã từng date wa mấy cô này !!!!:D:p

Trời, nói bể mánh tui hết làm sao làm ăn được ! Professional gigolo thứ thiệt đây :D Mà phải nói là mấy "bà" chớ mấy "cô" thì tui chê :15:
TN có biết bà nào "sồn sồn" ở VCB, "thỉnh thoảng buồn vô cớ, thích nhạc họ Trịnh, đã một lần hay mấy lần dang dở hoặc xót xa " (cải lương hết ga :D ) thì cho yours truly biết với nghen. Bảo đảm sẽ hồi âm
:D

[Tammy Nguyen]

:D :D :D
Funny wá , làm nhớ tới phim Deuce Bigalow cu?a Rob Scheider and Ode Fehr (The Mummy)
Ode is my all time favorite actor. !!!:D :D

[Tammy Nguyen]

Ok, to start off, anh HanPhong try to solve the last one đi, cái về bà Phù Thủy đó :D

T. bị stuck on it . Phù Thủy, Witches, Merlins, etc... thì nhiều lắm, nhưng mà không có time frame làm reference thi` se~ kho^ng đoán được .