Intro to English Major

Death of a Salesman is a remarkable work written by Arthur Miller. I really enjoy Millers plays, especially this one, however when I read the play I have to admit I was extremely lost in parts of the story because of Willy's memories/ hallucinations. The story is very straight forward with its manner about working for a living, and in this case, as a salesman. Willy seems to be very proud of the work he has done in his life, but his mental state has taken a turn for the worse and becomes a burden upon his family. As I read the play, the stage direction are very clear and laid out to the audience so that everything flows together, but I just can't say that it makes sense all the time. I wonder how some playhouses may interpret his stage direction in their versions. Between the hallucinations and the craziness of the set, it is understandable to I was lost in certain parts! There are many different conversations that happen at the same time throughout this work and these convers

Alfred Hitchcock directed the film Rear Window and has a strict fascination with controlling audiences' focus from the male perspective. In the film, Jeffries (the main character) is watching his neighbors from his rear window of his apartment building. He is stuck in a wheelchair and cast from an accident while he was taking photos for his journalism. One could say that this is a response to his job and not being able to go out and watch others as usual, but it is quite concerning that he resorts to stalking his own neighbors to have some fun. While he is watching he comes to learn that his neighbor murders his wife and it becomes a big thing and eventually Thorwald is caught and all is well. But that isn't what this blog is about... I find it very interesting that Jeffries is watching his neighbors, more so with a camera lens and binoculars! It's creepy. I do understand that in the time frame of which this film was released that people are more trusting of each other an

I just have a question... Why do men in many of the stories I am reading for English need to be in control of women? Or why do they have to have a side woman to satisfy their ego? In a reading I did for class called: "The Lady with the Dog," this Guvor decides that he just needs to have casual relationships with other married women because he pretty much hates his wife. He meets this woman with a dog and her name is Anna and they decide that they both want to have this fake relationship that isn't actually a relationship because they are both married, and they agree that it wouldn't go any further than sexual relations, but yet in the end of the story, Guvor just has to go and stalk this woman and find her because he can't stop thinking about her and Anna is like, no please leave even though she also thinks about him a lot. They then end up seeing each other at the same opera house and decide that she will meet him in Yalta (where they first met) and then she