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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report about play ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Past Meridian. ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Date: 06/94 # of Words:486 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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What if two of America's most respected authors came together and
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engaged in a conversation for an hour? Martin Williams tries to answer this
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question in a hypothetical play called "Past Meridian." His answer is an
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hour of exhausting and intense dialogue between a recreation of Ernest
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Hemingway and Tennessee Williams. But they don't come together as authors,
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they come together as humans who have been riddled by their own struggles
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and left alone, so they believe.
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Tennessee Williams was defined throughout the play as a man who had a
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somewhat contrasting life style between what was natural to him and what
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the south portrayed as natural to him. For example, Williams was gay. He
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first knew this when he loved a boy named Gordon at a summer camp. He was
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only 15 at the time and didn't know these feelings which he was having for
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he had never heard of such feelings. He was confused and disorientated
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because he was different from what the South stood for in this aspect. Yet,
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other than this, he did share much of the same values of his native
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homeland. He wore a yellow ribbon around his neck, a clean white shirt and
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tan pants, all straight and defined as was his southern accent. Finally,
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his father was an alcoholic who abused him, therefore he was loyal to his
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mother. All of these aspects define the character of Tennessee Williams.
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Ernest Hemingway was a man who believes that he differs greatly from
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Tennessee Williams, but comes to realize that they share a common battle.
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Ernest Hemingway was depicted as a man who enjoys being a traditional man
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-- drinking beer and relaxing as a male on this earth. On the other hand
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Tennessee Williams is a very straight-laced and smooth-talking individual
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who is not fond of beer. In contrast to Tennessee William's mother,
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Ernest's mother was a mean and cruel woman. Ernest refers to Williams's
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mother as a "bitch" when Williams described his mother as "a woman who
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would bake the finest cookies in the south." But Hemingway and Tennesse
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WIlliams have one thing in common -- they both love men. Hemingway, like
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Williams, had a love in his life who was named Karl. Karl was the true
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bullfighter depicted in Ernest's book, "The Bullfighter." Hemingway
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describes him as a "beautiful man." Yet no one knows this bit of
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information which is kept in Ernest's closet. Now, Hemingway unl s the key
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for one man, Tennesse Williams. All of these events add to a collision
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course between two great authors, or better yet, two confused men.
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"Prime Meridian" is a play about two men who come to realizations with
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one another. Through monologues and battles they discover one another and
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ultimately come to a striking realization. These two men would be perfect
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for each other. To observe this play, one must definitely have an opened
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mind!
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