18 Vice and virtue

Vice and virtue are 2 concepts that have been presented in society for thousands of years and they are used to tell us what we can and cant do.

vice – 1) (U) criminal activities; 2) a bad habit; 3) a bad or immoral quality in someone’s character;

virtue– 1) (U) moral goodness of character and behavior; 2) a particular good quality in someone’s character;

Vices Virtues

aggression sincerity

pride reliability

obstinacy generosity

meanness honesty

greed moderation

jealousy

deceit

Our character traits can be good or bad or somewhere between. Character traits are habit-like tendencies that are deeply trenched . They are our second nature. They are not iinate. People become good or bad according to their habits they develop throughout their lives. To become better we should practice virtuous acts regularly. We are mastered some essential skills at the beginning of our education. They have to do with10 Biblical commands: don’t kill, don’t lie, don’t steal, love ur neighbor, don’t say God in vain…These are principles to be followed by religious and non religious people. Religion teaches us how to act and behave, makes people disciplined. Moral and ethics should be taught in our school. To teach children basic skills that maybe a family doesn’t: to say sorry when u hurt somebody, don’t hit people, return what u borrow, be punctual, be patient, respect others.

Nobody is perfect and we need to develop admirable traits of our character and practice virtuous act during all our life.

19 Theatre

No other art form has had quite the impact on our lives that the theatre has. Everybody loves a stiry and narrative told in visual image. Theatre perfomances nourishes our minds, challenges, the intellect with thought provoking ideas.however in the world dominated by films and TV theatre loses its supreme role. But even today there are true theatre goers. Some people find it a pleasure to go to the theatre. The theatre is one of the most ancient kinds of arts. For centuries people have come to the theatre for different aims: to relax, to be amused and entertained, to have a good laugh, to enjoy the acting of their favourite actors and actresses.The theatre presents a synthetic art as it combines literature, music, dance, comedy, tragicomedy, melodrama, domestic drama, symbolic drama.

London must be the world’s capital of drama and shows. There are about 40 theatres, many of them have a fascinating history. For ex. The Globe Theatre has taken its name from the famous playhouse where Shakespeare’s dramas were produced 400 years ago. Some words about our theatres – The Gomel Regional Theatre, Puppet theatre, Youth theatre.

If u want to visit a theatre u should know that plays start at 12a.m. and 7 p.m. You can buy tickets at the theatre box-office. You can put ur coats off in the cloak-room, and buy a program to know the cast. Then u come into the hall and take ur seat. The better seats at the theatre are in the stalls and in the dress circle. During the interval u can go to a buffet to have snacks or u can go along the foyer where u find tha photos of the stuff. Usually the theatre is full on 80% but on weekends especially when the first night is on, the hall is full.

Many people believe that it's much more convenient to watch a performance on TV at home, because you don't have to bother about the tickets, a baby-sitter and transport and so on. As for me I think that it is dull and boring to death. The main part of the theatre and theatrical performance are the atmosphere of a play, scenery and halls.

The actors were playing excellent . all performed so realistically, so true to life that I began to feel for them like in real life. There was a storm of applause.