Piece Library

Browse pieces for interpretation events

Showing 8 pieces

The Power of Vulnerability
Sample Student Oration
Original

We live in a world that tells us to be strong, to never show weakness, to armor ourselves against the judgment of others. But what if I told you that our greatest strength lies not in our armor, but in our willingness to remove it?

CourageAuthenticityConnection+1
4.01459:00
Intermediate
Public Domain
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Poetry

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

ChoiceRegretIndividuality+1
4.22343:00
Beginner
Public Domain
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mechanicals Scene
William Shakespeare
Humorous

BOTTOM: Let me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will do any man's heart good to hear me; I will roar, that I will make the duke say 'Let him roar again, let him roar again.'

ArtAmbitionClass+1
4.31899:00
Advanced
Public Domain
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Humorous

ALGERNON: Did you hear what I was playing, Lane? LANE: I didn't think it polite to listen, sir. ALGERNON: I'm sorry for that, for your sake. I don't play accurately—any one can play accurately—but I play with wonderful expression...

ClassIdentityMarriage+1
4.523410:00
Intermediate
Public Domain
A Doll's House - Nora's Final Scene
Henrik Ibsen
Dramatic

NORA: I have existed merely to perform tricks for you, Torvald. But you wanted it like that. You and father have committed a great sin against me. It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life.

IdentityFreedomMarriage+2
4.63128:00
Advanced
Public Domain
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Prose

It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate!

Mental HealthGenderOppression+2
4.73899:00
Advanced
Public Domain
Hamlet - To Be or Not To Be
William Shakespeare
Dramatic

To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles...

DeathExistenceFear+2
4.84565:00
Advanced
Public Domain
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
Poetry

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.

ResilienceIdentityRacism+2
4.95674:00
Intermediate