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William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Dramatic Effects

While she has gone to do this, Macbeth, again imagines that he hears knocking and sees an image of a hand plucking out his eyes. ...

British Film Genre Classifications of Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and East and Lock

both can be considered comedic films. Definition of film comedy Although East is East is a slice of life film that can...

Protagonist Brick Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

In five pages this paper explains why Brick is the protagonist of this award winning drama by Tennessee Williams as his character ...

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

In four pages this paper analyzes human dreams in a contrast and comparison of these two award winning American dramas. Two sourc...

Life of Tennessee Williams Reflected in The Glass Menagerie

In seven pages this paper discusses how Tennessee Williams' own life and family pain was reflected in the drama The Glass Menageri...

Cannibalism in Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams

In three pages this paper discusses Suddenly Last Summer in terms of the fantastic and metaphoric nature of cannibalism in this da...

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang

Durang's satire of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is considered in this report of five pages in which the author's succes...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale' and the Fabliau Genre

In five pages this paper discusses how Chaucer developed the fabliau genre in 'The Miller's Tale' in a consideration of its humoro...

A Search for Meaning in A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee

In a paper consisting of five pages an analysis of religious references featured in this domestic drama as an effort to infuse mod...

Race and the War Film Genre

holding fast under the stress of combat, thereby propagandizing the need for unity. In "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936), ...

Comparing the Rococo and Sensibilte Genres of Art

The author discusses how works of arts from these different eras are indeed different genres. Greuz's "Broken Eggs" can ...

German Theatrical Contributions of J.W. von Goethe

In six pages this research paper examines Goethe's German theatrical contributions in a consideration of his 18th century dramas. ...

Fences by August Wilson and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages the differences and similarities of these plays are discussed in an examination of whether Wilson's work is an Afric...

Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress and the Detective Fiction Genre

In six pages this paper examines the detective genre as represented in this critical assessment of Walter Mosley's novel. There a...

Horror Genre Icon Stephen King

In six pages this report examines the life and writings of Stephen King with his works The Stand, Insomnia, and The Green Mile amo...

Social Power and Gender Themes in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper examines the themes of social power and gender as they are represented in the drama by Henrik Ibsen. The...

Dracula Gothic Fiction Genre

In eight pages this research paper examines the genre of Gothic fiction in a consideration of Dracula by Bram Stoker. There are 4...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Personal Empowerment

In five pages this paper examines the personal empowerment that transforms heroine Nora Helmer in this social drama by Ibsen. The...

Battle of the Sexes in Lysistrata, Medea, Antigone, Oedipus, and The Oresteia

In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...

Overview of the Musique Concrete Genre

In nine pages this research paper examines the unique genre and 'noise music' predecessor created in the Forties by Pierre Schaeff...

Greek Mythology and Literature and the Gods' Incestuous Relationships

contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...

Scream Film Genre and Criticism

In nine pages this paper discusses media criticism and its types with a focus upon scholarly, journalist, and auteurist and then e...

The Importance of Geography In Braveheart

This paper examines the importance of geography in the historical-drama, Braveheart, which detailed the life of William Wallace. ...

Medieval Morality Play Mankind

Mischief to be the "Steward of the Manor" (Line 663), and then the court calls Mankind. New-Gyse, another character, orders Mank...

'Psy Fi' Genre and its Meaning

In five pages this report considers the science fiction or Psy Fi genre in an examination of texts written by Richard Matheson, Fr...

Irony, Plot, and Characterization of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

follow; and without irony, there would exist no sense of the dramatic. II. CHARACTERIZATION In Ibsens A Doll House, the characte...

Reactions to Stress in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the different stress reactions of protagonists Willy Loman and Nora Helmer in these social dramas b...

Death of a Salesman and Family Values

In five pages Arthur Miller's social drama is analyzed in its portrayal of post World War II family values as they existed in the ...

New Direction of the Horror Film Genre and the 1999 Movie The Sixth Sense

Hoping to succeed this time, the good doctor gives his complete attention to Cole, even if it means neglecting his wife, Anna (Oli...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Irony

In 3 pages the uses of irony in this social drama are examined. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....