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John Proctor in "The Crucible": Moral Dilemma

strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling" (Miller, 1959, p. 487). She is convinced that she ...

Miles Gloriosus Play by Plautus

"heavy father ... [who] is often led into the vices and follies which he has reproved in his son" (Bates, 1906, vol. 1). These com...

Innocence and Guilt in 'Oedipus Tyrannus'

he was the victim of an unspeakable crime: it was prophesied that Laius would die by his sons hand, and so when Oedipus was born, ...

Miller’s Death of a Salesman/A Greek Tragedy

of the play supports the concept of Willy as someone who is "stuck" emotionally at an immature level. Conclusion : As this indica...

Royall Tyler/The Contrast

fianc? was away, Maria restricted her social contacts, read a great many books and focused on letters from Dimple. Letitia explain...

Battle of the Sexes in “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

that Hermia wants to marry Lysander but that he has forbidden it and told her she must marry Demetrius (Shakespeare). Theseus unde...

Soyinka: "Death and the King's Horseman"

deeply offends the District Officer and his wife, Britons named Simon and Jane Parkinson (Scott, 2006). Things are further compl...

Willy Loman, Not a Tragic Hero

of Willys character shows him to be a highly flawed man, who makes innumerable mistakes and brings about his own tragic demise by ...

Analysis: “Six Characters” Author

writer create something unless it comes at least partly from within? Trying to provider a brief synopsis of the play is impossibl...

The Open Theater Movement in Argentina

theater (Graham-Jones 7). Theater listings in the daily newspapers typically advertise fifty or sixty plays being staged at any gi...

Nineteenth Century Romanticism and the Importance of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

of both on the individual. Certainly, Hamlet offers insight to a man who is torn by a number of powerful emotions but who also thi...

Theater of Pain - Hedda Gabler and Equus

is a social climber; and she has no respect for her husband or his scholarship, finding it and him both incredibly boring. She is ...

Religion in Two Plays: “The Darker Face of the Earth” and “Oedipus Rex”

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

Barbra Streisand's Broadway Show I Can Get It For You Wholesale

and Streisand would go on to star in a host of notable roles. This was an important show from a political and social...

Overview of the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller

have adopted something of a double standard. They have expected her to behave in the modest and subservient way which is usual for...

A Theatrical Depiction of Apartheid Africa

"Master Harold and the Boys" was first performed at Yale Repertory Theatre on March 12, 1982. Set in...

A Theatrical Depiction of Apartheid Africa

"Master Harold and the Boys" was first performed at Yale Repertory Theatre on March 12, 1982. Set in 1950 Apartheid South...

Romeo/His Characterization

This essay describes the characterization of Romeo and the role that this plays in the tragedy, referring to both the original pla...

Hamlet/The Ruse of Insanity

ghost is the specter of his father, condemned to suffer "sulphurous and tormenting flames" (I.v.7) because he died without having ...

Four Essays On Literature

This paper bundles four essays into one. In five pages the writer separately discusses specific questions regarding Eliot's The L...

Discussing The Shadow Box

The Shadow Box was a 1977 Michael Cristofer play. This paper summarizes it in terms of theme, characterization, dialogue, setting ...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Society's Morals

In eight pages this paper discusses how the play's plot and characterization focus on moral values of society. Four sources are l...

The Tragic Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In ten pages this report discusses the play's tragic characteristics that exist despite its twentieth century setting and the ways...

Analyzing Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages this research paper examines the play's themes and discusses typical productions of Miller's social drama. There ar...

The Modern Relevance of Euripides' Hecuba

was the wife of King Priam and the mother of Hector, who was killed by Achilles. Her other son; Polydorus was means to be safe as ...

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov #2

In an essay consisting of five pages Chekhov's and Stanislavsky's views of the play are compared with the argument being that acco...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Ophelia

defines her character. She is, in essence, a human mirror, used to reflect the desires of others (Dane gdane.html). Her inabilit...

Adolescent Suicide and Romeo and Juliet

This research paper analyzes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and compares its narratives to instances of adolescent suicide and fam...

Overview of Postmodern Views on William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

Biology as a Determinant of Action

The writer discusses the role genetics plays in determining behavior, and indicates that while social models and genetics together...