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Theban Plays of Sophocles and Themes of Morality and Fate

In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...

Arthur Miller's Plays and Women

In forty pages this paper examines how Miller does little with regards to female character development in such plays as Death of a...

David Mamet's Plays and Use of Profanity

their helplessness and articulates it for us. In an article in Town and Country Monthly, Jonathan Alter observes that "Language, a...

Profanity in David Mamet's Plays

In five pages Mamet's frequent incorporation of profanity into his plays and the reasons for this are examined. Three sources are...

Feminist Symbolism in the Play Trifles by Susan Glaspell

that women need to learn to take themselves seriously, and women, through a new viewpoint they need to come together in order to c...

Beth Henley's Play Crimes of the Heart

In seven pages this play is analyzed in terms of crime, punishment, and character. There are no other sources listed....

Mafia and Roles Played by Women

females are no longer held as high on the pedestal they once were. While men in the mob continue to treat their women well, it app...

Cigarette Smoking, Lung Cancer, and the Role Played by Polonium 210

In five pages this paper discusses lung tissue and the role played by polonium 210 in the development of lung cancer caused by tob...

Role Playing in Great Expectations

It is claimed that the characters are playing roles and what they do is to contemplate various movements. Characterization is the ...

Analyzing 4 Important Plays by Tennessee Williams

In six pages this paper analyzes the plays The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Night of the ...

Themes Of Maturity In Hansberry's Play, Raisin In The Sun

This paper addresses maturity and prolonged adolescence as themes in Lorraine Hansberry's play, Raisin In The Sun. This five page...

Jill Character in Leonard Gershe's Play Butterflies Are Free

In three pages the characterization of Jill and her impact upon Don are analyzed within the context of the play. There are no oth...

An Analysis of Five Contemporary Plays

are entering their close. What Margaret wants, clearly, is her parents blessing; she wants the transfer of the scepter from one g...

Masculinity Perspectives in the Play True West by Sam Shepard

The masculinity perspectives expressed by Sam Shepard in the play True West are analyzed in seven pages. Five sources are cited i...

Serious Humor in the Plays of Aristophanes

In a paper consisting of nine pages the seriousness of Aristophanes' comedies 'The Birds' and 'The Clouds' is considered. Seven s...

Luigi Pirandello's Plays and Psychology

In fourteen pages this paper analyzes Luigi Pirandello's plays When One is Somebody and Finding One's Self from a psychological pe...

Antigone's Childish Defiance and Pointless Death in the Play by Sophocles

In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...

Analysis of Anton Chekhov's Plays

In ten pages this paper analyzes the themes and style of Chekhov's plays Three Sisters and The Seagull. Seven sources are cited i...

Family's Role in Sophocles' Plays Oedipus Rex and Antigone

In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...

Identity Need of Women in the Plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov

This paper discusses women's need for their own identity as considered by Anton Chekhov in Three Sisters and Henrik Ibsen in A Dol...

Puns in the Plays of William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...

Art Broadway Play Review

In a paper consisting of two pages a review of this Broadway play is presented. One source is cited in the bibliography....

The Blue Room Broadway Play Review

In two pages the review of a London play directed by Sam Mendes that found its way to Broadway is presented. Two sources are cite...

Review of the Off Broadway Play Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

In two pages this essay evaluates the play in terms of eye control, voice, and other similar criteria. There is no bibliography p...

Dream Imagery in August Strindberg's A Dream Play and Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries

In five pages this paper discusses dream imagery and its logic as it is represented in Strindberg's play and Bergman's film. One ...

Italy During the Renaissance Era and the Roles Played by Nonelites and Women

result, court mistresses commonly took on the role of both lover and confidant, creating a lineage through childbearing that suppo...

William Shakespeare's Historical Play 'Henry IV' Part I

This paper consists of 10 pages and considers the characters' many contrasts in terms of the play as well as their creation. Ther...

Playing Children Observation

In five pages this research paper applies Jean Piaget's developmental and cognitive theories to an observation of toddler behavior...

Mary Chase's Play Harvey and Contemporary Theater

In four pages this 1950 example of contemporary theater is examined in an analysis of plot, dialogue, type, and characterization e...

Recording Industry and the Long Playing Vinyl Disc

Louis Daguerre used chemistry to permanently fix a photographic image and William Fox Talbot replicated positive prints from negat...