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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The Directors' Vision of Three Plays

This 9 page paper examines the way in which three different directors approach Shakespeare. It looks at Kenneth Branagh's producti...

College Production Review of the Play The Miracle Worker

In three pages a review of this college production of the relationship between teacher Anne Sullivan and student Helen Keller is p...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Social Misunderstanding in Daisy Miller by Henry James II

In five pages this paper examines how social class consciousness led to misunderstanding in the characterizations of Daisy and Win...

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....

2 Nigerian Plays and Conflict

Nigerian politics and spent 22 months in prison for trying to broker a peace during the Nigerian Civil War (Wole Soyinka, 2005). ...

Play It, Sam

rest of the film details the relationships among the three principles, as well as the crafty Police Prefect, Louis Renault (Claude...

Money and the Role it Plays in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

involves the American Dream. These people all have a dream that they wish to achieve, and for the most part their dreams involve m...

Gender, Women, and 2 Plays by William Shakespeare

the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...

Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison

However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...

Jean Paul Sartre's Existentialism Revealed in His Play No Exit

difficult to define as it is a philosophy that originated with one philosopher (Kierkegaard) but has been embraced by a good numbe...

Serial Killers Kenneth Bianchi, Joseph Miller, and Ted Bundy

Bianchi was a serial killer but he did not work alone. Bianchi is one half of the duo called the Hillside Stranglers ("Angelo Buon...

Art and Play in the Montessori Educational Method

the arts. Under the Montessori method of education, play and games are used to introduce educational concepts, spirituality and a...

Female Psychology in the Plays of Tirso de Molina

de Molina). Tirso showed direct hostility toward the "culterianismo" in plays such as Amar por arte mayor and La Celosa de si mi...