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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The Crucible and the Issue of Pride in the Play

to death. Proctor, who places his pride above his life, chooses to die rather than comprise his principles so Abigail, though she ...

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 ...

Issues in African History

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

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...

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...

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...

Women's Participation in Traditionally Male Sports

of the females role in society, which confined women exclusively to the home and the roles of wives and mothers, lingered well int...

Othello and Gender Roles

rebellious for "she chose the man who she wanted to marry and felt it unnecessary that her father intervene in their relationship....

Literary Values in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

as they face the discrimination with the power of togetherness, as a family. Much of the play also focuses on embracing on...

Analysis of Agamemnon by Aeschylus

First, the author wanted to convey something political. It was a time when democracy was rising and this type of government was at...

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, ...

Shakespeare's Tempest/Reflections on His World

and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...

Symbolism and Henrik Ibsen

Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...

Pygmalion's Liza Doolittle in the Context of Early Twentieth Century Britain

panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...

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...

Lorca: "Blood Wedding"

there are only three characters who actually have names, Leonardo, Death and The Moon, though we can argue that the last two are n...

Wit & Palliative Care

also a former student of Vivians is now in the rather awkward position of also being one of her doctors, as he is an intern and re...

Maturity in the Relatoinship of Romeo and Juliet

is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...

The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman

try" (207). As this exposition suggests, Marshalls presence as an outsider to the dynamics of the Hubbard family and as an outsi...

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 Review of the Eighteenth Century Play The Love Suicides At Sonezaki

only option it seems is for him and Ohatsu to commit suicide. In the last lines of the poem he laments:...

Climaxes in William Shakespeare's King Lear

there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...

An Article on the Influences of Shakespeare Summarized

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

Impact on Those Who Play Computer Games

There has been a debate about the impact of action and violent video and computer games on those who play them. This especially pe...