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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Motifs of Sight, Blindness, Darkness, and Light

In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...

Colin McCabe's Model and Television Drama Cultural Analysis

In a paper consisting of 7 pages Colin McCabe's cultural analysis model is applied to TV drama in regards to McCabe's reality stru...

Masahiro Shinoda's 1984 Film, 'MacArthur's Children'

is this so? Intolerance is a significant factor among the many reasons countries enter into world conflicts. Coupled with the fa...

Antigone by Jean Anouilh

In five pages this essay focuses upon Anouih's retelling of the classical Greek drama particularly in terms of the conflict betwee...

Les Bonnes by Jean Genet

In five pages this 1947 Existentialist drama is analyzed in terms of its complexities and plot twists. One source is cited in the...

Narrative Fiction and the Portrayal of Female Characters

This paper considers how prose, drama, fairytales, and religious narratives portray female characters in 9 pages. Eleven sources...

Images and Symbols in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

With Amanda and Laura however, it is the way into reality (Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie). In the case of Laura the fire escape...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Family and Marriage

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

Elizabethan Theatrical Drama Represented by the Film Shakespeare in Love

significant influence on the literature being written. Words, turns of phrases, double-meanings were all of the utmost importance ...

The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux

In seven pages this research paper analyzes the modern drama genre and how this play by Giraudoux can be categorized as an example...

Drama During the Medieval Period

of a person in his or her prime, that is, Beauty, Strength, Discretion, and Five-Wits. However, after Everyman is led to confessio...

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...

Tragic Heroism of Prince Hamlet

theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform ...

Creative Writing Exercise on Beating Hearts and Flowers

In five pages this exercise in creative writing explores the drama of a hospital room with the utilization of grammatical elements...

Theatre of the Absurd, Harold Pinter, and Samuel Beckett

In 8 pages this paper considers this 20th century seminal dramatic drama by examining such works as Beckett's Waiting for Godot an...

Drama Then and Now

In five pages drama is considered in the works Wit by Margaret Edson, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Medea by Euripides. Ther...

Drama of Euripides

This paper consists of five pages and examines Euripides' psychological dramas Hippolytus, Medea, and Alcestis in terms of their d...

Continuing Drama Surrounding Abortion

like to talk about it, infanticide also has a long social history. How did Romulus and Remus meet the wolf? Why was there a pre...

Elizabethan Drama and the Role of Chrisopher Marlowe

In 8 pages Elizabethan drama is considered in terms of the influence of British dramatist Christopher Marlowe. There are 7 biblio...

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. ...

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...

Story of Daniel and Medieval Liturgical Drama

In ten pages this paper examines Medieval liturgical drama and its religious uses as reflected in the Story of Daniel. Seven sour...

The Classic Film Casablanca

The writer explores the plot, characters, setting and other elements of the 1942 classic film Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart...

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...

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. ...

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...