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David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and the Dramatic Idiom

plight of small-time con-men, dubious real estate salesmen and other marginal types, explore a desperate, obsessed landscape that ...

Sam Shepard: Cruising Paradise: Tales

could think of was his own breath, and then "Peace, he thought, and as quickly as the thought shaped itself, peace left him" (Shep...

David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Turned Movie Glengarry Glen Ross

In five pages this paper discusses the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's play in terms of plot and performance....

Paul Shepard's Nature and Madness

on behalf of those who embrace the concept of "green," including clean air, food and water, nothing much has really changed, eve w...

Sam Shepard and William Faulkner on Family Dysfunction

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

Works of Maverick Playwright Sam Shepard

In seven pages this essay considers playwright Sam Shepard's life, his unique style of writing and offers abstracts of his plays F...

Sam's Club (Web Site Review)

reveal different offerings such as health care, optical, and auctions. The auction area for example is something much like eBay wh...

Play and Film Versions of Glengarry Glen Ross Compared

The play is divided into two acts, containing three scenes in the first and two scenes in the second. It centers...

Motivation and Its Problems in Oleanna by David Mamet

In six pages this paper analyzes the characters of John and Carol featured in David Mamet's play in a consideration of their motiv...

David Mamet's Oleanna

In five pages this essay probes the different levels of Mamet's play and how he uses the egotistical college professor John to pre...

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...

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...

Readings on Family Reunion Theme

generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms...

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...

True West by Sam Shepard and Masculinity

The masculinity representation in the play True West by Sam Shepard is analyzed in seven pages. Five sources are cited in the bibl...

Sam Shepard

In seven pages this paper examines the plays Fool for Love and True West in a consideration of the unique writing style of playwri...

American Family as Viewed by Playwright Sam Shepard

understanding of family life, much as do shows like The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle. Families are not always polite to one ...

Historical Portrayals of Women in Literary Works

This paper contrasts and compares the female characters in The Birds by Aristophanes, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and Buried Ch...

An Analysis of the Film, Homicide

This paper examines and analyzes various thematic aspects of the film, Homicide by David Mamet. This six page paper has two sour...

Man Against Nature in Lee Tamahori's 1997 Film The Edge

new person. This has been tradition since Gilgamesh. The hero emerges from the wilderness to contribute to society and carry out...

Language in Miller and Mamet’s Plays

of the language in the beginning (Miller 56). Even though he is not "the finest character that ever lived" he does deserve some re...

Sexual Harassment in Oleanna by David Mamet

personal and concern the house that John is purchasing. John has recently learned, though has not yet received confirmation in wri...

Shepard, Ibsen, Hare, and Shakespeare Character Sketches

is certain he will. Nora then discloses how she borrowed the money for their trip to Italy and has been struggling to pay it back ...

Saving Grace by Lee Smith and Religious Psychosis

In 5 pages Reverend Shepard's religious 'psychosis' is examined in an analysis of Lee Smith's novel. There are no other sources l...

Vincenzio Bellini's La Sonnambula

title character: The Pirate - telling us of tragic love, blackmail and murder. This young man was just warming up. The Stranger...

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House as a Reflection of 19th Century Social Issues

In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....

Commedia del'Arte and Cycle Plays

Noah, for example, might exhort the men on the audience to establish control over their wives whilst Noahs wife would...

Oleanna by David Mamet

In five pages this play in three acts is analyzed in its representation of themes emotional warfare, power, and sex....

Oleanna by David Mamet

and critic Thomas Eagleton as a "modernist literary work," meaning that the content is purposely left minimal so that it is up to ...

Environmentalist Paul Shepard's Nature and Madness

that covered human ecology and the so-called "deep ecology" movement. Madness and exploitation Once upon a time, according...