Plays Essay Examples and Topics. Page 3

Despite this, her husband also takes the side of the brothers and transfers all his money as an inheritance to his daughter and not to Regina. Regina's opposition to the commonwealth of her brothers, her [...]

Medea felt Jason had betrayed her love for him and due to her desperate situation she was depressed and her normal thinking was affected that she started thinking of how she would revenge the man [...]

The theme of transformation that is reflected in title and can be observed throughout the whole play is connected with to the play dependence on water.

The play 'The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams focuses on the life of Amanda along with her son Tom, and "weakling" daughter Laura during the year 1937 at St.

In the end, he comes to the conclusion that this obscurity is the reason people do not want to die and prefer to lead the lives full of suffering.

This happens when it influences the plot, the characterization in the play, and the play's mood, on top of expressing themes that could be termed to be the main themes.

That is, it is the application of a character's image in one line to represent another. Wright's instability, which is evident through her sewing, leads the women and the audience to believe that Mrs.

Being a tragedy, the story narrates the challenges two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, go through due to the enmity between their respective families. For example, the story of Juliet and Romeo presents a romantic and [...]

In the first act, Evan Hansen writes himself a letter, mentioning that he should not worry about anything and be the way he is. Evan is not perfect, but he learned to accept himself, which [...]

Despite Troy's accusations that his father was wicked and the devil, his father has continued to beat him brutally. His isolation from his father shaped Troy's view of manhood after the violence and betrayal of [...]

The story of the overthrow of the King of England Richard II by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, unfolds among monochrome ascetic scenery to the sound of music.

In the play "The Crucible", Artur Miller raises the topic of Salem witch accusations taking place in Massachusetts during the end of the seventeenth century.

The focal point of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the characteristics of Creon and Antigone and compare and contrast their personalities in the image of the two famous comments by each of the [...]

A sense of entitlement can arise from the way a person is treated or from their temperament and as such, it is a dangerous attitude to acquire or encourage because it may lead to disparaging [...]

The essay will corroborate the quotation by Calvino proving that political use of literature is a voice of the voiceless, a name for the nameless and a way of including the excluded.

Oedipus is a victim of his destiny and he is punished by it for things that he did not do, and at the same time, his character and heart play a major role in his [...]

In Homer's Odyssey, the noble nature of the hero is made clear in the way that his servants speak of him and strive to behave as he would expect.

Laurencia, the object of the Commander's desire further makes clear to Mengo that in her understanding love is inseparable from honour and thus involves the lover's commitment to their own and their beau's reputation as [...]

Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the carnival elements in the play are widely discussed topics in the literary world. When analyzing the gradual development of the plot of the play A Midsummer Night's Dream [...]

Willy has a distorted vision of the American Dream, and he has such blind faith in this inaccurate vision that it leads to his mental disturbance when he is not able to accept how the [...]

Perhaps one of the contributing factors that made this piece entertaining is the characterization of the characters in it. The material inheritance is the piano that had been to the family of Berniece and Boy [...]

The pride of Oedipus is not unfounded, as he is very clever, but he fails to give credit to the gods and the people around him as if he is the only source of wisdom.

The play deals with the genius persons of the world and it relates genius convincingly with the world of madness. Then the development of schizophrenia in Nash, which is "a severe mental disorder that distorts [...]

These are the problems we are going to discuss in the current essay, and we are going to address for help with it such masterpieces of literature as the play "Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark" [...]

To sum up, Duke is a "people's ruler" who manages to adjust his mode and regime of governance to the actual needs of Viennese residents.

First, it dwells upon the gender differences that existed at the time of the play. The women in the play were united by the feeling of isolation and alienation from other women and from society [...]

When speaking of Sophocles, he integrates the myth of Oedipus into the plot of the play in order to demonstrate a deep conflict between the will of gods and the will of human beings.

The play The Trojan Women, created by an ancient Greek playwright Euripides, is a great example of a tragedy that can be and was used to show the outcomes of the war in a general [...]

The aim of this essay is to analyze Jack Worthing, one of the main characters of the play, which the author represented as the typical wealthy Englishman of Victorian epoch.

The author, Alan Bennet has demonstrated his expertise in play writing through the interesting and fascinating nature of the play. The development and nature of the play, "The History Boys" is really admirable and eye [...]

The play explores the importance of land to the people of Ireland during the 20th century. This is observed in the beginning of the play when the father claimed that land was what mattered.

It appears that there were two major prerequisites, which caused the first production of Miller's Death of as Salesman to end up being instantaneously referred to as nothing short of a revolutionary theatrical event - [...]

One day, while Oedipus was on his way, he had a dispute with the King of Thebes and unknown to him he killed him after having the argument.

The purpose of the present paper is to reveal the great power of the play which is aimed at revealing the filthy nature of war.

The significance of Othello's race and pigmentation work hard to expose racial prejudice in the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare is using the Moor to challenge the ideologies of race, sex and miscegenation in the Elizabethan period.

Even though Othello is a Moor, he fights for Venice in this war and wins, thus proving his loyalty to the Christian Venice.

The foregoing discussion indicates Soyinka's portrayal of the confluence of Western and Yoruba values and interests through the experiences of Pilkings, Jane, Elesin, and Olunde.

The presence of money in one's pocket is, perhaps, a good opportunity to provide for oneself and his or her beloved ones, yet the play shows that big money pouring over the edge is, alas, [...]

At the moment of the initially rehearsed interpretation of The Cherry Pickers, Gilbert was named the first Indigenous dramatist to have his play performed.

In Oedipus the King, one of the persons, who receive prophesies that project a doomed end, is King Laius; who is the biological father to Oedipus. Oedipus then arrives back to his father's land, Thebes [...]

Even though the theme of love intends to represent happiness and peace, it cannot always be achieved in life because of the complexities of social lives and the pressure of relationships that individuals in the [...]

Besides, the inductive reasoning led Juror 8 to conclude that the witnesses' poor eyesight and physical health could not allow the witness to identify the boy on the train.

The title of this drama is the essence of all three members of the Hubbard family. Each of the three members of the Hubbard family tries to outsmart the other for the most benefit.

The surviving myths, poems, plays, and stories of the Age of Antiquity allow people to learn about not only the events and religions of the past but also the cultures, lifestyles, and morals of societies [...]

The main character of the tragedy is Hamlet, a young man who comes to know about the real reasons of his father's death from the ghost that claims to be the spirit of his father. [...]

The 16th century was a period of political conflict and corruption in England; the theme is presented through the statesman Thomas More who is considered to participate in the struggle between the state and the [...]

However, in this play, we can be witnesses to a fact that all of the pain that King Lear had undergone can be cathartic.

The use of honorifics, stichomythia, and imagery is discussed, as well as the aside, the motif of spying, and the overall mood of the scene will be discussed and evaluated. The overall mood of the [...]

The events of the story are very dark, and despite the comedic tone of the dialogue in some scenes, the heaviness of the atmosphere prevents them from being funny.

In this essay, we will examine the setting of the story, the behavior of Juror Eight, and the arguments he used to sway the other jurors to his side.

Hamlet, a Denmark Prince, is the main character in the play. In the climax of the play, Claudius appears to be responsible for the death of King Hamlet.

Proposals to the queen and the execution of the king are two coincidences in "Oedipus Rex". On the other hand, as Cohen notes, "the death of Willy is a tragedy while the failure of his [...]

Since Othello is dark-skinned, the society is against his marriage to the daughter of the senator of Venice. In summary, the play Othello is captivating and presents racism as it was.

One of the central plot points of this legendary work by William Shakespeare is the cowardly murder of King Duncan by Macbeth and his wife with a dagger while the ruler slept.

Deprived of his family and his past, he took root in a foreign country and adapted to the difficult conditions of life, just as Richard did.

Firstly, the image of a bird in a cage is a powerful symbol of the systematic oppression of women, which is evident in many different cultures and time periods.

The play is the people's voice, reflecting their aspirations and ideals."William Tell" was devoted to the theme of the revolt of foreigners, in which the motif of tyranny sounds with the same strength and conviction.

The production elements were compatible and coordinated, with the lighting and sound design contributing to the overall mood and atmosphere of the play.

Some of the most prominent themes in the story are the ideas of mutual forgiveness, people's motivation to be proactive and take risks, and their willingness to forgive and ask for forgiveness.

The actors created compelling and relatable portrayals of the characters and their motivations for the audience, which made the play simpler to comprehend during the performance. The portrayal of Puck as a cunning and naughty [...]

The high school is home to two pairs of young lovers: Roberto and Gianna, the star athlete and the head cheerleader, and Sofia and Angelo, the school's resident gossip and her sidekick.

The most crucial element of the play is the climactic moment in which the truth about the tragic events that led to the loss of part of the family is revealed.

Iago's persona, which is portrayed as predatory and cynical, is crucial to the tragedy because it disturbs the plot. Shakespeare succeeds in making the play unsettling by utilizing a lot of epithets, metaphors, amplifications, repetitions, [...]

According to the information provided the reader rises with the question dealing with the resiliency of both Hamlet and Oedipus and what does it mean to them.

Through their portrayal in the play, the accused witches have become powerful symbols of strength and resistance for women who want to take a stand against corruption and injustice.

The supernaturally manufactured predictions lure Macbeth and Banquo with the idea of power, leading Macbeth to plot the cruel murder of Duncan.

The play explores the idea of fidelity and faithfulness in a marriage, the relationship between Richard and Robert, and between Richard and Bertha.

Hamlet considers the plan to disturb Claudius and convince the audience of his guilt distracting attention from prayer and confession. Such innovations permeate the entire text, which allows the reader to assert that Hamlet did [...]

In The Glass Menagerie, Tom opts to find space from all the pressures by leaving his job and family for the sake of peace of mind.

Finally, the story of Agamemnon told in The Iliad and Agamemnon taught us that a capable leader must remain humble and self-aware.

It is hard to disagree that different historical and cultural contexts in literary works allow for a better understanding of the meanings and plots implied by the authors.

Hamlet was thinking about the afterlife and suicide to achieve peace, and during this speech, a reader might feel the pain and despair of the main character.

The emotional and mental state of Avery, the only African-American character out of the three, is fairly obvious from the get-go when asked about why he is so depressed, the answer is: "Um.

The Revenger's Tragedy, as the name suggests, is a play in the revenge tragedy genre. On the other hand, although the play steadily follows the beats of a tragedy, the exact twists of the plot, [...]

This particular reading of the play implies that Shakespeare was deliberately expressing a view of colonialism in the New World in the guise of Prospero the magician, usurping Caliban, the slave.

However, in the drama of that period, there is a noticeable discrepancy between the frequency of jokes and the rarity of adultery.

In the tragedy, one can consider the collision of equally just principles: the interest of the state and the interest of the family, expressed through the feminine principle.

It depicts female characters in a state of submission and obedience and shows the disbalance in the distribution of power between men and women.

This work was written in order to analyze the article and compare the opinions of the authors with the writer. The authors got to the conclusion that the competition between the two brothers was the [...]

Sophocles used the artistic technique of tragic irony in the play "Oedipus the King," the essence of which is that the audience understands the progress of events, but the characters do not.

Thus, the main feature of the play "Everyman" is that the main protagonist has no name and is not a specific character. The main protagonist in "Oedipus the King" is Oedipus himself, who is the [...]

The nature of family in both works shows how reality changes the identity of the characters. The author of the play uses the trajectory of Oedipus to show the relationship between reality and identity.

The first couple is Claudio, a lord and close friend of Prince of Aragon Don Pedro, and Hero, daughter of Leonato, governor of Messina. Don John, the brother of Don Pedro, plays a prominent role [...]

Considering that this character is not a person but a spirit, one should consider character traits and external features in revealing the character in the staged play.

The love story of Romeo and Juliet is well known to most people, but one might forget that Romeo was initially not in love with Juliet; he met her later.

For instance, Sarah Ruhl, in her In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play, presents the perception of the condition in the 1880s.

He does not seek to seize the treasure his intention is only to deprive the possessor of the treasure of pleasure. A cynic to the depths of his brain, he sees only the flipside in [...]

The visual representation of the stage and characters, sounds, text of the play, and ideas agree with the drama regulations. In such a manner, Glaspell manages to construct a distinctive play that emphasizes women's centrality [...]

In the course of the narrative, it impresses the viewer with skillful turns and unique and fascinating musical compositions."Kiss me, Kate" was a success from its very first appearance on Broadway and is a successful [...]

The subsequent events are introduced by a 15-minute ballet dream sequence that is integral to the plot. Mythos, as one of Aristotle's elements, is determined by how it is set up and arranged to convey [...]

Developing the characters' personalities within the scope of the trial, Lawrence and Lee state that despite having the exact cause of seeking the truth, religion and science are different.

The last and the greatest deceiving character is Claudius, who is far from being the brave brother of the monarch who ascended to the throne in order to protect the kingdom. It is evident that [...]

Hossain's article explores the manifestations of the ideas of post-modernist feminism in the play through the analysis of the main character's development and the overall social order where women were subordinate to men.

As a result, the educated and intelligent Beneatha chooses the sincere Asagai, with whom she is not shy about leaving her hair curled and dancing to African music. Thus, Beneatha is a strong heroine who [...]

Initially, the themes and scenes of the play were designed for staging at the Shakespeare theatre, and the costumes and the actors' play were supposed to evoke awe for the rich life of medieval nobles.

The story that best exemplifies the traits of the character at the beginning of the play is the opportunity to sell the house.

Speaking of racism as a possible motivation for Iago's behavior, it is worth noting that it is not the primary and only source of its manifestation.

The main reason for the discord is that Othello slept with his wife and justifies all the negativity toward Iago. The handkerchief is the best proof that Desdemona has entered into an intimate relationship with [...]

Further, as he continued to write, he started moving from the realist approach in the plays to a new area of subconsciousness and the psychological sphere.

He tells her what she has to do and how she has to look and expresses his dislike of her interest in men.

In 1985, August Wilson created a play, Fences, and described the life of a Black American family in a world full of white prejudices and judgments.

What is more, he is not satisfied with all aspects of the love story that happened years ago, and Gallimard desperately attempts to alter the events in his imagination.

One of the main protagonists of the play "Fences" by August Wilson is Troy Maxson, the father of the Maxson family.

These examples indicate that music in the play is one of the foremost instruments that express the idea of escapism and contributes to character development. The theme of hope and hopelessness is effectively conveyed in [...]

I frequently returned to the beginning of the passage or dialogue to remind myself what the topic of the conversation was.

The correlation of the fate of the hero with the development of society, which is the main distinguishing feature of the genre of tragedy, can take on a variety of artistic forms.

The most laconic in the depiction and criticism of the society of his time was Arthur Miller, who presented the world with two significant works: "Death of a Salesman" and "Incident at Vichy".

Chapter three in the book of Genesis tells about the temptation of a woman by the serpent and the violation of the prohibition on eating fruits from the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil.

The scene serves to highlight the dual nature of Lancelot Gobbo, the play's clown. At this point, Lancelot shows his more positive side, deciding to drop the act and reveal himself to his father.

One of the major points where Priestly portrays the theme of social responsibility is whereby Sheila feels a sense of duty when she realizes that she has a role to play in the death of [...]

It is true because aristocrats and other representatives of the upper classes had specific obligations to society, and this was a burden to Algernon and Jack.

To sum up, A Doll's House presents the harsh life of the mother and wife, Nora, who is trapped with her husband with no choices and goals.

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy involving the character Kate Minola. She is seen as a shrew because she is unwilling to conform to society's assumed norms of the lady of ladyhood.

It is evident from Antigone's willingness to sacrifice her life that she is driven by the familial tie, namely, her profound love for her brother.

The tragedy of Hamlet addresses eternal problems: the incompatibility of lofty ideals and dreams with reality, the mismatch between the goals and the means of achieving them, and the role of the individual in history.

Hamlet's cynicism, as well as his sense of meaning, distinguish him as a uniquely contemporary figure and a watershed moment in the theatrical past.

For instance, the moment that originates Faustus' transition into an individual led by personal satisfaction rather than universal knowledge occurs in Scene VII, "To see the Pope and manner of his court," when Faustus performs [...]

Therefore, the entire Thebes is overwhelmed in misery, the people are grief-stricken, and the whole of Thebes is in despair due to the plague, which has laid waste to the city. In the history of [...]

The play has three types of love: self-love, true love, and friendship. Many films, YouTube videos, Instagram videos, and TikTok channels try to play along the theme of love and bring out the differences in [...]

As soon as it appears clear the fact that the play's author is engrossed in the action the audience experience the first display of tension.