The main difference between the two plays is the lack of concrete stage directions in Sophocles' Antigone. By the means of music and singing, the director expresses all the events and shows the interaction between [...]
Characters and the plot of The Antigone are highlighted in the play for resolving the problem of morale and pride in human beings and the counter-reaction of gods in response.
By the end of the play, the woman is left alienated from other members of the family, her daughter refusing to support open acts of evil any longer.
According to the analysis, it is evident that even though the story, plot, and characters stay the same, the change in the style of "Romeo and Juliet" will have a significant difference from the original [...]
From this it can be argued that, the Negroes present still reminds them about their past and hence their past affects their present in America.
The protagonist is on the verge of madness: an intelligent and unexcelled humanist in the world, which is an enemy to his ideas. However, Oedipus later comes to terms with his fate and takes responsibility [...]
The reader is given the negative effect of the created men and women stereotyped roles in the society of the XIX century.
It would be desirable to have the various elements of the set interchangeable to make it easy to present the different locations presented in the play.
For example, Hamlet believed that his mother was loyal to his father and to the kingdom, but he felt unhappy with how events unfolded when grieving.
The plays Waiting for Godot and A Long Day's Journey into Night indirectly imply the topic of the marriage's role and how it impacts the individuals.
Such a practice appears to affect the nature of the existing relationship in the play. For example, Orgon manages to secure both his family and possession before the end of the play.
The first indication of the main character's straightforwardness, which is the main factor of the play's success, is Troy's argument with the company boss concerning the division of labor.
The piano was used as a symbol of unity; thus, the author of the play used the story within the play to reflect the setting of the play.
The writer psychologically tries to influence the mind of the reader creating an unstable image of the place that he is describing and leaving some parts to the imagination.
It is open to anyone reading the play to make a personal conclusion as to the degree of pain and suffering that Jocasta went through in her life.
Hamlet's assessment of his issues is accurate in the sense that he already associates Claudius with problems, but the prince is too quick to judge his mother.
Othello, a husband to Desdemona realizes later that Desdemona was a faithful and loving woman. Othello is determined to kill her however her beauty and innocent appearance restrict Othello.
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.
This paper is dedicated to the analysis of the play through manifesting the themes and statement about the society and family drawbacks of that time; evaluating of the quality of the acting on the basis [...]
In the play Hamlet is a noble soldier with admirable qualities but he avenges the death of his father using his free will.
Nowadays the performance of this eighteenth century play requires the restrained and subtle play of actors; otherwise the humor may not be delivered to the audience to the full extent.
In the genre of literature, the word tragedy can be loosely applied to mean any serious and dignified drama that gives a description of the conflict that is existent between the protagonist and a superior [...]
Lamber puts the hat on and soon, she is on her feet and is showing herself around, in a fashionable way.
It is the expectation in this paper to direct the play to produce a glaring spectator trill. In directly the play and getting it on stage, a number of items are relevant both for the [...]
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 [...]
Amanda's withdraw to the past suggests that she does not want anybody else and especially her children to go through the bad experiences she had in the past.
One of the features of comedy of identity is the existent of a plot that is based on dialogue and not actions.
The core concept of revenge in Hamlet, Shakespeare's play, is the hesitation of the main character and his doubt moral and philosophical maxims in the whole world; the main idea of the play may be [...]
The only character in the play to claim to have first-hand knowledge of the murder of Hamlet's father and who speaks aloud about them to another character is the ghost of Hamlet's father.
Oedipus consults the servant who was sent to abandon him as a child and it is revealed that he was the child of Laius and Jocasta.
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 Delphic Oracle informed that this famine served as a punishment from the gods for not having reattributed the murderer of the Oedipus royal predecessor; therefore, Oedipus ironically vowed to find the murderer."Just as if [...]
From the play's very beginning, Shakespeare establishes Henry V as responsible ruler of his subjects, who does not only impose law on others but also lives up to the requirements of the same law.
A significant point, that should be pointed out, is that senex is living in the suburbs of Rome, and Demea is the farmer from Athens.
It is also quite possible for us to say that there is a certain inconsistency in the actions of the chorus.
After reading William Shakespeare's play "Othello" ordinary readers, as well as literary critics, fail to come to a unanimous conclusion about intricate traces of Iago's character; some critics suggest that Iago is unique and the [...]
It vividly discloses and illustrates the talent of the ancient Greek dramatist as the master of disclosure of the themes that have been topical in the course of development of human society and literature.
It is known that the plot of the drama is built around an awful tragedy in the life of the protagonist and his surrounding.
As the story progresses, the protagonist, Oedipus, evolves from his position as the egocentric king of Thebes and rapidly disintegrates into a victim of his own fate.
John may be considered the protagonist of the play, however, the interrelation of the two main female characters of the play are, certainly, of great use for the development of the action and realization of [...]
One of the strong points of the performance is the vocal quality; emotional, expressive and rhythmical pronunciation of the utterances transfers the mood of the actors to the audience.
The way Friar Laurence supported Romeo and Juliet to get Married, The way the Nurse is opposing in her regards of Romeo and Paris, When Friar Laurence clandestinely married them, the way the Nurse is [...]
The Cripple of Inishmaan written by Martin McDonahg is a dark comedy, which connects the actual story to the real life filming of the documentary Man of Aran.
These soliloquies are dramatic and ironical, Harold Wilson submits, with an irony that is implicit and eloquent in the extravagances of Hamlet's rhetoric.
This contradiction is revealed in the play by confronting the principles of two characters, Creon who felt his powers and used them to the fullest possible extent and Antigone with her actions which were not [...]
Out of his anger, he worries about the death of his father and the hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle.
In this essay, we are going to explore the following issues; first, whether, Oedipus can be perceived as a hero in the traditional meaning of this word, in other words, we have to answer the [...]
There is something in the symbolism of his career, and in the words with which it is memorialized, which is evocative of drama not upon the tragic stage but in the theories and speculations of [...]
However, Shakespeare, being the absolute genius of an artist was able to conceptualize the basic norms of this sentiment and presented his villain of this play as a monster, for the jingoistic mass, and a [...]
Because they are women, the men automatically assume that they are incapable of understanding the gravity of what has occurred just as the men have apparently ignored the possibility that it was Mrs.
During the ancient times, the Greeks held festivals in honor of Dionysus who was referred to as the god of everything uncivilized where the Athenians tried to control the innate wildness of humanity.
Tennessee Williams, a prominent playwright of his own epoch was born on 26 March 1911 in Columbus where he lived with his family consisting of his grandfather who was a religious man in the church, [...]
Thus, it is evident from the arguments of the author believes in the thought process that though not in the usual pattern of the era Shakespeare constructed his works in the line of romantic nature [...]
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 [...]
In order to defend Henry, Shakespeare portrays that the stability and order of the kingdom partly depend on Henry's proving his qualities as a strong leader, drives home in realistic detail the disorderly "savagery" in [...]
First and last he was a man of the theatre to whom the touchstone of success was the pleasure of the audience.
Emilia Galotti is the central figure of the play with her parents Odoardo and Claudia. Emilia is the daughter of a respectable bourgeois officer Odoardo and has caught the eye of the womanizing Prince Gonzaga.
In the play, Oedipus sought his own origins because he understands the importance of knowing his own family. The theme of destiny is also important in the play Oedipus.
At the beginning of the play we see a very depressing room, and the disarray of the kitchen is one of the classic signs of depression.
The knowledge the Queen has as to the specific nature of Ophelia's death calls into question her sincerity in her lament.
The trickster and the person being tricked, the switching that the trickster uses in order to play a trick on the person will also be put to light.
What concerns this particular play the theme of love is deeply affected by comedic genre of performance and the setting of The Second World War.
The audience and the nomadic performer are engaged in a dangerous game of discovery, desire, and possession that is intended to make the spectator understand the meaning of this play in the concept of contemporary [...]
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" [...]
It is obvious that Hamlet is the representative of the new world. I think that the answer to this riddle is that his ways of revenge are not good.
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.
Hedda Gabler, upon the discovery that her imaginary world of free-living and noble dying lies in shivers about her, no longer has the vitality to continue existence in the real world and chooses self-annihilation. At [...]
He is some kind of Robin Hood of the times when Plautus lived."As in both the plays of Aristophanes and Mevander, the Roman playwright Plautus addresses the issue of class consciousness and status in his [...]
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is constructed so that readers will become analysts of the cause in the past for a present malaise; they become priests examining the entrails of a story to discover the cause. Using [...]
Both Jack and Algy fool each other in the development of their alter egos, which quickly illustrates to the audience that they are not deception-proof.
Teiresias was from the city of Thebes and played a major role in the story of Oedipus; when Oedipus asked him how to lift the pestilence from Thebes, Teiresias replied that Oedipus was the cause [...]
The title of the play directly intersects with the image of the fence, which is being built along with the development of the plot and evolution of the main characters.
In addition, the play skillfully captures the relationship between the main characters and the main theme of each act, which I intend to transmit to the audience.
In retrospect, the cultural context of the play was that of a period of transition from the Victorian values to the new ones and the desperate search of the ideas that could constitute a new [...]
The portrayal of Faust is a new form of rebellion that presents a sense of apprehension to the reader. He signs a pact with the devil in order to pursue his goals.
It is possible that her condition is caused by psychosomatic, as a result of reading news about Kristallnacht, or the anti-Jewish pogroms also known as 'the Night of Broken Glass.' In the play, the author [...]
The mother is declaring bankruptcy, and as her life falls apart, she tells stories of her life and discusses the meaning of the American dream in the modern context with allusions to the Oregon Trail [...]
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.
Speaking about the things that make the chosen play different from the other plays included in the course materials, it is pivotal to note that the play's themes are unique, and the author actively uses [...]
Additionally, the focus is made on the way the modern media romanticize the images of war and soldiers so that many civilians remain unaware of the actual life challenges of military workforce representatives.
By the end of the play, Marsha has stopped pretending in front of her husband and Wanda that she is fine.
The main objective of the play "A Doll's House" is to advocate for the ability of each individual in making decisions that are not based on the influences of other persons around him or her. [...]
This concerns what she refers to as "having doubts" in her conversation with Sister James at the last act of the play "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley.
It is a perfect presentation of the two major characters Blanche DuBois whose pretensions to virtue and culture only thinly cover her alcoholism and illusions of greatness, and Stanley Kowalski, who is primitive, rough, and [...]
Despite the common beliefs concerning the existence of ghosts, it seems that the ghost's presence is still supported by the testimonies of all characters in the story, including Horatio, Francisco, and the protagonist himself.
The play Death of a salesman is indeed an anatomy of the American dream especially because the plot of the story revolves around some of the basic material gains that individuals in the American society [...]
The scene opens with the frantic efforts of the master and the boatswain to save the ship and the people therein.
This bore a neoclassic model of writing plays, which prescribed strict rules of verisimilitude: the unity of place, action and time, five-play act, and strict classification of the dramas in certain genres.
The plot develops from the chorus in ancient plays -Antigone while in recent plays like Henry V; it is built from the character's speech.
The Battle of Agincourt is an epitome of the play's reflection of culture and worldview. The drama has a type of language and setting that appeals to the English audience.
What I noticed is that the names in this play are all "telling," and while Lucre and Hoard refer to luxury and hoarding assets, Spitchcock means "a fried eel".
It seems that the artists decided to participate in this play since they are also concerned about the mentioned issues and would like the spectators to feel as close to Judas Iscariot as possible, sharing [...]
The desire of the actors to present this play to the public is probably connected not only with the necessity to do their work but also to convey more intimate information to the audience.
The purpose of this production is to deepen the understanding of the story and its themes. The diversity of characters, an interesting and unusual plot, and the variety of settings are factors that contributed to [...]
The main idea of the play is the importance of trust in the family and the value of critical thinking as well as common sense.
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.
Most of the play is dedicated to investigating the nature of people's feelings, trying to "plant seeds" where nothing will be able to grow, becoming a metaphor for the life of the main character as [...]
Moreover, he always perceived his brother Ben to be a great example of the achievement of the American Dream, and wished that his sons had a life similar to his.
Characters used in the play such as the wealthy citizen, the prostitute, the fop, and the tricky servant clearly display a mockery completing the play as a comedy of restoration.
The play is touching and even funny at certain parts, but overall it became one of the darkest and most tragic reflections on African-American life in the 20th century's drama.
The main characters in the play, the Weston family, have outstanding personalities. Beverly Weston is the Father of the home.
Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" and Miller's "Death of a Salesman" tell the stories about how people can perceive and be affected by the idea of the American Dream, how they choose wrong dreams [...]
Jeremy Gable, who works as a teacher, explains that the world of social media is too powerful and it can not be repressed by the regular theatre plays or any other traditional activities.
After all, it is not only that the themes and motifs, contained in the play, are utterly humanistic, but also the specifics of how Miller conceived it to be staged suggest that Death of a [...]
In the play, Shylock, or as he is also referred to Shylock the Jew, is a Jewish usurer in the city of Venice.
That is why Linda's monologue is important to demonstrate the other side of the problem and to draw the men's attention to the fact that Willy should be respected in spite of obstacles and conditions.
This play is reflective of the cultural context of the time in many ways. The portrayal of men in this play is undoubtedly negative.
When looking at the relationship between the monstrous and the human in Odyssey, it can be seen that monsters represent, in many instances, the darker side of humanity.
Joseph Addison describes the very interesting principles of the man's life base on the position of the public benefits' protection and the readiness to to sacrifice his life to the ideals.
This similarity is one of the most important to focus on the structure of the narrative. In both plays, the main actions of the characters are not directly described by the authors.
This essay will be researching the relationship between the play and its genre by means of comparing the points of view of great thinkers of the past and their ideas about comedy and tragedy genres.
Thomas Nashe uses the example of the animal kingdom and the living order of the animals, to demonstrate how a failure in leadership has resulted to a disorganized form of living in the universe.
This is similar to the other play in which the conqueror falls for Idame and changes from a cruel to an understanding character out of her wits in addition to her husband's.
The theme of manhood and violence in the play points to a greater ethical and political problem as to whether or not the use of violence to achieve peaceful ends preoccupied Elizabethan writers.
He worships the goddess of "hunting and chastity, Artemis and ignores Aphrodite, the goddess of love". Hippolytus is the favorite of this goddess as he prefers hunting and staying chaste and rejects worshipping the goddess [...]
Although the death of his father signifies his own downfall, nonetheless, one could argue that Oedipus acted in self-defense, in that he was attacked unexpectedly while travelling alone and out of fear of losing his [...]
In its turn, this explains why, as opposed to what it happened to be the case with her mother, the Laura's sense of existential alienation has strongly defined tragic undertones to it.
Subversive comedy reveals the different fissures under the smooth surface of official ideology in society and the play ends in a ritual celebration such as a marriage.
When it comes down to a physical fight, Odysseus has all might to win but his wisdom and graces serve as a conscious and willing determination to be morally correct and he acts as a [...]
Generally, the main idea of the play is considered to be the impact of people's actions on their future."The ghost of Hamlet's father does urge him to action".