Plays Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

They made the readers become witnesses of the rights abuses under the rule of Pinochet, the transition to democracy made in Chile, and the democratic government's response to the rights abuses in the past.

The difference between the two women appears to be that while Ruth is an active maker and creator of her destiny, Hero more passively suffers her misfortunes and allows other people to devise schemes that [...]

Lena expresses misgivings about Walter's plan to invest in the liquor business, and he, in turn, accuses his mother of destroying his dream of becoming a successful businessman and providing for his family. Hansberry wants [...]

The cruel persecution of minorities and the interference of the state in the individual's conscience became the key concerns of Miller's criticism of this people's actions and beliefs.

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 [...]

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.

The world of Macbeth is a world of contradiction. Already a successful soldier in the army of King Duncan, Macbeth is informed by Three Witches that he is to become "Thane of Glamis!", "Thane of [...]

In addition to fighting for his king, Macbeth is quickly and well rewarded for his efforts as King Duncan makes him the new Thane of Cawdor in addition to his already holding the title of [...]

The Renaissance in Italy was a time in which historians and writers were most active, sparking a new wave of literacy in the Italian world, said to be the father of Renaissance Europe.

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 [...]

Thus, Henry is not a hero to everybody in the play including the French and Catherine. If at all, the women in the play offer a challenge to the values of Henry and his male [...]

Answer: Hale comes to Salem with the intention of finding concrete proof of witchcraft and using it to condemn the people guilty of the crime.

Apart from sharing similarities linked to their belonging to the movers and shakers, both Laertes and Hamlet face the same tragedy in life.

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 [...]

This paper is discussing the character of the relationship between mama and her son Walter together with the problems which are brought up in the interaction of these two characters in the play.

In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the titular character begins plotting his revenge after he encounters the ghost of his father, who informs him of the murder as well as the culprits.

The following paper aims to analyze themes from the play, identify the connections to the concept of identity, and determine whether the reality they are dealing with offers them a possibility to live the American [...]

While the play has comedic elements, the events that the characters of the play go through are highly tragic and ultimately lead to negative consequences for the majority of them.

In some ways, this scene represents the conflict between Hamlet and the society he lives in, as no one is capable of understanding his concerns.

The man kills his kinsman, Duncan, because he wants to be a king but understands that he is suspected of this crime.

Moreover, the 20th and the 21st century are characterized by the emergence of numerous conflicts that altered the world and resulted in the appearance of shifts in people's mentalities.

Along with the psychological exploration of its protagonist, the play addressed current political issues and the environment, in which it was hard to preserve humanity.

The other indicators of the blindness are that he is regarded as the best ruler of the land and he is committed to marrying the queen of Thebes after the death of the king.

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.

The dark night that from the eye his function takes, The ear quicker of apprehension makes; Wherein in doth impair the seeing sense, It pays the hearing double recompense. Further, the author refers to the [...]

This is seen when every person celebrates the marriages of the two couples, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero, as the play ends. The scene in which Hero is accused of sleeping with a [...]

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 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.

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.

The choice of the focus on acting as the primary means of conveying the essential message of the story becomes evident as the author emphasizes the double consciousness of the character.

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 first thing that comes to my mind when I recollect all the impressions after watching the performance is that the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is meant for the prepared audience that regularly [...]

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.

At the end of the day, the character learns the price of such a fatal mistake which is betrayal and loss of everything he loved in his life. The theme of the transformational power of [...]

Rather than invoking the idea of creation, Wilder seems to describe the role of birth to the continuation of generations and the role that physicians play in conserving human values. In this case, Wilder wanted [...]

The character of Macbeth is used by Shakespeare to illustrate a man who lacks the strength of moral fiber under the affection of guilt and ambition.

Of course, the most suggestive similarity of the two plays is that recognition and reversal occur simultaneously for protagonists as they learn an important thing about themselves and this knowledge changes their life completely forcing [...]

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.

These are such questions as: "What does Beneatha's conduct reveal about her intentions?", "How does the character treat female's role in society?", "How does Beneatha regard poor people?", "How does the heroine explain her choice [...]

As weird as it might sound, Lady Macbeth is very emotional; as a matter of fact, the crimes that she committed can be attributed to her emotionality rather than her greed, though the latter has [...]

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 [...]

This is tangible evidence that could have assisted the prosecution and the eventual conviction of Mrs. Wright's guilt on the basis of evidence that they have.

The figure of Eve Ensler exemplifies the validity of this idea perfectly well, because it is largely on the account of a public controversy, sparked by her play The vagina monologues, that the notion of [...]

The King is worried about Hamlet's madness and starts to suspect that he might have found out the real reasons for his father's death.

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.

It is ironic that all the time he is fighting against the authority and power of life and higher forces, he is actually fulfilling his destiny and does exactly what he should have avoided.

What fascinated me about A Midsummer Night's Dream is the Shakespeare's portrayal of life on the verge of the real world and the world of magic and dreams in the forest with fairies.

In each stage of the adventure readers are introduced to an ever increasing similarity between what is monstrous and what is man to the point that the line between the two blurs resulting in actions [...]

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.

In contrast, the so-called Everyman is affected by several issues such as awareness of one's mortality and the inability to retain values that he earned in the course of the lifetime.

As such, the theme of honor should be explained in the framework of the play Richard III and actions and motivations of its characters with regard to the historic background of the play.

They do not necessarily have to be from noble family backgrounds as in the case of Aristotelian tragedies. If this play is, therefore, performed in accordance to the dictates of traditional drama, most of the [...]

In regards to the intended significance, Stopes, Belleforest, and Shakespeare report that Shakespeare designed the role of the ghost to appear to Hamlet relentlessly to enhance the melancholy motif of the play.

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.

The suitors laughed and teased Telemachos of his struggles to defend the beggar. Odysseus simply examines the bow and one of the suitors mocks him saying he is a connoisseur.

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.

Among them are the rhymes, the rhythm of the words, the interpolation of a chorus, the increasing complexity of the lines as the poem progresses, and the vivid and horrifying imagery.

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.

The author shows the development, progression, and the consequences of deceit and betrayal in the story. The viceroy warns Paulo not to involve the militia in his fight with the French.

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 [...]

The review will take the form of an in depth analysis of part one of the whole poem before that, most imperatively, presents the plot of the poem including shading light into the flow.

Therefore, a critical analysis of the story enlightens the contemporary society on the aspect of hospitality in relation to the people of Greece.

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".

The events that take place in Athens are symbolic in the sense that they represent the sequence of events during the day whereas the events in the forest represent the dream like circumstances.

Throughout the play, there are hints that Creon who defends his actions as doing them in line with the interests of the people and the gods that he is doing the exact opposed and in [...]

In the texts of the Iliad Achilles is depicted as a great warrior possessing all the marks of a grand fighter by proving his might it the Achaean army. Patroclus death puts Achilles in a [...]

He is relaxed in the whole play and has a good sense of humor. The last and final actor in the play is a lady who comes from the same place as the trainer of [...]

None the less the Homeric world gives a glimpse of the noble men and women who live within that society, they appreciate and acknowledge the little favors and hospitality extended to them and in some [...]

Allegorically, through the interactions of the characters, the play points out that only good deeds and God's grace are able to provide salvation to people.

However, it is possible to state, judging from the huge body of literature dedicated to the essence of Orientalism, the analysis of it roots and the process of its formation, that Orientalism in itself is [...]

Critics such as William Merritt Sale argue that Homer's purpose in creating the mythic poem of The Odyssey was to represent the inherent struggle of the human condition when faced with the choice between the [...]

Shakespeare uses this dream theme to bring out the comic nature of his play and ensure that the unusual happenings in the comedy serve to entertain the audience as opposed to depressing it.

The opening scene of the play 'The Importance of Being Earnest", the reader is introduced to highly stylized, exaggerated and unrealistic world.

In the opening scene of the play, Medea is beating herself over the loss and present to console her is an elderly nurse.

In the play, we also get to know the character traits of the Wright's from other characters.Mr. This makes Minnie Foster a key suspect in the murder case i.e.she might have killed her husband to [...]

Shakespeare has employed one of the literature elements by using major characters like, Othello, a hero and the head of armies, Desdemona, Othello's covert wife, Michael Cassio, Othello's deputy, Lago, ranked below the lieutenant, among [...]

In order to identify the actual reasons for Iago's hatred to Desdemona and Othello, the author makes use of his own approach in analyzing the play through the prism of motives, plots, themes, and character [...]

The aim of this essay is to characterize the place of the figure of Falstaff in the works of William Shakespeare.

The themes and the underlying meanings of the poems encompass the problems of human existence, human feelings, desires, and even the world perception. The aubade is the kind of lyrics devoted to love and the [...]

The three questions that the theatre asks are: what the play is, why it is the way it is and what the characters learn during the play?

It would be possible to assume that this is a part of the truth that the two men are experiencing. The suspension in a place that is not real, and is still physically felt by [...]

The poem seeks to illustrate on the battles between Agamemnon the King and the warriors Achilles. The Iliad story begins at almost the end of the Trojan War during besiege by the Greeks.

However, the technique has been defended by some of the scholars who argue that Shakespeare's skill is to develop and emphasize the purpose of duality and dislocation in the play.

If this is possible in the setting of the play, what important hints to the truth are we, the viewers, missing and overlooking in everyday life?

Othello leaves Venice in the company of his wife, Iago and Cassio and Desdemona's attendant known as Emilia. Othello's love for Desdemona is a major weakness that leads to his downfall.

Oscar Wilde's comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, is a satire of everything stuffy and constrictive in the 19th and early 20th century. The play explores the theme of the relations between the sexes.

The main character Oedipus is the King of Thebes. The reward for this work was for Oedipus to be made the King of Thebes.

Specifically, the paper concentrates on the death of the King and his attitude and treatment of his mother. Irrespective of the position of a person, revenge is presented as a poisonous object that sweeps away [...]

This divergence in the acceptance of what is said to them between the younger and older versions of Oedipus is based on the fact that the older version of Oedipus had developed a considerable degree [...]

She is thinking of her son and she knows that the only way to save the house and even to save her son's life is to betray her love and "quit" the house of her [...]

The scenario calls for the need to investigate the villagers on issues pertaining to witchcraft, a take that finds many of them victims of the evil doing ready to be judged. First, the plot of [...]

Wilson's experience relates to the experience of Cory and his father Troy in the play. The play exhibits determination that Troy employs as he faces numerous challenges in life that prompt him to endure and [...]