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The Stereotyping of Females in the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1002 words, 5 pages)

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, Its a girl!(Shirley Chisholm). In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the ghost of his deceased father confronts a young prince of Denmark. The ghost tells Hamlet to avenge his death by murdering his killer, Hamlets Uncle ... Read More

Double Standards in the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller (863 words, 3 pages)

In the world today, there are a large amount of double standards. One relating to the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller is dying for what you believe in or staying alive by self-preservation. Many characters in the play portray both sides of this double standard good examples of this ... Read More

The Conflict Among Social Classes in the Play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (810 words, 3 pages)

Class Conflict in The Importance of Being EarnestOscar Wildes play, The Importance of Being Earnest, features many themes one of the most prominent being conflict among the two social classes. Wildes play shows the differences in behavior between the upper and lower classes. The upper class have a great amount ... Read More

An Analysis of the Broadway Play Red by John Logan, Directed by Matthew Cameron and Performed at the Boise Contemporary Theatre in Fall 2013 (964 words, 3 pages)

What do you see?A Tony Award winning Broadway play by John Logan, directed by Matthew Cameron Clark "Red" was performed at the Boise Contemporary theatre in fall 2013. It is a story about a painter, Mark Rothko, played by Arthur Glen Hughes, with an unusual personality, who hired an assistant, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter (792 words, 4 pages)

The Dumb Waiter A Critical AnalysisThe Dumb Waiter, by Harold Pinter, is a play that focuses on two hitmen named Ben and Gus. The Dumb Waiter, aka, the play's namesake is a symbol for the broken communication between the two men. Underneath this silence is a sort of omen, pointing ... Read More

The Consequences of Intolerance in the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller (581 words, 2 pages)

Intolerance of one another leads to the most dangerous of situation these dangerous situations lead to mass hysteria. The Crucible by Arthur Miller showed how an intolerance for people can lead to extreme circumstances, soon hysteria became the main theme next to intolerance.In the Crucible the scene begins with girls ... Read More

Father Figures in the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and the Short Stories Eveline and Counterparts by James Joyce (998 words, 4 pages)

Symbolism of Father Figures Throughout English LiteratureIn the symbolic rise throughout the twentieth century, the father figure has become a popular theme for many artists in many works. In these works, Greek mythologys great father is almost completely transformed. A privileged and powerful position of authority arises in these figures ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Play Much Ado About Nothing (1510 words, 6 pages)

I believe the author, William Shakespeare, had several purposes for writing this work. He wanted to be able to entertain an audience using witty banter and jokes, yet still keep matters serious to show the significance of topics such as love, marriage, and infidelity. His purpose was to inform everybody ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play An Iliad by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson (767 words, 2 pages)

After opening An Iliad with Greek song, the Poet sticks us with a puzzling question "What drove them to fight with such a fury?" (3) Although war has always existed, we only see vague statistics, making the senseless horror of battle much easier to stomach. Because we do not have ... Read More

A Comparison of Brutus and Caesar in Julius Caesar, a Play by William Shakespeare (564 words, 2 pages)

The play Julius Caesar is known just about everywhere. It is one of Shakespeares most famous works of art and tells the tragedy of Romes Emperor. There are many vital characteristics that make this play intriguing and keep the audience guessing. At the beginning, it seems as if Caesar will ... Read More

A Review of the Play Flashdance: The Musical (488 words, 2 pages)

I saw the play Flashdance The Musical for a make up of Mad World, expecting myself to not like it as I am not very fond of musicals. Boy was I wrong, I loved this play! I identified with the main character so much Alex Owens was a struggling young ... Read More

The Character of the Nurse in William Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet (823 words, 2 pages)

The NurseThe nurse is likes a mother figure to Juliet, mainly because she has nursed Juliet since she was an infant. Also, after the death of her own daughter ,Susan,she feels that Juliet is the closest thing to her own daughter. The nurse also acts as a go between for ... Read More

A Review of the Play Our Town by Thornton Wilder (727 words, 2 pages)

Our Town Mini CritiqueThe story focuses on a small town called Grovers Corners in New Hampshire in the turn of the century after the civil war. The main characters are all neighbors in their little town and gossip and know everything about one another. The narrator is one of my ... Read More

A Critique of the Play Fiddler on the Roof Presented by El Dorado High School (1694 words, 5 pages)

Fiddler on the Roof CritiqueI went to see Fiddler on the Roof presented by El Dorado High School on Saturday November 7th at 700 pm. The playwright is Sheldon Harnick, the composer is Jerry Bock, and the performance was authorized by Music Theatre International. The play was directed by Katie ... Read More

The Marriages in Susan Glaspell’s Play Trifles, Zora Neale Hurston’s Short Story Sweat, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Short Story The Yellow Wallpaper (1888 words, 6 pages)

Over the course of this term, we have explored a wide range of literature. Short stories, poetry, a play, and an essay. While there are many other interesting themes throughout many of these stories, I am choosing to focus on the broad range of relationships we have seen in the ... Read More

The Life of a Saxophone Player (1622 words, 5 pages)

SaxophonyPulled up black hair that is a stranger to something called a comb, bluntly squared glasses blanketed over a pizza face of acne scars, a faded flannel shirt, black skinny jeans that have seen better days, and worn down sneakersyes, that is me. I am that yearbook nerd who stalks ... Read More

The Role of the Feud between the Capulets and the Montagues in William Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet (597 words, 2 pages)

Romeo and Juliet, by WilliamShakespeare, is a story of two lovers kept apart by their feuding families. The two families hate each other for generations. Romeo, the son of Montague, madly falls in love with a girl named Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, at the Capulets' party. The young couple ... Read More

The Plot and Characterization in The Crucible, a Play by Arthur Miller (931 words, 3 pages)

The Crucible is set in a story based upon the Salem witchcraft trials of the late 1600s the mainplot of this story is the false accusations of witchcraft. The novel starts with many girls dancing in the forest, chanting spells to cast upon the boys they desire.The following day, one ... Read More

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Cherry Orchard, a Play by Anton Chekhov (2305 words, 7 pages)

Changes, no matter how small or how large affect all walks of life. Whether it is personal or in a broader spectrum within a countrys government, change is inevitable. Written in 1904 and read by all generation, Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard demonstrates how one change can affect an entire ... Read More

Authenticity and Action in the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare (546 words, 3 pages)

Crippled by Conscience Authenticity and Action in HamletAs Hamlet and Claudius contemplate the consequences of their intended or past actions, they must decide between forcing themselves to take inauthentic action or feeling guilty about taking no action whatsoever. Both Hamlet and Claudius are held paralyzed by morality Hamlets conscience makes ... Read More

A Reflection on the Play Macbeth by William Shakespeare (764 words, 3 pages)

Reflection on Macbeth by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare wrote many plays in his life. Tragedies, comedies, and historical plays are on his resume. One particular play, Macbeth, just so happened to be the play we read in class. And I loved it. At first upon reading it, I couldn't get ... Read More

The Naivety and Victimization of the Characters of Ophelia from the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Eveline from Dubliners by James Joyce (745 words, 3 pages)

Ophelia, Eveline, and the Great Glass CeilingBoth Shakespeares Ophelia and Joyces Eveline are naive and victimized women, taken advantage of by the men in their lives. This life of repression and control is a physical, mental, and emotional reality. Both Ophelia and Eveline are dominated by the men in their ... Read More

The Discrimination and Undervalue of Women in the Play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (959 words, 5 pages)

In the past, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, famous American suffragist and social activist, once said, I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns (GoodReads). Women in history were constantly discriminated and undervalued. They were often seen as an it rather than a she. In the play Julius ... Read More

An Essay on the Five Themed Parts in the Play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (3491 words, 11 pages)

Henrik Ibsens play A Doll House was written in the 19th century, the century of different to many of us societal norms. For example, it is hard for women of the 21st century to imagine the lives of their counterparts two centuries ago. Therefore, A Doll House is one of ... Read More

Willy Loman as the Portrayal of an Average American in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman (502 words, 2 pages)

Willy Loman and AmericaMany people believe that Miller created Willys character to represent an unrealistic view of the average American. They see Willy as impractical because if everyone in our society acted exactly as Willy, the world would be chaos. Thus, because of this perspective his character becomes unreal. Miller ... Read More

Dutchman and The Island are two plays centered upon race. Because of this, they have a lot in common. However, they deal with race in two very different settings and they have very different messages regarding racial tensions and how to deal with oppression.In the case of each play, the ... Read More

The Importance of the Role of the Character of Mrs. Linde in the Play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (1142 words, 4 pages)

Mrs. Linde is one of the most fascinating characters in Henrik Ibsens A Doll House, and indeed in all of the plays we have read so far. She appears at the beginning of the play to be a very minor character, almost a device which allows to voice the backstory ... Read More

The Manipulation of Orgon in the Play Tartuffe by Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere (567 words, 2 pages)

In the play, Tartuffe, Orgon is swindled by the villainous Tartuffe, who manipulates Orgon into giving him his estate, wealth, and almost his daughters hand in marriage. Written by Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, the work is an important piece of comedic work and, like Shakespeare, borrows ideas from commedia dell ... Read More

A Review of the Play A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau (858 words, 3 pages)

I believe A Flea in Her Ear was a very funny and attention-capturing story. I thought the actors did really well not breaking character the entire time, because if it was me, I wouldve been dying laughing. When I first heard about the play, I thought it was going to ... Read More

The Theme of the Characters’ Embrace of Reality or Retreat Into Illusion in the Play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (3187 words, 9 pages)

Throughout Tennessee Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire, there is a prominent and continuous theme of characters who either embrace reality or retreat into illusion. In particular this theme manifests itself deeply in one specific main character, Blanche DuBois. In the play, Blanche finds herself in a consistent struggle with ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013