Theater Essays and Term Papers

purpose is to educate and display to the reader the hysteria and injustice that can come from a group of people that thinks it's doing the 'right' thing for society in relation to The Crucible by Arthur Miller. I. Introduction:          …

most successful playwright, but also the most successful playwright in the history of theatre.'1 Despite being criticized for lack of substance, his hugely successful comedies are consistently revived, whether on Broadway or in other community or…

of the true meaning of tragedy. John Proctor was, in fact, the medium, the tool, of which Miller utilized to convey a universal depiction of tragedy. A broad definition of a tragic hero is a protagonist who, through faults and flaws of his…

overall. You make some excellent comparisons about the similarities between the characters' relation to the past. English 342 Glass Menagerie         The Glass Menagerie is a play that is very important to modern literature.…

Bernard Shaw's greatest works. In the play, Shaw avoids many problems identified by critics as prevalent in some of his other writing. Some have criticized Shaw, claiming that he tends to portray unrealistic archetypal characters, rather than well-round…

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, and Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the protagonists' mental beliefs combine reality and illusion that both shape the plot of each respective story. The ability of the characters to reject or accept an illusion, along…

priests and teachers act as spokespersons to spread a certain set of attitudes, beliefs and values. Similarly, Hollywood is also a very powerful modern day institution, where a star's image can reappropriate, shape and circulate societal myths…

about a hypochondriac who is so obsessed with his health and money that he ends up neglecting his family. The story involves several different themes and plots within one family. A new interpretation of this 17th century play is now being performed…

numerous Australian attitudes of the 1970s. However, many of these attitudes are still relevant and fairly accurate representations of Australian attitudes in the 1990s, although some of course have changed somewhat over the time since the play…

tradition that flourished in the early part of this century. The play showed the height of white appropriation of what had previously been a black cultural form. All the creative talent backstage was white. This development had been occurring slowly,…