Essays on Plays

The primary goal of this article is to compose an essay comparing and contrasting the lack of empowerment for women in William's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." It also seeks to clarify what happens to women who desire individualism and independence, as well as how male...

A father's love for his family and son A father is still full of love for his family and son. After learning of the prophecy that he will grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother, he decides to flee his homeland to avoid the fulfillment of the prophecy in...

Tennessee Williams' novel Streetcar Named Desire Like many others, focuses on the main character with distinct traits and a special outlook on life. The novel centers on the life of Blanche DuBois, a hero who seems snobbish, lonely, and confused, among other attributes that depict her as an outsider.Being an outsider Blanche's...

A Critical Theory: Examining Shakespeare's Hamlet within a Historical and Social ContextA critical theory is characterized as a social philosophy concerned with criticizing and changing the whole system, as opposed to conventional theory, which is only concerned with understanding and describing society. The critical theory delves beyond the surface of...

Hamlet's View on Fate versus Free WillHamlet explains how tragedians viewed the current struggle between free will and destiny. Shakespeare's fiction describes the universal conflict between people's innate ability to influence their future and their proclivity to embrace fate. As Shakespeare depicts it, fate has always played a critical role...

In A Doll's House: The Conciliatory Role of Women Ibsen depicts the conciliatory role played by women of all economic classes in his audience. In general, the female characters in the play exemplify Nora's declaration to Torvald in Act Three that, while men refuse to surrender their integrity, 'a good number...

A recurring theme in Henrik Ibsen s play A Doll House is duty and loyalty to others. The motif emerges from an examination of the storyline and form, characterization, imagery, and vocabulary used. This academic article would take a close look at these elements and demonstrate how they work together...

Family Relationships in HamletWhen it comes to the production of Hamlet's storyline, family relationships come in handy. Surprisingly, many parents in play have poor relationships with their children. There are two major families, for example, Hamlet-Hamlet Sr. and Claudius-Gertrude vs. Ophelia-Polonius-Laertes. The bond between parents and their children is portrayed...

An Inspector CallsAn Inspector Calls is a play by British playwright J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945, and later at the New Theatre in London. It is considered a classic of mid-20th century English theatre. It is one of Priestley's best known plays. It features...

Tartuffe, the Impostor and the Hypocrite, is a classic French play that was first performed in 1664. Written by Molière, the play features characters such as Tartuffe, Orgon, and Elmire. These characters are considered some of the greatest classical theatre roles ever written. Orgon's rescue from Tartuffe's gullibility Tartuffe has the power...

In Shakespeare's play Othello, the main antagonist is the character of Iago He is the husband of Emilia, an attendant to Othello's wife Desdemona. He is driven by envy and enjoys manipulating others. But, despite his machiavellian nature, his love for Desdemona is too strong to resist.Iago is a Machiavellian schemer In...

"The Handmaid's Tale" is a best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood that's been made into an excellent TV series. The story takes place in a totalitarian society, Gilead, in what was once the United States. This society is ruled by a fundamentalist government, and it's facing an unprecedented amount of problems....