Essays on Plays

Jealousy is apparent throughout Shakespeare’s Othello. The tragedy Othello highlights the doom of Othello and various chief characters as a result of jealousy. Jealousy is mainly depicted through the two main characters: Othello and Iago. It destroys their lives since it makes Iago depict his true self, which successively prompts...

Comparing and Contrasting two plays: “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennesse Williams and “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen. Bloom, Harold. Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2007. The book tries to bring out more about Tom Wingfield, the father to the narrator, who in the whole play is little...

The Organization of Literary Information The organization of literary information is one of the crucial aspects of literature that help the authors to develop their plot and the storyline. In Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," the author applies the climax and the denouement to heighten the contexts of his message to...

The "Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" The "Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" is an extremely hilarious and resonant play that was scripted by Kristoffer Diaz in 2009, although it made its debut in the production industry three years later. It was first performed in one of the most memorable productions at...

In a hotel on the corner of Broadway and 43rd street in New York City Eugene Gladstone O'Neill is born on October 17th, 1888, a fitting beginning for a man who turned to be one of the greatest playwrights in America. Early Life and Career His father, James O’Neill was a popular American...

Introduction William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tale of war, power, betrayal, and murder. The play focuses on Macbeth a character who uses evil to achieve his ambitions but in the end, is repaid with evil when he is murdered. This paper will analyze factors that contributed to Macbeth’s death; if he...

The backbone to any literary work can be considered to be the thematic concern behind it. In other words, it can be termed as the subject an author is trying to portray. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles clearly depicts the theme of gender. The play entails the aftermath that followed the death...

The play, “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens is an exciting piece of art about Scrooge, an old selfish and lonely man who holds Christmas festivities in low regard. Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s former business associate, has been dead for seven years. The two pals had established themselves as loan sharks...

Othello by Shakespeare is written at a time when the society was very patriarchal. Men view women as objects and not subjects in the relationship. The female gender is bound to be loyal and praise with submission men with their womanhood. Contrary to this cultural practice, Shakespeare presents strong women...

The Frogs by Aristophanes: Tradition vs. Innovation The play The Frogs by Aristophanes portrays the subject matter that traditions are valuable and important whereas innovations are meaningless. In the Greek comedy play, which was written around 406 BC the god Dionysus, is dissatisfied with the current state of the Athens and...

Throughout history, gender roles portrayed discrimination against women in a male-dominated society. The quest for gender equality saw the emergence of the feminists. Shakespeare in his plays such as Much Ado about Nothing and Hamlet focuses on the poignant ideas of gender roles in the society. The battles in the...

The Devastating Effects of Revenge The results of embarking on a revenge mission are devastating. Often men are consumed by the mad desire for revenge to the extent that they fail to realize when to quit. Consequently, revenge reaps an individual of priceless things in life for instance love. The society...