Essays on Plays

Oliver Goldsmith's comedy "She Stoops to Conquer" Oliver Goldsmith's comedy "She Stoops to Conquer" first wowed audiences in London in 1773, and has remained a perennial favorite in English literature classes around the world. In fact, it is one of the few 18th century plays that still hold a certain level...

The play begins with the emergence of a demon, Faustus, who bargains his soul to Lucifer in return for worldly power. In return, Mephostophilis explains the secrets of the cosmos to Faustus. This new worldly power allows Faustus to explore the cosmos, the kingdoms of the world, and bring a...

Susan Glaspell s play Trifles focuses on the plight of women in society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Women were seen as housekeepers and not as significant as men in society at the time. In this way, they were helpless within a patriarchal system, making them vulnerable...

Absurdism has been extensively used in representing Estragon in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot." This type can be used by an actor to recognize the character's role. This paper investigates how an actor should use absurdist methods and norms in representing Estragon as seen in Waiting for Godot. The use...

Competing over a girl or a boy is a common aspect that offers similarities between characters, intriguing themes, comedy, and suspense to a plot, as demonstrated by the history of novels, films, plays, and folklore. A Midsummer Night s Dream by William Shakespeare is a clear example of how the...

The play "Cyrano de Bergerac" was written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand, a French writer. The play is based on the real-life story of the narrator, Cyrano de Bergerac. It is one of the most famous pieces of French literature. This play is a wonderful story of love, loyalty, and...

Why is Hansberry's play still significant today, several years after it was written? This drama, performed by an African American cast, premiered in a racially segregated United States in 1959. The Younger family is central to the plot. Beneatha Younger is curious about her African ancestors. Walter Younger is an...

A variety of recent plays and literature are a stronghold in the movement to combat inequality and bigotry myths in today s culture vis- -vis prejudice vices such as ethnicity, color, and religion, among others. Similarly, Lorraine Hansberry s play A Raising in the Sun portrays racial injustice against younger...

Responsibility is an intrinsic component of social life that applies in certain situations because, as individuals, everyone is required to be responsible for a specific role in their authority. As a result, duty is defined as the totality of the responsibilities that come with occupying a specific role (Bivin). As...

Twelfth Night is a comedy written by William Shakespeare during 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment at the end of the Christmas season. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare is a play on subjects or subjects that are relevant to today's culture. The main plot delves into various topics around sexual identity...

Sophocles' tragedy "Antigone" Sophocles' tragedy "Antigone" was composed in or around 441 BC (Honig). The play is set in Thebes, where two heirs, Eteocles and Polynices, contend for Oedipus' kinship throne. Eteocles starts the war by sitting on the throne against Oedipus' orders. Both of them are killed on the battlefields....

Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and the American Dream Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" reflects on the importance and meaning that is tied to the American dream of prosperity. The majority of people have immigrated to America in search of what they perceive to be the American dream. The...