Miller/Salesman as Greek Tragedy
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A 4 page research paper/essay that examines how Miller's Death of a Salesman is patterned is in the classic pattern for Greek tragedy, which was defined by Aristotle based on Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. This examination of Death of a Salesman demonstrates how Miller's play follows the Greek template, making it an American tragedy in the classic Greek tradition. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Mimetic Theory and “Troilus and Cressida”
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This 5 page report discusses Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” in terms of mimetic theory. It should be understood that 'mimetic' means to imitate. But in terms of artistic expression . . . to imitate what? Ultimately, it is the notion of imitation within the context of an artistic reproduction, such as poetry, painting, literature, and/or drama. The mimetic theory is applicable during a study of Troilus and Cressida since the play presents a situation in which the tension between the ideal and the actual state of facts, between what could have been and what became truth, is turned on its proverbial end to what amounts to an ironic comedy or a comedic irony, regardless of its painful measure of bitterness. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Modern European Drama
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Ibsen And Strindberg: Modernism is loosely defined as literature that incorporates the industrial and, or technological changes and consequences to society. This 5 page paper explores the classification of modernism to the playwrights Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Modern Musicals and Theater Perspectives
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This 10 page report discusses four separate modern theater works -- “Dracul -- The Musical,” “Ragtime -- The Musical,” “Blood Brothers -- The Musical,” and “Eye of the Storm.” Each report presents a brief overview of the production and discusses the perspectives of theater that each is most directly related to. No additional sources listed.
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Modern Theatre: Harvey
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A 4 page paper which examines the basic elements of theatre: type, characterizations, dialogue and plot through Mary Chase's 1950 play 'Harvey.' No resources listed.
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Moliere's "Tartuffe"
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6 pages in length. Moliere was responsible for changing the entire perspective of the open theater. Not only did he challenge the very stability of its content, but he very boldly marched in and said that tragedy does not have to be sad; rather, it can be presented in a comical atmosphere and still achieve its purpose. "Tartuffe" tells the tale of a religious hypocrite whose promises of Heaven set hellish forces loose in a good man's family, with the play's sarcastic barbs most obviously directed toward man's sometimes-questionable moral objectives. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Moliere's Birth Of Comedy
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10 pages in length. The seventeenth century experienced a number of significant changes in the arts. Moliere was responsible for revolutionizing the theater and making the King (Louis XIV) and his family appreciate comedy. Up until that time the tragedy had been the only form of theater, however, with Moliere came a new aspect with regard to live performance. Particularly evident of this drastic change is that of Moliere's comedy-ballet entitled "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," which utilizes rhyme with unique structure and function as it is mixed with the play's prose. Using the relatively new concept of farcical comedy, Moliere was able to encourage the King and his people to laugh at the ridiculous aspects of life, as well as view the arts in a way that had never before been seen in such a manner. As well, the very nature of the prose and movement became based more in reality in relation to the natural way they talked and walked. While Corneille had previously addressed all of these aspects, his definition of comedy significantly differed from Moliere's, whose collaboration with composer Lully served as the very beginning of what ultimately came to be developed as the comedy-ballet. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"
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A 5 page paper which examines and analyzes Mozart's opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" as it relates to society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Nathan the Wise (1779)
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(5pp) Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was one of the major German writers of the Enlightenment. Although the Enlightenment was generally considered a period in which intellectuals wrote for other intellectuals, Lessing's play of five acts is easy to follow, largely because of its universal themes of tolerance, brotherhood and reason. Although Lessing liked to write controversial material to prompt people's thoughts, he angered a cleric in Hamburg, who began a violent and personal anti-Semitic attack upon Lessing to make his literary point. This story is addressing the cleric's lack of tolerance.
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Nora and Torvald in “A Doll’s House”
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the characters of Nora and Torvald in Henrik Ibesn’s “A Doll’s House.” Bibliography lists 7 additional sources.
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OCD: "As Good as It Gets
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(5pp). Today we toss psychiatric disorders at each other like we are throwing confetti on New Year's Eve. The phrase will be, I flew into "manic," or don't be "obsessive," or how"compulsive." We think we know what all the terms mean. However for some it is not so easy to be flippant. Such is the case with an "obsessive compulsive disorder." Examination of the 1997 Academy Award winning film, "As Good As it Gets," whose major character in an obsessive compulsive, allows us to see what that disorder "looks like." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Oscar Wilde's Use Of Power
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Oscar Wilde is known for his flamboyant lifestyle as well as for the price he paid for that lifestyle. This 5 page paper examines the plays Lady Windemere's Fan and A Woman Of No Importance as well as the poem, The Ballad Of Reading Gaol as to the depiction of power and it's meaning to Wilde. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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