“Cabaret” – An Overview
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This 8-page essay examines the play “Cabaret,” citing its origin from a book by American author, Christopher Isherwood and its later evolution to the Broadway stage. The often steamy and tough-minded production went on to become an award-winning Bob Fosse spectacle, starring Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Many different themes usher forth from the play, and these along with other divergent details are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Comparison between Nora in A Doll’s House and Hedda in Hedda Gabler”
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A five page paper which compares and contrasts the characters of Nora in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Hedda in Hedda Gabler, in terms of their personality, intellect and the way in which they perceive their lives and their relationships with others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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“Comparison Between the Characters of Willy in Death of a Salesman and John in The Crucible”
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A comparison between the characters of Willy Loman in Miller’s Death of a Salesman and John Proctor in Miller’s The Crucible, looking at the importance of the themes of deception and integrity in the two dramas and the way in which these themes are developed by the actions of the protagonists. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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“Conventions of Athenian Drama”
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A five page paper which looks at the conventions of classical Greek drama, with reference to the Oresteia of Aeschylus and the Theban Plays of Sophocles. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Death of a Salesman”
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A 3 page examination of Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman.” No additional sources cited.
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“Death of a Salesman” and “A Doll’s House”
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Death Of A Salesman” And “The Entertainer”: Compare/Contrast
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6 pages in length. The struggle to achieve; the desire to be accepted; the will to continue forward even when all previous efforts have manifested in failure – these are the elements that form a common bond between Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and John Osborne’s “The Entertainer.” Clearly, the drive for social, financial and emotional success represents the very foundation of these two plays; even though they are set in different times, places and circumstances, the respective protagonists still mirror each other’s desperation to reach a social status that inevitably eludes them both. No additional sources cited.
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“Drag” Performance in the American Theater
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This 15 page report discusses the history and impact of drag performances on the American theater. One of the reasons that drag performance, whether in a drag queen show or in the “legitimate” theater, titillates, amuses, and shocks people is that it plays with gender’s most honored and traditional beliefs and celebrates the confusion of social and sexual identities. Drag is definitely not found only in the homosexual community, but also in other worlds of cross-dressing: straight men dressing in drag for personal thrills and people in the performing arts donning drag as part of a show. In the a dramatic performance, cross-dressing establishes a realm that differs from daily preconceptions of life -- just as drama itself does. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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“Epicoene, the Silent Woman” by Ben Johnson
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A 4 page analysis of Ben Johnson’s play “Epicoene, the Silent Woman.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
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