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Papers On Theater
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Comparative Feminist Analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and Sophocles’ “Antigone”
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A 5 page paper which considers how the female protagonists in these plays respond in unexpected and unacceptable ways to the social and legal expectations of women in their respective societies, noting the similarities and differences of each. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGnorant.rtf
Comparing Harper Lee's Book "To Kill a Mockingbird" With the Film (and Play) Adaptations
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A 5 page paper which compares Harper Lee's 1960
novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," with the film and play versions, considering two specific distinctions between how the visual adaptations
reinterpret the written text. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGmocbir.wps
Contrasting Analysis of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and Lt. Frederic Henry in Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms”
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A 5 page paper which examines their differing codes of conduct, and how they choose separate paths to find happiness. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGlohen.rtf
Cristofer's "The Shadow Box"
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A five page paper looking at this 1977 play by Michael Cristofer. The paper provides a brief synopsis, together with a discussion of the function of plot, theme, characterization, dialogue, setting, and ethics in the play. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: KBshadow.wps
Critical Reception/Albee's Tiny Alice
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A 5 page research paper that examines the critical reception that Edward Albee's play Tiny Alice received in 1964. The writer argues that the negative reception that this play received was influenced by the fact that it was not like Albee's previous hit, Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and also because of its controversial content. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khalbee.rtf
Cult Films
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This 6 page paper presents a comparison of the cult films,
Rocky Horror Picture Show and Plan Nine From Outer Space. Bibliography
lists 2 sources.
Filename: KTcultfm.wps
David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly”
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This 5 page report discusses
the fact that Illusion and reality are the key ingredients in
Chinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly”
(1988) and those factors are what have had the greatest influence
in terms of how his work has been interpreted by audiences seeing
it performed or its film adaptation for which Hwang wrote the
screenplay. The story itself is one that serves as a
deconstruction of the illusions and realities of West versus
East, hetero- versus homosexual realities, and what is “proper”
and what is taboo. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWhwang.rtf
David Mamet/Oleanna
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A 5 page essay about David Mamet's evocative play, Oleanna, which can be read on several different levels. One of the principal ways in which it can be addressed is in the way that Mamet presents the world of higher education through the character of John, the egotistical college professor. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmamet.wps
Death of a Salesman.
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(5 pp). Death of a Salesman gives different
insights and different meanings to the American
dream of success and shows what can happen when the
dream is false, distorted or unfulfilled. The
American dream was in serious trouble for Willy
Loman and his family because of his fervent
pursuit of success, wealth and status. He believed
in the myth that success was based on popularity,
personality and personal attractiveness. "Be liked
and you will never want." (p.33) and "Riding on a
smile and a shoeshine," and ". . . personality
always wins the day." (p. 65) are examples of
those deceptions.
Bbliography lists 3 sources.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Bibliography lists 3 sources. BBdthSal.doc
Filename: BBdthSal.doc
Death of a Salesman.
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(5 pp) Death of a Salesman gives different
insights and different meanings to the American
dream of success and shows what can happen when
the dream is false, distorted or unfulfilled. The
American dream was in serious trouble for Willy
Loman and his family because of his fervent
pursuit of success, wealth and status. He believed
the myth that success was based on popularity,
personality and personal attractiveness. "Be liked
and you will never want" (.33), and "Riding on a
smile and a shoeshine," and ". . . personality
always wins the day" ( 65) are examples of those
deceptions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBdthSR.doc
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