The Crucible The Tony Award winning play, The Crucible, was written by the famous playwright, Arthur Miller. He wrote of the Salem Witch Trials in colonial Massachusetts paralleling it to McCarthyism that took place in the United States during the 1950s. In this play Miller brings the reader or viewer to the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Here we meet dozens

The Crucible - The Modern Witch-Hunt The themes of novels and plays often reflect the time period they were written in. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, was written in the early 1950s, the same time the McCarthy hearings occurred. The Crucible has many parallels to McCarthyism, most evident are scapegoating leading to witch-hunts, the atmosphere of fear created, and the leading of witness

The Crucible “Stifled Hero“ Stifled Hero Everyday we are faced with countless tests of mettle or courage whether we realize it or not. From the kindergartener who will not to eat sand, the teenage girl who demands to keep her virginity, or the lawyer who refuses to forge a legal document, their decision (and the consequences) will remain with them forever. Martyrs face the ultimate tes

A Streetcar Named Desire The play A street car named desire by Tennessee Williams is about a downfall of a fading Southern Belle named Blanche Dubois. The last scene of the play is a significant one as it sums up the whole play and states the ending and the main issues of the play. Here Blanche is taken into a mental asylum due to the rape that has taken place in the previous chapte

Andrew Lloyd Weber Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948 in London, England. His home was filled with music and he showed, from an early age, a natural talent for it. He was the son of William Lloyd Webber a composer, musician and musical scholar at the Royal College of Music and his wife Jean Hermione Lloyd Webber a singer, violinist and a piano teacher. They married on October

Theatre Youth theatre is described as a performance whose main purpose is to enrich the audience’s lives in some way during the course of the production. “How Da B-52 cockroach learned to fly” is an excellent example of a performance for youth theatre. The play is based on an award-winning children’s book by Lisa Matsumoto. Although the book was written for a younger audience, both c

Visual Arts Paper Visual Arts Paper Fifth Avenue at Madison Square opened at The Columbus Museum of Art in 1931. It was a gift to the museum from Ferdinand Howald. Though Ferdinand presented this painting as a gift to the museum he wasn’t the artist who painted it. This picture was painted by Theodore Robinson in 1894 two years before his death. This painter only lived forty-four

The Globe Theater Built in 1599, the Globe Theater was one of the most influential playhouses of the Renaissance. Its large design and noteworthy plays made it one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in London. The Globe Theater brought about a revolution in entertainment for the masses that can still be felt today James Burbage pioneered the original concept for

Medea Dance is a form of expression which is uniquely expressed by an individual in his or her own way. Martha Graham influenced the world with her individual form of dance which changed dance. Graham has influenced many dancers to learn the Graham technique because it is different from ballet and it’s contemporary. Martha Graham has choreographed many dances which have been touched by p

Dr. Faustus Close Reading Good Angel: Faustus repent, yet God will pity thee. Evil Angel: Thou art a spirit, God cannot pity thee. Faustus: Who buzzeth in mine ears I am a spirit' Be I a devil, yet god may pity me. (v.189-92) Scene 5 is when Faustus signs the contract that binds his soul to Lucifer. After signing his name to the paper, he talks with Mephistophilis and asks questi

The Glass Menagerie Symbolism in Glass Tennessee Williams “The Glass Menagerie” tells the story of an unusual family coping with unfortunate circumstances. The title of the play comes from a hobby of the youngest member of the family, Laura. Her glass menagerie is a collection of glass ornaments. Laura’s glass menagerie symbolizes everyone in the story. In the beginning of the pla

Dream When people think of the “American Dream” they generally think a middle class, well-off family in a beautiful home with a couple of kids and maybe a dog. Both Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Author Miller’s Death of A Salesman deal with the concept of having a dream and trying to achieve it. In some sense both families have the same dream, a dream to be successful an

Essay On Oedipus The King Introduction I have discussed one of the world's most famous plays, Sophocles's Oedipus the King, and my purpose here is to offer a general introduction to this famous and often puzzling work, which, from the time of the Classical Greeks, has set the standard for a form of literature we call dramatic tragedy. I shall be addressing that claim in some detail late

From American Dream To Rock Opera The Search for New Direction in the musical. From the ‘American Dream’ to the ‘Rock-Opera’. 1950 to 1978 were low-spirited ones for the musical. American musical theatre had been showing signs of exhaustion. This most seemingly anti-intellectual of genres carries its own ‘ideological project’. Before this, the musicals not only exhibited singing and da

An Inspector Calls “An Inspector Calls” was written in 1945, in just one week, by Bradford born writer, John Boynton Priestley. In his life, he wrote over one hundred novels, plays and essays. In July 1941 Priestley and other members of a committee established the socialist common wealth party. He was very interested and involved with politics but had a large amount of trouble getting al

Comedia Dell Arte One of the most popular forms of drama from the Italian Renaissance is Commedia Dell’arte. This drama is said to be an outgrowth of the Italian farce. (Herrick, 211) This all began around the fifteenth century, but did not become popular until the end of the sixteenth and all of the seventeenth century. Commedia dell’arte means an improvised or unwritten drama. There

Agony In Oedipus In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, Oedipus discovers through mental, physical and emotional suffering who he really is, which leads him to accept his indisputable fate Discuss. Many who have passed through the crucible of suffering will acknowledge that they have found themselves infinitely better from the experience - bitter though it may have been. In Sophocles’ Oedipus

How Would You Characterize The Renaissance’s Approach To The Classical World How would you characterize the renaissance’s approach to the classical world' The renaissance was a time of change. The future was eminent yet many found themselves looking back to a time of old; to the time of great buildings and sculptures; when art and creation were rampant. The classical world held the mi

Theatricallity In The Ancient World Theatricality in the Ancient World On November 19, Professor William Slater spoke of how theatre was in the ancient world and how it is in modern day. In the medieval days the text was extremely important and in present day it is the other away around – it is dramatics over text. Professor Slater touched on the loss of accent on texts, the influen

The Magic Of The Theater Art as music, plays, or poetry, is a language, not as syntax or structure, but it can be communitive at a visceral level. Art may be defined in many ways. For instance, “Art is the creation of beautiful or thought-provoking works, in painting, music, or writing. Art is beautiful or thought-provoking works produced through creative activity. Art is a branch or

Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues The docudrama The Vagina Monologues paints a vivid picture of the female circumstance and how woman have been oppressed to the point that they themselves have accepted the status’ attributed to them. The play’s theme is women’s struggles and victories within their culture. The monologues shed light on what is a taboo subject in our society; wo

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Mendacity Discuss the roles of “mendacity” or various characters’ crutches in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lies and Mendacity run rampant in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. They help keep the play going and keep it interesting. The play shows us the lies that people tell themselves and other instead of the truth that is hard to accept but must be said. The entire family

The Beauty Of Art Design In Theater How does one define art' Art echoes the natural world. It gives order to the world and intensity to human life. Art is a means of communion as well as communication, and from art, we see, and, emotionally, understand humanity. It provides pleasurable experiences along with cerebral wealth. Art also helps us to express our sentimental relations. I

Wit: What It Really Mean According to The Random House College Dictionary, the word wit is defined as “to know” (1512). However, does wit cover all aspects of our lives or just the academic portion of our life' In the play Wit, Dr. Vivian Bearing is faced with a life altering disease, ovarian cancer. Dr. Bearing is a seventeenth-century English professor, specializing in all of John D

The Theme Of Family In “A Raisin In The Sun“ The Theme of Family in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry “A Raisin in the Sun” is a play set in the 1950’s, as was the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Despite critics, the play received rave reviews. It dealt with issues that would divide Americans during the 1960’s. A Raisin in the Sun can be viewed as a celebration of

Earnest While some critics contend that people find humor in the subject matter presented to them, one has stated that people find humor in how the subject matter is presented, not the subject matter itself. The subject matter may not have the slightest humor to it, but the way someone can present the matter can create hilarity. Oscar Wilde uses this way of writing in his play comedy, T

Medea Medea’s Insanity in Euripides’s play Medea “Death. Death is my wish. For myself, my enemies, my children. Destruction.”(13). Medea said this quote in the play Medea when she learns that she is going to be exiled from Corinth. Medea is basically saying that she hopes everyone dies. The quote is significant because it shows that she wants to kill everyone including herself, which

Am I Blue Ashbe Has Issues In the play “” by Beth Henley The leading male character John Polk is a typical American college student who is involved in several different activities such as being a member of one of the local fraternities. As John Polk is waiting for his turn at 12:00 p.m. to visit the local whore house, he meets a girl named Ashbe. Ashbe a local high school student, wh

What Is Drama The question asked is 'what is drama'' Can we truly define it' Is there a 'textbook' definition of something that can be so personal' What is drama in relation to theatre' Why is drama so important' What are its uses, its aims' Some have said that drama develops self-esteem and encourages creativity and imagination. This is true, and will be demonstrated through exam

Top Girls Caryl Churchill uses an interesting method of role assignments in her play Top Girls. She often assigns a particular role to a character in the first scene and then reassigns that same actor one or more roles in the remainder of the play. These sets of characters may initially seem arbitrary, but when examined closely are perfectly logical. Churchill systematically assigns t