Essays Tagged: "playwrights"

Antigone

les. Sophocles was born in Athens about 496 - 406B.C. He is regarded as one of the world's greatest playwrights, and his plays havehad many enduring influence on many other writers (Shakespeare). Duri ...

(2 pages) 96 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Oh the Sorrow

te this, these plays make very bold andphilosophical statements about life in the 20th century. The playwrightsindiscreetly utilize metaphoric and symbolic details to support their message. In'Krapp's ...

(3 pages) 69 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The History of Drama from the Romantic Period to Modern Times.

modern times with its vast developments over the years. Until the nineteenth century, most European playwrights "drew their tragic plots from ancient myths or legendary history" (Berggren 1). The choi ... e reached a peak with Romanticism. In Germany, romantic ideas emerged early with the major works of playwrights such as Gotthold Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The mos ...

(2 pages) 127 0 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Tennessee Williams: A Great American Author.

mbus, Mississippi to Edwina Dakin and Cornelius Coffin Williams, became one of the nations greatest playwrights. He was born on March 26, 1911 in his grandfather, Reverend Walter E. Dakin's, Episcopal ... y directed at me." The death of friend Frank Merlo depressed him and the increasing number of young playwrights made him jealous. In his late work, Rose was quoted to be "the source and inspiration of ...

(10 pages) 103 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

"The Tragedy of Julius Caesar"

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was written over 400 years ago by one of the greatest playwrights, William Shakespeare; Julius Caesar was made in 1970 and directed by Stuart Burge. When ...

(4 pages) 49 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Ben Jonson, "Still to Be Neat", "On My First Son", and "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes".

ut their marriage. His works led him to being one of the well known writers among readers and other playwrights such as William Shakespeare, who played a lead in one of Jonson's plays. I will show and ...

(4 pages) 63 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Tennesse Williams' plays were influenced by the experiences in his life.

right, but to others he's a playwright with interesting views. Williams, "One of the most prominent playwrights in United States after World War II"(Liukkonen), inserted many of his own personal exper ... ting and powerful life experiences included in Williams' writing that makes him one of the greatest playwrights in the history of the American drama. Tennessee Williams' plays were influenced by the e ...

(5 pages) 62 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Ancient Greek Theatre.

he great playwright of Elizabethan England was Shakespeare, but Athens produced at least five great playwrights. The Twentieth Century produced thousands of fine plays and films, but their form and of ... icant of the two. Most of his plays are now lost, but parts found their way into plays by the Roman playwrights Plautus and Terence (whom Julius Caesar called "a half-Menander"), Shakespeare's Comedy ...

(12 pages) 250 2 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Analysis and Comparison With Other Scholars Analysis.

rpret the themes in this ancient text and compare my findings with other scholars.As many classical playwrights did, Seneca drew the inspiration for this drama from the myths of ancient Greece. This p ...

(9 pages) 69 1 3.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream.

am Shakespeare was way ahead of his time. The design he created for his plays has been used by most playwrights and authors long after his career came to an end. Some of these plays, such as A Midsumm ...

(4 pages) 44 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Theatre of the Absurd, or slapstick comedy, a popular dramatic genre with an interesting history! This covers the origins of Absurdism, some important names and a bit of background info.

until much more recently. However, the ideas which Kierkegaard created were carried on by numerous playwrights and especially by absurdist critic, Martin Esslin, mainly during the 1950's and 60's.The ...

(3 pages) 71 0 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

This was an essay for a Work and Society class. Basically, it analyzes literature and work. Specifically poetry and how it can expess core issues surrounding work in North American society.

ll the forms of literature that exist, poetry is possibly the most difficult to compose. Novelists, playwrights, and essayists have the luxury of space in which to develop their plots, themes and char ...

(5 pages) 58 0 3.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

"Night: A Herald of Things to Come" traces mentions of the motif of "night" throughout Shakespeare's Macbeth and comments on its significance within the play.

Night: A Herald of Things to ComeMacbeth, a dark tragedy written by one of the greatest playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare, is a play that explores the anatomy of guilt and the e ...

(5 pages) 20 0 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Comparing Anglo-Saxon society to the present day Western Culture.

Movie and record labels are some of the largest companies in theworld gaining profit simply off of playwrights and original compositions. Money itself has become muchmore involved in the way we expre ...

(1 pages) 27 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Discuss the life of Eugene O' Neil and how he has impacted American History.

to an Irish-Catholic theatrical family. (Beyond Mourning) He would later become one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his work, he addressed the difficulties of American society ... onded greatly by giving Eugene three Pulitzer Prizes. Eugene set himself apart from the rest of the playwrights of the time by using poetic dialog and deeper views into the life of his characters. (Am ...

(5 pages) 59 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Night: A Herald of Things to Come.

Macbeth, a dark tragedy written by one of the greatest playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare, is a play that explores the anatomy of guilt and the e ...

(5 pages) 22 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Middle Class Person Can Be a Tragic Hero

to feel sympathy for the tragic hero since they believe a similar fate could happen to them. Early playwrights said that a middle class person could not be a tragic hero. They believed that the middl ...

(3 pages) 24 0 0.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Lack of knowledge

edic texts, words are used not only to tell a comical story, but also to show the audience what the playwrights were trying to express. Specifically, in narrative comedic texts such as Molierre's "Tar ...

(4 pages) 94 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"No Sugar" by Jack Davis and 7 Stages of Grieving by Debrah Mailman and Wesley Enoch- How do these reflect both social and cultural issues in Australia?

stinctively aware of the social and cultural issues related to Aborigines. This must be credited to playwrights such as Jack Davis and Wesley Enoch&Deborah Mailman as they reveal the brutal discri ... of theatrical devices as a medium to propagate their ideas. It is written by second wave Aboriginal playwrights Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman who considerably experienced less unfortunate incidence ...

(10 pages) 111 0 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Madness and Sanity in Hamlet

William Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights of all time. His writing is famous still today. One of his greatest works is a very cont ...

(4 pages) 91 0 2.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet