Essays on Drama

Literature

John Dryden is known to be among the greatest playwrights and poet after William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. His mastery in poetry and drama gives him a worldwide recognition in the history of literature. He ranked second to Shakespeare in writing the greatest heroic play of the century in 1670 and 71, which was titled ‘The Conquest of Granada’ and other great works in drama and poetry. He wrote other great works such as tragicomedy, comitragedy, tragedy and comedy. His poems, however, were criticism on English writers such as William Shakespeare and Jonson (Richetti, 123). He analyzed their work Continue reading...

Analysis of “Riders to the Sea”

The poetic drama Riders to the Sea, written by John Synge, is a wonderfully lyrical and haunting drama about an Irish family and the relationship it has to the sea. Maurya, the matriarch of the family, loses the vast majority of her family to the sea, leaving her clinging to whatever hopes might be available to her that any of her family might still be alive. By making this play so poetic in tone, the presentationalism of Riders to the Sea draws the reader into the plight of the characters. Sunge’s low-key requiem shows the hardship of the Continue reading...

Introduction

Henrik Ibsen is a 19th Century Norwegian playwright. He has been referred to many as the “Father of Modern Drama”. This is mostly because his dramatic plays comprised of several religious, historical and political messages which have had some application or another for an extended period of time. There is an apparent trend by Ibsen to include prose writing into most of his plays while keeping to the main focus of his story. This is the same with Shakespeare. Ibsen incorporates psychological as well as social issues into his works by centering his plays on realistic contemporary problems, themes Continue reading...

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The drama, “Death of a Salesman”, written by Arthur Miller has been claimed as the “first true American tragedy.” It narrates the story of Willy, an American salesman, who lives in the myth that people are very fond of him, and he is indispensable at the organization he works for. His illusion continues through the play, and when he dies ultimately by crashing his car by himself, he still believed that his son Biff would do excellently in life. The story starts when Willy returns home from a failed sales trip, and complains to his wife Linda, that Continue reading...

The aim of the paper is to provide an analysis on the different artist’s production that negotiates the medium of the photography. The main focus of this paper will remain on the photography that how it has served as model and anti-model for the modern artists. In addition, the new approaches will enable the hybrid media with inventions. A much narrowed concept in the modern times can be the usage of photo editing software. In the present times, it was merely acceptable but the development in the idea of using such software caused a lot of change and Continue reading...

This paper discusses an episode (particularly episode 1 of season1) of the British TV series Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is a period drama show which is set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate and follows the aristocratic lives of the residents living at Downton Abbey. Till date there are 5 seasons released in the UK each having 7 to 8 episodes. Each season can be viewed as a mini drama series.
Structurally the series is quite similar to that of a drama presented in the theatre. There is a script (referred to as a screenplay as it is viewed Continue reading...

This paper discusses an episode (particularly episode 1 of season1) of the British TV series Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is a period drama show which is set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate and follows the aristocratic lives of the residents living at Downton Abbey. Till date there are 5 seasons released in the UK each having 7 to 8 episodes. Each season can be viewed as a mini drama series.
Structurally the series is quite similar to that of a drama presented in the theatre. There is a script (referred to as a screenplay as it is viewed Continue reading...

The movie “Gran Torino” is a captivating drama directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie portrays broad-mindedness, hopefulness, sacrifice and cultural differences in a new perspective. Racism is directly attacked in the movie and violence has been unsympathetically abhorred. The movie succeeded in getting praises and acclamations from audiences and critics. This paper intends to discuss the movie, “Gran Torino” along with presenting an evaluation analysis of the movie.
The story is well-written and revolves around Walt Kowalski who is a retired man and a veteran of the Korean War. Director and producer Clint Eastwood has acted marvelously in the Continue reading...

Interview and Report about Hinduism

A. I was born Hindu and been practicing the religion for as long as I can RememberQ. Are you a serious practitioner of your faith or are you just a nominal believer in your religion?
A. I am a serious practitioner and believer of my faith.

Q. What are your main beliefs and practices that are important to you?

A. I believe in the power of the deities and that they are represented by various phenomena in the world.Q. What misunderstandings do you think others around you have about your beliefs and practices? Clarify.A. Other people believe that we worship gods and that there is no superior being but that is nit Continue reading...

"Breaking Bad" is an American television series that was created by Vince Gilligan. This show is telling us the story about the chemistry teacher. After he found out that he has lung cancer, he began to manufacture methamphetamine in order to secure the future of his family.
First of all, I would like to specify one point about this series. "Breaking bad" is not just a story and a tragedy of a patient who has cancer. Moreover, this is not just the chronicle that describes the emergence of a dangerous drug baron. Fable is not important. The important thing Continue reading...

Pretty Little Liars is the Best Show Ever

There are several reasons as to why Pretty Little Liars a teen drama aired on ABC Family is the best show ever. The show involves four female friends who are involved in a lot of mysteries, secrets and blackmail. It befits a perfect combination of drama and mystery tied up in a single series. The show is very addictive and is filled with so much drama that even at the end of each show the viewer cannot wait for the next week for another show. It has a great cast, good story line, and it also makes secret lives Continue reading...

Question 1

In part one, Rosemary the narrator had an extraordinary life just as her parents had wished. He lived a life which she seemed to enjoy with her twin sister whom she loved very much. According to her, her family was blessed with a good start if not perfect one. Section two begins with the revelation of the true identity of Rosemary’s twin sister. More information and drama unfolds later as the story progresses (Fowler,77). The picture of a weird family is brought in the limelight by this drama and arrangement that haunts Rosemary even in her adult Continue reading...

"Breaking Bad" is an American television series that was created by Vince Gilligan. This show is telling us the story about the chemistry teacher. After he found out that he has lung cancer, he began to manufacture methamphetamine in order to secure the future of his family.
First of all, I would like to specify one point about this series. "Breaking bad" is not just a story and a tragedy of a patient who has cancer. Moreover, this is not just the chronicle that describes the emergence of a dangerous drug baron. Fable is not important. The important thing Continue reading...

Question 1

Crime dramas had become common on the cinema screens and rated as the most preferred videos. Even though most of them are watched for entertainment purposes, they usually have a central cultural theme. Films have been found to be the best means through which different cultures can be displayed and united. Personalities are also revealed as well as some of the issues that affect the societies and the efforts of various authorities to handle them. Crime dramas I have watched are aimed at stereotyping characters based on their race, culture, religion and profession. Issues of gender roles have also Continue reading...

Introduction:

Baroque art and literature are important characteristics of the human being and personify beauty in several ways. There have been several artists who came out with various beautiful works such as Michelangelo, Bernini from Italy as well as French ones such as Fragonard and Boucher although the latter correspond more to the classical period. In ‘The Theatrical Illusion’, the author discusses several terms as length and one can observe a certain sense of exuberance in the works of Bernini for example whilst the portrayals of Michelangelo especially in his 'Pieta‘ series conveys a sense of contrast between the pain Continue reading...

Films about religion have often been used as evangelical tools, telling the story of a particular religion with the impact and drama of the art of filmmaking. However, major motion pictures often run into a dilemma when conveying religious history and text on screen: finding the balance between fidelity to the source material and dramatic license. Many times, films about religion will take liberties in order to make a more dramatic story – for example, the film The Last Temptation of Christ takes the story of Christ and changes it to make Christ more human, more tortured by the call Continue reading...

The word opera is the plural of 'opus'. In Latin 'opus' means work, labor. When we say opera today, we usually think about a musical, drama and stage work. Opera is also a building, a theater where operas are performed and a synonym for the institution that produces opera shows as well.
Historically speaking, first operas, which were created in 1598 and 1600 in Florence, with the idea to revive the ancient drama, were composed in order to give the spoken or the recited drama text a certain rhythm and intonation which would give it a desired expression followed Continue reading...

Essay

Before speaking about literary techniques it should be mentioned that two stories themselves. One of them - the drama of August Wilson's called “Fences”, a second one is a work which is a part of the story called “Battle Royale” by Ralph Ellison. Both stories tell to readers about the plight of African-Americans who lived at that time in America. About how society has forced them to humility, as how it turned away and did not understand them. The stories tell about problems with which that people should deal with. Authors tell us about different stories of different people, Continue reading...

When something weird is done in public, one can easily tell how bad it is through the faces people make and how they react. In a quest to see and judge the values that people hold at school. I choose to go against the common norm and behave as if I was intruding into someone’s privacy. I went to library, took a seat from an empty table and went straight ahead to fix myself next to another student. One could tell from her face that she was very uncomfortable by the blank and questioning face she gave me.
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“The relationship between any movie adaptation and its literary source is more like a passionate fling, a ships-passing-in-the-night moment when the patient prose of fiction meets the flickering, fluid poetry of film, and they see something in one another and decide, against all reason, to give it a go.” (Rafferty) I have two passions in my life: literature and cinematography. However I love them separately, as all the efforts to merge them together are rarely crowned with success, even if the most talented directors work on such movies. Therefore, I did not expect Anna Karenina” by Joe Wright to Continue reading...

Movie Review on the “Big Fish”

The film “Big Fish” is a movie based on the novel by Daniel Wallace. It is a drama, fantasy and comedy rolled into one by Director Tim Burton. It stars Billy Crudup as William Bloom, the son and Albert Finney as Edward Bloom, the father. The story is about a son who visits his dying father for the last time. It is about a son’s search for the truth about his father’s life.
Although the film mirrors a real world relationship of a father and a son, it is engulfed with several interesting exaggerations and astonishing happenings. Continue reading...

A Doll’s house by Henrik Ibsen (Essay)

Essay over a dolls house by Henrik Ibsen, which is a play in composition 2 college class book, focus on explaining how one element of the play like character or setting (or 2 related ones, like plot and conflict or character and dialogue) serves to promote the effects the author seeks to achieve, needs pre writing and rough draft.
A Doll’s House is a remarkable work of Henrik Ibsen. It is a realistic drama written by utilizing modern prose. The play depicts an era of around 1879 with Norway as the place of setting. The play is drafted Continue reading...

While reading a short story, the imaginative language used by the author helps transport the reader into another world created by the author. In this case, a short story presents an experience that the author puts down which brings an imaginary world to life. On the other hand, when it comes to drama and poetry, the reader becomes part and parcel of the experience as they participate in the bringing to live of the written work. This is possible because the characters in the drama or poetry are brought o life by the audience as they take part in Continue reading...

According to Ansel Adams, art comprises of both love and friendship. Love is viewed as the resonance of the physical and spiritual things. Friendship is also considered as part of love and full of accepting and transmitting things like grass and thunderclouds. According to Ansel, art is more than kindness and it involves the taking and giving of beautiful things, the wonderful and tragic truths concerning men and the earth.
The arts are also viewed as a subdivision of cultures that consists many art forms that are united through the employment of the human creative impulse. The other divisions Continue reading...

Introduction.

The graduate is an American drama - film comedy directed by one Mike Nicholas. It’s based on the novel, ‘The Graduate’ written by Charles Webb immediately after graduating from Williams college. The movie elaborates on the story of Benjamin Braddock a fresh graduate who has no clear vision on what he wants to do in life, he meets Mrs. Robinson who seduces him and later have an affair but eventually falls for his daughter Elaine.
The intrigues and intertwining of events in this movie makes it very interesting, personally I have enjoyed the movie. The levels of suspense Continue reading...

Introduction: Summary of the Episode

The 9th episode of season one of the television crime drama, “Criminal Minds” is about the conflict that arises between a delusional psychotic, Teddy Bryar and other train passengers, including FBI agent, Elle Greenaway. A former physicist, Dr. Teddy Bryar, now delusional psychotic, takes a train, which was moving from El Paso to Dallas, hostage. In the initial stages of his demand for the removal of the microchip that was implanted under his skin, gunfire ensues, where “Ted” attacks the train security guard, takes away his gun, and shoots out, consequently killing the security guard. He realizes that one Continue reading...

Reality television has become an increasingly prevalent and popular form of media in modern television. Essentially serial documentaries featuring all number of subjects and following a group of people or a single individual throughout their lives, the most successful reality shows follow washed-up celebrities or socialites and their drama-filled, skillfully-edited lives. Keeping Up with the Kardashians is one such show, following the lives of Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian and their family as they live and work in Hollywood. The show follows the millennial cliché of “famous for being famous,” as the sisters have already achieved fame through their Continue reading...

Question 1

- Chorus
Chorus is a literary device that refers to the situation when people do something in unison. It was used in the ancient Greek drama. As seen in Lysistrata when the old women chastised the younger women when they said they would not give in to the demands of their husbands (pg 149).
- Dramatic irony
Dramatic irony is seen when the audience or readers get to know certain things that certain characters in the play do not know. An example of dramatic irony in ‘trifles’ is when the women find the evidence to show that Mrs. Wright Continue reading...

First question: This piece of literature poses a challenge to the traditional notion where the women were not given chances to be the protagonists in the play. In this drama the heroine was murdered an issue that greatly affects the conscience of human beings. This drama is a mythical since it brings out the perception of women in the society and the various roles that they play despite the fact that they are believed not capable of performing some tasks and responsibilities just because they are women. The author has tried to make some contemporary issues irrelevant or of Continue reading...

The Dictator, directed by Larry Charles, is British film released in the year 2012, and stars Sacha Baron Cohen, as General Aladeen. Sacha Cohen also doubles up as a co-writer of the movie script. Generally, the movie focuses on Admiral General Aladeen - the President of the Northeastern Africa Republic of Wadiya. As the title of the movie suggests, the president is a despot ruling the country with an iron fist. Away from the movie plot, one of the most notable things in the movie is the choice of music; approximately thirteen different songs are played in the film. Continue reading...

Introduction

Othello is the most tragic dominant hero of Shakespeare, since his definitive demolition is so much a purpose of his best excellences, as disparate to persons like MacBeth, Lear, and Hamlet, who are damaged by their most horrible. Othello is a gracious fighter, however greatly an innocent and far too hoping of other men's advice, and consequently he is simple victim for Iago, who in order might be greatest villain of Shakespeare, since he is so simply wickedness. Richard III, by compare, as a force of wickedness, is as well just more appealing and bright than those about him. Continue reading...

Introduction:

Philip Auslander is probably one of the finest exponents of avant garde theatre who may be found living today. He has worked in several theatres over the world and in this interview with Performance Paradigm he delves into contemporary styles of theatre in the context of a constantly developing world of art and communication.

Auslander addresses the issues of performance in a constantly changing world. He talks about the importance of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle which he describes as ‘one of the most important performance artists working today’. Auslander talks about the importance of endurance art in the Continue reading...

The movie entitled “Snitch” is a crime drama film directed by Rick Roman Waugh, who is a former stuntman. The movie starts off with the lead character, Johnson, who played John Matthews, who receives an unexpected call about his son. He has not seen his son, Jason, in a while and was surprised that he was being charged for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics. It is now common to see Johnson playing a family man, but not one for drama. The start of the movie introduces him as a caring father who was really concerned.
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Introduction

Metatheatre is a word that was first used by Lionel Abel in 1963; he introduced a new way of and look at post modern-drama, which at the very least adds more language to the to the ones that are usually spoken in theatres. The description of Meta itself constitutes a meaning describing above or after and about or upon. On the other hand, Samuel Beckett, an Irish Dramatist changed the traditional drama as shown in his work in “Waiting for Godot”. The change in his style was due to his dissatisfaction of the earlier dramatist. Beckett’s work featuring Continue reading...

The early Renaissance was a period of great artistic change and creation. The period of the individual artist, the person at the center of artistic creation, had just began, while art started becoming more and more realistic. Religious subjects were still dominant in the iconography of the Early Renaissance artists, but these were now endowed with a worldly quality. This was the result of intellectual achievement in other cultural fields which led to the creation of a new philosophy surrounding the arts. At the same time this was a period of great commercial activity among the European cities which Continue reading...

Literature is an artwork which includes drama, fiction and essays among others whose work can be either the truth or imaginative. Literature writing is intended at making human being analyze the message, relate it with what the writer is talking about before making any judgment or conclusion. Its work is to pass a message in a literally manner in the society through making the human kind think more critically. Literature has the ability to transform the reader from the human perspective and take him/her beyond the mundane of imaginative world of tale, animation or the waters, change the reader’ Continue reading...

Theatre Games for Young Performers by Maria C Novelly

Theatre is obviously an important part of any educational curriculum and in this book, Novelly focuses on a number of interesting games and procedures which will definitely enhance the whole drama experience. This is not something which is easy in any respect but it is also an experience which may enhance the whole gamut of drama and its reasonably futuristic whole.
Some of the games which Novelly suggests are fairly straightforward and simple although these are not always at the level of high school drama. Some are ridiculously simple such as engaging oneself in conversation with others and demonstrating Continue reading...

There are several studies that have been conducted to analyse women’s and men’s speech across various cultural identities. The main goal of the studies has been to find out whether there is a difference in the way men and women speak. Speech behaviour of both genders can be analysed in respect to language usage, phonology, verbal choice and the general interactions between men and women in discourse.

Conventionally, most of the sociolinguists look at the issue of gender in discourse in connection with the level of education, ethnic background, socio-economic status and the age of the individuals involved. Most of the researches that have been conducted have shown that the difference in language mainly result from the perception that men dominate women and that the speech behaviour of the women is as a result of a deviation from the male speech norms (Fasold, 2000). According to some scholars, the male-female communication is cross-cultural and in most cases people from different genders often depicts different speech norms and usually have different expectations for their respective interlocutors. Continue reading...

Part 1: Annotated Bibliography

Chris Vervain "Performing Ancient Drama in Mask: the Case of Greek Tragedy." New Theatre Quarterly. 28.2 (2012): 163-181. Internet resource.
The author of article has conducted through research into Greek plays and the use of masks in Greek Theater. This resource will be helpful with the paper mainly because it contains extensive information on Greek costumes that are used in plays. In addition, the article is current and up to date with the author being a very credible source. This is mainly because he is a renowned Greek theater mask maker.

Bain, David, and Peter D. Arnott. "The Greek Theatre." Classical Review. 40.2 (1990): 298-300. Print.

The authors of this article have critically Continue reading...

Using drama techniques in English lesson to improve reading, writing, listening and speaking skills

Drama is a specific fiction that is represented by a person in places like performances. This term is derived from the Greek word that means action that is also in other words ‘to do’ in theatre for instance, drama is performed on stage with an actor or a group of actors before an audience. Drama is a very powerful mode of indirect communication that sends directly the message from the actor’s artistically portrayed performance directly to the recipient’s eyes, then transferred to the brain. Drama not only amuses the recipient, but also educates them.  Dramas are very famous and helpful especially in learning institutions and in fact, dramas employ individuals whereby they get their daily bread from it apart from the fact that it is a powerful mode of communication. In schools as an example, drama is fictionally used to as a learning mode to convey some educational knowledge to learners.

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