Drama and Theater papers

An analysis of female gender roles in Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Good Woman of Setzuan."

An examination of the content and message of Susan Glaspell's play, "Trifles."

An analysis of the influences of Anglo-Saxon culture on Shakespeare's play "Macbeth".

An analysis of Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire".

A discussion of the episodic structure of the play "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe.

A review of Caryl Churchill's play "Cloud Nine."

An analysis of the themes of responsibility and guilt in "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller, "Long Time since Yesterday" by P. J. Gibson and "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper" by Susan Hazen Hammond.

This paper focuses on Willy Loman's false sense of reality in Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman".

A comparative analysis of the themes that appear in the classic drama plays, "Othello" by William Shakespeare, and "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen.

A discussion on various subject themes in the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream " by William Shakespeare.

A discussion on the decline of static, hierarchical structure versus the rise of individual power within a power structure in the play "Richard ll" by William Shakespeare.

This paper analyzes how human nature is reflected in the three theater genres of comedy, tragedy and drama.

A brief analysis of the theme of love in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

This paper analyzes the symbolism and imagery in the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.

Reviews the play Sophocles' "Oedipus Tyrannus", especially the theme of fate and free will.

A discussion on Iago's soliloquies in "Othello" by William Shakespeare in Act I.3.375-396.

A psychoanalytical interpretation of Othello's demise in William Shakespeare's "Othello".

This paper examines the relationship of Jasper Mayne's play "The City Match" (1639) to the British Commonwealth and the Restoration.

A comparison of Susan Hazen Hammond's short story "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper," Arthur Miller's drama "All My Sons" and P.J. Gibson's play "Long Time Since Yesterday".

Explores the theme of interpersonal conflict in Jean-Baptiste Moliere's play "Tartuffe".

This paper provides a deconstructive perspective on Ben Jonson's "Volpone".

This paper analyzes Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" as the quintessential model of a tragedy of hubris.

This paper analyzes why the women in susan Glaspell's play "Trifles" hide the evidence that would incriminate Mrs. Wright in the murder of her husband..

An analysis of the main characters in Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog," Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" and Henrik Ibsen "Hedda Gabler".

Discusses the importance of teaching story setting using Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" and Willa Cather's "My Antonia" as examples.

A discussion on the role of the supernatural in "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare.

A comparison of the portrayal of the character of Tituba in Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible" with Maryse Conde's novel, "I, Tituba."

An analysis of the character of Oedipus in Sophocles Greek tragedy, "Oedipus Rex."

A discussion on transposing the environment of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" to the atmosphere and setting to the 1930s depression-era of "Bonnie and Clyde."

Reviews Sue Jennings' book "Introduction to Dramatherapy: Theatre and Healing: Ariadne's Ball of Thread".

This paper explores Shakespeare's gender constructions and cross-dressing in the play "Twelfth Night".

An analysis and comparison of Sophocles "Oedipus the King" and Rita Dove's "The Darker Face of the Earth".

A study of the message conveyed in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", through the portrayal of the characters.

A comparison of the portrayal of the theme of lust in Moliere's play, "Tartuffe" and Jean Racine's play, "Phaedra."

An analysis of the influence of the characteristics of the protagonist, Madame Lubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya, in Anton Chekhov's play, "The Cherry Orchard."

A review of the theme of "sight and blindness" depicted in the Greek play, "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.

An analysis of William Shakespeare's distorted view of history in "Richard II", "Henry IV" and "Henry V".

An analysis of the themes presented in Thornton Wilder's play, "Our Town."

This paper analyzes Orestes' trial in Aeschylus' play, "The Eumenides."

A look at how Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" offers a glimpse at the social problems and resulting attitudes of African Americans during the 1950s.

This paper studies Akira Kurosawa's film 'Throne of Blood', focusing on the theme of symbolism.

This paper examines Greek and Elizabethan tragedies, dramas and comedies.

This paper looks at the idiom of Anton Chekhov by revisiting his work 'Rothschild's Fiddle' and comparing the style to that of contemporary writer Raymond Carver.

Explores today's black arts movement, which includes music, stage, film, television, literature and the visual arts.

An analysis of the main thematic conflict in the drama "Antigone" by Sophocles.

Compares the theme of revenge in Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck", William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Aeschylus' "The Oresteia".

Examines the background, the plot and the critical views of Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles".

This paper discusses the merits of reading Sophocles' Theban play cycle, "Oedipus the King", "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Antigone" in chronological order.

A comparison of the plots and characters in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the Greek tragedy, "Orestes."

This paper looks at how understanding the social and political context of the time of Samuel Beckett's play "Endgame" enhances the significance of the play's meaning.

An analysis of the plot, characters, style and purpose of Ben Jonson's famous play, "Epicoene or the Silent Woman"

A look into one of history's most famous playhouses, Shakespeare's Globe, highlighting its history, design and its influence on modern day.

An analysis of the metaphorical significance of the title of Lorraine Hansberry's play, "A Raisin in the Sun" and the theme of respect.

This paper discusses the theme of duality in the play the 'Alchemist' by Ben Jonson.

Looks at the perils of cultural differences and the clash of identity in William Shakespeare's "Othello".

A discussion on the meaning of the term "gaze."

An analysis of the significance of the absent father in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Managerie".

This paper discusses Kabuki, one art form of Japanese Theater established for the masses.

This paper compares and contrasts two of William Shakespeare's plays, "Richard III" and "Much Ado About Nothing".

This paper discusses Kenneth Branagh's film production of 'Much Ado About Nothing'.

Explores teaching playwriting in high school.

A review of Antipholus' Speech in Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors."

This paper discusses how Arthur Miller creates dramatic tension in act one of 'A View From The Bridge'.

An analysis of William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" - Act V, Scene 2.

An explanation of the 'low' characters in "Much Ado about Nothing" by William Shakespeare.

A discussion on whether William Shakespeare intended us to feel sympathy for the character, Caliban, in his play "The Tempest".

An analysis of Samuel Beckett's play "Krapp's Last Tape".

Looks at realism in Eugene O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms".

Looks at the character Mortimer in Friedrich Schiller's play, "Mary Stuart".

Looks at the treatment of women in William Shakespeare's "King Henry the IV, Part I".

This paper discusses the false materialistic values of the American dream in 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller

Compares Tennessee Williams' plays "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Streetcar named Desire" as films and as stories.

Looks at the idealism in a world of hypocrisy as presented in George Bernard Shaw's play "Major Barbara".

A proposal for a project to study the representation of women in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello".

This paper discusses Thucydides' objective, authoritative accounts of historical occurrences and argues that this style has led to the present day survival of his work.

This paper looks at the overabundance of emotion in Shakespeare's work 'Twelfth Night'.

An analysis of the theme of pain and growth in Anne Tyler's play "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant".

A comparison and contrast of the themes and use of characters in William Shakespeare's "Othello" with Cinthio's story, "Gli Hecatommithi."

A paper describing several different interpretations of the play "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett.

This paper compares the operas "Salome" by Richard Strauss and "Heriodade" by Jules Massenet Different, both of which are based on the same story of John, the Baptist and Salome.

This paper explores the literary devices utilized by Henrik Ibsen in his play "A Doll's House".

An analysis of Hamlet's level of sanity in William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet."

This paper analyzes how Iago causes Othello's moral degradation in William Shakespeare's "Othello".

A discussion of the monsters in Greek mythology.

An analysis of the concept of misogyny in playwright Henrik Ibsen "A Doll's House", "Ghosts" and "Hedda Gabler".

This paper discusses the sexual tension present in the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams.

A comparison of patriarchal behaviors in the historical period after World War II with those in modern times, as portrayed within the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," by Tennessee Williams.

A comparison of the portrayal of sexual and gender roles in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Tale" and William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".

A review of First Nations Literature including two plays by Marie Clements: "Burning Vision" and "The Unnatural and Accidental Women", and a poetry book "Exercises in Lip Pointing" by Annharte.

An in-depth discussion of Arthur Miller's works, as a reflection of his life and of society at large.

An examination of the evolution of the hero in American drama.

An analysis of the theme of moral hierarchies in William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure".

This paper analyzes the use of comedy in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as presented in the play-within-a-play, 'The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisby', in Act V.

An analysis of William Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff.

An analysis of Iago's role in the tragedy of William Shakespeare's play, "Othello."

A brief analysis of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King".

This paper discusses the conflict which arises between Antigone and Creon in Sophocles' "Antigone".

A characters analysis of the Loman family in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman".

This paper compares William Shakespeare's play "Othello" to the motion picture "O" directed by Tim Blake Nelson.