Both these plays depict the typical Victorian marriage, the outward happiness but cold underlying truth. ... The principal influences of expressionism was the surrealist artist Salvador Dali and the famous Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud. ... Sets and lighting were designed to prevent the illusion of the theater from taking control, and Brecht revealed elements of the staging process itself. ...

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• Grade Level: High School