The play caused an uproar throughout Europe and America and Henrik Ibsen continued to suffer severe criticism from his critics. ... Ibsen became so popular that young playwrights learned from him, reformers adopted his ideas, and moralists quoted from him as from a sacred book. ... He did not have followers, for every succeeding playwright was forced in a measure to learn from him. ...
What is the American family? ... "1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. ... He is part of this society and he lives the experience, therefore "the playwright of family life have digested the experience; have made sense out of it for the world of the play.... From O'Neill on, American playwrights have been obsessed with the failure of family harmony and with family integration. ... In addition to Realism and Naturalism, the playwrights had their experiments with epic, symbolism, Expressionism, and com...
Americans are just recovering from the affects of the great depression and the Second World War. ... This paper examines the relationship between family members, and each person's devotion to leaving the American dream, marred by secrets and the unwillingness to reckon the responsibility. ... However, it is an obsession with the American Dream which not only drives the plot but also drives the characters. In a new, better educated America, the main character, Joe Keller, struggles to accept that his hard work and dedication to his business is not enough. ... This burning need to achieve t...
The state seal of Virginia shows a man fighting ancient female amazons, and classical Greek women such as liberty appeared on America dimes, quarters and dollars. ... Reading the plays of the classical playwrights give us evidence of women as strong, central characters in Greek tragedies and epics. ... Minoan frescoes painted with leaping acrobatic males and females over bulls are reminiscent of American rodeo stars. ... Detractors of this thesis point to America's preoccupation with the female figure both nude and covered, and the United States is surely not a matriarchal society. ...
Arthur Miller, winner of many literary and dramatic awards, is an incredibly influential force in American drama. ... Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th century, to make an indirect, but assertive comment upon McCarthyism in American life (Richard Watt, Jr. 536). ... Before being found guilty S ator McCarthy accused the Democratic administration of sheltering and helping Communists in the American government. ... Critics said it was not a good play at that time, however, later it was found to be superior. he House Un-American Activities Committee summoned Miller to a hearing. ... A...
Known as one of the most controversial American writers, James Baldwin has been known to speak out on racism and civil rights throughout the 1950s. ... In many of his works Baldwin exposed racial and sexual topics about American society and challenged readers to confront and resolve these differences. ... Both of these novels were about his African American past. ... This novel was set in Paris and is the story of a disastrous affair between a white American student and an Italian bartender. ... David immediately has a sordid affair with Sue, an American girl, to pr...
The pacifist author Kurt Vonnegut wrote Slaughterhouse-Five in the late 1960's as the Vietnam War was ending. He used his own military experience from World War II to write this particular book. The main character is Billy Pilgrim who is actually Kurt Vonnegut himself. Vonnegut, like Billy Pilgrim,...
(Everything you need to know about being a vegetarian, pg.13) The playwright and great artist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is credited with the vegetarian movement that exists today. ... Today, acceptance of vegetarianism by medical authorities and the general public is at an all time high, Over 15 million North Americans consider themselves vegetarians and are fortunate enough to be surrounded by vegetarian alternatives, restaurants, books, web sites and even support groups. ...
Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was an early twentieth century poet, dramatist, publisher, playwright and literary and social critic", one of the twentieth century's major poets." and a leader of the modernist movement in literature T.S. ... The dissertation was accepted, but Eliot did not return to America to defend it so as to receive his doctorate. ...
Before going to bed with an American woman, he outlines certain fears he has whenever having sexual intercourse. ... Maria Josephine Barrios an associate professor at the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature of the University of the Philippines quotes Singaporean playwright Stella Kohn as saying that a Feminine Female is someone who has yielded to a society which tells her that "Your life is meaningless, you have no value, except as you are a wife and mother; then be the very devil of a wife and mother" (31). ...
Scenes 1+2 The Wingfield apartment faces an alley in a lower middle class St. Louis tenement. There is a fire escape with a landing that serves as a porch. "The scene is memory," indicate the stage directions, and, as such, the interior is "rather dim and poetic." There is a screen-like surface on ...
