Essays and Research Papers on Mixed Issues in Film Television Theater Music & Dance

A 3 page research paper and analysis on music from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, referring specifically to the film. In the 1940s, the musical team of Rogers and Hammerstein redefined the Broadway musical. In their hands, the songs in musical became more than simply excuses for production numbers or musical interludes, but rather ...

A 4 page paper which examines the symbolism in David Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter.” No sources cited.

5 pages in length. Edward Albee falls under a literary classification not many others have the privilege of inhabiting, inasmuch as the eclectic playwright harbors a special - if not wholly indefinable - talent for highlighting mankind's absurdity. The extent to which The Sandbox reflects the epitome of Albee's distinctive genre is both ...

A 3 page paper on the recent Broadway production, “Mamma Mia.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

9 pages in length. The true essence of life's dramatic celebrations and postmodern accomplishment is portrayed with vivid mastery within David Lynch's television and film works. Lynch's participation in such productions as Dune, The Amputee and Twin Peaks – the last of which "provides an example of the changing relation between television and society ...

A 5 page concert report that discusses the selections played. The writer focuses particularly on Daphnis and Chloe by Maurice Ravel. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page concert review that discusses the writer's impressions of four works on the program. The works discussed include Bruckner's Seventh Symphony in E major; Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major; and Chopin's Sonata in B minor and his Barcarolle, opus 60. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the way the theme of the inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy (lies) is treated in "Oedipus the King" and "Othello." Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses some of the sociological issues we find in the TV sitcom "Will & Grace." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at three movie spaceships, the Enterprise (First Contact), the Nostromo (Alien), and the Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) and discusses what they tell us about the people who build and fly them; what role they play in the story; what they tell us about the world in which they exist; and how ...

A 5 page paper which examines tragedy and the tragedy in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts various film noir characteristics, and discuss how the similarities and differences in the way they are employed can be attributed to changes in politics, culture, and society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 8 page paper explores the question of whether we see events accurately or only what TV news broadcasters want us to see; it argues that television news reflects only partial reality; and it gives reasons for this state of affairs. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 7 page essay that contrasts and compares these two works. While separated by millennia, the twentieth century play Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the ancient Greek play Antigone by Sophocles share thematic similarities due to the fact that in each work there are characters who rebel against the standards of society, ...

A 10 page reaction paper to the play/movie Wit by Margaret Edson (1999). The writer discusses the themes of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play and relates its subject matter, which concerns death, dying and a terminally ill cancer patient, to the logistics of palliative care. The writer also offers considerable discussion of personal reactions to this ...

A 6 page paper which examines the relationship between sex and death in Tennessee Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men" and Sydney Pollack's 1969 film "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" and argues that while the novel could work in 2006, the movie is anchored in the 1930s and would not translate well to the present. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

4 pages in length. The notion of May-December romances in Hollywood movies is certainly nothing new where thematic content is concerned; however, when the notion of social class crossing is added to the mix, then the once-ordinary theme of older woman/younger man relationships takes on an interesting new twist. Rock Hudson and Jane ...

This 4 page paper discusses regional theater and in particular Goodspeed Opera, Long Wharf theatre and the Yale Repertory Theatre. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses several aspects of Moliere's classic comedy "Tartuffe," including the importance of the characters of Dorine and Elmire, the relationship between Cleante and Orgon, and three examples of Tartuffe's hypocrisy. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page overview of the technological evolution leading up to digital television. This paper summarizes the technology's influence on society as a whole and details the changes that have occurred in industry structure over time. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines King Oedipus’s search for truth. No additional sources are used.

A 6 page research paper that compares and contrasts a traditional ballet, Petipa's Sleeping Beauty, with an innovative ballet of the next century, Balanchine's Agon. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts the ways in which Shakespeare and Marlowe comment on a moral theme in their plays. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page research paper that discusses the use of hubris and sophrosyne in ancient Greek theatre. While these the term sophrosyne is not as well known as hubris, this concept, like hubris, played an integral role in Greek theatre. Bibliography lists 3 sources.