Essays and Research Papers on Theater

3 pages in length. The stock character has persevered throughout centuries of artistic production to remain as pertinent an element in contemporary renditions of classical tales as it was during Roman times. Such farce and parody served to comprise the fundamental aspects of Roman comedies that were actually tragedies in disguise with an ...

A 5 page paper which analyzes character and setting in Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the theme of human failing in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper uses several short stories to explore the way in which authors use setting, Gothic terms, coming of age situations and spousal relationships in their stories. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the literary devices used by Ibsen in A Doll’s House. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Nora from Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" and why she and her husband Torvald do not have the "wonderful thing" she has been expecting for years. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page analysis of the play “Le Bougeois Getilhomme” by Moliere and the play’s time period. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page paper which examines the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments Agamemnon’s ambassadors make in an attempt to get Achilleus (Achilles) to return to combat. No additional sources are used.

A 4 page essay that summarizes and discusses Simon's 1984 hit Broadway play. The writer discusses when the play opened, summarizes the plot, discusses the playwright's motivation and writing and also reports on critical reception. The movie adaptation is also briefly addressed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Sophocles' play "Oedipus the King," with particular regard to two examples of irony therein. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how the Devil appears in Goethe’s Faust. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the issues that Lorraine Hansberry raises in her play, “A Raisin in the Sun.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Pirandello’s play (“Six Characters in Search of an Author”) with the idea of speculating about the nature of the author (not Pirandello but the author of the play the characters inhabit); the relationships among the characters, and what the Six Characters tell us about writing (creating) in general. Bibliography lists ...

A 5 page paper which examines the dreams of the characters in Lorraine Hansberry’s novel A Raisin in the Sun. No additional sources cited.

In four pages this paper examines plays written before and after the Trojan War in a consideration of the experience as perceived by Greek tragedian Euripides. Only these student supplied sources are used and citation information is therefore limited.

This 3 page paper discusses the way Shakespeare and Pinter use language in their plays "The Tempest" and "The Birthday Party." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Eric Levy's essay on Tennessee Williams's classic play "The Glass Menagerie." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines the characters of Walter and Ruth in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. The paper examines childrearing in poverty and the black male’s success in America. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the harm caused by fathers as it relates to Biff Loman from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Tom Wingfield from Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page research paper/essay that examines how modern theater differs from the ancient paradigm for tragedy as defined by Aristotle and looks specifically at two plays, “Jesus Hopped the A Train” by Stephen A. Guirgis and “Red Light Winter” by Adam Rapp, in order to examine these plays in terms of how contemporary playwrights ...

This 3 page paper discusses David Auburn's prize-winning play "Proof." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper explores some of the different ways the word "change" is used in Tony Kushner's play "Caroline, or change." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the ways in which characters in Ibsen's early plays "The Vikings of Helgeland" and "The Feast at Solhoug" are "first drafts" of characters that appear in his later works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how love can and does shape political action as seen in the play Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper discusses ways in which A Midsummer Night's Dream might be staged. Bibliography lists 2 sources.