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… creativity. Discuss. "From beginning to end the play-write gives prominence to the problems of dominion, freedom, political failure and of repetition." Like Russ Mc Donald I also believe that Shakespeare devoted his last comedy largely to the explora…

… in her play Hotel Sorrento is the characters' need to face the truth about themselves and the past. This issue is present throughout the play and is weaved into the themes of loyalty versus truth and the intimate bond between sisters to reinforce…

… play written by Susan Glaspell, is a cleverly written story about a murder and more importantly, it effectively describes the treatment of women during the early 1900s. In the opening scene, we learn a great deal of information about the people…

… Last Supper by Leonardo is very different to Tintoretto’s representation of the same incident. The last supper is one of the most important occurrences which took place in the Christian religion such an important event that many have seen…

… is alright if a man wants revenge on another man for hurting him or his loved ones. The man who causes the other man’s misery is partially responsible for the another man’s actions. In the play Medea, Medea kills Kroen’s daughter and her children to…

… of Sanders-Brahms’ film Germany Pale Mother (1979) is the nearly twenty minute long telling of The Robber Bridegroom. The structual purpose of the sequence is a bridge between the marriage of Lene and Hans, who battles at the war’s front, and the…

… of a woman (A) who overcomes numerous hardships. The entire play is set in the woman's bedroom and the time is the present. The cast of only five, two of which have no lines, perform the play arena style. Upon coming to see this play, I had absolutely…

… Henry Higgins, a master phonetician, and his mischievous plot to pass a common flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, off as a duchess at the Embassy Ball. In order achieve his goal, Higgins must teach Eliza how to speak properly and how to act in upper-class…

… in Italy, a new period of cultural flowering began, known as the Renaissance. This period in history was famous for its revival of classical themes and the merging of these themes with the Catholic Church. These themes of humanism, naturalism,…

… and it still freaks me out everytime I watch it. Rutger Hauer plays a hitchhiking nut who accepts rides from people and gives them something in return: a slow and painful death. The Hitcher's next target is a young man named Jim Hallsey (C Thomas Howell)…