“Death Of A Salesman” And “The Entertainer”: Compare/Contrast
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6 pages in length. The struggle to achieve; the desire to be accepted; the will to continue forward even when all previous efforts have manifested in failure – these are the elements that form a common bond between Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and John Osborne’s “The Entertainer.” Clearly, the drive for social, financial and emotional success represents the very foundation of these two plays; even though they are set in different times, places and circumstances, the respective protagonists still mirror each other’s desperation to reach a social status that inevitably eludes them both. No additional sources cited.
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“Drag” Performance in the American Theater
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This 15 page report discusses the history and impact of drag performances on the American theater. One of the reasons that drag performance, whether in a drag queen show or in the “legitimate” theater, titillates, amuses, and shocks people is that it plays with gender’s most honored and traditional beliefs and celebrates the confusion of social and sexual identities. Drag is definitely not found only in the homosexual community, but also in other worlds of cross-dressing: straight men dressing in drag for personal thrills and people in the performing arts donning drag as part of a show. In the a dramatic performance, cross-dressing establishes a realm that differs from daily preconceptions of life -- just as drama itself does. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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“Epicoene, the Silent Woman” by Ben Johnson
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A 4 page analysis of Ben Johnson’s play “Epicoene, the Silent Woman.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAepicoe.rtf

“Medea”
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A five page paper which looks at gender issues in the Medea of Euripides, in terms of convention in classical Greek drama, the character of Medea herself, and the ways in which patriarchal social codes mediated against the autonomy of women. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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