Look Back in Anger as an Extraordinary Play / John Osborne as a Dramatist / Social Issues in Look Back in Anger / Look Back in Anger as a Mouthpiece of John Osborne

In Davis’ drama the character Jimmy serves as a voice of protest against the works highlighting of discrimination against Aborigines between 1929 to 1934. Jimmy is an Aboriginal man who despises the fact he is not equal in society to the white man and is not regarded as a ‘person’ by the government. Through Jimmy’s words and actions we see him openly stand up for himself and his people in they way they are treated by white people subsequently fulfilling his role as the voice of protest in the play. The most dramatic example of Jimmy fulfilling his service is when he argues with Mr Neville, the

A dramatist who explores the theme of revenge throughout his play is Arthur Miller in ‘The Crucible. There are different characters in this play that carry this theme of revenge, Abigail being one in particular, as she seeks revenge against Goody Proctor. This is due to Goody Proctor firing Abigail from her job after she had found out Abigail had had an affair with her husband. This seventeen-year-old girl also has an endless capacity for dissembling. John Proctor, Reverend Parris, and the Putnam’s are also characters in the play that are out to seek revenge for their own reasons. It could through the theme of revenge, be said that Miller tries to enhance your application of the play.

Hannie Rayson explores different attitude on her play 'Inheritance'; Julia, a feminist. William, a gay man. Felix, a student activist. Girlie, a wog-hater. Lyle, coon hater. Maureen, an opportunistic race-based politician. And Nugget, an aboriginal man. Due to these various characteristic, lots of them suffered because of the thing called "prejudice" particularly William, Lyle, and Nugget. However, it doesn't apply to all cases because it was depending on the emotion and belief of the person involved. Hannie Rayson shows this in an explicit way; such as, when Lyle hanged himself at the end of the play. You can notice throughout the play that he is having difficulty in life that leads him to depression.

Despite their controversial nature and subject matter, both achieved wide success and popularity. The two plays were also manipulated in pre-production to better suit their audiences and produce a more “box-office friendly” show.

The play is split into eleven vignettes which express the experience of Black people in the 1980s through satire. The play is a comedy in which black stereotypes are exaggerated and presented through the eleven scenes that are presented as exhibits in a museum. The two scenes to be discussed here are the first scene entitled "Git on Board", and the second scene entitled "Cooking with Aunt Ethel."

Even after fifty years have passed racism is still evident in Act 2.This portrays the way people treat each other in reality and how race is still a prominent issue in the world today. Bruce Norris may only hint at what rich people do in the neighborhood but raises numerous issues. One in which is that race triumphs class. Norris’s play “Clybourne Park” raised much controversy by bringing up an issue that many people now a day decide to forget and act like it is not there. By bringing the issue of race up

Cheveley eventually reaches her downfall as the truth of her crimes finally uncovers, weakening her character. She faces an unavoidable karma as Lord Goring realizes that Mrs. Cheveley “stole that ornament from [his] cousin, Mary Berkshire” (Wilde 520). Mrs. Cheveley’s crimes and wrongdoing come back for her, similar to her actions of bringing up Sir Robert Chiltern’s past mistakes. Mrs. Cheveley is finally in a state of weakness and realization of her crime and evil acts as she reaches a state of “agony [and] physical terror” (Wilde 521). This agony and physical terror also comes as a shock to the reader due to her “high horse” notions earlier in the play. She finally comes to terms with her and becomes a character of anagnorisis as she comes to a realization of her vices which include her duplicity and deceitfulness. Alas, “a mask has fallen from her” exposing her true character and her weakness. This “mask” is the cover for her fragility which finally broke once the truth was revealed. She acts as a superior and dominant character on the outside, but once faced with the truth, she succumbs and is ultimately a weak character on the inside. I find this part of the play to be my favorite because the villain is finally taken down and also because justice is finally served as Mrs. Cheveley pays the ultimate crime for her

Another character who had to go through a lot of suffering was Katie Nolan; unlike her husband she did not succumb to it. "Katie had the same hardships as Johnny and she was nineteen, two years younger. It might be said that she, too, was doomed. Her life, too, was over before it began. But there the similarity ended. Johnny knew he was doomed and accepted it. Katie wouldn’t accept it. She started a new life where her old one left off […] Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter." Instead of giving up on life like Jhonny did she persevered through it for the sake of her children. The quote I mentioned in the second paragraph can also apply here. She did everything she could to save a couple cents everyday so she could buy land. Another way they persevered through their suffering was by having the aforementioned tin can that was there bank. This helped them by giving them hope that some day they could escape poverty, so thus it helped them

The Keswick Theater was graced to host the Cindy Lauper, “She Is So Unusual 30th Anniversary Tour,” this Friday Nov. 15th.. Indeed it was a night where “Fans Just Want to have Fun,” was the operative and we certainly did!

Our drama assessment was to watch the play “Woman in Black” at the Fortune Theatre in London. The original 1950’s play starred Orlando Wells and Michael Mears as the two main and only characters and directed by Robin Hereford.

. sheer fury is necessary; you need it to resist looking at the structure and saying, ‘It’s us, it’s our fault.’” (25). A number of critics have identified the importance of anger in the text; Moylan (74-90) and McClenahan (118-125) characterize it as essential--and positive--element

The character, Harmond begins the play by representing the ideal black man. Harmond was highly educated having graduated from an Ivy League school, married, a business owner, wealthy, and involved in local government. From afar, he looked like the ideal representation of what a successful black man should be. Harmond works for himself and readers are meant to view this as honorable. However, as the play progresses, issues arise with Harmond’s status as a successful working man. Readers find out that Harmond’s success is due in large part to his father’s success, thus it seems less like he earned his status and respect by himself. Additionally, it comes to light that not all of his business proceedings are legal. In fact, readers find out that he has possessed houses in an illegal manner. Readers see that Harmond’s morals are questionable and are meant question the idea of the successful working black man.

Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest (.1993.) is an enlightening epitome of social class in the Victorian era. The satire is driven by the frivolous behaviour, superficial lives and artificial norms within the Victorian aristocracy. Incorporating his own opinion into the play, Wilde continually attacked and mocked their hypocrisy, views on marriage, and their mannerisms. Throughout the play, Wilde used an abundant range of literary techniques to reinforce his opinion. Irony, paradox and hyperboles, as well as witty epigrams and aphorisms were used astutely and were ubiquitous throughout the play. This contributed to the satirical style and tone of the text, and enabled Wilde to effectively communicate his critical perspective on social class in Victorian England.

Such as, Marriage, class discrimination, manners and sincerity. Those themes are presented with the Lady Bracknell’s help. Wilde has created, with Augusta Bracknell, a memorable instrument of his satiric wit, questioning all he sees in Victorian upper-class society. With her power and weakness shown, she, as an upper class lady, connects and presents the themes in the play.

This piece of drama conveyed the dramatic meaning (moral), “The effect is of a background of magnificence cheapened by commercialism.” (O’Neil, 1922). Generalised, masked wealthy characters contributed to the dramatic meaning and symbolically emphasised their unawareness and carelessness for the disadvantaged. Techniques which were present in this activity were manipulated, personalised and incorporated into Addiction. In Addiction, Scene 8, masks were utilised to strip Darcy’s family of their identities and transform them into his memories. By masking his family members it allowed for most of the focus to be on Darcy and during the final stages of the scene all three memories were frozen creating a frozen tableau conveying the strong emotion of disappointment, thus establishing the disappointing mood of the scene and engaging the audience.