The Role Of Anger In The Kitchen Desk Drama

At the beginning of Reginald Rose’s play, Twelve Angry Men (1955), the judge states, “it now becomes your duty to try to separate the facts from the fancy”. At stake is the fate of a 16-year-old boy who is on trial for the murder of his father. As the discussion unfolds, many difficulties emerge among the 12 jurors whose various experiences and backgrounds as well as their varied life narratives fuel tension.

Flashbacks to Tom’s previous rugby games with his brother re-affirm the loss he feels towards his old life. Tom feels the need to have everything the way it once was, and Coghill can’t replicate the joy he found in the endless afternoon training sessions with Daniel and his father, nor the adulation of the local community.

“The Importance of Being Earnest,” a satirical play written by Oscar Wilde, discusses a vast variety of criticisms regarding the late Victorian societal period. In this comedic drama, focusing on and analyzing certain minor characters leads to a more effective interpretation of the messages attempting to be portrayed to the audience. For example, through the persona of Lady Bracknell, Wilde effectively mocks the concept of marriage for social status rather than love. Additionally, interpreting the roles of the lower class servants allows the readers to internalize the desperate need for social reform that the author felt at the time period. Finally, the entire concept of Bunburyism, or masquerading as an alternate persona, satirizes the hypocrisy of the Victorian Era.

The use of the dramatic element of tension is most evident when Lewis and Nick have a disagreement about the play and the mental patients. Nick’s attitude towards Lewis’ fellow actors enrages him revealing that he deeply cares for them and considers them friends. The dramatic action revealed in the stage directions would impact the audience because Nick is suppose to be Lewis’s Best friend but he betrays him. It is shocking to see men who were once friends, now fighting in such a short period of time over one silly

Jimmy is both betrayed and a betrayer, but is ultimately not able to forgive himself or Abbad, so he cannot move on and consequently turns to

In “The Great Gatsby” movie, Jey Gatsby was the man who worked to get to where he was in life. Then you have Mr. and Mrs. Myrtle who were not rich at all. Tom Buchanon on the other hand, was born with a silver spoon. People like Tom looked down on people like Gatsby , and Mr. and Mrs. Myrtle because the riches felt like if you were not born rich, then you are considered poor. So it brings a lot of altercations to the table. Rich people feel like they have their whole life to do whatever and whenever, while “poor” people have to think about their next move. Tom is rich from old money, so he does what he wants, but Gatsby is rich by new money but he is also able to do what he wants.Gatsby was able to throw parties just like any other rich person, but then you have the Myrtle family who is not really able to do much at all. That just goes to show how people are categorized by their background instead of what they really have. For instance, in Beverly Hills, that is where rich people stay, so if someone wants to visit the neighborhood but does not stay there, then they cannot enter the area because that area is only for the rich people that stay there. It was

This play criticizes marriages in Victorian society and the aristocratic norm that marriage is more of a business than for love or happiness. Through these characters Wilde is not only commenting on the nature of love and marriage, but the place marriage holds in society. During this time in Victorian society and throughout history, many women married for financial security and social standing. It was only through their husbands that woman could hope continue living in the lifestyle to which they were privileged to gain political power. Lady Bracknell’s marriage was one of the marriages that was clearly for business and not for love. Wilde shows how Lady Bracknell has no emotions for Lord Bracknell; she doesn’t even really care about him but only uses him to increase her own social standing. Similarly, Lady Bracknell also does the same when she tries to “arrange” for an eligible suitor for her daughter Gwendolyn, not considering whether Gwendolyn loves the man or not. He must be in the same social standing as they are and must also belong to an aristocratic family. Lady Bracknell tells Jack, “You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter – a girl brought up with the utmost care – to marry into a cloak-room, and form an alliance with a parcel?” Although Jack is rich, he doesn’t have that name and social standing that Lady Bracknell wants rather she is dissatisfied when she finds out that he was found at a train station inside “a handbag!’’ Jack being found inside a handbag suggests that he was an abandoned baby out of illegitimacy which carried a huge social stigma in the Victorian era. Such babies were often delivered in secret and abandoned in a public place, like train stations as Jack’s situation perfectly

The play showed the theme of “Stereotyping in the World” through the characters’ proper reasoning, communicating, and believing in good faith. Twelve Angry Men allowed the views of many different men to see past the outside of a person and look at who they actually are. The play will put the test of each of the jurors’ character and show that the clear theme in the play is “Stereotyping in the World.” The boy has been out in a life where he has no other way out of the setting and must live in. Even though he lives in the area does not mean that he is that category and so does the

Ironically, Jimmy was famous for robbing banks and the woman he was marrying was the banker's daughter. This relates to the theme of change because he didn't neither try nor want to rob the bank which shows that Jimmy has

When researching daily life in the Elizabethan Era, there were two prominent social classes throughout most of England. The upper or noble class families were akin to today’s upper class. However, the low-class families were much different from today’s low-class families. The gap between the two classes was so huge and a majority of England was impecunious. Most of the low class was orphans, abandoned wives, widows, the infirm, and the elderly. Each class, even the ones in the middle would despise anyone in a class lower than their own (Forgeng 21). Due to a lack of education, an overload of household responsibilities, and a lack of social acceptance, low-class Elizabethan English children were unable to flourish.

When Nick first visits Tom and Daisy, he describes their house as “a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial Mansion” (6). The Buchanan’s are the epitome of old wealth, as both of them come from families that have been affluent for generations. Old money is associated with class and nobility, yet the Buchanan’s are ironically neither of those things. Both Tom and Daisy are in dishonest relationships, which do not coincide with the principle of nobility. Yet they choose to stay together for the sake of having a good reputation, which portrays their desperate need to be thought of as classy. Furthermore, Tom once says that “if we don’t look out the white race will be – utterly submerged”(13). The emphasis on the “white race” portrays the shallowness of the East Eggers, by how they are obsessed with keeping their rank out of reach from those who they consider minor to themselves. Likewise, in the 1920’s, the non-white races were usually a big part of the working class. The superficiality of the upper class is additionally shown by Tom’s adulterous relationship with Myrtle Wilson. Though Tom “can’t stand” (33) Daisy, he refuses to start a serious relationship with Myrtle, for the sake of his reputation. Tom’s unwillingness to risk his reputation is shown when he makes Myrtle “[sit] discreetly in another car” (26) while he sat with “those East Eggers that

Rich and upper class live in East and West Egg and poor, almost peasant appearing individuals live in the valley of ashes. Fitzgerald making these living arrangements almost mocks at how vulgar Marxists believe working classes will keep the superstructure together. These working class individuals are portrayed throughout the book as being hardworking and looked down on by upper class. In the book Tom walks into George’s shop and talks down to him about buying the car and even makes passes at his wife as soon as he leaves the room. In other parts of the books as Daisy and Jordan Baker are mentioned they are always lying around, at luncheons or attending parties, and trying to find activities to do. The upper class characters are being supported by working class or people they can merely pay. Gatsby is rejected it seems from both upper and working classes. Daisy rejects him because of how he came into his money and when they were younger because of his social class. Tom rejects anyone in the book because of social status, looks, education, wealth, and even his wife; he rejects Gatsby for being inferior in many of these ways. Gatsby is rejected by working classes because he has money and nice possessions, which they can not afford.

Despite the general characterization of the upper class as gentle, well-mannered people, the kind, well-bred characters are more of the West Eggers than the upper class East Eggers. In fact, the upper class displays the worst behaviors. Tom, for example, is arrogant, selfish, hypocritical, and constantly rude to Gatsby. He proudly speaks out racist and sexist views, and shows violence such as when he breaks Myrtle’s nose for merely annoying him. When the Buchanans at the end, simply move away than attend Gatsby’s funeral, they prove to be inconsiderate, careless people who “let other people clean up the mess they had made.”(179) Jordan, who is dishonest and a cheater, is not such a refined character either. Gatsby, on the other hand, is a “perfect gentleman”, what Wolfsheim regards as “a man of fine breeding”(71) He always maintains a polite and kind attitude, even when he’s with Tom and his condescending friends. He is continuously considerate and loyal, and although his manners come off as affectations, Nick nonetheless finds “something gorgeous about him”. When it comes down to personal charm and character, wealth and class mean nothing.

In Victorian times the lower class people were out-casts, considered as nothing and often snubbed by the upper class. An example of this can be seen when we are first introduced to Lane (the butler) and Algernon (the master of the house) when they are discussing family life. Algernon goes on about his family while Lane listens with patience, but as soon as Lane says one thing about his past Algernon won’t have a piece of it. “I don’t know that I am much interested in your family life Lane. (Wilde)” Here, Algernon acts as though his family is superior to Lanes, even though he knows nothing about Lane’s family. One can imagine such a scene taking place in many homes in our society. In today’s world, the rich still rely on maids and other servants. It seems to be a practice that will always exist in the world, however, the important thing here is not the existence of their jobs but the fact that they are reckoned to be of a different class. Class is still a major part of the world’s order, especially in our society. Similar to what happens in our society; in the society that Wilde is presenting it seems that the place of the servants was not only for manual labour, but also to provide conversation, and to compliment the employer’s personalities

He also does not forget to mention that the impact this play made can safely be compared to the infamous John Osborne’s ‘kitchen-sink drama’ Look Back in Anger with its premiere in 1956. Thanks to the scenes of sexual abuse and cannibalism, as well as its language it was quickly attacked by the critics. Sierz also notes, their message was clear: “Even though it was both shockingly radical and unsettling, the following uproar demonstrated that theatre could be highly provocative and controversial.” The impact this play has made at the time of its release showed authors new ways of exploring topics, perhaps even taboos, which with today’s perspective we could say became a new standard. Harte contrasts with this idea by his own comparison of In-Yer-Face with history, saying: “Just as the origins of provocative and confrontational theatre can be found in the theories of Alfred Jarry and Antonin Artaud, at the start of the 20th century, so it was that in the 1990s it gradually became the dominant style of much new