The State of Being ‘Human’ in Kane's Blasted

In the playbill, it informs you about eight individual characters as they are part of the Cornley University Drama Society that will be presenting its debut tragedy play, The Murder at Haversham Manor. The writers capture your attention by incorporating a stage manager, Annie, and Trevor a lighting/sound operator that make you believe anything can go wrong. Each character is not just funny, they are all hysterical, and if you don’t watch it then that is your loss. Everything throughout the play is intentional, such as while Trevor is on a balcony operating the lighting and sound, there is a spotlight on him, so come with an open mind. The show begins with the newly elected director of the Drama Society, Chris Bean, who is on stage to introduce the murder mystery play, The Murder at Haversham Manor. The spotlight is misplaced on him and the laughs begin because of how careless Trevor is while operating the

The play opens with vulgar jokes exchanged between servants, this immediately links sex with conflict. Like when Sampson says “And thrust his maids to the wall” which means he will push Montague’s maid servants against the wall, but thrust can also be linked to

central to the play. I am going to look at only the first act of the

This play is about the experiences of a dying school boy, it is a celebration of life and the power to heal through gaining insight.

major conflict of this play that ends in tragedy. During Act I, the play progresses more in

The main theme of the play is to not fall prey to emotions and hasty suspicions. They are a bad combination and will ruin your life. If you ever get one of these you should try not to get the other or you are in trouble. So if you are ever having doubts about someone ask them, don’t listen to your friends. They might not know the truth or the whole

The play takes place in Truvy’s Beauty Salon, the haven of the women of the town and the house of Truvy Jones. At the start of the play, Annelle, a young, untrained woman seeking a new job at Truvy’s. Although Annelle is not particularly talented at doing hair, Truvy still gives her the job out of sympathy, thinking that she can teach her how to do it. Next, Clairee, one of Truvy’s regular customers and friends enters. As Clairee has never met Annelle she tries to learn more about her to no avail. Annelle then leaves the room, so the women gossip about her, her background, and her character. Then, Shelby, another regular, enters the salon

As we know, the pretext of the play is the aftermath of a war, so I

To begin with, in this play the author unfolds family conflicts that involve its characters into a series of events that affected their lives and pushed them to unexpected ways.

shall firstly do a summery of the play and give a basic image of what

The play is set in 1914 and Europe is on the brink of war. The main protagonist Richard Hannay is bored with life, until he runs into a mysterious German woman names Annabella Schmidt at the theatre. Richard then takes the woman home with him and she reveals that she is tracking down

In the context of the play, rather then ignoring the problematic elements, Anne Barton (1997)

Theme – the reason behind why the playwright wrote the play. “Patterns of life”, a slice of reality.

This scene is important as it comes midway into the play, marking a turning point, that drives the action towards the tragic end. The scene opens with all three characters relaxed and in a playful mood, but there is an underlying tension that builds throughout the scene with an uneasy sense of insecurity, which is felt by the Duchess as she is aware that her brother has returned to court. The tension continues to increase, with the use of dramatic irony, where the audience is aware of information that the actors on stage do not have. The atmosphere soon shifts from a light hearted one to one of fear. The Duchess, Antonio

The setting of the play which takes place in the early twentieth century has established the theme that women have been looking down by men. ‘Trifles’ that is used as the title of the play has further foreshadowed the theme of the play in which discrimination of women will happen in the play. During the investigation of Mr Wright’s death, the men that involved in finding out the murderer have despised