Willy Russell's Use of Devices to Invite the Audience to Sympathize with Shirley in the Screenplay Shirley Valentine

In Michael Gow’s play ‘Away’, a story of families in the 1960’s and how they come to embrace each other’s differences through gaining self-knowledge. Through identifying the context of act 3 scene 2, as well as the relationships between characters and the reasons behind them, as well as the stylistic devices used by Gow to share a message with his audiences that, even today, an audience can relate too. By analysing quotes from the scene to support conclusions, the purpose of this scene will be identified and a greater understanding the theme of self-knowledge in this scene will be formed.

At the beginning of the short drama, “Trifles,” Mrs. Peters, the sheriff’s wife, is painted as timid and submissive wife. She willingly submits herself to the responsibilities she has as a wife. As the play unfolds, Mrs. Peter’s submissiveness begins to diminish. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale work together to uncover the murder of Minnie Wright’s husband. When the women find the evidence, they refuse to share it with the men. Mrs. Peter’s character transforms into a more confident individual over the course of the play.

In the play “Grand Concourse,” the talented playwriter and actress Heidi Schreck develops a plot based on the natural human conflict about the forgiveness toward unintentional actions. Heidi Schreck is a recognized writer who has been awarded with one-year residency by New York's Playwrights Horizons (Silk Road Rising 17,18). Named after the main street of the Bronx in New York City, the play shows the conflict that its characters face in the internal war between goodness and evil. The opposition between the actions of Emma (antagonist) and Shelley (protagonist) shows the complexity of human compassion towards the evil (sometimes unintentional) actions. Looking at the main actions of Emma in the play she egotistically seems to manipulate all the characters to feel better about herself. However, a deeper glazing indicates that her depression leads her to hurt people around her unintentionally; she tries to get forgiveness, but she realizes that the solution it is more complex that just an apologize.

The heroine, Mrs. P, has some carries some characteristics parallel to Louise Mallard in “Hour.” The women of her time are limited by cultural convention. Yet, Mrs. P, (like Louise) begins to experience a new freedom of imagination, a zest for life , in the immediate absence of her husband. She realizes, through interior monologues, that she has been held back, that her station in life cannot and will not afford her the kind of freedom to explore freely and openly the emotions that are as much a part of her as they are not a part of Leonce. Here is a primary irony.

Tennessee Williams is regarded as a pioneering playwright of American theatre. Through his plays, Williams addresses important issues that no other writers of his time were willing to discuss, including addiction, substance abuse, and mental illness. Recurring themes in William’s works include the dysfunctional family, obsessive and absent mothers and fathers, and emotionally damaged women. These characters were inspired by his experiences with his own family. These characters appear repeatedly in his works with their own recurring themes. Through The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams presents the similar thematic elements of illusion, escape, and fragility between the two plays, proving that although similar, the themes within these plays are not simply recycled, as the differences in their respective texts highlight the differences of the human condition.

Miller presents the character of Mary Warren in an important way to show the message of status and power. Mary Warren’s character is seen to be vulnerable and timid. The key events that makes her role important are her roles in the girls’ group, the scene with the poppet and her confession in court. Through the events in the play Miller portrays Mary Warren with tension and suspense. This makes the audience question her status and power.

In today’s society, there is an abundance of ways to isolate one’s self. Many do not realize the complications that come with prolonged isolation. Arthur Miller, an American playwright of multiple plays, specifically Death of a Salesman, has won multiple awards, such as; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and a Tony Award for Best Play. Miller, is able to distinctly represent complications, that are coupled with isolation, for Linda and Willy Loman, coping mechanisms for isolation are vastly different from one another, and still they both succeed in contributing to Willy’s own isolation.

Established as one of the most prolific playwrights of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams used his writing as a form of therapy. The author came from a troubled background consisting of alcoholism, mental breakdowns, and general unhappiness; Williams exploited these unfortunate events and allowed them to motivate his literature. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois’ struggles represent the reality of people’s lives, “an enduring concern of [Williams’] throughout his writing career (Henthorne 1). Blanche captures our focus with her seemingly sincere and fragile nature, but it is later revealed that this is just an illusion within her own mind. She resides in a world of fantasy to shield herself against the harsh threats of reality and her own fears. Blanche’s main objective in the play is to keep herself from falling apart in a world of cruelty through alcoholism and illusion. Through the characterization of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams depicts the coping mechanism of fantasy and its detrimental repercussions by exploring the specific experiences that eventually impede her happiness.

In hopes for a better relationship, Janie moves away with a person who was encompassed with a more idealistic marriage. Joe encountered Janie, telling her that he was on his way to success, a higher social status. These words sparked Janie, and reasured her that she did want a more “peach tree” like marriage. A marriage that was perfect, that was full of love. Consequently, Janie and Joe cultivated a love for each other, yet this was not exactly what she imagined. Janie was glued to Joe, she was treated as if she was an object. A key attribute of Joe’s is jealousy, he is persistently perturbed that other men are glancing at Janie. Joe makes this clear as he informs,” “Naw, Jody, it wasn’t because Ah didn’t have no sympathy. Ah had uh lavish

Joe's words, however, were deceiving. He actually means that woman need to stay home to cook and clean while the man goes out to make the money. Joe often puts Janie down in public saying things like, 'Thank yuh fuh yo compliments, but mah wife don't know nothin bout no speech makin. Ah married her for nothin lak that. She's a woman and her place is in de home.

When Nanny sees Janie kissing Johnny Taylor, Nanny forces Janie to marry Logan Killicks because she claims that Janie needs protection because “[The African American] woman is [the] mule [of the] world so [far] as [I] can see” (12-14). This shows that Nanny gives into the stereotype that women are weak and need protection by a man. This also shows that Nanny does not trust men around Janie and despises men that Janie feels attraction towards. In chapter six, the pugnacious men of Eatonville scold Tony because he refuses to slap his wife when she disrespects him, the men say things like “If [that was my] wife, [I’d] kill her cemetery dead” (74). This proves that men have to assert dominance over women through violence. This also proves that the society wants violence in relationships because that is how the order is kept. In chapter five, Joe does a speech because he is the new mayor is Eatonville. When Janie wants to do a speech, Joe does not allow her, saying that “She’s [a] woman and her place is in [the] home” (43). This demonstrates that Joe wants Janie to live up to her gender role as a woman. This also demonstrates that Joe does not want Janie to have a say in most things, he just wants her to be a quite housewife. Sexism keeps the characters from happiness because their persistence to maintain gender roles does

Different readers could interpret Russell Baker’s Growing Up in many ways. The book gives insight into his life, from his humble childhood to his successful adulthood. By describing the events in his life, he is also paying tribute to the important women who shaped him. These women were his Mother, Grandmother, and wife. All three were vital influences on him, and made him who he is in the present day. My interpretation focuses on those women more than any other factor in Russell’s life, most importantly, his mother Lucy Elizabeth.

The strongest issue that plagues the lives and consciences of people from any walk of life is issue of what is more important: duty to family or duty to one’s self. This conflict is present in three plays: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, and Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The Glass Menagerie is a play that discusses the struggles of a family dynamic and the decision to leave, or stay and build the family. In A Doll House, this drama is set up to discuss the role of females in families and their reactions. Additionally, the conflict in Hamlet is the choice of who should be loyal to whom when family bonds are put to the test. These three plays explores both sides of the arena in these family issues as

Many would never consider comparing the 1945 American classic play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee William, and the 2015 short film World of Tomorrow by Don Hertzfeldt; however, both rely heavily on a complex memory motif that tries to conceptualize past hurts in order to face the present woes of life. Furthermore, in both the film and the play, the viewer is called to become aware of the distortions that dreams can bring to the format that the story is being narrated. They are each an example of a case of complex love mixed in with past hurts which then morphs into formula for a frustrating uncertain future where one never truly understand what is to come. Calling for the visualization of the past and present simultaneously, each story call

In the extract of the play Porcelain and Pink by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters Lois and Julie’s individual personalities can be uncovered. One can do this through analysation of conversation through turn-taking, cooperative principles, implicature and politeness strategies. We shall discuss these four aspects in detail.