The Pillowman

One of the most shocking element of “The Pillowman” was when Katuria noted, “it isn’t about being or not being dead, it’s about what you leave behind.” The shocking element of this quote is the psychological mentality you would have to have in order to believe such notion. Only an individual with such passion with leaving “something” behind would follow this suicidal method. Maisie is not that individual who would take on The Pillowman’s advice. Though not all children (whose parents are divorced and have been in Maisie’s shoes) would avoid “The Pillowman” on his advice. Maisie is the type of individual that would re-live these miserable moments in her life in order to learn from them and have a whole new life to look forward to. According…

In this drama study an analysis of the familial role of reactionary violence in the portrayal of victimhood will be defined in The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, The Pillowman, and Crave. In Edward Albee’s play, The Goat, the victim status of Stevie Gray defines the reactionary violence of a woman that has been replaced by a goat as the new love interest of her husband, Martin Gray. Stevie’s jealousy defines the underlying role of a victim that inspires her to commit acts of violence, such as killing…

The Pillowman, the name of the play sounds like it's a sweet and warm play but it is not. The pillowman is a very suspenseful play that had my heart racing. Although the play was really well put together, there were some aspects of the play that held it back from its full potential. First is the play's story. The pillowman get its name from a story in the play about a pillowman convincing children to kill themselves in order to spare them from a hard life. The Pillowman is the story of…

The Pillowman was the one of the 1st full plays I have seen. Personally, theatre has always been something I just never paid much attention too until my senior year of high school. However, sitting through this play was rather eye opening. I developed this appreciation for theatre. When I arrived at the forum I began looking at the program and the first thing I noticed was the amount of people who committed their time to the production. When the play ended I compared the amount of the names in…

On November 20th, my sister and I attended an astonishing play called The Pillowman at the Newnan Theatre Company in Coweta. The Pillowman was originally written in 2003 by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. The play takes place in an interrogation room in an unnamed totalitarian state. A middle aged writer named Katurian (played by Arden Avery) is being questioned by two detectives Tulposki (played by P. David miller) and Ariel (played by Robert Stowe) while his older brother Michal (played by…

The Pillowman was an interesting play. It was one of the best theatrical performances I have experienced. Not only the design, costumes, acting but the story line. It made you think about the social experiment the parents performed on Katurian. It made me question why parents were evil in how they abused Michal and experimented on Katurian, was it for their own fun? Or was there a purpose? But also the stories Katurian wrote were terrifying that someone could think that way. Needless to say it…

themes. For this essay, I would try to do a comparative study on Lenny Abrahamson movie “Room” (original stories by Emma Donoghue) and “Pillowman”, a play wrote by Martin McDonagh, as they both investigated a lot in humanity and taught us a life lesson. In the following, I would discuss three common themes between these two literatures, including how these literatures show us the complexity of human, why we should be positive towards our life and how bad it is for we human to harm each other.…

A Story can have many themes, and as we know, there are tons of stories on the world, so it is inevitable that some stories share common themes. For this essay, I would try to do a comparative study on Lenny Abrahamson movie “Room” (original stories by Emma Donoghue) and “Pillowman”, a play wrote by Martin McDonagh, as they both investigated a lot in humanity and taught us a life lesson. In the following, I would discuss three common themes between these two literatures, including how these…

In McDonagh’s The Pillowman, Katurian and Michal’s parents are the flat characters. Both of them are solely presented through Katurian’s narration, by using different voices like imitating a boy’s voice (which in text is marked in the brackets) in order for audience to distinguish him from his mother. Although Katurian’s parents are not dynamic, they play the key role to show Katurian’s affection towards his brother Michal. As their parents torture Michal, it triggers Michal to write Katurian a…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said: “Childhood is the sleep of reason.” When we consider the childhoods of Michal and Katurian Katurian of The Pillowman, Abigail Williams of The Crucible, and Emily Bas-Thornton of A High Wind in Jamaica, reason and sense are truly asleep. When these four characters finally arrive at the pearly gates, the two that find themselves welcomed into heaven are Katurian of The Pillowman and Abigail Williams of The Crucible. The first new addition to heaven is Katurian.…