Play therapy

Les Belles-Soeurs is a story of the struggle of the lower-middle class. Les Belles-Soeurs is a play about a group of women in Montreal who are just trying to get by in their mediocre lives. The women take advantage of each other, and seem to be friends only because of their proximity to each other. The women interact as though they are all just there because of their circumstance, not because they chose to be in their situations. This causes the women to act selfishly, ignoring common courtesy,…

of self and also impression management. Within these concepts are a number of ideas that help Goffman relate life to that of a play. I will assess the dramaturgical approach of Erving Goffman. Finally, by applying Goffman’s ideas to an everyday example, I will show how the concept of dramaturgy is relevant to modern society. Dramaturgy is the concept that life is a play and the world is a stage. This world consists of actors and their perceived roles, audiences,…

“Hamlet’s madness, whether genuine or not, adds to the fascination of his character for the audience.” Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with suitable reference to the play, Hamlet. The more I explore Shakespeare’s work, the more I am convinced that he had more wisdom in 1616 than we have managed to accumulate since. The lesson I derive from Shakespeare’s exploration of madness in Hamlet is that sometimes one just has to fight fire with fire. It is how Hamlet’s (probably)…

The significance of “madness” in Hamlet In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, the main character Hamlet experiences an irrational behavior of madness throughout this piece of work. While reading this play there is a question that crosses the reader’s mind of, “Is Hamlet going crazy or is he going mad?” The reader can often wonder this because of the way Hamlet starts to act as soon as his father dies and the actions and choices he makes leads the audience to think that he isn’t…

blend of all these. Shakespearian plays are famous for its tragedy. Some of his plays include Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra (genre: tragedy). Macbeth is different from the other plays written by Shakespeare, this play mainly deals with the essence of darkness. We can say that the play is more of emotions, planning and thoughts than of…

To begin with, Montresor and Zaroff may not seem to have a lot in common. Actually, their differences are overcome by their similarities in the way of acting and the lack of empathy. To begin with, the story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is about Montresor, an elite man from Venice that is annoyed with one of his servants, Fortunato. Therefore, Montresor articulates a plan to trap poor Fortunato, inviting him for a walk in the mansion’s vaults to find a cask of Amontillado wine. As…

The famous Shakespearean tragedy King Lear depicts King Lear of Britain’s rollercoaster path from foolishness to wisdom and his eventual tragic downfall. Lear divides his kingdom amongst his three daughters: Cordelia who is banished for not correctly expressing her love for the King, and Goneril and Regan who turn against him in order to gain more power. Likewise, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres tells a tale molded around King Lear where the owner of a 1000-acre farm named Larry agrees to hand it…

In the play “Marie Antoinette,” written by David Adjmi and directed by Le’Mil Eiland, Alexis Primus takes on the role of Marie, the pompous, spoiled, and ignorant queen of France. I wasn’t originally going to discuss the lead character, however as I analyze Alexis’s character with greater thought, the more impressed I became. This play encourages people to view Marie from a new perspective, not only exposing Marie’s superfluous and greedy nature but also the misunderstanding and internal…

the research, textual evidences are collected to analyze the structure of the play “The Dreams of Tipu Sultan” by Girish Karnad. The research is qualitative in nature. To explore the structure of the play, The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, the researcher draws on the dream reality sequence, memories, diary, and characters within the play and the concept about the structure of two act play by Richard Toscan in his book “play writing seminars”. Richard Toscan was Dean of the School of Theatre and…

The profusion of power in understanding a person’s weaknesses allows for the potential of manipulation. When utilized in the right way, this power has the capability of persuading people to do things they never could have imagined. Through the actions of the characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare demonstrates how manipulation of the naive can result in one’s success, but when used carelessly, it can lead to fatal consequences. If clever enough, exploiting the weak…