Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Critical idea throughout Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is the American dream that is sought after by so many even in today's time. However, the idea of the American Dream can be viewed as many different things to people of all kinds. In Death of a Salesman the main character, Willy Loman, struggles to fulfill his ideal of the American Dream. With the relatable elements, of envy, pride, and greed that everyone can comprehend, helps readers understand and sympathize with Miller's Death…

Marvin Marin English 111 Professor Emma Trelles May 4, 2017 True Colors The statement by Pablo Picasso that “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth” is a true representation of the plays Trifles and Anna in The Tropics. The society preaches equality and fairness in role distribution between both genders, with the aim of promoting co existence among them. In both plays, Trifles and Anna in The Tropics, the script writers presents how males have been dominant in both plays. Susan Glaspell,…

Life and Death of A Salesman The bond between a father and son is often said to be a unique and unfathomable one. However, it is a fragile bond that can be broken by the impact of worldly things. Since the affair between Willy Loman and the other woman, there has been a strain on his relationship with his son Biff. This is demonstrated through their constant fighting and their inability to spend time with each other; naturally, their relationship takes a turn for the worst. In the play “The…

I will use this link in my essay because it offers many different takes on Arthur Miller’s ”Death of a salesman”. This link provided me with different famous authors standpoint on why death of a salesman is such a classic and how it was such a turning point for American literature. This will help me create my introduction paragraph where I will talk about why “Death of a sales man” is such a classic play. I will use this chapter book in my report because it talks in one of the chapters about why…

Our Town, written by Thornton Wilder in 1938, is sometimes known as one of his best works. "Beautiful and remarkable-one of the sagest, warmest and most deeply human scripts to have come out of theatre...A spiritual experience" (Burbank 151). The play deals with at least three themes. The first theme appears in the first act dealing with daily life. A second theme shows up in Act II dealing with love and marriage. The third theme appears in act III having to do with death. Set on May 7, 1901,…

“ Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up “ - Robert Frost. “Fences” by August Wilson is a powerful, moving play that has its title as the axis for the audience to interpret in their own way. Fences is centered around the building of a fence that has a different but entangled meaning for each character in the play.Fences went further than just the vague interpretation of fence and took a step farther by asking why was the “fence’’ put up ? The Protagonist, 53 year old…

In the playwright “Fences” there are many different characters, and they all have different personalities, but they all have the same problem but in different ways. Their problems come in different forms, but they all put up guards which in their cases they have fences. Because all of their own problems, they end up having some problem related to another character or characters’ fence. There are several characters in the playwright all though they do share a fence they also have their own…

In the play Fences by August Wilson, the reader is presented the meaning and significance of the title, Fences. Though there is only one physical fence in the play, the title uses the plural form to convey the many fences that are presented literally or figuratively throughout the story. These "fences" create many types of barriers in the play, barriers that create a severance between father and son, husband and wife, and even death and life. The literal fence overlaps into the meaning of the…

In August Wilson's play “ Fences” every character has their very own metaphorical connections to fit in with the theme of the play. The “ Fence” is just not being built and used for outside decor, but as a mentally metaphoric representation of each of the unique main characters in the play. The main characters in Wilsons play were mainly Rose, Troy, Gabriel, Lysons, Bono, and Cory. Troy is considered the protagonist in the play. Troy is like the centerpiece of everyones “Fence”, such as…

In the play “fences” the word “fence” itself is used not only as a title, but has a metaphorical connection to each character in the movie. Each character explains why they have a fence or want a fence both physically and mentally. Rose is one of the main characters that wanted a fence because she thought it would keep strangers out, leaving just family and friends inside of the fence. Family is important to Rose so she does all that she can to keep them together. She also wants the best…