Bertolt Brecht Essays

The Relationship Between Coriolanus and Volumnia      The speech patterns of "Coriolanus" reveal the title character's psychological turmoil. Churning with self-doubt about his determination, his relationship with those around him, and his relationship with his mother, Coriolanus is a man at the mercy of his environment. The environment that shapes Coriolanus is the instruction he receives from his mother Volumnia.1 In his relationship with his mother, Coriolanus plays the weak and subservient

To me, one of the most important aspects of theatre is to be a mirror to society or to a person’s individual psychology. A play should be painting a picture of a pre-existing reality, not just making up a new one for entertainment purposes. The best plays are just this, either a complex picture of society as it is or a character study that the audience is meant to take into their own lives. Threepenny Opera does follow this guideline, though it is most decidedly not a character study. The characters

A Relationship Left in the Cold “Let It Snow” by David Sedaris is a short story that magnifies the extent to which children might go in order to grab the attention of their parents. It is full imaginative details that would help the reader understand what it feels like to be a child. Sedaris starts with these imaginative details from the beginning of the story to the end and this keeps the interest of the reader. After the reader begins to read he/she might get the assumption that the story will

Angel Baby Out of 1 million teenage girls that become pregnant each year, 35% are faced with making a life decision that will internally change them forever. The guilt that comes from going through something like terminating a pregnancy helps us to better understand why it is such a difficult decision to make and how it will change a person forever. In Gwendolyn Brooks poem “The Mother” she portrays in great detail what life is like after going through the unimaginable experience of terminating

One late summer afternoon Antínoös was sitting by an open window in Odysseus’ hall which overlooked the sea. The sun was just starting to set over the water, casting an orangey glow over the whole of Ithaca. A late summer breeze was wafting in through the window, rustling the leaves of the olive trees below. Antínoös was lost in deep thought when a servant girl dropped a tray behind him. It clattered to the ground and dishes fell everywhere. Startled, he jumped up and turned around. Just as he was

The Beggars Opera by John Gay was written in 1728 as a response to the political state in London. Gay moved to London with no expectation of writing a satirical musical. Coming from no money, no title, and no useful contacts he tried to find his own destiny. He took a job as an apprentice to a silk merchant in an attempt to build his status. After realizing that he did not want to pursue a career in silk, he moved on to working in a theater. He was then offered a jobs working for different nobilities

How does Caryl Churchill affect the acting and production process through her script writing Caryl Churchill has furthered feminist performance theory, in the last twenty years, and broadened traditional views of gender roles through her script writing. For example, her plays Cloud Nine and Top Girls defy traditional convention, with Cloud Nine’s cross-gender casting and Top Girl’s pro-Thatcherite ethos as its foundation. Churchill has affected the acting and production process in

Teenage Wasteland In the short story, “Teenage Wasteland”, there is a troubled boy named Donny. Donny has trouble with his attitude and his grades, so his family decides to get him help. They are suggested to go to “a tutor with considerable psychological training”(Tyler 3) in order to help Donny. As time goes on, his grades start to get worse; even though he seems to be happier and have a better attitude at times. His mother does not have a lot of trust, but is told to leave it to the tutor, Calvin

Maternal Separation Maternal separation can have great effects on children in several ways. Being separated from the parent for a great amount of time leads children to develop anger, anxiety, resentment, difficult parental relationships, and other issues in their daily lives. Due to difficult parental relationships, it can also cause issues with other relationships. A study was done by Kalinichev et al. (2002) to compare female and male rats that were maternally separated, handled, or undisturbed

STAY AT HOME MOTHERS OR WORKING MOTHERS 1. Introduction When a child is born into a family and one also have to look for the household expenses such as a mortgage, one needs to choose between either continuing working full time or staying at home. Statistics show that the number of working mothers is declining and trends are shifting to stay-at-home mothers. Employment figures for married mothers with children under the age of 6 have declined about 7% to 10% since the peak years