Analysis Of Two Plays
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Literary Conventions and Devices Table Play #1 |
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Title of the work |
Significance of Title |
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The glass menagerie by Tennesse williams |
The play’s title is a representation of the sensatiions and emotiions of all the charcaters and how their failes can be broken easily. |
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Identify |
Describe |
Explain Impact |
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Major characters |
Tom Laura |
Tom is the provider of his family, laura’s brother and he is in consistent fights with his mother Laura lives with Tom and Amnada their mother and she is a young shy girl Amanda is Tom’s and Laura’s mother who was abandoned by her husband and forced to live a humble existence. |
The selfish nature of Amanda influences Tom and Laura negative and pressures them to wish to leave home. |
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Protagonist |
Amanda |
She picks on her children by pressuring Tom and wanting to marry off Laura. |
This causes misunderstandings within the family. |
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Antagonist |
Tom |
He holds an inner conflict within himself |
He is in a dilemma and unable to choose what best. |
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Conflict |
Confinement and freedom |
Tom is torn amid pursuing his dreams and his family responsibility to his mother and sister. |
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Climax |
Laura and Jim |
Jim makes the revelation that he is engaged after kissing laura. |
Tom is blamed by the mother for bringing an engaged man to hios sister. |
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Theme |
Family |
Resoonsibilities and family obligation are major themes within the play |
Tom has the obligation of taking care of the family which affetcs his innerself |
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Elements or conventions used |
Dialogue |
This helps in creating flow within the play |
This helps in understanding the play’s depth. |
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Example |
Explain Impact |
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Irony |
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When Tom argues with his mother |
This creates conflicting views amid responsibility and personality |
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Symbolism |
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Foreshadowing |
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Flashbacks |
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Yes |
Amanda recalls her old best days in her marriage and wishes to maryy off her daughter |
This causes pressure within the family with Tom wishing to leave. |
- What role does imagination play in writing or reading this particular work?
Imagination helps in creating visuals regarding the theme of the play. This helps to imagine how the family operates and the conflict within.
- How does this author create meaning?
The meaning of the story is crated through the use of falshbacks and dialogues. Dialogue hhelps in demonmstrating the conflict that is within the play while flashbacks is utilized in expressing the family.
- Explain what this piece of literature might tell us about society as a whole?
The piece of literature can be utilized in demonstrating the importance of responsibility, family and the general oligation that parents holds in allowing children to pursue their dreams.
- What is your final evaluation of this work?
The work is forced on empowering the audiences about obligations and the role of parents within the family. This creates a moral lesson of pursuing life goals in life.
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Literary Conventions and Devices Table Play #2 |
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Title of the work |
Significance of Title |
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The Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. |
The title is important is demonstrating that there is possibility of the occurrence of drama within the house setting. |
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Identify |
Describe |
Explain Impact |
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Major characters |
Nora Torvald Krogstad |
Torvald is happy with the new job that he has acquiredand his dominating control over Nora Nora is perceived to be content and highly naïve but in contrast she is unhappy in her marriage. Krostad had attending the same with Torvald and he is alwayer he operates unethically but hopes on shielding children from the wrond deads. |
Torvald negative treatment to his wife is the major cause for the prevailing situation |
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Protagonist |
Tarvold |
He is proud of his ability to control his wife. |
This creates distrust and lies between the couple. |
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Antagonist |
Nora |
She is treated wrongly by her husband who is only objected at controlling her. |
She hides the truth from him. |
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Conflict |
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Torvald is overprotective of Nora |
The conflict is the increased tension that exists Amid Nora and Torvald |
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Climax |
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When torvald reads the letter |
Understanding how manipulative their marriage was. |
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Theme |
Marriage |
The domination that is lead by a single sex |
Leads to conflicts and misunderstandings due to lack of equality. |
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Elements or conventions used |
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Dialogue is utilized to create flow within the story. |
This helps the readers in understanding the existing conflict. |
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Yes |
Example |
Explain Impact |
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Irony |
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Symbolism |
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Foreshadowing |
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Yes |
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Used in creatic a dramtic tension |
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Flashbacks |
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- What role does imagination play in writing or reading this particular work?
In the play the role of imagination is accomplished through the creation of symbols or visuals to get into the general present of the situation in the house. For instance through visualization the readers can be able to imagine the tretment that Nora acquires from Torvard.
- How does this author create meaning?
In creating meaning the author utilizes several devices such as dialogue, and flashback. In addition the author utilizes language that is very appealing such as the title which makes the suggestion that drama will be present within a house setting. Nora recalls the early period of their marriage and they are engaged in a dialogue as a couple.
- Explain what this piece of literature might tell us about society as a whole.
This piece suggest that the society and particularly marriages are dominated by men and females are expected to be submissive but the concept is rapidly changing.
- What is your final evaluation of this work?
Henrik Ibsen is more objected on questioning the prior centuries typical marriages, materialism and the role that each played in the society generally. The goal of the play was to encourage the audiences to pursue their personal objectives through the assertying moral and personal empowerments throughout the play that is demonstrated alongside drama.
- What are the main factors that differentiate these two plays?
The plays are different in that one focuses on responsibilities and obligations while the other one is focused on the conflict existing amid the couple.
References
Ibsen, H. (2014). A doll's house. First Avenue Edition
Williams, T. (1999). The glass menagerie. New Directions Publishing
