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Thornton Wilder’s Our Town: Back to the Good Ol’ Days Thornton Wilder’s Our Town: Back to the Good Ol’ Days Desiree Lynette Taylor Bethel University Abstract Our Town: a simple play about a simple time, yet still one of the most popular plays in America. In the midst of many controversial and seemingly more interesting…

Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare. One of Shakespeare’s most famous plays ‘ Romeo and Juliet’ features ‘ two star crossed lovers’ from two feuding families who fall in love and their lives become intertwined with violence and conflict. These are the two most central themes of this famous play… 3 659…

Inherit the Wind Character Overviews and Quotes Part 1 – Inherit the Wind Character List Bertram Cates – A twenty-four-year-old science teacher and the defendant in the trial. A soft-spoken and humble man, Cates has been arrested for teaching his students the theory of evolution from biology textbook. His outlook on human knowledge is skeptical……

As You Like It Analysis, Act 1&2 Act 1 Act One, Scene One Orlando is in the orchard of his brother’s house speaking with Adam, an old servant of the family. Orlando complains about the way his eldest brother Oliver treats him. Since Oliver is the eldest brother, he inherited all of Sir Rowland De…

Compare and Contrast: Hamlet and Oedipus The essential component to any tragedy, Greek or Shakespearean, is a protagonist with a fatal flaw. In Greek tragedy this is called hamartia. This Latin term translates directly into the word “flaw” but is usually used to describe an excess of a personality trait – virtue or vice (Cave…