Compare/Contrast Eugene O’Neill’s tragic vision, Tennesse Williams’ naturalism and sexuality, Arthur Miller’s use of tragedy and drama, Albee’s ideas on the dynamics of human relationships, and Rice, Hansberry and Wilder’s relationships to American history.
The following plays should be used –
Eugene O’Neill: The Emporer Jones, The Hairy Ape, Desire Under the Elms, Strange Interlude, Morning Becomes Electra, The Iceman Cometh, and Long Day’s Journey into Night.
Arthur Miller: All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, View From the Bridge, and After the Fall.
Elmer Rice: The Adding Machine
Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun
Tennesse Williams: The Glass Menagerie, The Rose Tattoo, Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Night of the Iguana.
Edward Albee: The Sandbox, The Zoo Story, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Thorton Wilder: Our Town
The paper should discuss similarities and differences between the above writers, using the stated plays above. No need to go into descriptive detail such as symbolism. Paper should discuss the main points to the stories.
