What features of Victorian society and relationshipsat that time does the author mock in the play?
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2.Watch one of the performances, for examplethis one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27fpOzdmiVI.You can also watch a movie adaptation starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon.3.Write an essay about the play. In your essay you must answer the following questions:Discuss the settings: when, where,and how long does the action take place?Why could this play be described as ”a trivial comedy for serious people ” ?What features of Victorian society and relationships at that time does the author mock in the play?The title of the play contains a pun (a literarydevice). Read what a ”pun” is, find it in the title, and then explain it and its purpose.Write between 700-900 words in Times New Roman, 12.Pygmalionby George Bernard Shaw1.Read the play: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3825/3825-h/3825-h.htm2.Watch one of the performances, for example, this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZQlCfJwTCY. You can also watch a movie adaptation, My Fair Lady(1984), starring Audrey Hepburn.3.Write an essay about the play. In your essay you must answer the following questions:Discuss the settings: when and where does the action take place?The title and the plot of the play is an allusion. What is allusion? Who is Pygmalion? Why is the play called Pygmalion?Describe the relationship between Eliza Doolittle and Professor Henry Higgins. Support your analysis with examples and quotes from the text.What can be said about the result of the educational experiment?
The Crucibleby Arthur Miller1.Read the play: https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/4860/The%20Crucible_full%20text_adobe_format.pdf2.Watch one of the performances, for example, this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfQs8tQyggE. You can also watch a movie adaptation (1996) starring Winona Ryder.3.Write an essay about the play. In your essay you must answer the following questions:Discuss the settings: when and where does the action take place?Discuss the concept of witchcraft in the play. Why is an accusation of witchcraft so serious at that time (and place)?The play is an allegory. What is an allegory and what does the action in the play refer to? Find some examples or quotes fromthe text to support your point.Handing in instructionsAlways write your texts in Word or a similar programUse Times New Roman, 12
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