The Sale of a Dead Man and the American Dream (Death of a Salesman)

April 23, 2012April 9, 2017 by Marianne Duijst

I originally wrote this discussion piece for the university course Theatre: History, Conventions in 2012. Together with Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller is…

Literature

Hedda Gabler and Mrs Elvsted – Discussion Piece

March 20, 2012April 9, 2017 by Marianne Duijst

I originally wrote this discussion piece for the university course Theatre: History, Conventions in 2012. In 1879, A Doll’s House ended with Nora leaving her husband…

Literature

The Function and Effect of Playing of Games in Noël Coward’s Hay Fever, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band

January 30, 2011January 8, 2018 by Marianne Duijst

Written for the university course Staging and Screening America in 2011. The plays named in the title have been linked by earlier critics and theatre reviewers.…

Literature

Excerpt: How effective a conclusion does Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows provide to the series?

March 9, 2010April 9, 2017 by Marianne Duijst

Brief excerpt of the introduction text of the essay I planned to write (in 2010) on the question How effective a conclusion does Harry Potter and the…