Characters
This character unites women across a country
This play takes its title from a poem
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
Focusing on the image and role of women in texts
What is feminist criticism?
A "disorder" identified by uncontrollable emotions
What is hysteria?
This playwright was diagnosed with TB
Who is Eugene O'Neill?
This character lies and manipulates for his own gain due to a time of financial instability
Who is Jean?
The meter of Romeo and Juliet's Prologue
What is iambic pentameter?
Focusing on your response to the text
What is reader response theory?
These tell actors how and where to move onstage
What are stage directions?
This playwright hails from Chicago (two answers)
Who is Lorraine Hansberry or Sarah Ruhl?
When we meet this character, her tip is the same amount of money as her purchase
Who is Nora Helmer?
This play is based on a true story (two answers)
What is Trifles or A Doll's House?
Analyzing based on what is in the text alone (word choice, etc.)
What is Close Reading?
When characters speak to the audience
What is direct address (or breaking the fourth wall)?
This playwright was one of the founding members of the Provincetown Players
Who is Susan Glaspell?
This character has similarities to her playwright due to her focus on education
Who is Beneatha?
In this play, an engagement ends because the fiancée attempts to "train" her betrothed
What is Miss Julie?
Using the author's life to inform interpretations
What is biographical criticism?
For example, kitchens and living rooms
What are domestic spaces?
This playwright is considered the founder of naturalist drama (two answers)
Who is Henrik Ibsen or August Strindberg?
This character was a famous stage actor and based on the playwright's father
Who is James Tyrone?
This play is a tragedy, but everyone is alive in the final scene
What is Long Day's Journey Into Night?
A group of critics who developed Close Reading
Who are the New Critics?
A dramatic work critiquing a social problem/situation
What is a problem play?
This play inspired counter-sermons
What is A Doll's House?