Most drama stories are intended for performance and envolve strong emotional elements.
+ Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov, a drop-out student, lives in a tiny, rented room and refuses all help. He plans to murder and rob an unpleasant elderly money-lender, Alëna—his motivation, whether personal or ideological, remains unclear. When Raskolnikov kills Alëna, however, he is also forced to kill her half-sister, Lizaveta, as well. After the murders, he becomes feverish and behaves as though he wishes to betray himself. The detective Porfiry begins to suspect him on psychological grounds. At the same time, a chaste relationship develops between Raskolnikov and a prostitute full of Christian virtue, driven into the profession by the habits of her father.
+ A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen
Nora’s struggle with Krogstad, who threatens to tell her husband about her past crime, incites Nora’s journey of self-discovery and provides much of the play’s dramatic suspense. Nora’s primary struggle, however, is against the selfish, stifling, and oppressive attitudes of her husband, Torvald, and of the society that he represents.
+ The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
Tom’s fear of working in a dead-end job for decades drives him to work hard creating poetry, which he finds more fulfilling. Amanda’s disappointment at the fading of her glory motivates her attempts to make her daughter, Laura, more popular and social. Laura’s extreme fear of seeing Jim O’Connor reveals her underlying concern about her physical appearance and about her inability to integrate herself successfully into society.
+ The Stranger, Albert Camus
After committing murder, Meursault struggles against society’s attempts to manufacture and impose rational explanations for his attitudes and actions. This struggle is embodied by his battle with the legal system that prosecutes him.
+ Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
Stephen Kumalo struggles against the forces (white oppression, the corrupting influences of city life) that destroy his family and his country
+ To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The childhood innocence with which Scout and Jem begin the novel is threatened by numerous incidents that expose the evil sode of human nature. Most notably Tom Robinson's guiltand Bob Ewell's vengefulness. As the novel progresses, Scout and Jem struggle to maintain faith in the human capacity for good in light of these recurring instances of human evil.
+ Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
Miller seems to say with this play that any man can have as great a fall and be as great a tragedy as a king or some other famous person. Just because people are common does not mean that their falls are to them less steep. Also one must find oneself to be successful in life.
+ A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
The Youngers, a working-class black family, struggle against economic hardship and racial prejudice.
+ Snow Falling on Cedars, David Peterson
Kabuo Miyamoto stands trial for the murder of Carl Heine, while Ishmael Chambers struggles to overcome his emotionally and physically shattered past.
+ Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov, a drop-out student, lives in a tiny, rented room and refuses all help. He plans to murder and rob an unpleasant elderly money-lender, Alëna—his motivation, whether personal or ideological, remains unclear. When Raskolnikov kills Alëna, however, he is also forced to kill her half-sister, Lizaveta, as well. After the murders, he becomes feverish and behaves as though he wishes to betray himself. The detective Porfiry begins to suspect him on psychological grounds. At the same time, a chaste relationship develops between Raskolnikov and a prostitute full of Christian virtue, driven into the profession by the habits of her father.
+ A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen
Nora’s struggle with Krogstad, who threatens to tell her husband about her past crime, incites Nora’s journey of self-discovery and provides much of the play’s dramatic suspense. Nora’s primary struggle, however, is against the selfish, stifling, and oppressive attitudes of her husband, Torvald, and of the society that he represents.
+ The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
Tom’s fear of working in a dead-end job for decades drives him to work hard creating poetry, which he finds more fulfilling. Amanda’s disappointment at the fading of her glory motivates her attempts to make her daughter, Laura, more popular and social. Laura’s extreme fear of seeing Jim O’Connor reveals her underlying concern about her physical appearance and about her inability to integrate herself successfully into society.
+ The Stranger, Albert Camus
After committing murder, Meursault struggles against society’s attempts to manufacture and impose rational explanations for his attitudes and actions. This struggle is embodied by his battle with the legal system that prosecutes him.
+ Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
Stephen Kumalo struggles against the forces (white oppression, the corrupting influences of city life) that destroy his family and his country
+ To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The childhood innocence with which Scout and Jem begin the novel is threatened by numerous incidents that expose the evil sode of human nature. Most notably Tom Robinson's guiltand Bob Ewell's vengefulness. As the novel progresses, Scout and Jem struggle to maintain faith in the human capacity for good in light of these recurring instances of human evil.
+ Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
Miller seems to say with this play that any man can have as great a fall and be as great a tragedy as a king or some other famous person. Just because people are common does not mean that their falls are to them less steep. Also one must find oneself to be successful in life.
+ A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
The Youngers, a working-class black family, struggle against economic hardship and racial prejudice.
+ Snow Falling on Cedars, David Peterson
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