Unit Overview:
At first glance, Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape and Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire do not seem to have anything in common. Close scrutiny, however, reveals several provocative parallels. This lesson provides a variety of options for conducting comparative analysis between the plays.
Lesson Overviews:
Students study the text of Long Day's Journey into Night and explore the impact of reading the play silently versus acting out and staging parts of the play.
Using comparative analysis techniques, students explore A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Long Days Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill, centered on tensions and tragedies in two American families.
Students examine the bleak view of modern civilization, as presented in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape.
Students study setting, plot, character development in Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire and discuss its impact on American theatre, then participate in group reading and analysis of the play.
Students engage in a series of activities comparing Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, and conduct a comparative analysis of the two plays.
