The following topics are suggestions only. You are encouraged to develop your own topic but please consult your tutor before proceeding. The essay should deal with at least two plays, and preferably not more than four.
- Tragic family feuds—blood begets blood
- Comic family feuds
- Portraits of women—stereotypical or individualized
- The use of the supernatural
- The representation of moral conflict
- The significance of rape
- Concepts of redemption
- The dramatization of corruption
- Ambition—for good or ill?
- Villains as satiric vehicles
- Masking and unmasking
