Unformatted text preview: perfectability Self-invention mastery Modern Drama: “Tragedy is the consequence of a man’s total compulsion to evaluate himself justly” –Miller Tragedy and the Common Man Themes: The American character and American experience Passing of the old south Post war urban America The troubled American family Class, gender, marriage, economics Human sexuality- factor in Troy’s behavior, adultery Illusion vs. Reality New to Hansberry and Wilson: RACE...
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- Drama, Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, American Realism Contemporary, Inidividualism Self-invention Tied, world Empathy Reality
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