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Discuss what problems are presented in the plays and in what ways the playwrights attempted to compel the audiences to think for themselves about the problems.
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"The successful dramatist knows, instinctively as well as consciously, that what matters is the posing of a problem in a way which will compel the audience to think for themselves." Discuss what problems are presented in the plays and in what ways the playwrights attempted to compel the audiences to think for themselves about the problems. ESSAY A "The successful dramatist knows, instinctively as well as consciously, that what matters is the posing of a problem in a way which will compel the audience to think for themselves." This quote reflects the reason that Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman both enjoyed the success that they did in their respective time periods. Both plays compel the audience to think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think by placing the characters in specific moral or social confines. Williams and Miller both encourage...
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