Ansam Riyadh Abdullah Almaaroof
Biographic Data
| ID | 8433955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ansam Riyadh Abdullah Almaaroof |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ansam Riyadh Abdullah |
| FAMILY NAME | Almaaroof |
| SIGNATURE | ALMAAROOF A R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tikrit |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Bullying at School
This article explores the theme of bullying as it is portrayed by Lillian Hellman in her play The Children's Hour (1934), focusing on the psychological and social mechanisms of power, victimisation, and rumour. The play dramatises the consequences of one child's lie, Mary Tilford, which comes to the ears of the headmistress of an all-girls school, and the lie eventually leads to devastation, tragedy and death. This was a herd behaviour with wides…
Motherhood and Martyrdom
This paper explores Heather Raffo’s Fallujah as a performative intervention that rewrites gendered trauma by reconfiguring the entwined tropes of motherhood and martyrdom within the context of post-war Iraq. Anchored in gynocriticism, Elaine Showalter’s feminist literary framework that centers women’s writing, experience, and expression, this study argues that Fallujah resists patriarchal and orientalist portrayals of Arab women as passive victim…
Climate Anxiety in Cherrie Moraga's Heroes and Saints and Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children
This paper analyses the concepts of climate anxiety and ecological trauma as they are presented in Heroes and Saints and The Children, employing ecocriticism and environmental theatre. It contends that both works grapple with environmental collapse as a thematic issue but also as a dramatic motor that animates character, structure, and audience engagement. It draws on the theoretical insights of figures such as Lawrence Buell and Timothy Clark in…
Electronic Technologies and the Subversion of Family Power in Postmodern Drama
Set in a near-future virtual reality where existential threats have eroded the very fabric of society, Jennifer Haley's The Nether (2013) interrogates how familial structures and ethical boundaries are corrupted as digital spaces increasingly blur the lines between the physical and the virtual. Using a post-human feminist lens, the paper aims at analyzing the disruption of conventional family power structures through electronic technologies in Ha…
Using Soft Power in Constructing Attitudes of Gender in “A Streetcar Named Desire”
This essay looks at how Tennessee Williams's beloved drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" uses the idea of soft power to limit and mold society perceptions of gender identity and performance. Based on Judith Butler's seminal theory—which holds that gender is a socially created and performative act rather than an underlying essence—this analysis shows how the play uses soft power to enforce standards of acceptable gender expression.. The protagonist, …
Celebrated Fragmentation
Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" is a play celebrated for its use of fragmentation. The play is known for its fragmented language, structure, and characters' fragmented identities and relationships. Through its fragmentation, the play creates a sense of disorientation and uncertainty, highlighting the characters' struggle to make sense of their experiences and relationships with each other. Harold Pinter is considered one of the most influential …
Alienation and Capitalist Society in Arthur Miller's “Death of a Salesman”
The present paper deals with one of the top three most notable tragedies in American history is considered to be “Death of a Salesman”. It premiered in 1949, vividly demonstrating an instinctive insight into society. Arthur Miller, the playwright, emphasized that the play should reflect not just the psychological and subjective world of the characters but also the actual, complex social reality. It has effectively captured the pathos of a typical…
A Postmodern Eco-Critical Study of Identity Crisis in "The Winter of Our Discontent"
This paper examines the theme of identity crisis in John Steinbeck's novel "The Winter of Our Discontent" through the lens of ecocriticism theory. The novel is set in the postmodern era and explores the moral decay of American society, particularly the loss of traditional values and the rise of materialism. Through the analysis of the novel, this paper explores the relationship between human identity and the natural world and how the destruction …
Captivating Verbatim Account of Historical Events in Ana Deaver Smith’s Fires in The Mirror
Fires in the Mirror is a play by Anna Deavere Smith that uses verbatim theatre to explore the 1991 Crown Heights riot in Brooklyn, New York. The play consists of a series of monologues in which she embodies the personas of various people involved in or impacted by the riot. Each monologue is a verbatim transcript of what the interviewee said during an interview with her. By performing these verbatim monologues, Smith authentically portrays the vo…
Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(S)
This paper about Neil LaBute's play, Some Girl(S) tries to reveal the repressive aspect of the male characters' adherence to established gender norms by examining the performance of Some Girl(S). To uncover why the male characters in LaBute's works attempt to conceal their emotional selves, the author analyses them through the lens of Judith Butler and other gender theorists. In general, LaBute criticises conventional performance for stimulating …
The Illustration of Thatcher's Theatre in Caryl Churchill's Serious Money
Caryl Churchill 's work marks by a deep contribution to both feminism and socialism, as well as a desire to do different experience. She credits with reshaping modern theatre and introducing new subjects matter ideas. Her systematically experimental plays integrate an examination of gender with the social disparity in British society. Churchill performs a major role in the development of modern feminist stage by putting women at the forefront of …
The Image of the Woman in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party (1957) by Harold Pinter vividly depicts the reality of the modern woman, with a straightforward breakdown in communication among some of the characters. Pinter makes every effort to portray this truth throughout this piece. He speaks with many pauses and silences, implying that language isn't as crucial to modern women as it once was. The power of silence, according to Pinter, is greater than that of speech. As a result, Pinter…
Dramatising Anti-Racism in Branden Jacob-Jenkin's An Octoroon
This paper is based on social and literary critique. Literature reflects human existence through expressing a vast spectrum of human emotions, feelings, and behaviours. People can transcend human creativity into something larger than life and beyond their imagination through literary art. Numerous references, scientific investigations, and literary works have been written about Racism. An octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is one of the literary …
The representation of Thatcher's Theatre in Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls"
Carly Churchill has a rare position within British contemporary’s post-war dramatists. She is perhaps the most innovative and elusive writer of her age, an ardent advocate of women’s equality and rights. The socialist feminist ideology of Churchill is indeed unquestionably the best of the postmodern society. Churchill lives under Thatcher’s leadership, and she is among the leader who, not just in her nation but across the western world, transform…
Pandemic drama as an anti-racism scream of Asian-Americans through Covid-19 crisis
The readiness to see some lives as expendables grieve able than others is the theme around which this paper revolves. The discrimination as a concept reverberates throughout Pandemic, the radio play that this paper tries to analyses. Racism, this study hypothesizes, is dominant in the USA society, and it is inspired in difficult times such as the time of Covid 19. The study aims to answer the following question: Is it true that white supremacy, c…
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The Image of the Woman in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party (1957) by Harold Pinter vividly depicts the reality of the modern woman, with a straightforward breakdown in communication among some of the characters. Pinter makes every effort to portray this truth throughout this piece. He speaks with many pauses and silences, implying that language isn't as crucial to modern women as it once was. The power of silence, according to Pinter, is greater than that of speech. As a result, Pinter…
Dramatising Anti-Racism in Branden Jacob-Jenkin's An Octoroon
This paper is based on social and literary critique. Literature reflects human existence through expressing a vast spectrum of human emotions, feelings, and behaviours. People can transcend human creativity into something larger than life and beyond their imagination through literary art. Numerous references, scientific investigations, and literary works have been written about Racism. An octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is one of the literary …
The representation of Thatcher's Theatre in Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls"
Carly Churchill has a rare position within British contemporary’s post-war dramatists. She is perhaps the most innovative and elusive writer of her age, an ardent advocate of women’s equality and rights. The socialist feminist ideology of Churchill is indeed unquestionably the best of the postmodern society. Churchill lives under Thatcher’s leadership, and she is among the leader who, not just in her nation but across the western world, transform…
Pandemic drama as an anti-racism scream of Asian-Americans through Covid-19 crisis
The readiness to see some lives as expendables grieve able than others is the theme around which this paper revolves. The discrimination as a concept reverberates throughout Pandemic, the radio play that this paper tries to analyses. Racism, this study hypothesizes, is dominant in the USA society, and it is inspired in difficult times such as the time of Covid 19. The study aims to answer the following question: Is it true that white supremacy, c…
Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(S)
This paper about Neil LaBute's play, Some Girl(S) tries to reveal the repressive aspect of the male characters' adherence to established gender norms by examining the performance of Some Girl(S). To uncover why the male characters in LaBute's works attempt to conceal their emotional selves, the author analyses them through the lens of Judith Butler and other gender theorists. In general, LaBute criticises conventional performance for stimulating …
The Illustration of Thatcher's Theatre in Caryl Churchill's Serious Money
Caryl Churchill 's work marks by a deep contribution to both feminism and socialism, as well as a desire to do different experience. She credits with reshaping modern theatre and introducing new subjects matter ideas. Her systematically experimental plays integrate an examination of gender with the social disparity in British society. Churchill performs a major role in the development of modern feminist stage by putting women at the forefront of …
Using Soft Power in Constructing Attitudes of Gender in “A Streetcar Named Desire”
This essay looks at how Tennessee Williams's beloved drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" uses the idea of soft power to limit and mold society perceptions of gender identity and performance. Based on Judith Butler's seminal theory—which holds that gender is a socially created and performative act rather than an underlying essence—this analysis shows how the play uses soft power to enforce standards of acceptable gender expression.. The protagonist, …
Celebrated Fragmentation
Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" is a play celebrated for its use of fragmentation. The play is known for its fragmented language, structure, and characters' fragmented identities and relationships. Through its fragmentation, the play creates a sense of disorientation and uncertainty, highlighting the characters' struggle to make sense of their experiences and relationships with each other. Harold Pinter is considered one of the most influential …
Alienation and Capitalist Society in Arthur Miller's “Death of a Salesman”
The present paper deals with one of the top three most notable tragedies in American history is considered to be “Death of a Salesman”. It premiered in 1949, vividly demonstrating an instinctive insight into society. Arthur Miller, the playwright, emphasized that the play should reflect not just the psychological and subjective world of the characters but also the actual, complex social reality. It has effectively captured the pathos of a typical…
A Postmodern Eco-Critical Study of Identity Crisis in "The Winter of Our Discontent"
This paper examines the theme of identity crisis in John Steinbeck's novel "The Winter of Our Discontent" through the lens of ecocriticism theory. The novel is set in the postmodern era and explores the moral decay of American society, particularly the loss of traditional values and the rise of materialism. Through the analysis of the novel, this paper explores the relationship between human identity and the natural world and how the destruction …
Captivating Verbatim Account of Historical Events in Ana Deaver Smith’s Fires in The Mirror
Fires in the Mirror is a play by Anna Deavere Smith that uses verbatim theatre to explore the 1991 Crown Heights riot in Brooklyn, New York. The play consists of a series of monologues in which she embodies the personas of various people involved in or impacted by the riot. Each monologue is a verbatim transcript of what the interviewee said during an interview with her. By performing these verbatim monologues, Smith authentically portrays the vo…
Bullying at School
This article explores the theme of bullying as it is portrayed by Lillian Hellman in her play The Children's Hour (1934), focusing on the psychological and social mechanisms of power, victimisation, and rumour. The play dramatises the consequences of one child's lie, Mary Tilford, which comes to the ears of the headmistress of an all-girls school, and the lie eventually leads to devastation, tragedy and death. This was a herd behaviour with wides…
Motherhood and Martyrdom
This paper explores Heather Raffo’s Fallujah as a performative intervention that rewrites gendered trauma by reconfiguring the entwined tropes of motherhood and martyrdom within the context of post-war Iraq. Anchored in gynocriticism, Elaine Showalter’s feminist literary framework that centers women’s writing, experience, and expression, this study argues that Fallujah resists patriarchal and orientalist portrayals of Arab women as passive victim…
Climate Anxiety in Cherrie Moraga's Heroes and Saints and Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children
This paper analyses the concepts of climate anxiety and ecological trauma as they are presented in Heroes and Saints and The Children, employing ecocriticism and environmental theatre. It contends that both works grapple with environmental collapse as a thematic issue but also as a dramatic motor that animates character, structure, and audience engagement. It draws on the theoretical insights of figures such as Lawrence Buell and Timothy Clark in…
Electronic Technologies and the Subversion of Family Power in Postmodern Drama
Set in a near-future virtual reality where existential threats have eroded the very fabric of society, Jennifer Haley's The Nether (2013) interrogates how familial structures and ethical boundaries are corrupted as digital spaces increasingly blur the lines between the physical and the virtual. Using a post-human feminist lens, the paper aims at analyzing the disruption of conventional family power structures through electronic technologies in Ha…
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