Mayhem and Morality in Sweeney Todd
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14801417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alfred Mollin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 405 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-4392 • E-ISSN: 1945-2349 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3051688 |
| OpenAlex | W2312786137 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The two principal characters of Sweeney Todd' conspire in mass murder. However, the motives that prompt them to their common venture differ considerably, and these differences make intelligible much of the play's dramatic movement. The play reveals the terms upon which these disparate characters can unite without sacrificing their individual perspectives; at the culmination of the drama, both are presented as punished, in appropriately different ways, for their complicity
Aesthetics · Art · Complicity · Computer security · Culmination · Drama · Genealogy · Literature · Morality · Political science · Computer Science · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · History · Law · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |