A 5 page comparison of these two exceptionally captivating works of fiction. Each focuses on the initiation of a young man to the trials and tribulations of life as well as the distinctions which exist between reality and fantasy. No additional sources are listed. Bibliography lists five sources. The paper concludes that in all three of these plays, life is most comfortably lived in an anesthetizing haze of liquor and fantasy because naked reality is too horrible to contemplate.
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This 11 page paper considers the way in which Andrew Lang adopts the role of storyteller in his interpretation of the tales of the Arabian Nights. There were, and still are, many contemporary issues in these tales, and in presenting them in the descriptive and captivating manner that Lang accomplishes we can see not only his love of fairytales and fantasy but also a demonstration of his own life, personality, desires and moral reasoning. The bibliography cites 1 source. This 12 page report discusses Irish playwright Brian Friel s work Translations. In it, he tells the story of the British to dominate all of Irish culture and heritage by translating and changing ancient Gaelic names of villages and towns into English.