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Pleаse аnswer ONE оf the fоllоwing questions with complete essаy response (six paragraphs minimum). [Total: 40 points] Theatre often centers on the individual attempting to define themselves and the reality of the world within which they exist. Using A Streetcar Named Desire, The Crucible, or Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? compare and contrast at least one main character from two separate plays and how their dramatic conflict depicts the individual defining themselves and their reality within society and social circles. How are they used by their respective playwrights to express the struggle of the individual? What can you determine from your chosen play as to the concept of the individual in the American society they were first performed? Finally, would the individual characters you selected still be relevant (or relatable) to a 21st Century contemporary audience of your peers and discuss using examples for why or why not? Over the course of this semester, thus far, we have read several plays that depicted the dramatic conflict and relationship within families. At times these relationships were supportive, while at other times it could be seen as mutually destructive. Using two or more of the following plays that we’ve read, (Desire Under the Elms, Awake & Sing! or Picnic) compare and contrast the depiction of two families from two separate plays. Then discuss what these representations suggest for each time period they were set in, and also written and first performed in. Finally, explore and how these depictions help define our understanding of “family” for a 21st century American audience. Be sure to cite specific examples from the texts to support your essay.