... and that therefore artistic or cultural external influences are of lesser importance. It is the director or designer who selects the source materials and who shapes the performance. However, directors are as much a product of a cultural framework as their plays are. The choices of a director are unconsciously inspired by the spirit of the times and are not independent from their personal characteristics such as age, gender and ... fairytales or still identified with medieval ancestors who, "held nocturnal meetings at which they made sacrifices to the devil and performed forbidden magica...

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... actually represent opposite extremes of an individual living in American society. Babbitt, in the pre-Depression 1920s, is conformity in every aspect. He cannot form his own opinions without relying on the views of others and decides to emphasize the material aspects of life. He is an aspiring socialite ... politics are not essentially necessary to live in a peaceful world. Regarding the details of everyday living, Thoreau selects a simple menu to live upon, and with the trial of a few experiments, concludes that one only needs the bare minimum of food to survive. Thoreau's simplemindedn...

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