30 pages 1 hour read

Sophie Treadwell

Machinal

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

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Essay Topics

1.

What effect on, or response from, the audience is Treadwell aiming for by not naming the characters?

2.

How does the inclusion of mechanical sounds echo the play’s thematic content? 

3.

Think about the impact of the offstage voices. How do they affect the characters in the play? How do they affect the audience or reader?