State of the Union | Style
Political Drama
State of the Union is a good example of a political drama. While many literary works touch on issues of political importance, they are not always central to the work’s message and may just serve as a theme or means to generate additional conflict in the work. In political dramas, however, the commentary on political issues is the message. In the case of State of the Union, the playwrights touch on several political issues that were being discussed in the mid-1940s when the play was first being performed. For example, in the...
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