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Marat / Sade Study Guide

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by Peter Weiss
About 61 pages (18,417 words)
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Marat / Sade Study Guide consists of approx. 61 pages of summaries and analysis on Marat / Sade by Peter Weiss. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

The full title of this play is "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade." Theatrically, politically, and socially complex, this play dramatizes the events surrounding the production of a play about the French Revolution. Those events are themselves dramatized, giving Marat/Sade the structure of a "play within a play." (read more)
      Act 1, Scenes 1, 2, and 3
      Act 1, Scene 4
      Act 1, Scenes 5 and 6
      Act 1, Scenes 7, 8, and 9
      Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11
      Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15
      Act 1, Scenes 16, 17, 18, and 19
      Act 1, Scenes 20 and 21
      Act 1, Scenes 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26
      Act 2, Scenes 27 and 28
      Act 2, Scenes 29, 30, 31, and 32
      Epilogue

  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1
      Critical Essay #2

  Media Adaptations

  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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