Fraught with significance: The meaning of names in Clifford Odets' »Golden Boy«

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Frankfurt (Main), course: Introduction to Literature, language: English, abstract: The present composition will describe and elucidate derivations and meanings of selected names in CLIFFORD ODETS' play »GOLDEN BOY«. In this, the structure guides along the order of speech in the play. Further on the traced results will be analysed with regard to the contents to find out potential connections between the textual theme and the meaning of the respective names.