Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Stuttgart, language: English, abstract: Course Subject: The Purpose of ArtEssay topic (situation): Imagine to be involved in the performance or production of the play. How would you approach the problem of incest and taboo and of representing incest on stage?The essay mainly analyzes the way in which difficult topics like incest, or taboo topics in general, are addressed in literature as well as in performances on stage.