John Adams set his opera in the Second World War portraying the anxiety leading up to the testing of the nuclear bombs. The opera exudes postmodernism in such a within its theme showing how the scientists have used their advanced developments are being used for war purposes. Disturbance is rampant within this opera resonating postmodernism. The ethic of war are called out within this opera .Oppenheimer’s wife, Kitty, is constantly trying to bring her husband to his sense regarding the war. With the Germans having surrendered, Oppenheimer’s dedication to develop the atomic bomb seems unethical. However, in Continue reading...