Analysis: Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff and My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley
During the first course of the year in As Drama and Theatre Studies, we have been exploring Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff, and My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlott Keatley.
Both of these plays allowed us to explore critical factors which make up the course, these headings are: practitioner, vocal awareness, non-verbal communication, visual, aural and spatial dynamics, language, plus social, historical cultural and political contexts. Finally the plays uncover interpretation and characterisation along the way too.
When looking at the deeper meanings behind the plays, they do have similar themes for example change and family interactions. In the sense where My Mother Said deals with time change between family members; how the era they were born in has an effect on their opinions and the approach they take, in order to deal with a situation their faced with. Similarly Metamorphosis deals with a change on one family member and how this ricochets on to the rest of the family, but is also exposes how affection increases or decreases amongst the relatives.
The plays are different when it comes to style/ genre, as My Mother Said is mostly a naturalistic play as it focuses around more of a real life situation, which could more likely happen to any family. On the other hand Metamorphosis is much more non-naturalistic, as the techniques used at some points in the play are to deliberately create a non-natural environment (coral speech).
Practitioners
Before reading the text Metamorphosis we as a group did some background research on the play and I had found out that the original play was created by Franz Kafka a German writer. Originally Kafka wrote this play so that is could reflect how he was feeling at the time as he felt that society looked down on him as an inferior being not even a human which is why In the play the family representing society at the time abandon Greggor who turns in to a betel. Greggor symbolizes Kafka.
Later on in time Steven
Both of these plays allowed us to explore critical factors which make up the course, these headings are: practitioner, vocal awareness, non-verbal communication, visual, aural and spatial dynamics, language, plus social, historical cultural and political contexts. Finally the plays uncover interpretation and characterisation along the way too.
When looking at the deeper meanings behind the plays, they do have similar themes for example change and family interactions. In the sense where My Mother Said deals with time change between family members; how the era they were born in has an effect on their opinions and the approach they take, in order to deal with a situation their faced with. Similarly Metamorphosis deals with a change on one family member and how this ricochets on to the rest of the family, but is also exposes how affection increases or decreases amongst the relatives.
The plays are different when it comes to style/ genre, as My Mother Said is mostly a naturalistic play as it focuses around more of a real life situation, which could more likely happen to any family. On the other hand Metamorphosis is much more non-naturalistic, as the techniques used at some points in the play are to deliberately create a non-natural environment (coral speech).
Practitioners
Before reading the text Metamorphosis we as a group did some background research on the play and I had found out that the original play was created by Franz Kafka a German writer. Originally Kafka wrote this play so that is could reflect how he was feeling at the time as he felt that society looked down on him as an inferior being not even a human which is why In the play the family representing society at the time abandon Greggor who turns in to a betel. Greggor symbolizes Kafka.
Later on in time Steven