1. Why is the narrator attracted to the kind of family life depicted on TV? What, if anything, does he think is wrong with his life? Why do his desires apparently have so little impact on his family?…
The broad emotional feel of the play is embedded in the dialogue of the script that uses idiomatic expression and juxtaposition to individualise the characters personalities and backgrounds.…
Although the play may not make logical sense Cameron uses several dramatic techniques that convey issues that individuals may face in everyday life, namely the issues of grief and loss and how these emotions can be dealt with this is especially clear between the characters of Ray and Sylvie as the dialogue and positioning between the characters is quite cold and distant for example when Ray waits for a kiss ‘that never comes’ and they ‘stare cold at each other’ these stage directions are created by Cameron to establish the strong tension between both the characters which suggests that the way in which they…
Dillard asks questions eight times throughout the piece. She asks rhetorical questions to evoke the human mind to inquire about existential issues. She isn’t forcing her beliefs upon the reader, but rather discreetly asks the reader to consider her perspective. Dillard isn’t looking for an answer, but rather, she is trying to prove a point.…
The opening scene establishes the characters and the context of the play while exploring the distinctive ideas that are developing. The stage directions [A burnt out theatre] metaphorically represents the world at large, introducing the dramatic technique of light and dark. Heavy irony is utilised when the lights turn on “a small dismal hall is revealed”. Through the illumination, a bleak situation is revealed symbolising the life that surrounds the inmates. Unable to differentiate between “normal” and “insane”, mistaking Roy as a social worker, “are you the social worker”, the distinct idea of illusion verses reality is introduced alongside the protagonist, Lewis, allowing responders to realise Lewis is [out of his depth] with both the production and the patients. The truncated sentences and Lewis’ hesitant tone reveals his nervousness, [uncertainly] “yes”, exploring the idea through his mannerism.…
The main issue throughout the movie is racism and the perspectives on different cultures. The movie is set in Los Angeles, a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. The movie starts out at a scene of an accident. In the first line, Graham (Don Cheadle) says, “It’s the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We’re always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something”. That line describes the movie of how everyone “crashes” into each other. As that happens, not everyone gets a nice feeling. The movie continually shows negative feelings people have towards each other.…
7. What is the “theme” of this story. That is, if you could reduce the story to a single statement, what would that be?…
After reading the scene, we are immediately drawn into one of the main themes of the play, Disorder'. The other themes covered in the play includes: Love versus hate, Disorder, Fate, Friendship and Revenge.…
In the opening of this play I feel that the extract relates well to the rest of the play because it gives the audience a good initiative of what the characters represent. For example in the stage directions in the very opening it shows that this play is presented around the main character Michael and his nostalgic memories of the summer of 1936. Michaels monologue prepares us for the world we are about to enter. He explains that this is the summer his Uncle Jack, whom he had never before met, came home from Africa. He tells us that this is also the summer the family got their first wireless radio set. The set is less than reliable, but its effect on the household is dramatic. His mother and aunts have launched a spontaneous dance in the kitchen, something Michael has never seen before. Michael explains that the radio has been named like a family pet. Though he’s only seven, he's somehow aware that the life he has come to know is on the verge of change: “I know I had a sense of unease, some awareness of a widening breach between what seemed to be and what was, of things changing too quickly before my eyes, of becoming what they ought not to be.’ Throughout his monologue he is also describing to the audience what it was like to live in 1936; Friel adds so much information into the first page and a half that the spectators become overwhelmed with new ideas to think over. There is a big significance about the historical setting of 1936 and it is important for several reasons, for example: The family's possession of their first wireless radio provides the novelty of modern technology and popular culture during that time. The historical setting is also relevant to the interference of the Industrial Revolution on rural Ireland. As Michael explains in monologue,…
In the beginning of the story the reader is lunge into the lives of two people, American and Jig, who wait in a small bar at the train station for their train to come. The symbolism is obvious as the picture of the scenery when the introduction says, "The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees…” (106).This introductory statement describes the authentic background, and on the other hand demonstrates the miserable and dark situation two characters face. The reader is probably curious about what the other side of the hill looks like. It is evident of the conflict between the man and the girl. The problem is an abortion. It is made clear all through the story, that the man wants the abortion and the girl is not certain about it. While concentrating on Jig’s choice, she looks at her life says, "That's all we do, isn't it-look at things and try new drinks"(107). In this reflection, she is stating how uninteresting her and her boyfriend's lives are, with no change and no obligation. Apparently American adores this way of life pushing her towards his way of thinking. This difference in feelings creates some tension between the two.…
The play, rather than presenting a specific statement of love, portrays the chaos and passion of being in love, combining the themes of love, passion, family, and violence, and how they conflict with each other.…
The play begins and ends with the narrator, the lawyer Alfieri, directly addressing the audience from his office. Alfieri’s opening speech directly relates to the events that will unfold throughout the play, set in Brooklyn. Alfieri tells us how they consider ‘to meet a lawyer or a priest on the street is unlucky. We’re only thought of in connection with disasters, and they’d rather not get too close.’(Miller, p4) This gives the audience a clear understanding that the play is going to be of tragedy and disaster. Alfieri not only discusses the here and now but also the history of the area he thinks this attitude lies in ‘three thousand years of distrust.’(Miller, p4) He proclaims that: ‘justice is very important here.’ (Miller, p4) Finally he explains how he mostly deals with longshoreman and their wives, fathers and grandfathers in compensation cases, evictions and petty squabbles, however ‘every few years there is still a case,’ that is different from the everyday petty troubles, ‘This one’s name was Eddie Carbone. Brooklyn Bridge to the breakwater were the open sea begins.’(Miller, p4)…
A common fear shared by everyone is of being murdered. Murder is the most violent crime we can commit against another human being. The narrator draws us into the murder scene by a step-by-step recounting of the action, “With a loud yell I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once–only once. In an instant I…
After reading the scene, we are immediately drawn into one of the main themes of the play, Disorder'. The other themes covered in the play includes: Love versus hate, Disorder, Fate, Friendship and Revenge.…
The entire story serves as a test for the wife. Each test was to show whether the woman could indeed live with strangers all for love. This can be a secondary theme, but more importantly, it is a theme in which the main character learns that though there are sacrifices it is worth it in the end.…