women who lived through the war as Japanese prisoners of war. The play is a testimony‚ a memorial to their bravery and struggles for survival against all odds‚ including even the lack of recognition by the British of their existence. The Shoe Horn Sonata will only be produced by non government theatres. These theatres are usually low budget. Misto has tried to recreate the reality of the 1940’s. To do this the story is told through the dialogue and interaction of Bridie and Sheila. The use of music
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Shoe horn sonata essay Distinctly visual texts through various techniques depict an environment with great clarity so that to allow the audience to picture a vivid mental image just the way the composer intended it. A couple of examples of distinctly visual texts are the famous play “the Shoe-Horn Sonata” which uses lighting‚ project images‚ music‚ and the use of Japanese language and customs. A text doesn’t have to display pictures or play pictures to paint a picture for its audience or to be
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I agree that Winter Sonata is the pioneer of Hanryu. Like the article describes‚ Winter Sonata contain different elements which catch the eyeballs of middle aged women. The ‘pure love’ plots‚ the romantic and slow-paced scenes and the choice of actors blended and created a chemistry action which provide rooms for the audience to fantasize and envision themselves in the scenes of the drama. Winter Sonata not only fulfills the sensational needs of the middle aged women‚ but also fulfills their psychological
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experiences. Explain how this is achieved in The Shoehorn Sonata and at least two other texts. Language helps us share other people’s experience. In the play the Shoe Horn Sonata by John Misto‚ the use of symbolism‚ stage directions and dialogue enables the audience to feel empathy for the character as does the language used in the film Apocolyto and in the painting “He Ain’t Heavy‚ He’s My Brother” by Holly Wong. The Shoe Horn Sonata makes references to actual historical events and places.
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cheers of those who have come to support me‚ but most prominently‚ the banging of my own heart against my chest; it screams for freedom‚ trying to escape from its cage. My eyes grow wide with admiration as I gaze over the beauty of the majestic grand piano that rests upon the stage‚ begging to be played but wanting only a graceful touch. As my instructor nods her head‚ telling me to begin‚ I take one last deep breath in a futile effort to control my nerves. The breath does little to calm me‚ but then
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2nd Great Awakening: 1820-1859 People: Rev. Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875)‚ whose career took off after his dynamic evangelical revivals in the late 1820s in New York’s upstate "Burned-Over District." Finney’s brand of Christianity demanded perfection but allowed for repentant sinners to return to the fold. Barton W. Stone - an important preacher during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century. He was first ordained a Presbyterian minister‚ then was expelled from the church after
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2nd Order Vanity Rick Vigorous is a very jealous finance and pays his therapist‚ Dr.Jay‚ to find out everything Lenore thinks. Rick believes this is helping him in his relationship but it’s actually causing conflict and loss of money. This is the typical case of jealousy doing more harm than good. Rick and Lenore are engaged. Rick is 18 years older than Lenore‚ is divorced‚ has a son‚ and is also CEO of Frequent and Vigorous‚ where Lenore also works. The two met at Dr. Jays. Rick is extremely
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Beethoven’s use of Sonata form in his 1st Symphony Beethoven‚ in common with his predecessors Haydn and Mozart‚ uses the Sonata form in the first movement of his first symphony. This was Beethoven’s first attempt at the symphonic form having composed chamber music and two piano concertos. Beethoven made the sonata form more expressive through his use of dynamics and more extreme key relations. Beethoven started this piece with a slow introduction. It is not unknown
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In the Shoe-Horn Sonata‚ John Misto uses an analysis of dramatic‚ language and visual techniques to construct powerful images of Bridie and Sheila’s experiences in the prisoner of war camp (POW). Misto explores‚ through the two friend’s testimonies‚ the untold story of hundreds and thousands of women imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. He conveys these experiences through the use of techniques such as 1st person narration‚ symbolism and music. In the Shoe-Horn Sonata‚ Misto effectively
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1st and 2nd Peter The Christians around the time I Peter was written were undergoing some intense persecution. Socially they were shunned‚ abused‚ insulted and ridiculed‚ and Peter realized that the circumstances were getting worse. Nero was Emperor of Rome during the time I Peter was written. He oversaw the persecutions of Christians. Peter wrote this letter to offer encouragement to Christians suffering this persecution. (I Peter 2:18-20) As a result the church in Jerusalem was being scattered
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