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    “Working with these people has changed you”. How does Nowra show change in Lewis through the play in Cosi? In the play‚ “Cosi” written by Lewis Nowra demonstrates his life through the character of Lewis Riley‚ who is the central character. The actions of Lewis and other characters are shown through the stage directions. His personality in the beginning is described to be a shy and an unsure University student who is still trying to figure out the society of the mid-sixties. Lewis started off only

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    The playwright ‘Cosi’ has several backdrops throughout the book. The main once is obviously the theatre but the more in depth backgrounds is the movement of the people in the real world. The Vietnam Moratorium‚ which was fighting for the government to return all the troops from the Vietnam War and the Sexual Revolution‚ which was a social movement that fought against the traditional codes towards to sexual relationships. The Vietnam Moratorium The moratorium was a mass demonstration against

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    Louis Nowra’s play ‘Cosi’‚ demonstrates the bias of madness and deals with the subject of love and fidelity through the development of the protagonist‚ Lewis. Set in the era of free love and war the 1970’s‚ the use of dramatic techniques creates chaos and conflict as Lewis’s opinions of love and madness is challenged by his interactions with the patients from an asylum and through the production of a play-within-a-play “Cosi Fan Tutte”. Nowra begins ‘Cosi’ by commenting on the way society treats

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    Cosi Task Preparation This is the question: Question 2 on Cosi Lewis NowraCosi Act One‚ Scene One A burnt out theatre. It is day outside but the pitch black inside the theatre. A heavy door opens‚ a chink of daylight enters‚ as do three people: LEWIS‚ his girlfriend LUCY‚ and his friend NICK. ………………………………….. NICK: Smells like it hasn’t been used in years LUCY: Burnt wood and mould. Are you sure you know what you’re doing? LEWIS: I need the money‚ Lucy. [Nick accidentally touches

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    Cosi is a semi-autobiographical play. The Lewis that audiences encounter at the end of Louis Nowra’s play Cosi is very different from the Lewis in Act One. Within the context of Australian society undergoing radical social and political changes in the 1970′s‚ Nowra also charts the radical changes in his protagonist‚ Lewis. Faced with the daunting job of directing mental patients in an opera‚ Lewis undergoes transformative personal repercussions. His world views are challenged and enriched by the

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    Cosi by Louis Nowra and Cosi Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are set in completely different times but both themes of the play parallel each other. Cosi was set in 1970’s society whilst Cosi Fan Tutte was set in 1790. Cosi Fan Tutte is play about love and fidelity which parallels with what happens in Cosi. On the surface they are parallel because Lucy is unfaithful to Lewis when they are in a relationship together just as the women were in Cosi Fan Tutte. But it is much more than that. To really

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    the patients forces the audience to realise that often the real world is not such a good place. The interactions between Lewis and the patients in Louis Nowra’s play Cosi‚ challenge the audience to view the real world as a difficult place. Within the context of Australian society experiencing drastic social and political changes in the 1970’s‚ Nowra contrasts the views and believes of the patients living in the asylum against the opinions of the real world. Whilst in the asylum‚ the protagonist

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    Cosi‚ composed by Louis Nowra‚ is a minimalist play contextualised by the Vietnam War which emphasises the characters and their growth. Cosi explores the distinctive ideas of illusion verses reality and the concept of “madness” in a comedic and innovative way‚ through a variety of dramatic techniques. The device of a play-within-a-play of Cosi Fan Tutte‚ develops an effective dichotomy‚ while highlighting the dramatic verisimilitude of the values presented in the outside and inside worlds. Lewis

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    COSI HSC PRACTICE ESSAY Discuss how Nowra’s perspective on personal relationships is conveyed in Cosi. The play Cosi by Louis Nowra is an emotional portrayal of personal relationships in a Melbourne mental institution ostracised by society. Throughout the play Nowra’s perspective on personal relationships develops and changes through character relationships and development‚ especially the development of the main protagonist Lewis. Nowra conveys his perspective on personal relationships through

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    Essay 1 Despite the comedy in Cosi‚ there is an underlying sadness to the play. ‘ Discuss’ Written through the experiences of the Vietnam War‚ Louis Nowra conveys ‘Cosi’ as a comedy in spite of the underlying of unhaplk in the play. The play [is] set in Melbourne in 1971 in a mental institution during a time of warfare and undergoing global political changes of the fears of communist expansion into the western world. Lewis Riley the protagonist and the director of Cosi fan tutte undergoes several

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