by most people. In Louis Nowra’s play Cosi a range of techniques are used to engage the audience by exploring certain characters and themes that were significant to Louis Nowra. Contrast and settings are important in exploring the theme of insanity‚ while characterisation and dialogue reveal what type of person one of the mental patients‚ Zac‚ is. The play is set in the 1970’s in a Melbourne mental institution. The setting of the mental institution is important to Nowra because it was about
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Cosi Character analysis Lewis - Protagonist of the play - 21 years old - Lives in Northcote‚ a very poor area‚ near an abattoir - Has left university and is searching for work. “I need money” pg.1 - Lives with his girlfriend Lucy and friend Nick - At first‚ he shares the same values as his friends Nick and Lucy‚ that love is unimportant due to the ongoing Vietnam War. - He finds work at a mental asylum - He begins work with lack of confidence and scared of the patients‚ but his confidence
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various left wing student political slogans in these early scenes. His preconceived trendy left ideas about doing a Brecht play about how ‘a man sacrifices himself for the good of his mates’ are quickly dismissed by Roy‚ who bullies Lewis into directing Cosi Fan Tutte and ignores his couations about the appropriateness of the light oopera in the time of theVietnam War and a world where love is no longer ‘important’. In the initial rehearsals‚ Lewis’ uncertainty and inexperience cause tension ‘.......
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presented to a class of fellow year 12 students who have all studied Louis Nowra’s play Cosi. The purpose of discussing why Cosi is a play worth performing is to show elements of the play and its ideas that are relevant to our own lives here in suburban Western Australia. Speech: "Love is not so important nowadays‚" or is it? Written by Louis Nowra in the 1990’s and set in the early 1970’s‚ Cosi is a play based on the opera Cosi Fan Tutte. You may be asking yourself‚ why is this play worth performing
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Cosi Act one Scene one: Plot: Lewis along with his girlfriend‚ Lucy‚ and his friend‚ Nick‚ enter “a burnt out theatre.” As they struggle to find a light switch they joined by Roy. Lucy leaves and Nick who is frightened joins her. Lewis meets Justin the social worker and then the other members appear. Doug‚ a pyromaniac‚ Henry‚ who says nothing and Zac‚ a musician. The women join them soon after‚ Cherry‚ who is violent‚ Julie‚ a drug addict and Ruth‚ who suffers obsessive compulsive disorder
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Cosi – How does the dramatist cleverly combine themes ideas and structural techniques to convey meaning within a play? The Dramatist Louis Nowra cleverly combines structural and language features with an array of characters and personalities in order to convey themes of love versus infidelity and reality versus fantasy. It is this combination which allows Louis Nowra to convey meaning within his play “Cosi” Louis Nowra addresses the themes of fantasy versus reality as the opera of “Cosi Fan Tutte”
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can’t get to the level needed. This is evident through analysis of the play ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ by Louis Nowra. The play depicts the life of Lewis‚ a director in a mental institution‚ and shows the strengths he must go to in order to be accepted. When the group an individual is associated with doesn’t accept them‚ this may cause them to feel unwanted and unable to move forward in life. In the play ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ Louis Nowra is unable to fit in or show leadership within the mental institution. This
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COSI At the beginning of Louis Nowra’s play‚ Cosi‚ protagonist Lewis Riley holds views that are consistent with society in 1970. He has little control over the patients in the asylum‚ his confidence is low and he is easily influenced. Through Lewis’s interactions with the mental patients‚ his beliefs‚ understandings and values are altered. This transformation can be described as admirable as Lewis now holds views that are distinctly different from the society that surrounds him. In control of
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In Cosi‚ Louis Nowra forces the audience to question what it means to be “normal”. Explain. “Cosi” is a novel‚ written by Lewis Nowra‚ which takes an affectionate look at the madness and mayhem in a world where “sanity” does not exist. Throughout the play the characters are developed in a way that they help the reader grasp an understanding of the main issues dealt with by each of the characters. This is achieved by some of the characters remaining static throughout the play as they do not develop
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How Successful Has Lois Nowra Been in Challenging the Significant Ideas of Love‚ Fidelity‚ Sanity and Insanity in Cosi? In the play Cosi Louis Nowra challenges the important themes of love‚ fidelity‚ sanity and insanity within a range of dramatic techniques. Cosi is set in Melbourne‚ during the early 1970’s. Numerous political and radical events were occurring. The Vietnam War protest was raging‚ the sexual revolution was rolling‚ and mental illness was still misunderstood and mistreated. Due
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