DRAMA ASSIGNMENT EDCURRIC 101 Uncle Albert – A Drama Process to review drama education‚ and consider how drama may be applied in a classroom of year 6 – 8 students. This drama uses a short poem – Uncle Albert by Vernon Scannell – chosen because it is short and because a number of conventions used in the course can be applied similarly. The poem will be issued in class. The poem has a character interest – the writer remembers his uncle‚ probably from some time ago. It has gaps in it – always
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Task one Effect theories Effects theories were developed and introduced into the media in the 1920s; they are used to look at how media texts or products influence people who consume them‚ they are used more and more particularly in recent years to look at how negative messages for example sexual and violent based content affect different audience groups. There are two main effects theories that are used within the which are known as “Uses and gratifications” and “Hypodermic model”. Uses and Gratifications
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Literature The nature of drama Drama utilizes plot and characters‚ develops a theme‚ arouses emotion or appeals to humor. It may be escapist or interpretive. Much drama is poetry. But drama has one characteristic‚ it is written primarily to be performed‚ not read. It presents its actions through actors‚ on a stage‚ and before an audience. Of the four major points of view open for a fiction writer‚ dramatists are limited to one- the objective‚ or dramatic. Dramatists cannot enter the
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centuries. American dream is not of a fairy-tail kind. It says: hard work will bring a person success. It may be the most practical dream ever‚ a good advice actually. Life can be tough though‚ and as it turns out in Arthur Miler’s “The Death of a Salesman” just having an American dream is not enough to become rich‚ respected‚ and successful. Willy Loman’s dreams that he also passed to his sons broke on the harsh reality of life‚ mostly because of his reluctance to accept his mistakes and react
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Biff Loman exemplifies the struggle of trying to uphold the honor and expectations of a young man’s father‚ all while attempting to find self-gratitude. A young boy’s father provides the example that the boy is to follow throughout his lifetime‚ but at times the boy strays from the fathers guidelines and this can lead to turmoil. Biff was his fathers‚ Willy‚ pride and joy during his adolescent years‚ but when Biff became an adult Willy was not proud of the life he was living. Despite all of the reticule
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The Glass Menagerie‚ The Death of a Salesman‚ and Oedipus Rex are complex‚ deep stories that any reader can enjoy. The Glass Menagerie is a story about a family of three‚ a mother‚ a son‚ and a daughter who all struggle to cope with how their lives turned out. They sometimes reminisce of a happier life or a way to somehow escape life itself. The Death of a Salesman is about a depressed man named Willy who often has day dreams of what he perceives as a perfect life. Willy is angry with his life and
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Through the centuries‚ the conventions of drama have been altered in many different ways. These conventions are the setting‚ plot‚ characters and staging. The main factor which has been a dominant force during the changes of conventions has been the society. The society present during the time in which a play was written had a direct influence on the plot and characters. This is because drama is defined as a representation of life. Four plays which have been selected from Greek‚ Elizabethan‚
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UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SPRING 2013 ELL 246: RENAISSANCE DRAMA Tuesday 15:30-17:20 / Friday 15:30-16:20 Instructor: Hivren Demir-Atay Office Hours: M 9:30 / T 15:30-17:30 / W 16:30-17:30 Office: Y 212 Course Description: In an attempt to identify the fundamental characteristics of English Renaissance drama‚ this course will provide the students with an overview of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Starting with the changes that the Italian Renaissance
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Death of a Salesman: Tragedy of the Common Man Arthur Miller’s Willy Loman is a middle-aged businessman from New York‚ who has lost his touch in the working world and is struggling to make ends meet. In a changing business environment‚ Willy is unable to adapt to his surroundings in order to succeed. Though his abilities as a salesman have degraded over time‚ Willy is too proud to give up. He refuses a job that is offered to him‚ and instead he secretly gets money from his friends to make ends
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Pressures In Human Society A common idea presented in literature is the issue of the freedom of the individual in the constant pressures of society. In the play “Death of a Salesman” by‚ Arthur Miller‚ Willy Loman is a good example of this‚ as well as a sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield in the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by‚ J.D Salinger. They are both men living in a controlling society‚ and feel it is too hard to keep up with all of the
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