Henrik Ibsen is considered to be the father of modern drama. His objectives were to "see accurately and recreate poetically the world and its people‚ beliefs‚ ideas‚ conflicts‚ and correspondences" (Mergentha). The essence of modern drama is to remake‚ or mirror the society in which the authors lived in. However‚ at times‚ these realistic concepts are introduced in an environment that is completely absurd and surreal. It can be explained as the author trying to gear our attention on the plot or the
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personally apart of. Sitting in the lecture theatre and taking in all the information that was put forward‚ really opened my mind up to a lot of the horrific issues surrounding the Indigenous people of Australia. When first being exposed to the Stolen Generation‚ I didn’t know how to feel toward innocent children being taken away from their homes. This was done by social workers and police officers that would invade the homes of the Indigenous people for the removal of their children (Gerrett 2013)
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Composers of texts present a biased attitude to the events‚ personalities or situations represented. In various texts such as Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” and Leunig’s cartoon “Yet another picture with the wrong caption”‚ the composers bias is evident even though conflicting perspectives towards the personality are presented. Although conflicting perspectives are present in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”‚ the composers bias is still evident. Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” is a play which reflected
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Script a speech to HSC students. With reference to ‘Disabled’ and one other poem‚ discuss the central themes and methods used to develop them. Good morning students‚ Wilfred Owen was a British soldier and poet in WW1. He was thoroughly shocked by the horrors of war and based his poetry on his various experiences. In his poem‚ “Disabled”‚ he highlights the loss and pity of war‚ while in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” he emphasises that there is no glory or honour in dying in war. Through the
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OCR Drama Exam Tasks Students have to choose one question to answer from a choice of three. The first of the three choices will always be extract-based. The extract is usually one to one and a half pages in length with the questions focusing directly on the extract (referring to ‘this moment’ or ‘this extract’‚ or using the word ‘here’). These questions do require an understanding of the whole text‚ but close attention to the printed extract is the key requirement for successful answers. At least
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Elizabethan Drama: Stagecraft and Society Introduction Elizabethan drama refers to the plays produced while Queen Elizabeth reigned in England‚ from 1558 until 1603. It was during this time that the public began attending plays in large numbers. The opening of several good-sized playhouses was responsible for this increased patronage‚ the largest and most famous of which was the Globe theatre (1599)‚ home to many of Shakespeare’s works. The most popular types of Elizabethan plays were histories of
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Media Practice Paper 1a) The ever increasing popularity of crime dramas is a result of the programme being voyeuristic and escapist in terms of representations‚ as people often seek the thrill and danger without being involved in the programme itself. An example of this would be in ‘Sherlock’‚ as the protagonist ‘Sherlock’‚ is shown to be an intellectual genius‚ solving the crimes mathematically by using his own unique technique. This is important‚ as the audience almost want to spy on the character
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The Chorus in Greek drama was a large group of performers (suggested between 12 and 30) of people who sang or chanted songs and poems‚ and danced during plays. They are homogenized and non-individualized group in Greek drama. Despite the large size‚ they represented a collective consciousness‚ or a single body‚ often wearing masks to render sense of unification and anonymity. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex‚ the chorus is composed of senators‚ while in Sophocles’s Electra‚ the chorus is made up of the
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before fancy forensics determined verdicts - they pore over the details of the case. If Rose’s dialogue makes one wish occasionally for the more clipped speed of cop-show patter on today’s TV‚ his story’s construction is impeccable. This is thrilling drama. Full Text (356 words) (Copyright Financial Times Ltd. 2004. All rights reserved.) Such is the intensity of America’s presidential campaign that almost any play can seem loaded with topical meaning. With Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men‚ a
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Stolen! What if you were ‘stolen’ from your family… but the kidnappers thought they had ‘rescued’ you? The kidnapper/s then tried to brainwash you to make you like them and eventually you started to be confused about what the truth was … These are the conflicting perspectives that I have experienced in my chosen text which is a stage play called ‘Stolen’ written by Jane Harrison. What makes this text more frightening is the fact that the scenario is real and that it happened in our own backyard
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