incomprehensible to those who have never experienced it‚ a dread that strikes at the root of one’s survival – an existential fear.” Experiences suffered by women and children in WWII Japanese POW camps are reflected in John Misto’s play‚ The Shoe-Horn Sonata. This is shown through a wide range of distinctively visual techniques such as stage directions‚ language‚ lighting‚ music and sound effects that are designed to put the audience in his characters positions. The fear confronted by the women of the
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occurrence of an event. John Misto has successfully portrayed the importance of survival by using the visual and sound techniques. The sisters and nurses of Sisters of War and the nurses in The Shoe-Horn Sonata had endured many great atrocities during their times in the war. In Shoe-horn sonata‚ the mimicking technique used in the “Tap – Tap – Tap” and “[harsher] Whack – Whack – Whack” shows Bridie’s persistence in keeping Sheila awake. The powerful use of repetition and its onomatopoeic techniques
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Shoe Horn Sonata: In Misto’s play contrast is a powerful dramatic device. Describe its use in the Shoe Horn Sonata. “Shoe Horn Sonata is an impressive story of courage‚ hope‚ horror and friendship. This play is a tribute to commemorate the bravery of the women and to make their story of survival widely known. The historical context that the story has enables us to learn about the past events and to understand the true meaning of war and its consequences. The play draws on real events‚ the Massacre
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Distinctively visual texts are able to manipulate the emotions of the audience to influence the responses of a collective group. John Misto‚ the person behind the play The Shoe-Horn Sonata‚ uses his distinctively visual text as a memorial for the Australian Army nurses who died in the war‚ as they were refused one by the government. “I do not have the power to build a memorial. So I wrote a play instead.” This drama illustrates the way the women were treated in the Japanese prisoner of war camps
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rather than the mask I wear to school everyday. Music is one of those very few things in life that listens and can easily influence mood. Words in a song vary from happy to sad to angry and so can an orchestral piece. One of my favorite pieces is Piano Concerto no.2 by Rachmaninoff as it contains different emotions and connections throughout the piece.
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Program Notes By Xiaohan Sun Béla Bartók Born 1881‚ Nagyszentmiklós‚ Hungary Died 1945‚ New York‚ New York Viola Concerto (1945) Bartok left two major concertos unfinished: the Third piano concerto and the Viola Concerto. The former was complete except for the orchestration of the last seventeen measures‚ but the latter required much more extensive work. The manuscript for this unfinished work was given to Bartok’s friend and informal student Tibor Serly‚ who reconstructed the work and prepared
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One of the central aspects of this poster is its use of images to depict scenes and ideas within the play ’The Shoe-Horn Sonata’. In this play‚ Misto creates meaning through his use of a linear timeline‚ which allows the reader to follow the events as they occur. This is crucial to the play as it causes the reader to become emotionally invested in the characters and causes them to question what happen in the camp to result in the present. This poster uses layout and gaze to create this effect of
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata In the play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto I have chosen to study Act 1 Scene 3. In this scene Bridie and Sheila meet for the first time. Bridie and Sheila reunite after not having seen each other since the end of the war‚ and they feel like they hadn’t been separated for 50 years. Bridie acts as if she has been the stronger one through both the war and after it‚ constantly undermining Sheila by calling her ‘girl’ and telling Rick (the interviewer) that she is deaf
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Good morning‚ Year12 of Wyndham College. My name is Bazil and I am here to briefly discuss the play "The Shoe-Horn Sonata" by John Misto in relation to the use of dramatic techniques used. The Shoe-horn Sonata is concerned with the incarceration of two women held captive in a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp. Misto uses the play to demonstrate the devastation of war and the human spirit and will to survive‚ both prevalent themes throughout the play. Such themes are exemplified to the audience
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One literary technique that authors often employ is to use a character who is a “visitor” to provide insight into a society’s culture. In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Player Piano‚ the author employs the Shah of Bratpuhr in such a manner. Instead of seeing a society that is better because of its reliance on machines‚ the Shah instead observes that the people of Ilium have become slaves to their machines instead. Instead of observing a society that worships a religious God and looks to him for inspiration
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