‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ The play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ composed by John Misto‚ is primarily focused on the incarceration of women and children in P.O.W (Prisoner Of War) camps located in the jungles of Japan in World War Two‚ rather than the most common factors of the male soldier wartime stories and other masculine hardships dealt with at the time. As the play unfolds Misto presents the audience with various theatrical components to convey the relationship of two women being interviewed to reminisce
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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 play can be shown with visual elements of ruthless treatment by the Japanese and betrayal by the British Government. The frightening
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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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To survive is to continue to live or 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
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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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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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(INTRO) John Misto’s drama ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ depicts the journey of two women captured by the Japanese during World War ll. The play reveals the unresolved problems of their relationship after fifty years. The reunion of Bridie and Sheila and their problems are dramatized and resolved through Misto’s use of dramatic techniques. He effectively creates images of tension‚ hardship‚ hope and survival‚ friendship and forgiveness to emphasize the relationship between the two women. (DOUBLE-HANDER)
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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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role towards Shiela‚ as evident when Shiela states “We fought all the time. You were worse than my mother” and when Bridie calls Shiela “My dear girl”. Therefore‚ the character of Bridie shifts in her role and perception throughout the play the Shoe Horn Sonata as a result of the truth being
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position to experience the different impacts and emotions associated with the texts. These techniques allow the distinctively visual to have the power to manipulate the audience’s expectations and strong feelings towards the texts. The Shoe-horn Sonata written by John Misto and the short film‚ ’Lovefield’ directed by Mathieu Ratthe allows the responder to experience both positive and negative themes associated with the texts such as power‚ war‚ friendship and bravery which therefore enables them to
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