In Whose Life Is It Anyway?’ Clark has formulated two distinctive characters Ken Harrison and Dr. Emerson to base his play centred around the issue of euthanasia. Ken Harrison‚ who is a patient‚ paralysed quadraplegically‚ makes a plea for the freedom to decide his own destiny. This becomes obvious as his perspective is presented strongly‚ and to a greater extent‚ reflecting his background‚ his former livelihood as a scultor‚ and his experience in life. The composer utilises powerful language
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people support the right to die at their will the matter continues to polarise society‚ and remains illegal in Australia. “Whose Life is it anyway?” is a play by Brian Clark‚ written in the late 1970’s‚ and tells the story of paralysed Ken Harrison and his fight against the establishment‚ particularly Doctor Emerson the consultant physician‚ to be allowed the choice to end his life. These opposing values are argued throughout the play and help to broaden the audiences’ understanding of the very controversial
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The playwright ’whose life is it anyway?’ written by Brian Clark is based around a sculptor called Ken‚ who has been paralysed neck down in a car accident and is told that he will never be able to move any part of his body again. Most of the action takes place around Ken’s paralyzed body and his bed. The story’s centre of attention is Euthanasia (whether Ken should be allowed to take his own life or not)‚ which serves as the main plot of the story; however there are more issues at hand. The theme
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English Essay A play that I have read is “whose life is it anyway?” which was written by Brian Clark and I thought it was good. In the play Ken‚ who is a paralyzed man who wants to die and has to fight for the right to die. In this essay I am going to explain how Brian Clark makes the play an effective one which deals with the subject of euthinasia. In this paragraph I am going to explain that Brian Clark uses humour to make the play effective. An example of humour would be black humour; this
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A that’s nice‚ but don’t let sister hear you say that.’ P8 Nurse kay is new to the hospital and ken is talking to her using sexual innuendo. They are getting to know each other for the first time. B ’ Ours was an objective‚ his subjective decision.’ P25 Dr Scott talking to dr Emerson about if they should give him the Valium as ken is the one getting affected. Dr Emerson is saying ken cannot know enough to challenge their clinical decisions. C I’m always warning my nurses not to get involved
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Whose life is it anyway? The story is a play written by Brian Clark. It is first presented by Ray Cooney‚ at the Mermaid Theatre‚ London‚ on the 6th March 1978. It’s about a man called Ken who was involved in a car accident‚ and paralyzed as a course of it. Before the accident he was a well-educated artist who made sculptures. He had a great sense of humor‚ and had a lively life. His brain still fully works. But the doctors are not seeing him as fully stabilized yet. When he stabile‚ he will
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Brian Clark in his drama “Whose life is it anyway?” questions this assumption. Many people would reason that the quality of a person’s life is more important than the sanctity of it‚ and as Dr. Jack Krevorkian states in the film “You Don’t Know Jack”‚ “Who cares what people think‚ It’s how the patient feels.” Ladies and gentlemen‚ an individual’s ability to make rational decisions in situations of trauma is explored in Clark’s drama through the script’s protagonist‚ Ken Harrison. As a quadriplegic
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In the play‚ Whose Life Is It Anyway? ‚composed by Brian Clark‚ considers the physical‚ emotional and intellectual journey of patient‚ ken Harrison‚ who presented with an unusual Journey because the quadriplegic which paralyzed from neck down. His journey is expressed he composer’s use of dialogue‚ characterization and use of language features and structure of texts. Ken’s quest on his journey is to discharge from the hospital and also his physical condition. While on his journey he gains new insights
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text to whose life is it anyway? – Power and the individual What ideas of power are represented in “whose life is it anyway” and the related texted material you have chosen and how does the related text link to the prescribe text? There are many ideas and reasons why My Sisters keeper and whose life is it anyway have similar relations to the power and the individual. For one the battle of individual rights‚ Both Anna and Ken fight for their individual rights to their Body and life. Ken doesn’t
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In this essay‚ I will be describing and analysing how Ken‚ from “whose life is it anyway”‚ used persuasive techniques to persuade the judge to let him die. Ken is trying to persuade the judge to let him die‚ and he persuades him with this quote “…and I find the hospital’s persistent effort to maintain this shadow of life an indignity and its humane.” this quote is clearly showing that he does not want to rely on other people. The word “maintain” stands for holding something like an object in your
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