They do stop and stare at him. This gives him a powerful presence because, from what the audience sees, is that characters such as Mr and Mrs Birling have an arrogant, intimidating and powerful presence from the start of the play and so on through to the end, but only at places such as this point, the Inspector takes the power and control of the play and makes character like Mr Birling seem quite powerless and not so intimidating anymore. And also the Inspector only uses one word for them to stop arguing, which show how he doesn’t need to give a whole sentence for them to be quite and only one word. All of the power in just one word gives him authority over the other characters that are present. Another moment where the Inspector has a powerful presence on stage is when he gives his final speech about Eva Smith and leaves and the stage directions tell us, “He walks straight out, leaving them staring, subdued and
This is mainly presented through the character of Giovanni who symbolises the common people and is used by Fo to relate to the audience and make them reflect upon themselves. Throughout my study of the play it has become obvious that Giovanni is presented as a naive character, he has strong morals and refuses to break them. But these morals are useless when he himself is being stolen from. He refuses to steal but the government steals from him and when he finally realises that the government is corrupt he has already been screwed over. Fo presents the idea that being honest with a dishonest government gets you nowhere but broke.
Miller does this to create suspense in the audience’s mind and informs us of the tragedy. We know this because in the opening chorus, Alfieri says “watch it run its bloody course” Miller uses these particular words to create more anxiety on how it is a tragedy. By using the word “bloody” Miller creates the suspense of someone’s death or murder and fits in with the notion of a tragic hero. The first act shows us the type of man Eddie is; Miller presents us with the image of a respected man, hard working and loves his family “he worked on the piers when there was work, he brought home his pay, and he lived.”. Miller uses Alfieri to
'The Fool is more important to the play than he may at first seem.' By considering the dramatic presentation of the Fool, evaluate this view. The Fool is more than just a jester who is present to provide some comic relief in the tragedy of King Lear; like many of Shakespeare’s fools, he is shown as a highly intelligent character who the audience likes not just for his entertainment, but his insightfulness. Therefore, he is central both to the plot, as he criticises and advises Lear, potentially setting his later clarity into the motion, and to the audience’s understanding of the characters in the play. The first impression most have of the Fool is that his presence serves as form of comic relief, in order to set a lighter tone to the play; however, because of this, his death is crucial to the bleak ending of the play.
Davis’s actions may have been unintentional but the incident was still predictable. He was working at a show that had just ended and didn’t move from the area where people were exiting. Any sensible person would have moved from the exit and out of the exiting of the way of the people exciting the building. Unfortunately his ignorance and intentional innocence will not relieve him from paying for lack of keeping the work
I enjoyed the casting choices because the actors and scenery joined to convey a part of the movies theme. It discussed issues that were amenable. As stated in our text by Edward G. Robinson, “an audience identifies with the actors of flesh and blood and heartbeat, as no reader or beholder can identify with even the most artful paragraphs in books or the most inspiring paintings. There, says the watcher, but for some small difference in time or costume or inflections or gait, go I …. And so, the actor becomes a catalyst; he or she brings ignition that spark in every human being that longs for the miracle of transformation”.
However, I was impressed overall with the directing of Smiths. He got the cast to really understand the underpinnings of Miller's great tirade against those who stifle free thought, and drew the key scenes to a good emotional climax. The lighting was adequate; the set design was simple but effective; the staging didn't add much to the play, but it didn't detract either. My main gripe about the production design centers on their programs (absolutely, terribly unprofessional) and the pixilated images used in place of backdrops (projected against a screen) In my opinion that was a great idea, but it was very poorly executed. Ultimately, a play succeeds because of the strength of its story not its stage dressing.
I will roar that I will make the Duke say 'Let him roar again; let him roar again'. From the quotes above we see Bottom's readyness to take on anything and play every part in the play because he believes in his 'great' acting skills. Even though he messes up his lines — 'Thisbe, the flowers of odious savours sweet' (this quote also makes him look foolish because he can't even pronounce simple word right). Instead of odious Bottom should say odours. This doesn't make Bottom a good actor, even though Bottom continually acts out the parts of the others, thinking he can act out every scene solo.
Hamlet’s sanity is an arguable debate as it can be discussed both ways. It can be easily said that Hamlet was indeed insane as the pressure and emotional tension between his mother, Claudius, and himself, and the grief his father’s death led him to that state. These emotional and stressful situations can cause any normal person to become crazed, however though this situation is traumatic there is more evidence supporting that Hamlet is indeed sane, this is because of his sharp and conceivable trait displayed throughout the play. Though Hamlet was faced with many tragedies, he was able to form many different plans and continued to communicate normally with the characters, he trusted and was close with such as Horatio, Bernardo and the players. Hamlet believed in his sanity at all times, never doubting his control over psyche throughout the play as he was trying to get revenge for his father.
The effect of racism on Othello is quite evident and is one of the main causes for his insecurity about his marriage. However, Othello is not wholly the tragedy of racism. The theme of jealousy is also extremely important in Othello. Racism may play a large part in the tragedy, Othello, but it certainly does not adequately explain the entire play. Othello is a nobleman, a decorated soldier, very well respected by his men... ... middle of paper ... ...ortant.