Act 2 Scene 1 is used to be the point of which the issues start to become apparent, with the ensuing psychological and emotional effects on Katherina now she is being subjected to Petruchio entering her life. However, Shakespeare has designed Taming of the Shrew as a comedy, and these issues become an underlying feature, and not the play’s main focus. Act 2 Scene 1 is the first meeting between the two characters and their initial interaction is quite explosive. A social concern that is made clear through the exchange is the lack of respect Petruchio has for Katherina, which is influenced through the fact that the play was written in the time of a Patriarchal society, and women had to get married if they wanted to be respected – even if it meant losing all their finances and belongings to the possession of the husband. Petruchio bombards Katherina with compliments as soon as she walks in such as “bonny Kate”, “prettiest Kate in Christendom, Kate of Kate-Hall, my super-dainty Kate”, while being consistently referential to Katherina as being his through the use of the possessive pronoun ‘my’, even though at that point, they had barely just met.
Erving Goffman was a student of Emile Durkheim, whom many consider the father of Sociology. According to The Sociology of Emotions, by J.H. Turner (2005), Goffman transformed many of Durkheim’s ideas into the concept of dramaturgical approach. “What makes Goffman’s approach to interaction dramaturgical is that individuals are seen to be actors who know their lines from a cultural script as they act on a stage composed of physical props and other equipment in front of an audience of others.” (Turner, 2005, p. 28) According to Wood (2004), referring to the dramaturgical model, “the model likens ordinary social interaction to theatrical performance.” (Wood, 2004, p. 118) Dramaturgy is commonly studied in theatre arts, sociology, and psychology. It can also be related to all of human interaction.
In the 1950s’ Rogers called his approach client-centred and later in the1960s person-centred-therapy because of its focus on the client's individual view of the world and their needs were put at the centre. His ideas culminated in his necessary and sufficient conditions writings in 1957 and 1969. During the 1980’s and 1990’s his approach was broadened to education, industry, groups and conflict resolution. Many others have contributed and developed PCT, Natalie Rogers, Carl Rogers’ daughter, developed “person-centred expressive therapy” which engages clients and group members in the creative arts, Eugene Gendlin developed “focusing oriented”, “experiential psychotherapy “ to help clients tune in to their “inner experiencing” in greater depth, Gary Prouty’s “pre-therapy" uses PCT principles e.g. acceptance, non-judgemental and a non-directive approach.
This is communicated through the rehearsal and performance of the opera. The theatre is an ultimate illusion creating characters, life and inviting an audience to participate in the ‘realisation’ of the illusion. Cosi endorses the view that imagination can be liberating and empowering. “I can live with illusion as long as I know it’s illusion ....”. The character’s collective existence in the institution is another layer of illusion their ‘madness’ gives them an escape for as long as they need it.
Characters are such a pivotal aspect of theatre that if they are not successfully identified they can severely hinge the entertainment value and deeper meanings of a play. This is actually quite difficult to do, as the development of characters relies on as many different aspects as the characters themselves affect. Both textual and dramaturgical features of a play are needed in order to develop a character to their full potential. Relationships, theme, plot as well as potential costuming, lighting, music and other techniques are all equally significant in their ability to develop and distinguish different characters. Actors too are similarly important in character development as
The two characters of Othello and Iago can be used in juxtaposition to imply how outside forces have great influences on the life of a person and how that in turn affects the individuals journey and how it can finish somewhere different that what was initially expected. Shakespeare constructs characters, such as Iago, a Machiavellian character to explain his view on the human condition, of how emotion can overrule reason to the audience. Shakespeare uses various literary techniques throughout the play to emphasis his point. Shakespeare’s play Othello explores how all humans have the power to choose what they want. That they are self willed to make decisions and think with reason.
An Inspector Calls: Question 17 An Inspector calls has been called a play of contrasts Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play Throughout the play ‘An Inspector calls’ there are many contrasts shown by Priestley not just in the Birling family but in the whole society of 1912. Some of the contrasts that will be explored are, the openness to change between the old and young generation, the contrast between Sheila and Eva, the feelings of responsibility and contrast between the Inspector’s self-assurance and the disappearance of the self-assurance of the others during the course of the play. The things I will take into consideration are the mood at the beginning and end of the play, stage directions, the use of
Her choreography reflects on the changes in today’s society compared to how it was in the past and how technology has changed it. She also puts in the blurring of tradition and shows everyday dilemmas through dance. The piece Faultline mainly deals with all the things that happen in the world around us. Jeyasingh has put some of the most sensitive and unmentionable issues on stage creating a voice that is very loud and clear but at the same time discreet. (Jeyasingh, 2007, p.8) Faultline is based
Our Town Review Our Town by Thorton Wilder focuses mainly on the major points in a person’s life and other things that humans are faced with. Life, love, marriage, death, and eternity are the major themes in Thorton’s play and things that are focused on through the characters’ actions and even through their words. The play is also performed with minimal props, allowing the characters more freedom to move and interact with the characters that are around them. Thorton also thought that the theatre of his time “had something wrong…he began to feel that the theatre was not only inadequate, it was evasive.” This shows in the way his play has no or minimal props throughout the play also puts the focus on the actors and the themes being presented throughout the play, instead of what the actors are doing with the objects that are put in front of them. A few of the major themes deal with everyday
Is intercultural theatre a positive or negative concept? Why? Intercultural theatre is a concept that concentrates itself around “theatrical attempts to bridge cultures through performance to bring different cultures into productive dialogue with one another” (Knowles, 2010, p.1). There is a diverse range of explanations for the term interculturalism and it is often disputed, and there are many opinions as to what the concept serves. Therefore, to be able to understand these different interpretations the term ‘interculturalism’ needs to be understood, and to do this I believe that the term ‘culture’ needs to be fully apprehended.