Also, the actor portraying Brindsley had a disorganized streak about him making the audience see how disorganized his character is. The cast ensemble each had certain qualities which made their character believable. They worked together knowing when to talk, to be quiet, and when just to move around. If there were any missed cues or mistakes, I didn’t spot any. The cast worked so good together that they were able to cover up any mistakes without it being obvious.
Paul's "mask" is portrayed by his mannerisms and general view of the world and himself. He moves through his world awkwardly. He feels contempt for most of his ordinary peers, never fitting in with them and feeling bound for something much greater. “Paul was always smiling, always glancing about him seeming to feel that people might be watching him…” (Cather 43). Paul feels alienated because he does not feel that he fits in with society.
He is still thus in the movie, but is more whiny, and annoyingly so. Putnam, also, seems to have a personality change. In the play, his personality is not so domineering as in the movie, where he is bordering on psychotic. His role seems to be made larger and more significant in the movie, which presumably accounts for the change in character representation. Throughout reading Arthur Miller's play and watching the movie I have come to understand why we separate church and state.
I’m not going to let them down.’ Henry too undergoes change through the play and gains confidence in himself and begins to stand up for himself and put out ideas on certain themes and issues. Henry at the beginning of the play is very quiet, withdrawn, overpowered and mistreated by the cast and Roy in particular. This is evident through the character direction of Roy, [He drags Henry from the chair]. It is then evident at the end of the play that Henry has finally gains power and confidence in himself and has his own ideas on different themes and issues, ultimately getting his voice. This is evident through the character direction and dialogue of Henry when he debates Nick on there opinions on war, [banging the chair on the floor]
The cast has to make their characters their own; transform it from some writer’s imagination of a person into a real person with a personality and opinions. Art imitates life, and conflict creates humor. You can not have either with a fake character. “‘Writers need to come up with stuff that's relatable and funny,’ says Mike Sikowitz, an executive producer and co-writer with Jeff Astrof on Carsey-Werner-Mandabach's Grounded for
This is simple to see at times, however the audience is often found questioning to themselves if aspects of the play are in fact truth in Hamlet’s universe or if they just appear that way. This presents the theme of appearance versus reality, the struggle between the truth, and what falsely appears as such. In order for the main forces in the play to achieve goals or preserve order, they must all hide behind masks of false reality. Main characters who display this often include Polonius, Claudius, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, and of course Hamlet. What we see throughout the play and primarily at the final scene is the unveiling of everyone’s true motives, removing these masks and ultimately resulting in each four character’s demise, which makes this a true tragedy.
And forceful, then there is juror 8 who is calm, but also fights for what he believes, and won’t stop until they know what has to be done is done. Juror 3 and juror 8 are quite different, in some ways they could be considered alike. Such as the fact that when they believe in something, such as their own opinions in the play, they are passionate about their cause. They both seem to have the will to fight for what they believe, but in their own ways. They both succeed at showing the people their point of view, but as the jury talks on, it seems as the jury listens to the juror 3 who takes time, and is not so aggressive.
Hamlet’s Sanity Hamlet’s sanity has been a debatable topic since William Shakespeare’s Hamlet was first written. Many scholars have argued that Hamlet is insane after he meets the ghost in Act 1; however, many scholars believe that Hamlet is quite sane throughout the entire play, and he is just putting on an antic disposition. Antic means to play a joke on someone, and disposition means mood; therefore, antic disposition most nearly means to put on a fake mood to fool someone. This is exactly what Hamlet plans on doing after seeing the ghost “As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/ To put an antic disposition on” (1. 5.
I think the reason he was made to just appear was to create that feeling for the audience watching the film. It straightaway makes you wonder and think about him by introducing him into the film in such a way and I think it was very effective. When the inspector appears in the play, they say that he looks at the person he is addressing very thoughtfully and hard before actually speaking. When he fist starts speaking he is very polite and thoughtful almost seems a bit dazed. He holds off at first what he is actually there to say and the, when Mr Birling starts getting agitated, he announces what has happened in a very firm and straightforward way.
At the start, Mercutio is outwardly wondering where Romeo is, showing that he likes to be in control of his friends. In the Franco Zeffirelli film, Mercutio tries to act indifferently, whereas Baz Luherman’s Mercutio is openly annoyed and concerned. In both film versions Mercutio ignores Romeo by turning and walking away from him, making Romeo follow. In Franco Zeffirelli’s film, Mercutio demonstrates his acting skills by pretending to be an exaggerated old man. The two friends start teasing each other, using puns and sexual innuendos such as “... constrains a man to bow in the hams.” this is hinting that Romeo got a sexually transmitted disease that night, also a pun for curtsey.