We search for a place to be familiar and feel a sense acceptance, not realising that Belonging is a dynamic process of identification, which establishes a relationship with individuals and their society. The bonds we form with people play a fundamental role in shaping our self of belonging and also transforms through new experiences. The crucible by Arthur Miller demonstrates a constant composition of dramatic techniques throughout the play. Tension is generated throughout the play by the constant struggle to distinguish what is true from what is perceived to be false. Miller’s use of juxtapositions, dialogue, irony, symbolism and imagery implicates his techniques to help implement his ideas into this play.
Assess the usefulness of interactionist approaches to the study of society. (33 marks) Mariam Mulla There are many different theories and perspectives that are used to study society. However, interactionism is an action theory that is mainly focused on small-scale interactions between individuals and groups, rather than large-scale workings of society. Interactionists seek to understand the meanings that social actors give to actions and situations usually by using qualitative research methods. Goffman was another interactionist who used the labelling theory to describe how we think of ourselves as actors who need to give a ‘convincing’ performance to the audience, this is the dramaturgical analogy.
How could the personal and social tensions between characters in the plays you have studied be expressed on stage? In your answer, refer to the performance styles, techniques and conventions that you could use in staging two texts set for your study? The personal and social tensions in Stolen by Jane Harrison and Neighbourhood Watch by Lally Katz can be expressed on stage numerous ways through the use of varying theatrical techniques, performance styles and conventions. The two plays are a microcosm of the world shown through the environment, small community and its set of characters; and are similar in the way that they portray the alienation and isolation of characters in the modern world. The play delves into and reveals the social and
The director Robert Kronk was successful in his manipulation of the elements of drama and dramatic conventions associated with realism such as tension, roles and relationships, space, place and mood to create a strong sense of dramatic meaning with the audience. This essay aims to analyse the 2009 deBase production of snagged and comment upon the elements of drama used, acting skills and directorial decisions. In the play ‘Snagged’ the tension used plays an integral part in the performance and script. Dramatic tension is the tension which
The production of the play should allow a good relationship between the actors and the audience creating good attentions of the play and the understanding of the plot, themes and messages conveyed in the play. The general lighting should allow focus with the use of shadow, and colour. Lighting has the sense of warmth or coolness of the scene and highlights the significant importance. The lights consider practical lighting, such as whether the actors can be seen and whether special effects are achievable. Lighting contributes to the mood and atmosphere; which assess the effect on the set and the costume designs.
This imprint based on facial expression or actions from one individual to another enables someone to behave in a way that allows a person to show another what they want them to see. “Front-stage behavior is what you want others to see” (Vissing 2011 Ch. 1.3).
Goffman is interested in the ways people in daily life present themselves and present their activities to those around them. He highlights the concept of impression management. Impression management is “the ways in which the individual guides and control the impressions others form of them. Goffman’s key argument is that the “individuals deliberately give and inadvertently give off sign “cues” that provide others with information on how to respond. From this, individuals may develop a definition of the situation.
IN this same article he states how he is a ethnographer who uses Gilbert Ryle's idea of thick description. He uses Ryles idea of “winx vs twitches” to explain how its in ethnographers job to not only state the facts but also to interpret these ideas into meanings of structure in a culture. He states how his ideas are linked to that of Max Weber who believes that humans create “webs of significance” and that these webs create meaning. Clifford Geertz explains how he believes culture is semiotic in that it is a public act people use to express themselves using symbols that have prescribed cultural meaning. In “deep play:notes on balinese cockfighting” Geertz explains how he became fluent in the language and gained trust with the people once he ran away from the cops when they came to end a fight.
In this seminal book, Goffman provides an indepth analysis and description of the processes and meanings involved in our daily human interaction. He uses theatre as a metaphor to illustrate how individuals try to present an 'idealised' self during social interaction as oppose to an authentic one. His approach is often called a dramaturgical approach (Goffman, 1959). According to Goffman, interaction is a sort of a theatrical performance. When we interact , we enter a 'stage' and take on a role of an 'actor' presenting a character to an 'audience'.
Understanding transactions and improving communication is therapeutically beneficial. An individual’s life Script is “an extensive unconscious life plan” (Berne 1961, p23) which is formed early in life by “external influences and internal vulnerability” (Lister-Ford, p3). Berne described repetitive patterns of behaviour that people play out confirming their life script which he called Games. He gave each Game descriptive and recognisable titles such as “I told you so” and Kick me”, helping to make his theories interesting and accessible. Berne (1961, p21) “Structural and transactional analysis offers a systematic, consistent theory of personality and social dynamics derived from clinical experience, and an actionistic, rational form of therapy which is suitable for, easily