Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice At their best, contemporary Australian plays explore and reveal important social, political and personal issues. This is done using an extensive variety of innovative, unique and brave theatrical techniques to evoke emotion and to engage an audience. Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman’s “The Seven Stages of Grieving” and “Ruby Moon” by Matt Cameron are two popular Australian plays where this is very apparent. Through our studies in class, it became clear “The Seven Stages of Grieving” is a modern day play which reflects the history of Australia’s Indigenous community and the suffering of the Aboriginal people. An important, noteworthy point is that the play is ever evolving.
While both characters are highly intellectual and highly dismissive of the populace at large, his immorality and lack of ethics come to embody Day’s cynicism towards the morality of modern society in general. In particular, Harry is a proponent of technology as a means to committing murder and crime. Mark Bannister’s heart, is electronically stopped at Harry’s command: ‘it all comes down to pulse, the rhythmical throbbing of arteries, the throb of life. And death’. The technology used to murder becomes symbolic of both the corruption Day believes to be at the heart of modern Australian society, or perhaps all of western society, but also the negative possibilities of technological progress in general.
The play explores stereotypical aspects of Australian society and uncovers the ugly truth of the community. Through the entirety of the play the composer tackles themes including masculinity, discrimination and the perceptions of females in Black Rock. Masculinity is a key issue in which Enright explores strongly during the play. The composer reveals the ugly reality which can sometimes occur in Australian society. The play shows and highlights what happens when a group of young males come together as a ‘clan’.
Both ‘Summer of the Seventeenth Doll’ by Ray Lawler and ‘The removalists’ by David Williamson have explored the different ways people cope when things change or go wrong. Both playwrights use the style of realism to portray themes which depict changing circumstances on the stage and show how different characters respond. Ray Lawler and David Williamson use the techniques of relevant idiom, staging, costume and symbolism, all conventions of realism, to explore the themes of stereotypes, the changing of traditions and violence. In the early 20th century Australia was searching for its national identity. Plays up until this point in time were traditional melodramatic English plays.
This shows that he is highly unpopular with lawyers as he believes if they do not do their job properly they should be fined however lawyers are the only category which state that he is un-liked compared to the ‘whole people’. Sources 1 and 2 both agree that he had a lot of power over the nobility and they were not fond of that. Source 1 state’s ‘his hostility towards...nobles’ this shows that Wolsey was aggressive towards the nobles which created ‘great irritation’. Wolsey saw himself above the nobility so he did not give them any respect and believed they could not do their job properly. Source 2 agrees that he had a lot of power of the nobility as he ‘shakes them by the ear’ this quote show that Skelton was taking the mick out of the nobility for not standing up to Wolsey which shows the amount of power he had over them but also that the nobles did actually fear Wolsey.
Dramatic forms, performance styles, techniques and conventions are used to convey ideas and influence the way in which audiences understand Australia’s cultural issues and are made to engage with the personal concerns of the characters on stage. Two texts in which demonstrate cultural and personal concerns through the use of dramatic techniques and forms are ‘Norm and Ahmed’ and ‘The Removalist’. Alex Buzo’s Norm and Ahmed portrays violence, racism and abuse of authority. David Williamson’s The Removalists emphasises abuse of authority, corruption, violence and domestic abuse. Bjdgf hghfg g fer aiubf jhf hbfew n sfjbnf jsf hbu we kiawub cibuywe u erhbf us fic eh vuireb w hf vchf hgf he fhgf eh fhf vc ugf vab uw fu fh hvu b weh ch fh b
Audiences are able to see that the representation of the white characters in the play in positions of power and authority, are used to show that the indigenous are treated with contempt and do not provide them with humane and decent opportunities for improvement upon their conditions. Davis is able to adopt linguistic, cultural and generic codes and conventions that allow his characterisation protest the functionality of the White Australia and attempt to undoubtedly promote united solidarity. It can undoubtedly be said that with changing times, and changing audiences multiple interpretations can be drawn to which a resultant repentance is by all is
Romeo and Juliet Essay By: Hasan Jafri It is said that one’s actions can greatly affect the lives of another. In society, such actions can negatively or positively change the lives of people. One of the worst can be interpreted from William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. The person who is greatly to blame for an unhappy ending to Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet. Firstly, Lord Capulet is the main reason for an unhappy ending because he takes violent actions as he is aggressive, rude and lacks parental skills.
The attitudes in the novel of many characters do not cause anything but harm as it is evident in the course of the story. This negatively impacts many inhabitants of Maycomb. It essentially caused much emotional pain to Tom Robinson who was eventually sentenced to Jail unlawfully. This lead to his death when he was trying to escape Jail where he suffered physically. It also had its negative effects on Atticus, when he was called degrading names like ‘nigger lover’ and being treated badly by the townspeople for defending Tom.
Failure to this, leads to harsh penalties and measures towards the main characters, John Proctor and Tessie Hutchinson. In Miller’s The Crucible, injustice is caused mainly because of societies failure to question their superstitious