Grapes of Wrath Assignment
1. The actor’s work of Grapes of Wrath represents an internal/representational performance of characters who lived during the Great Depression. During the performance, we see a detailed vision of each character’s mind state. For example, throughout the performance we see Tom being the one helping his family and others in need of assistance whether working, fighting police officers etc. The mother is always finding ways to help her family through looking for money, supplies, and constantly cooking to help feed her family, so it does not break apart. Throughout the play we these characters displaying tremendous hard labor, emotion, and acting as if the actors have been through this experience before. The play also displays parts of Outside or external approaches through vocal skills using an Oklahoman accent (because they are from Oklahoma), and finding ways to enjoy themselves as they travel from Oklahoma to California.
2. Specific elements of the staging that stick out to me are the way they created their mini truck to carry the entire family to California. The truck looks to be made of different furniture’s and miscellaneous items to construct the truck, and appeal to the audience as if they are actually driving. Other parts of the …show more content…
The University of Illinois department would choose to produce the Grapes of Wrath because of the economic hardships and disasters that occurred during the Great Depression. For example, there are scenes of camp being destroyed by police officers, and how any man who questions or plots against landowners would be arrested immediately. These scenes show how in hard times such as great depression, families are desperate to get work, which is why the Joad’s moved to California to feed themselves, along with hundreds of others in similar situations. This also shows how landowners are able to manipulate the public into thinking they have work, but only to the organizations benefit and not the worker’s
1. The actor’s work of Grapes of Wrath represents an internal/representational performance of characters who lived during the Great Depression. During the performance, we see a detailed vision of each character’s mind state. For example, throughout the performance we see Tom being the one helping his family and others in need of assistance whether working, fighting police officers etc. The mother is always finding ways to help her family through looking for money, supplies, and constantly cooking to help feed her family, so it does not break apart. Throughout the play we these characters displaying tremendous hard labor, emotion, and acting as if the actors have been through this experience before. The play also displays parts of Outside or external approaches through vocal skills using an Oklahoman accent (because they are from Oklahoma), and finding ways to enjoy themselves as they travel from Oklahoma to California.
2. Specific elements of the staging that stick out to me are the way they created their mini truck to carry the entire family to California. The truck looks to be made of different furniture’s and miscellaneous items to construct the truck, and appeal to the audience as if they are actually driving. Other parts of the …show more content…
The University of Illinois department would choose to produce the Grapes of Wrath because of the economic hardships and disasters that occurred during the Great Depression. For example, there are scenes of camp being destroyed by police officers, and how any man who questions or plots against landowners would be arrested immediately. These scenes show how in hard times such as great depression, families are desperate to get work, which is why the Joad’s moved to California to feed themselves, along with hundreds of others in similar situations. This also shows how landowners are able to manipulate the public into thinking they have work, but only to the organizations benefit and not the worker’s