Interpretation Of Homelessness In Hungerford Bridge By Katie Campbell

My interpretation of homelessness is, homelessness is a problem faced by people who lack a secure and affordable place over their head. Throughout the sessions I gradually learnt more about people suffering due to homelessness and what they did on a day to day basis. We read the poem ‘Hungerford Bridge’ - written by Katie Campbell, to help us understand the stereotypes that are used against homeless people and how the stereotypes contribute to the attitude towards the homeless society. In one session we had to explore the higher class people 's attitude towards the homelessness people. However, in the poem there was a sense of superiority due to the higher class member’s wealthiness power and the homeless person begging for resources. To …show more content…
Waking up we showed the how different each other’s lives are however, we did not say verbally ‘I’m rich’ and ‘I’m poor’ because this will not be effective. We started of the scene by showing the waking up scene between the characters - I used a chair to sleep on to indicate that I had the basic resources whereas, Ken was asleep on the floor but he used his facial expressions and body movement. For example, at one point he kept tossing and turning to imply the rough sleeping on the roads. We used physical theatre to show the status and power I had- when I was eating Ken had become the table to show how people degrade homelessness and it also indicates how fortunate some people are to be getting food. The way I acted could represent selfishness as I did not acknowledge Ken’s presence as the table – being blinded to the outer world since there were all the basic resources right in front of …show more content…
During the performance of my monologue I’ve included explorative strategies/ drama mediums and techniques throughout the performance of my monologue. At the start of my monologue I ensured my opening was effective in order to grasp the attention of the audience - “If mistakes were made up of pounds or even pennies I would be filthy rich, instead of being just filthy”. This first line immediately set up a dramatic relationship between me and the audience allowing them to understand the issues of homelessness. The use of vocal expression in this line created a sense of guiltiness, as the tone of my voice was lower indicating the regret in my “big headed actions”. Body language was also indicative during this first line as I was sitting on a chair with my head facing downwards, almost reflecting on my guilty actions. To get the message across to the audience I put emphasis on some words. These were the power words of my monologue and the framework everything else is built on. and these were the words I wanted to make sure are heard by the