In sessions 1-6 we explored The Crucible by Arthur Miller and utilised drama mediums, strategies and elements to expand our understanding of the characters’ mentality, motives and background whilst giving us deeper insight on the prominent themes of guilt, witchcraft, empowerment, reputation, ulterior motives, deceit etc.
In session one, we played the blame and shame game where you’re either accused of being a witch or choosing to accuse another. To have the power to blame and shame felt empowering in a psychological sense because in that particular moment , you have the power to decide the fate of someone else even if it 's for the next few minutes, moments or for the rest of their lives in an extreme situation providing a slight emotional …show more content…
We see how Abigail convinces the girls to be quiet with aggression and threatening. We performed a scene without speech only key lines. In our scene Abigail had an agitated posture to show how despite her intentions she worries about the situation. She wards off her remorse and converts her guilt into anger as if guilt is a sign of weakness. We communicated this through facial expression and pace. Abigail was shown to be agitated, this was shown by her aggressive movement and the energy she uses in trying to wake up Betty and then when Mary appears she lashes anger on her by slapping her hence using remorse as a source of anger. I played Mary and I used eye contact to show her Mary accepts her remorse more than any of the girls as they do not stand up to Abigail and she is so consumed with guilt that she would dare defy the ring leader. We used levels between Abigail and Mary when performing to show even though Mary defying she is still does not have as much power compared to Abigail. The pace of Mary’s breathing was fast paced and sharp to show her guilt/remorse has consumed her physically not just mentally. We focused on using drama elements however another group focused on using drama mediums to reveal Abigail’s remorse and how she deals with it. They used the text as a stimulus to portray inward feelings of remorse instead of focusing on aspects you can see in the …show more content…
In groups we devised a short scene where two characters played Abigail and Proctor and others played a conscience for them. We revealed characters motives and feelings through the conscience so we communicated the subtext through the audience. We stated how Proctor was fighting off the temptation of Abigail by his conscious reminding him that he needs to redeem himself off his past infidelities and how Abigail is still lusting after John despite his reprimanding. This developed my understanding because I can now clearly see why Abigail acts upon such depth of envy of Elizabeth; it is because she still loves her husband and Elizabeth is an obstacle in Abigail’s mind. The use of choral speaking emphasises how effective the conscience can be.
In session 4 we explored mass hysteria. As a class we discussed mass hysteria topics that have made the news. We used volume, space, pace of speech, rhythm of speech to show how mass hysteria can rapidly spread from one end to another which shows how uncontrollable hysteria
In session one, we played the blame and shame game where you’re either accused of being a witch or choosing to accuse another. To have the power to blame and shame felt empowering in a psychological sense because in that particular moment , you have the power to decide the fate of someone else even if it 's for the next few minutes, moments or for the rest of their lives in an extreme situation providing a slight emotional …show more content…
We see how Abigail convinces the girls to be quiet with aggression and threatening. We performed a scene without speech only key lines. In our scene Abigail had an agitated posture to show how despite her intentions she worries about the situation. She wards off her remorse and converts her guilt into anger as if guilt is a sign of weakness. We communicated this through facial expression and pace. Abigail was shown to be agitated, this was shown by her aggressive movement and the energy she uses in trying to wake up Betty and then when Mary appears she lashes anger on her by slapping her hence using remorse as a source of anger. I played Mary and I used eye contact to show her Mary accepts her remorse more than any of the girls as they do not stand up to Abigail and she is so consumed with guilt that she would dare defy the ring leader. We used levels between Abigail and Mary when performing to show even though Mary defying she is still does not have as much power compared to Abigail. The pace of Mary’s breathing was fast paced and sharp to show her guilt/remorse has consumed her physically not just mentally. We focused on using drama elements however another group focused on using drama mediums to reveal Abigail’s remorse and how she deals with it. They used the text as a stimulus to portray inward feelings of remorse instead of focusing on aspects you can see in the …show more content…
In groups we devised a short scene where two characters played Abigail and Proctor and others played a conscience for them. We revealed characters motives and feelings through the conscience so we communicated the subtext through the audience. We stated how Proctor was fighting off the temptation of Abigail by his conscious reminding him that he needs to redeem himself off his past infidelities and how Abigail is still lusting after John despite his reprimanding. This developed my understanding because I can now clearly see why Abigail acts upon such depth of envy of Elizabeth; it is because she still loves her husband and Elizabeth is an obstacle in Abigail’s mind. The use of choral speaking emphasises how effective the conscience can be.
In session 4 we explored mass hysteria. As a class we discussed mass hysteria topics that have made the news. We used volume, space, pace of speech, rhythm of speech to show how mass hysteria can rapidly spread from one end to another which shows how uncontrollable hysteria