The event I attended is The Music Man put on by American River College (Williams, 2015). Not only was the play put on by the actors and actresses, but also three sign language interpreters interpreted the event. Several members of the audience were Deaf. Furthermore, theater and dance viewpoint will be used to analyze The Music Man (Ramey, 2015). In the play The Music Man some elements of Aristotle’s tragedy can be used to look at the play (Ramey and Williams, 2015). The theme of patriotism can be seen in thought, diction and song in The Music Man.
The elements of tragedy that 's will be used throughout this essay are thought, diction and song (Ramey 2015). First, the play’s viewpoint or the schema it presents is called thought. Thought is …show more content…
An individual watching the play must have an understanding and a background of American patriotism. Without that understanding the play 's the schema, language and songs do not make sense. To put it in other words, if an individual had not grown up in America or been exposed to American ideals the play would not make sense. As for myself, an individual has grown up in American culture; this perspective makes sense to me. I am not sure this play would make sense if translated into another language for example ASL. The reason it made sense when translated into ASL was because the interpreters made cultural and linguistic adjustments to the message. For example, the mayor in the play kept trying to give Abraham Lincoln’s speech that starts “Four score and Seven years ago…” The interpreters said something equivalent like “My speech” or “I want to say my speech now”. Even though the interpreters did not say exactly what the actor was saying, the message was still equivalent. This cultural and linguistic adjustment made it possible for the Deaf audience to understand the point. Once again this example shows how American patriotism is a huge theme during this play. Lincoln’s speech is iconic in American history. I memorized part of it as a child in elementary school. Almost all Americans would recognize the start of that speech. This speech is one example in the diction of the
The elements of tragedy that 's will be used throughout this essay are thought, diction and song (Ramey 2015). First, the play’s viewpoint or the schema it presents is called thought. Thought is …show more content…
An individual watching the play must have an understanding and a background of American patriotism. Without that understanding the play 's the schema, language and songs do not make sense. To put it in other words, if an individual had not grown up in America or been exposed to American ideals the play would not make sense. As for myself, an individual has grown up in American culture; this perspective makes sense to me. I am not sure this play would make sense if translated into another language for example ASL. The reason it made sense when translated into ASL was because the interpreters made cultural and linguistic adjustments to the message. For example, the mayor in the play kept trying to give Abraham Lincoln’s speech that starts “Four score and Seven years ago…” The interpreters said something equivalent like “My speech” or “I want to say my speech now”. Even though the interpreters did not say exactly what the actor was saying, the message was still equivalent. This cultural and linguistic adjustment made it possible for the Deaf audience to understand the point. Once again this example shows how American patriotism is a huge theme during this play. Lincoln’s speech is iconic in American history. I memorized part of it as a child in elementary school. Almost all Americans would recognize the start of that speech. This speech is one example in the diction of the