1980s drama films

After the play was performed for the first time in the year 2000, a year after Kane’s death, the play drew polarizing reviews. The drama critic, Michael Billington, described the play as the, “75-minute suicide note,” however, this is not the approach Troyanovsky took when it came to stage his own production of the play. When asked Troyanovsky about whether he thought the audience still…

Through the “Where Am I?” and “When Am I There?” portion of The Gister Method Alberti gives us some very practical uses and ways to discover the where is the character is and when they are there in order of expand the wholeness of a character. We have started to discover the importance of the given circumstances through monologue rehearsals and the impact that it makes on the overall tone and objectives in a piece of text. Throughout this chapter we are exposed to many aspects of the “Where Am I…

Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House” features complex characters who are different than they appear. Nora and Torvald each undergo a transformation of their character from the start of the play until the finish. Torvald begins the play appearing very strong and confident, but by the end he is broken down to a scared and unhappy man who is holding onto an image of himself to receive respect from all he encounters. Additionally, Nora experiences a similar transformation of moving from a wife who…

In the text, “The Norton Introduction to Literature 12th Edition” by Kelly J. Mays, you will find a poem written by Linda Pastan on page 838 titled “Marks”. This poem’s poetry genre is Dramatic. It is considered a Dramatic poem because it gives off a tone of the narrator explaining a situation rather than writing or telling a story. In this poem, Linda Pastan used metaphors as her literary device. The whole poem is one big metaphor because her family is using a grading system to rate her as a…

was taken by Linda Marshall-Griffiths. Prior to attending university, I was able to write scripts for a media course that I took at college, however I found this to be vastly different as opposed to those scripts that were written for television and film. By having…

Medical drama has always been a fairly popular genre on television, but it has grown so much within the past few years. What exactly is medical drama? A medical drama is a televised show that has a setting of a hospital, or surgery room, and typically has characters acting as doctors or nurses. During these medical shows more events happen beyond the medical part, and goes further than the events that pertain to the characters’ job. A typical medical drama portrays some aspects of characters’…

There are many qualities that make a character in a story a trickster. Some of these qualities include Humorous/Clownish elements, Uses of Anthropomorphism, and the characters use of Brain over Brawn. All three of these qualities need to be demonstrated in the three Trickster Tales provided, as well as the other qualities that are not mentioned. All three of the characters, Anansi, Master Cat, and Coyote, possess each of these qualities. The use of humorous/clownish elements is in all trickster…

Performing arts for Educators: Assessment 2 Drama Responding. Drama elements or “the elements”(Dinham,2011) how it’s referred to in delivering in authentic arts education, is building blocks of drama employed in shaping the dramatic action to create meaning in a film, book and song. These elements are important in dramatic performances because it shows you the “tools” you can work with to shape the dramatic presentation of ideas. By having the elements in your performance it enhances the…

The six elements that belong to every tragedy are the plot, characters, diction, thought, spectacle, and melody. The most significant elements of tragedy are the plot and character. The plot is the arrangement of the incidents in the story, whereas, the character is the morality given to the characters of the tragedy. Although the character defines the qualities of the character, the action of the plot itself makes them feel the emotions. Therefore, the characters contribute to the action of…

The Death Decision of Doctor Faustus Tragedy is a play that shows the downfall of a human with an unhappy ending. Tragedy usually happens to an average man who makes poor decisions in life and ends in pain. In the play of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, Faustus’ life is tragic because he is a respected scholar, but he chooses to spend eternity in hell. Marlowe portrays the life of a successful Christian scholar, Doctor Faustus, who manages to receive his doctorate in theology and divinity…