Characterisation

INTRODUCTION ‘The Best Boots in the World’, written by Brian Caswell, is a short story about a young boy named Mikey and his ‘Lucky’ boots. Throughout the story the author used a variety of techniques including foreshadowing, stereotypes, and characterisation to develop the characters into believable beings. These techniques help to engage the audience in the story. Body paragraphs In the story ‘The Best Boots in the World’ the author uses a lot of techniques including stereotypical characters,…

generation. The decline of the American Dream is portrayed by Fitzgerald through his characterisation of the superficial personalities in the novel. This shallow nature of the upper class reflects the importance of having dreams. Moreover, these characters’ selfishness is portrayed to display their manipulation of the lower class’ hope in achieving their dreams. Nevertheless, the author also uses characterisation to criticise the immoral pursuit of dreams by examining the characters’ pursuit of…

Stagecraft is used many times throughout this image to display the characterisation of Romeo’s love, issues and hopes. The stagecraft is closely related to characterisation, helping the development of the characterisation. I will be focusing on the stagecraft used in the scaffolding, costume design, and the background the scene is placed in. Initially, the scaffolding Romeo is sitting represents his instability with Juliet. As you know, scaffolding doesn’t need much to come falling down, and…

Characterisation and language features concerning the values of retributive justice, power, and integrity are used by Saville in Felony (2014) to comment on the idea of telling truths and issues of self-reproach and social justice. Carl and Julie’s differing truths on guilt and punishment, as articulated through their depiction and verbal expression, are placed in opposition to the value of retributive justice by Saville. The characterisation of Ankhila as marginalised and her dialogue with Jim…

When the wind blows Raymond Briggs uses a variety of techniques to illuminate the themes in his graphic novel When the wind blows. Briggs uses different techniques like characterisation, point of view, and contrast. The themes throughout the novel to show the devastation of the nuclear war. In the novel Briggs uses the characterisation of protagonist James and Hilda to represent how ordinary people have blind trust in the government. The author also shows glorification of war by using different…

‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy, effectively communicates McCarthy’s values and beliefs to position the audience to accept his views on survival, he does this through biographical context, characterisation, symbolism, style and structure. McCarthy’s novel is clearly influenced by biographical context which includes his relationship with his son and the fact that he spent lots of time at the Santa Fe institute in New Mexico where world scientists and thinkers study the complex systems of the world…

commercial utilise dialect, props and characterisation to add to mistaken and deluding thoughts regarding Australia. Dialect is utilised to express the solid Australian inflection and the familiarity of Australians through slang. The utilisation of props helps to create the notorious picture of Australian ways of life, for example, a great bushman in a disconnected town in the outback, or everyone cherishes the shoreline and knows how to surf. Characterisation adds to the generalisation of…

van As Grade 12.1 Film Study Research Essay: Investigation into the use of costume design to represent characterisation in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. The use of costume design is a key element that is present in both Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. In both films, it is used to represent characterisation. The element of costume design symbolising the characterisation in both films will be discussed. Sequences 6 (where Mercutio speaks to the Montague boys outside the…

In the text The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter characterisation, plot events and metaphors are used to position you to agree with Carter’s ideas. One idea that Carter has manipulated you to agree with is that woman are independent and capable human beings. This idea is portrayed through the use of Red Riding Hood’s characterisation. We’re told that she “trudged the long way” throughout the woods alone while carrying a basket with “a carving knife” in it. This positions you to believe that…

manipulates the characterisation of lovers in the novella Chronicle Of A Death Foretold to depict the motif and thematic message that honor was important in Colombian culture but should not supercede the value of human life with symbolism, hyperboles, and magical realism. In the novella, Marquez carries a strong message through the characterisation of Bayardo San Roman and Angela Vicario. Marquez leads the way to the thematic message and motif of honor through the characterisation of lovers…