Irene Adler

Viktor E. Frankl (1946) once wrote, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves” (p. ?). In his book called “Man’s Search for Meaning,” Frankl writes about his experiences and suffering in a concentration camp during World War II. Throughout his book, most of the prisoners, including him, adapted because of the crisis they were in. These alterations of their character demonstrate examples positive leadership. After reading and reflecting on Frankl’s…

“Stanislavski was concerned with actors getting distracted by the audience while performing on stage.” This here shows that to start off the actors could get completely distracted by the audience which could possibly ruin an entire performance. However Stanislavski saw this problem and found ways to counteract this problem. It was difficult however because Stanislavski did not want the actors just to forget the audience, I also think that forgetting about the audiences existence is a bad idea…

Stanislavski was extremely concerned that the actors would get distracted by the audience when they are performing on stage. Stanislavski came up with a way to make actors observe in a way in which it would help them develop their acting making them more focused and aware. The audience is very important to the overall piece, however he did not find them a ‘crippling factor’. Stanislavski came to realise that actor’s lost control of their basic acting skills on stage. Moreover it was recognised…

Stanislavski’s work has not only helped people to become better actors, but also have helped others to become better people by helping them understand themselves. He has provided a system to help actors process of characterization which can also be applied to one’s everyday life. The first way Stanislavski’s work that stood out to me was the first proposition he makes for having actors become like the characters. He mentions how one must believe that that he or she is convincingly in the same…

Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner and Stella Adler all played major roles in the methods success. Their teachings each focus on a different aspect of Stanislavski’s system. Strasberg focuses on the psychological, Meisner on the behavioural and Adler on the sociological aspects. Stella Adler’s techniques are more closely related to Stanislavski’s original teachings and… . Her key methodologies are: "acting is doing", "developing the imagination", "training the mind" and "size". Acting is doing…

contributions to this field psychology have given us great insight to the formation of personality, ways we think, behave, and develop from youth. Of these great theorists four stand apart from the pack. These Theorists would be Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Erik Erickson. In this paper we will come to a better understanding of each theory, and how it applies to our case study. Sigmund Freud is the first theorist we will discuss. He is known as the father of psychology. His…

The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit The reading for the approach to the rehearsal process continues. The text discussed the importance of the director and their assistance and guidance during the rehearsal process by establishing the aesthetic. After the discussion on the “Method of Physical actions” we moved to a new discussion concerning “Active analysis.” I personally feel that a lot of the material covered from the reading was previously discussed. The text however notes a few differences in…

inspiration for his ideas on inferiority and compensation. Adler and Freud, along with Rudolf formed the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, of which Adler was the first president. Adler was also a member of the “Wednesday Society”, the beginning of the psychoanalytical movement but was the first to split from Freud’s ideas (even before Jung). Freud considered Adler not as a pupil but as a colleague and Adler admired Freud’s ideas on dreams. and During WWI, Adler was a physician for the Austrian…

Individual Psychology (Adler, 1927) Adler (1927) introduce an emphasis on the social and creative aspects of human experience into the psychodynamic school unlike S. Freud (1900) and Jung (1912) who focused on the biological basis of personality. Adler (1927) believed social interest was a master motive underlying human behaviour, not sexuality as S. Freud (1905) has suggested. Peluso et al (2004) noted that social interest is the capacity of individuals to create and fulfil their sense of…

Adlerian Theory Theoretical Presentation Outline History of Adler Alfred Adler was originally a private practicing ophthalmologist in 1898. However, it wasn’t until later, Adler became a psychiatrist. A few years later his psychoanalytic views on social situations attracted the attention of Sigmund Freud. In 1902 Adler was asked to be one of the first four members of Freud’s psychoanalytic circle, also known as the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. Where he later began researching more into…