Puppet

We have chosen to set our production of Macbeth in southern Africa during the 12th century. The similarities between the culture of tribal Africa and the original text written by Shakespeare are easily found. Although the power systems of the tribes in these cultures differs slightly from those found in the text, we can see a clear likeness between the two. Africa tribal culture was typically governed through a system of fear and power. The most powerful person in the land became the ruler and…

Lambs", Banksy confronts the issue of animal cruelty by addressing the meat industry in a unique way. The evidence of this piece is the location itself. Banksy arranged for a meatpacking truck, filled with puppet animals, to be driven around the Meatpacking District of the city of New York. The puppets were accompanied by animal sounds and squealing. Although Banksy's audience may be limited to the people in that area of New York City, the mobile art piece was recorded and is accessible to all…

Elephant he portrays evil imperialism through symbols, including Orwell himself, the elephant, and the dead coolie. First off, Orwell represents evil imperialism because he represents authority he represents the people themselves, and he represents a puppet or mask. Orwell represents authority because he is the sub-divisional police officer. Being a police officer, he is in the position to have authority but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he has authority or control or that he was liked.…

in front of them. Behind them, unseen, is a walkway with a low barrier on it, and behind that is a large, bright fire. A group of puppeteers moves along the walkway, with puppets raised above their heads. While the puppeteers’ own shadows are obscured by the barrier, the light of the fire casts the silhouettes of their puppets onto the far cave wall so that…

Appearance and first impressions are everything. The speaker is dressed for the occasion he is wearing a suit and he is well groomed. He is dressed in a way that shows that his topic is important and serious, which makes the audience respect him more. The speaker starts his speech off by bringing up the topic of golf. He humors the audience by saying that golf is an awful sport. He then involves the audience by making them applaud. He uses this topic of golf and connects it in with the topic of…

family feld to to Kyoto where they attached themselves to an aristicracy for protection. It was there where he was exposed to the theatre and grew up to write over a hundred plays. In 1705, he moved to Osake to write strictly for Takemoto Gidayu's Puppet Theatre until his death in 1725. He is still known as one of Japan's most famous playwrights. Japanese Mythology of Suicide Banraku An Analysis of "The Love Suicides at Amijima" Giri Defined as sense of duty or obligation that arises from a…

Gidayu-bushi is also used in Bunraku puppet theatre. In Bunraku, the singer and the shamisen player provide the background music. In most Bunraku performances, the musician and the chanter perform the music for an act. The chanter is called the tayu, and this person is meant to portray and express the personalities and emotions of the puppets through exaggerated facial expressions and voices. The tayu narrates as well as creates the voice for the puppets. The shamisen player accompanies the…

Cyborgs throughout science fiction have been presented in a variety of ways- from their appearance to the purpose of their existence; their plasticity enables them to serve as allegories of race, society and politics that concern both the present and the future. Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell uses the cyborgs to create these allegories by bringing forward the binaries of the East/West, white/non-white and the male/female. By examining how these binaries are presented in Ghost in the Shell, we…

With the expand popularization of the computer and laptop as well as the growth of the digital technologies, there are much more innovation about/on the sound and image editing which provide people with grand possibilities and easier approaches on manipulating other people’s voices and images. One of the approaches is called “digital ventriloquism”. However, as most of the technological approaches, “digital ventriloquism” contains various branches due to the different degrees of the replacing or…

the most important lines in the play. There are many other forms of traditional Japanese drama, such as Puppet Theater; which is also known as Bunraku, and the Kabuki play. Both of these Japanese art forms were developed and established in the 1600s. During Bunraku, a narrator would recite the story, which was then acted out with large, lifelike puppets which were being controlled by puppet handlers who quietly worked onstage; in direct view of the audience. Kabuki plays; on the other…