‘Cosi is both a tragedy and a comedy’ The book Cosi‚ written by Louis Nowra consisted of being about a play called ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ which involved madness‚ illusion‚ sanity and theatre. This play was set in a mental institution and involved fellow patients to become the extraordinary actors that were finally able to get an involvement to bring them out of their dull shell. Lewis‚ is the fresh out of university‚ new director‚ which gasp’s on the idea that having this role isn’t as easy as he was
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feature is the ‘play-within-a-play’‚ which highlights the parallels between the characters and themes in Mozart’s opera‚ and those in Nowra’s play. Both the opera and play revolve around issues of loyalty‚ fidelity and betrayal. The backdrop of war is also a significant feature of both texts: the Vietnam War in the 1970s (in Così) and the Albanian battle for independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1790 (in Così Fan Tutte). Wars also involve loyalties and betrayals‚ and their chaos on a grand scale
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Cosi by Louis Nowra conveys significant ideas about human nature. Through the play Cosi‚ the audience witnesses the lives of mentally ill people unfold before them. Central characters Lewis‚ Doug and Julie each show and express a different view upon the world and work towards their own idea of reality. They each express their individual ideas of the norm and work together to escape reality. Many themes such as love and infidelity as well as change are conveyed throughout the play. Cosi is a comic
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..Year 12 English Essay.. Nowra’s play is set in a ’burnt out theatre’. Discuss the importance of setting and imagery in conveying Nowra’s ideas in Cosi. The burnt out theatre in Nowra’s play ’Cosi’ represents the life inside an asylum‚ a life that the characters know all too well. Life inside an asylum is portrayed as a dark‚ cold and isolated place‚ where the outside world is not often talked about and for others almost doesn’t exist. Most of the characters cannot handle reality but for Nowra
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Lewis is a young adult who has just graduated from university. In order to earn some extra money he gets a job directing a play at a mental asylum. He starts off shy and lacking confidence meeting all the patients at the mental asylum‚ especially Roy who is seen as controlling and passive. At first the relationship between Lewis and the patients is rocky‚ until the event of the toilet fire‚ where we see the shift within the relationship Lewis shares with the patients. After the fire Justin comes
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“I can’t stand real things. If I could put up with reality I wouldn’t be in here.” How does Nowra allow the real world to be escaped but also a constant presence in his play? Through the use of many diverse characters‚ Louis Nowra in his play Cosi reflects on the idea that the concept of reality has the potential to differ when based on different perspectives. Nowra explores the true meaning of reality and reveals that although certain mentally challenged people believe they are isolated from
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really changed at the end of the play? ‘Cosi’‚ written by Louis Nowra‚ is an intriguing (this is not a review Matt‚ so don’t use these descriptions) play that explores the minds of patients in the mental asylum and how they progress over time whilst being in the real world. (arent’ they removed from the real world whilst trapped in the confinements of the asylum?) However it is not a patient that changes the most during the rehearsing and performing of ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ but it is the everyday society
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Nowra‚ in Cosi has written about a transformation‚ he illustrates a time when ordinary people did not understand mentally-ill patients well. Throughout this drama‚ Lewis’ (the protagonist) concepts and perceptions of love‚ politics and mental illness experience a change in direction. These changes are the results of his interaction and in time‚ understanding of the mentally-ill patients around him. These characters‚ patients‚ help reveal the true character of Lewis. Nowra writes of a transformation
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How does Nowra use comedy to critically reflect on human suffering? Nowra uses comedy in conjunction with other tools‚ to critically evaluate human suffering. Incongruity Louis Nowra’s typically Australian story is a play within a play following a naive uni student doing a play with ‘extraordinary people who have thought extraordinary thoughts’. Nowra uses comedy throughout the play often to reflect on human suffering and to help the audience break down preconceived conceptions. However he
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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