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    Name Kentarius Dower Date 6/18/12 The Crucible‚ Act I‚ by Arthur Miller Literary Analysis: Drama: Dialogue and Stage Directions Arthur Miller’s stage directions in The Crucible are extensive‚ detailed‚ and full of historical information. They provide the setting‚ background on the situation‚ and information about characters’ backgrounds‚ motives‚ and personalities. A reader of the play benefits from Miller’s background information by gaining an understanding of the

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    In a play‚ actors will speak and act a certain way so that the audience can infer things about their characters.These stage directions help paint a picture in the readers’ minds‚ as they help to define what is going on and show the reader more about each character. Act II of The Crucible certainly utilizes stage directions‚ as well as dialogue to deepen readers’ understandings if all characters including John Proctor‚ his wife Elizabeth‚ and Mary Warren. The act opens eight days after the calling

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    Many plays do not require elaborate stage directions because it’s not always important to the play’s structure. In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie‚ however‚ stage directions are essential to the understanding of the play. The play had a number of stage directions but all contributed immensely to show the reader and or audience what exactly was going on. The stage directions and use of spectacle in The Glass Menagerie intensify the somewhat unrealistic setting and help show certain elements

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    Sample student response - Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose’s use of stage directions is essential in the play. Without them the audience would not understand his intended social criticism. Twelve Angry Men embraces realistic and naturalistic traditions‚ presenting an everyday legal drama and the interpersonal conflicts it can generate. It is set during the Cold War when America was struggling for political and economic dominance over powerful nations such as the Soviet Union. As a social

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    1. Dramatic techniques * Stage directions * Stage directions are used by Nowra to reveal the personality of the characters. The overconfidence and untrustworthy personality of Nick is highlighted in the first scene when they are travelling in the dark and Nick and Nowra accidently touch Lucy and are enjoying this. * Stage directions are also used to reveal the feelings of characters in certain situations. When Lucy and Nick leave‚ Lewis is left alone with Roy and the reader is told

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    The stage directions assist in the process of setting the mood or the tone of the play. Due to the constant intensity that occurs during the play‚ the stage directions are paramount in keeping the reader on their toes. Dorfman commonly utilizes these cues throughout Death and the Maiden to mirror the development of the protagonist‚ Paulina‚ the implication of tone and mood‚ and the understanding of the timeframe and setting of Death and the Maiden. The use of stage directions permits the reader

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    Fences Act 1‚ Scene 1 JOURNAL #6 Select three examples of a stage direction and comment on the effect. August Wilson’s Fences describes the lives of Troy Maxson‚ his family‚ and his friends. Readers recognize the importance of dialogue—the way characters speak to each other as well as the words they choose—in learning their personalities. However‚ in plays‚ playwrights also characterize through stage direction. In this scene‚ the stage commands drinking‚ offering‚ and handing help to set the tone

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    Essay – Stage Directions in Macbeth Shakespeare gives very few stage directions to guide directors and actors in the staging of the play‚ Macbeth. How does the text of the play give us indications of the way it is to be performed? Support you answer with examples form Act 1. William Shakespeare is one of the most studied authors until this day. He has created the world- renowned plays of ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ ‘Hamlet’ and many more. His shortest tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ written somewhere between 1603

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    Explore Millers use of stage directions‚ setting and props in Act one; language analysis and conventions of tragedy. Plan: * Stage directions – opening stage directions‚ set the scene for the audience‚ and give background information on a few of the characters present. * They are descriptive which can give the audience a visual of the characters‚ and what kind of personality they have. E.g. ‘Keller is nearing sixty. A heavy man of stolid mind and build‚ a business man these many years

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    Job of Stage Directions What do I think is the purpose of stage directions in general? I think the purpose of stage direction in general show the mood and how the character feels to make the audience understand what situation the character. It also tells the audience part of the story‚ it tell about the atmosphere and the setting‚ like where they are‚ in what kind of town. It also leads to the theme of the play and when it was set. Like for the play “Journey’s End”‚ it leads to the harsh reality

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