4 Short Essays on Strictly Ballroom
Scott makes a decision that will change the course of his dancing career. Explain how dialogue with others has influenced his decision.
The desire and decision to ‘dance his own steps’ at the ballroom dancing competitions first appears at the beginning of the play where Scott Hastings and Liz Holt get boxed into a corner of The Southern District Waratah Championship Hall. In this scene, the temptation of escaping the restricted rules of the ADF leads Scott to urge Liz Holt via the dialogue “Come on, Come on” to dance the unconventional steps of ballroom dancing. 3 days later after this incident, Scott and Liz are still arguing about this event and so through the dialogue it becomes apparent that Scott does not want to win the Pan Pacific Grand Prix but he wants to enjoy dancing and have free will to do whatever he wants to do, unlike Liz Holt who would rather win. Later in the text, Fran uses tempting and challenging phrases and sentences such as “you really are a gutless wonder!” and “a life lived in fear is a life half-lived” in the dialogue. These two important sentences influence Scott’s decision even further and indicate that Scott’s identity is changing. The final level of evolution for his decision occurs when Scott’s dad, Doug, tells the truth to his son about himself and his parent’ situation, and so in this final moments of the play Scott transforms to a truly confident young man whose decision for his future career is absolute and nothing can change it.
Words: 237 Time taken: 35 minutes 1) There are many characters in a text. How are the characters in your prescribed text developed and represented through dialogue?
Characters in Baz Luhrmann’s “Strictly Ballroom” theatre play are developed and represented through the many features of dialogue which consist of: type of language used, type of vocabulary used and type of grammar used. Scott Hastings is the leading actor in the dialogue who is
The desire and decision to ‘dance his own steps’ at the ballroom dancing competitions first appears at the beginning of the play where Scott Hastings and Liz Holt get boxed into a corner of The Southern District Waratah Championship Hall. In this scene, the temptation of escaping the restricted rules of the ADF leads Scott to urge Liz Holt via the dialogue “Come on, Come on” to dance the unconventional steps of ballroom dancing. 3 days later after this incident, Scott and Liz are still arguing about this event and so through the dialogue it becomes apparent that Scott does not want to win the Pan Pacific Grand Prix but he wants to enjoy dancing and have free will to do whatever he wants to do, unlike Liz Holt who would rather win. Later in the text, Fran uses tempting and challenging phrases and sentences such as “you really are a gutless wonder!” and “a life lived in fear is a life half-lived” in the dialogue. These two important sentences influence Scott’s decision even further and indicate that Scott’s identity is changing. The final level of evolution for his decision occurs when Scott’s dad, Doug, tells the truth to his son about himself and his parent’ situation, and so in this final moments of the play Scott transforms to a truly confident young man whose decision for his future career is absolute and nothing can change it.
Words: 237 Time taken: 35 minutes 1) There are many characters in a text. How are the characters in your prescribed text developed and represented through dialogue?
Characters in Baz Luhrmann’s “Strictly Ballroom” theatre play are developed and represented through the many features of dialogue which consist of: type of language used, type of vocabulary used and type of grammar used. Scott Hastings is the leading actor in the dialogue who is