Commercialism In David Williamson's The Club
English Essay- David Williamsons “The Club”
In the book “The Club”, composed by David Williamson, communicates information and ideas in relation to issues within a sporting society, in particular football. These issues include: tradition and loyalty, Commercialisation, and sexism. Williamson explores these ideas through the use of many techniques such as dialogue, slang, and colloquial.
David Williamson’s “The Club” exposes the conflict that exists to Commercialism within a sporting society where the club is seen as a professional football club, who are under pressure of people trying to gain the upper hand. Commercialism is portrayed by Gerry, where he derives power and wealth from the club at any cost. This is also highlighted through …show more content…
Each of the characters in the play have different attitude towards tradition. Throughout “The Club”, Tradition is mainly presented as the opposite to progress and achievement. Dialogue is used present each characters own morals and beliefs. For example, Laurie blames an old club tradition for his failure to win a premiership. “You and your cronies wouldn’t let me buy any players” in return, Jock replies “We were up holding an old tradition, it was wrong but we believed in it” in this Laurie uses colloquial and slang language to lash out at jock. Laurie believes in Tradition and Loyalty first and he judges others harshly when they do not openly display these values. This is highlighted with the non- respect for Ted because of the fact Ted hasn’t stuck with the tradition. This is indicated by Laurie’s Quote “I resent the fact that he’s come into the club with no background and experience and carried on as if he’s god almighty”. When Geoff states “he’s also seen every game this club played since he was six year’s old…” Laurie realizes that Ted is not responsible and feels guilty for making incorrect assumptions about him. This is illustrated with “now maybe I’m just feeling guilty about what I did to him in the press this
In the book “The Club”, composed by David Williamson, communicates information and ideas in relation to issues within a sporting society, in particular football. These issues include: tradition and loyalty, Commercialisation, and sexism. Williamson explores these ideas through the use of many techniques such as dialogue, slang, and colloquial.
David Williamson’s “The Club” exposes the conflict that exists to Commercialism within a sporting society where the club is seen as a professional football club, who are under pressure of people trying to gain the upper hand. Commercialism is portrayed by Gerry, where he derives power and wealth from the club at any cost. This is also highlighted through …show more content…
Each of the characters in the play have different attitude towards tradition. Throughout “The Club”, Tradition is mainly presented as the opposite to progress and achievement. Dialogue is used present each characters own morals and beliefs. For example, Laurie blames an old club tradition for his failure to win a premiership. “You and your cronies wouldn’t let me buy any players” in return, Jock replies “We were up holding an old tradition, it was wrong but we believed in it” in this Laurie uses colloquial and slang language to lash out at jock. Laurie believes in Tradition and Loyalty first and he judges others harshly when they do not openly display these values. This is highlighted with the non- respect for Ted because of the fact Ted hasn’t stuck with the tradition. This is indicated by Laurie’s Quote “I resent the fact that he’s come into the club with no background and experience and carried on as if he’s god almighty”. When Geoff states “he’s also seen every game this club played since he was six year’s old…” Laurie realizes that Ted is not responsible and feels guilty for making incorrect assumptions about him. This is illustrated with “now maybe I’m just feeling guilty about what I did to him in the press this