variety of different techniques used in the play “The Shoe Horn Sonata” that enable the text to be distinctively visual in conveying a point of view. Dramatic effects such as music‚ dialogue and flashbacks create the perspective of two women looking back on their memories and experiences of World War 2. Similarly‚ Kenneth Slessor uses distinctively visual elements to aid the description of mateship and death in the poem “Beach Burial”. The Shoe Horn Sonata‚ written by John Misto‚ recounts the experiences
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Likewise‚ celebrities currently represent a shoe which many people try to fit into. Unfortunately‚ many find that no matter how hard they squeeze their foot into the shoe‚ it won’t fit. Society is constantly telling us how we should look and act so that we may attain an idealistic image. In the Victorian Era we see the beginnings of this idea manifesting itself particularly with women‚ and continuing in today’s picture of perfection. Failure to fit into the shoe has been detrimental to Christians and
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Imagine being mentally tortured‚ beaten and starved to death? Imagine you were taken away from your family and raped till death? Shoe Horn Sonata is an impressive story of courage‚ hope‚ horror and friendship. This play is a tribute to commemorate the bravery of the women and to make their story of survival widely known. The historical context that the story has enables us to learn about the past events and to understand the true meaning of war and its consequences. The play draws on real events
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(Introduction - Introduce both texts and composer/director‚ short plot outline and link to question and examples) Photographs are a chilling reminder of the truth behind these women’s recounts‚ and an acknowledgement of their strength. Misto uses photographic images to achieve several things within his play. Firstly the images transport the audience to the world which these women are describing through their dialogue of memories. In Act One‚ whilst Bridie describes the evacuation of Singapore
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friendship is what gives them purpose‚ comfort and strength to carry on. Though after fifty years of the War and of being separated they have no ill feelings toward the Japs but are emotionally torn by their separation. This is the story of The Shoe Horn Sonata. The Shoe-Horn Sonata is characterised by having a two act structure‚ two main time frames‚ two settings and two main characters. The two sets are: the television studio and the motel room. These are visually presented depersonalised and simple
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Distinctively visual texts use a variety of techniques to convey the experiences during the war. In John Misto’s 1996 play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ which is about women nurses enduring Japanese POW camps‚ such distinctive experiences as power and survival are shown through techniques like lighting‚ projecting image‚ sound‚ symbols‚ dialogue and body language. In Kenneth Slessor’s 1942 poem ‘Beach Burial’ he also comments about survival in war and the power in distinctively visual ways
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the women’s suffering during the war‚ allowing the responder to acknowledge the women‚ which will convince society to pay tribute to the women. He uses a variety of techniques which involve many senses of the responder in The Shoe-Horn Sonata to achieve this goal. The Shoe-Horn Sonata is based on two women who helped each other through hardships during World War II; they are reunited after fifty years to film a television documentary which unravels many secrets. The involvement of more than one sense
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(INTRO) John Misto’s drama ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ depicts the journey of two women captured by the Japanese during World War ll. The play reveals the unresolved problems of their relationship after fifty years. The reunion of Bridie and Sheila and their problems are dramatized and resolved through Misto’s use of dramatic techniques. He effectively creates images of tension‚ hardship‚ hope and survival‚ friendship and forgiveness to emphasize the relationship between the two women. (DOUBLE-HANDER)
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inexpressible‚ incomprehensible to those who have never experienced it‚ a dread that strikes at the root of one’s survival – an existential fear.” Experiences suffered by women and children in WWII Japanese POW camps are reflected in John Misto’s play‚ The Shoe-Horn Sonata. This is shown through a wide range of distinctively visual techniques such as stage directions‚ language‚ lighting‚ music and sound effects that are designed to put the audience in his characters positions. The fear confronted by the
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