...State of Play Part 5 Plot Once again we start at Heralds. All the journalists are trying to figure out the puzzle with all the different information they have from Warner Schloss, Foy, U-ex oil etc. Cameron gets a bit upset at his employees because he wants them to write a story soon, or else other newspapers will steal it from them. Callum visits Greer to find out of more in the hiring of Sonia. Greer says that the minister of energy, George Fergus, hired Sonia, and that’s lead to another clue. On the police station Foy gets interrogated. He tells his “story” in a few minutes, and finds out that it is not the police that have been chasing him in the grey rover in episode 4. Right after he bumps into Della and tells about the people who are following him. They change cars to secure Foy, and agree to meet in front of the hotel later. The journalist, Helen, is asking Fergus if he was the one who hired Sonia to work for U-ex oil, but he gets insulted and angry, and says that she should keep her mouth closed if she wants to keep her job. Foy is scared, he thinks that he might get killed because of his dirty job at Warner Schloss, but he will still not tell the journalists about it. Now Foy and Stephen meet up with all the journalists, but not face to face. Stephen overhears Callum and Della’s questioning of Foy. He tells the whole story about Sonia’s hiring, together with a contact person for U-ex oil, called Paul Canning. Sonia operated with dirty money, and wanted to...
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...Beauty is a play written by Jane Martin. Beauty is centered around two young females that are both jealous over what trait the other one possesses. The character named Carla is an extremely beautiful woman who is offered marriage proposals almost on a daily basis, while Bethany is a young woman who is abundantly smart and talented. During the play Bethany finds herself in Carla’s apartment to tell Carla that she has a genie who grants wishes. During the conversation about the wish Bethany has left beauty and brains came up and both of the girls stated that they wanted the traits that the other one possesses. At the end of the play the audience learns that the two both received what they had wanted, Carla received brains, while Bethany received...
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...Nancy J. Nabong AC 103 : MWF / 1:00 – 2:00 PM I. THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA 1. PLOT * Most important element of a story: Summary of a play’s story, concerned with what happens in the story * The order of events occurring in a play is referred to as the plot of the drama. It is the basic storyline that is narrated through a play. The entertainment one derives from a play depends largely on the sequence of events that occur in the story. The logical connection between the events and the characters, which enact the story form an integral part of the plot of drama. 2. CHARACTER * These are the people presented in the play that are involved in the perusing plot. Each character should have their own distinct personality, age, appearance, beliefs, socio economic background, and language. * The characters must be shaped to fit the needs of the plot and all parts the characterization must fit together. * Protagonist – the person who is attempting to resolve the problem. The conflict he faces, frequently involves a struggle with some force outside himself (external conflicts) as with an antagonist and or struggle within himself (internal conflict). 3. THOUGHT * What the play means as opposed to what happens (the plot). Sometimes the theme is clearly stated in the title. It may be stated through dialogue by a character acting as the playwright’s voice. Or it may be the theme is less obvious and emerges only after some study or thought. The...
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...The Playwright or dramatist holds the most important role in creating a theatre play. They create the stories, timelines and the order of events which makes up the structure of the play. The playwright develops the story which is a complete account of everything that has happened in the story. The playwright has to be selective in creating the plot from the story because of time restrictions on the story itself. The plot is an arrangement of events from the story that is acted out onstage. One of the things that you must know is the difference between story and plot. It is easy to confuse plot and story. The plot is the sequence of events that happen in a story; on the other hand, the story is what the play is all about. The plot is almost...
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...What did Shakespeare know about the depths of a man and the battle inside to write a play that would captivate every generation to come from then on? As I analyze this play, I will carefully attend to details in which forms the structure of the play. Moreover I will attempt to show how in Act four of this play, Shakespeare proficiently brings together the main plot and sub-plots of the play, and moves rapidly towards the final resolution. Shakespeare decided to set corruption in Elsinor, a royal castle in medieval Denmark. Prior to the first act Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude is widowed to King Hamlet. When this tragedy starts, we are introduced to Marcellus, Bernardo, and Francisco who guard the castle at night. While on watch an apparition of King Hamlet appeared to them and they then knew something was wrong, the question was what should they do. Once hamlet learns of his father’s return, he at once insists that he go on watch to witness his father’s appearance. The following night Hamlet’s father does appear and commands Hamlet to avenge his death. Hamlet’s father tells him of the corruption that has taken place behind the walls of Elsinor. He informs Hamlet of his uncle’s rage and what it has lead him to do. He tells Hamlet of the serpent who stung him, and how he goes by the name of Claudius. Hamlets composure wit, and strength would know be tested to their limits. What could Hamlet do, what would he do? A clever wit and common sense are his only hope to avenge his father’s...
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... Famous author, Sophocles, wrote a popular play in the genre of drama known as “Antigone”, he explains what the effects of character interaction have on a given person. In this play he describes what happens when the characters Antigone, sister of Ismene, and Creon, ruler of the state clash and contribute to Creon’s development as a tragic hero, and to the plot of the play. In “Antigone”, the two brothers of Ismene and Antigone, Polyneices and Eteocles, end up killing each other due to supporting different sides of the Thebes’ Civil War. Creon, the new ruler decided that Eteocles will have an honorable burial, while the other will be laid unburied for the animals to eat upon....
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...‘Which of the themes in Euripides’ ‘Medea’ develop the plot more significantly than others?’ (45 marks) In the Medea, by Euripides, there are many themes which are portrayed in a variety of ways through most of the characters in the play. These include: The role of men/women in Greek society, marriage/love, the importance of oaths, and parents/children. Plot development is when a theme helps the plot move on in the play; it could be considered that ‘the importance of oaths’ is more significant in developing the plot than the other themes. The theme of ‘the importance of oaths’ is a very significant theme in terms of plot development. This is because oaths are very important to Medea, and actually form the basis of the play. When Medea helped Jason with the trials of the Golden Fleece, and even turned against her own father, King Aeëtes, to help him; Jason vowed to always protect her and stay with her. However he broke these vows by marrying Glauce, which angered Medea the most and caused her to carry out her actions within the play. It was not the fact that Jason left her, which upset Medea the most, but more the idea that he broke these oaths. The importance of oaths to Medea is thus emphasised within the interaction with Aegeus, King of Athens, whom Medea makes vow that he will give her sanctuary in Athens after she escapes Corinth. The fact that she made him swear an oath, also emphasises Medea’s mistrust in men. Had this oath-swearing not been the case, then Medea may...
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...in John Gay’s “Beggars Opera” gay uses political satire to comically “play” at the political issues...
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...A drama, also known as a play, is a form of literature written intentionally for theatrical performance. Most of the parts in a drama are consisted of scripted dialogues, or only the acting in some cases, between characters intended to be performed by actors and actresses to move the story along. There are six main elements of drama which serve as the basis of producing a successful play. These essential elements of drama include the plot of the story, the theme, the genre in which the story belongs, the characters, the setting, and the audience. Altogether, they provide a building block by which dramatic works can be analyzed and evaluated. By knowing and using the elements of drama, the skills needed in creating a successful performance, as well as the skills required to analyze a drama, could be developed. The followings are the elements of drama and their brief description: Plot Plot, referring to the basic storyline of the play, is the structure of a play which tells what happens as the story goes. The plot structure can be divided into six stages: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. The exposition is simply an introductory part that provides the background information needed to properly understand the story. The inciting incident, or conflict, is the event that sets the action of the play in motion. It is what gets the story going. The rising action is a series of events, including complications and discoveries...
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...session Creating the Text * Selecting specific subject of the play * The subject matter for drama is always human beings * Determine what aspect of human existence to write about * Determining focus and emphasis * Decide who and what to focus on * How to interpret the characters and events * Establish Purpose * Purpsose may be * Causal or unconscious, or * Conscious and deliberate * Different purposes * To entertain * To probe the human condition * To provide an escape * To impact information * Developing Dramatic Structure * Every work of art has some type of structure * The structure of a play is analogous to that of a building * The essentials of structure are * The story must be turned into a plot * The plot involves action * The plot includes conflict * There are strongly opposed forces * A reasonable balance is struck between the opposed forces * Creating a dramatic structure * Begin with the opening scene * Starts the action and sets the tone and style * Tells whether we are going to see a serious or a comic play and whether the play will deal with affairs of everyday life or with fantasy * Obstacles and complications block a characters path * Crisis and climaxes * Basic Structures: CLIMAX PLOT CONSTRUCTION * First used in 5th century B.C.E. Greece ...
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...Volpone is a play written by Ben Johnson in the seventeenth century and it portrays the seventeenth century society through Johson's depiction of Volpone as a corrupt, greed and a hedonist character. The significance of the Argument in the play is to introduce the audience to Volpone and his plan with the help of Mosca and to give a brief summary of the play that will be thoroughly introduced in the first act. In the Argument, Johnson introduces the audience to Volpone's character who is a rich, Venetian nobleman who "feigns sick." Throughout the play, Volpone pretends that he is terminally ill and on the verge of death. As a result, Voltore, Corvino and Corbaccio who are Volpone's "several heirs" vie for his estate and offer precious golds and Venetian coins as "presents" to Mosca. Volpone also "despairs" at the end of the play as a result of his actions and gets punished. "Lies languishing" in the Argument is a pun; it means either Volpone lies in bed pretending his sickness or lies to his heirs by deceiving them. Johnson refers to Mosca as a "parasite" which connotes that Mosca is a dependant servant who is servile to Volpone. However, Mosca pretends to be honest and obsequious to manipulate Volpone. Mosca plans to turn the heirs against each other and to betray Volpone and that is when Mosca takes control over the action in the play and "weaves other cross-plots."In the play there are many cross-plots, many incidents and anecdotes. An example of a cross-plot is when Mosca...
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...narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which the name of the central character, Pilgrim, epitomizes the book's allegorical nature. Kay Boyle's story "Astronomer's Wife" and Christina Rossetti's poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood." Hopkins, "In the Valley of the Elwy." Antagonist A character or force against which another character struggles. Creon is Antigone's antagonist in Sophocles' play Antigone; Teiresias is the antagonist of Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose, as in "I rose and told him of my woe." Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself." Character An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work. Literary characters may be major or minor, static (unchanging) or dynamic (capable of change). In Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona is a major character, but one who is static, like the minor character Bianca. Othello is a major character who is dynamic, exhibiting...
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...Twelfth Night is largely generated by Shakespeare's use of disguise and mistaken identity. How far do you agree? Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is one of the best known comedies and is often well cited for its use of disguise and mistaken identity as being the key factors in the play that cause humour and make the play into the comedy that it is. However there are many other factors and comedic effects that take place within the play and cause humour that do not directly tie to disguise and mistaken identity. These include the use of standard comedic plot lines, the use of visual humour, bare basic comedy and jokes alongside the use of comic servants. All of these play a part in the comedy and humour of Twelfth Night but how prominent they are is the factor I shall be examining. The use of Viola (when disguised as Cesario) is a key point of humour throughout the play and is a constant reminder of the humour based off visual comedy and mistaken identity that Shakespeare intended to portray. A lot of the central plot within the play revolves around Viola and Cesario and the many events within the play that directly stem from these characters. In Act 1 Scene 4 we get our first glimpse of disguise within the play when we are introduced to Cesario. Here we learn that within a short space of time Viola has managed to become a favourite of Orsino and as Valentine notes “if the Duke continue these favours towards you, Cesario, you are likely to be much advanced”. This in itself is comedic...
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...come from one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies- ‘Macbeth’ Completed in 1606, this play is set in Scotland, and dramatizes the corroding psychological and political effects produced when its protagonist, the Scottish lord Macbeth, chooses evil as the way to fulfill his ambition for power. Shakespeare wrote this play when attitudes were completely different to the attitudes of society today, in particular, widespread belief in witchcraft. In the play of 'Macbeth' the witches have an important effect on Macbeth, the characters, the plot, the theme and the audience. They help construct the play and without them it would have been a totally different story line. The three witches effect characters’ lives, orientate the plot, they are related to most of the themes or motifs and appeal the audience's attention. The witches, or three sisters, have a strong effect on the characters of the play- especially Macbeth. When Macbeth meets the witches for the first time, they greet him as the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is Thane of Glamis and does not know about Cawdor, he hasn’t heard that the Thane of Cawdor has died. “I know I am Thane of Glamis, But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives” (Act 1 Scene 3). When Macbeth learns that the thane of Cawdor has in fact died, it is almost as if a bit of evil has been put into Macbeth’s head that will soon grow to dominate his mind. In the play the witches, with their spells, plan the downfall of Macbeth. They cannot directly harm him themselves...
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...by Aristotle’s standards, a tragedy. The play clearly includes each of the three unities and all of the six elements of theatre, as Aristotle discussed in “Poetics.” However, even though Medea can be accurately categorized as a Greek tragedy, the story lacks a tragic hero. Neither of the two main characters, Medea or Jason, possess all the traits that exist in a tragic hero. According to Aristotle, there are three unities of theatre that make plays more pleasurable for the audience. Euripides employs all three. Medea has unity of action, as it only contains one main plot: Medea’s revenge. This makes the story simple for the audience to follow. There is also unity of time, because all of the action involved in the plot occurs in one day. This action unfolds in only one location: Medea’s home. The latter exemplifies unity of place. For example, when Medea’s children bring Jason’s new bride the poison dress and diadem, the setting does not change to the home of Jason and his wife. Rather, a messenger arrives at Medea’s house to report what has happened to the princess. Euripides’ use of the three unities brings the plot together and makes it easy to understand. In addition to the three unities, Medea includes all six of Aristotle’s elements of theatre. The most important element of theatre is the plot. The plot of Medea is very straightforward, and occurs in a logical sequence. The thought of this plot can be expressed in a single sentence: Medea’s...
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