...comedy and black comedy is the seriousness of the consequences of the misunderstanding. Black comedy explores modern comic plays from different countries that deal with what is often uncomfortable or suppressed. The nature of comedy and the use of humour is used to confront an audience with human experiences of pain, loss, forms, styles, techniques and conventions. Black Comedy is all about how you get your audience into a position to observe the confusion, to be aware of the misunderstanding leading to these terrible events. And the difference (sometimes) between the confusion and the reactions of the confusion is what creates the comedy. The term for the positioning the audience so they are aware of a significance that the characters are ignorant, is of course Dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is a theatrical technique that can be used in a variety of styles of theatre, from tragedy to comedy. It is the form of irony where the audience is aware of the significance of something that the characters are ignorant of. Within the plays The Shape of Things by Neil Lebutte and The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, there will be moments where the characters are acting and speaking about events or situations where the audience is aware of the true nature of the circumstances. Through an analysis of how different productions of Martin McDonagh’s Irish play The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Neil Labute’s...
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... Gibbs Model of Reflection Stage 1: Description of the event Describe in detail the event you are reflecting on. Include e.g. where were you; who else was there; why were you there; what were you doing; what were other people doing; what was the context of the event; what happened; what was your part in this; what parts did the other people play; what was the result. Stage 2: Feelings and Thoughts (Self-awareness) At this stage, try to recall and explore those things that were going on inside your head. Include: • How you were feeling when the event started? • What you were thinking about at the time? • How did it make you feel? • How did other people make you feel? • How did you feel about the outcome of the event? • What do you think about it now? Stage 3: Evaluation Try to evaluate or make a judgement about what has happened. Consider what was good about the experience and what was bad about the experience or what did or didn’t go so well Stage 4: Analysis Break the event down into its component parts so they can be explored separately. You may need to ask more detailed questions about the answers to the last stage. Include: • What went well? • What did you do well? • What did others do well? • What went wrong or did not turn out how it should have done? • In what way did you or others contribute to this? Stage 5: Conclusion (Synthesis) This differs from the evaluation stage in that now you have explored the...
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...How is the audiences experience of a play affected by the space in which it is performed? Space is an important element in drama since the stage itself also represents a space where action is presented. One must of course never forget that different types of stage have changed in the history of the theatre and that this has also influenced the way plays were performed. The analysis of places and the settings in plays can help one get a better feel for characters and their behaviour but also for the overall atmosphere. The play “ The removalist” written by David Williamson explores prevalent Australian attitudes about masculinity, violence and racism through the use of characterisation, language, and performance space and proxemics. “the removalist” is the play that my group had re-enacted; in my group performance for the removalist, our group had staged the scene by creating different spaces throughout our original space that we were given and we also created levels descending on what particular block the character’s would be on like Fiona; she is a very quiet, lower class subtle character who is often over powered by her elder upperclass sister. The difference in the stages levels are shown when Fiona is pushed back onto the bench and sitting there quietly behind her sister whereas the spotlight is on Kate and the other characters. This shows the importance of Fiona’s role throughout the play. The scenes impact from the use of levels makes the audience automatically feel sorry...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Everest group simulation was an exercise which encouraged five students to play a unique and vital role on a team of hikers, attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The simulation powerfully encapsulated the concepts and theories learnt in this course, illustrating the power of groups. The purpose of this report is to reflect on the experiences encountered during the Everest team experience and identify how these experiences related to the course. It comprises of a description and analysis of the Everest Team experience, a critical analysis of the team’s performance and results and a critical analysis of the team’s communication interactions. Upon taking part in both the simulations, it was discovered that the team score was dramatically improved, from 46% to 83%. This improvement was attributed to the team’s enhanced performance, due to progressing through the team development stages, as our performance was superior in the ‘norming’ and ‘performing’ stages rather than the ‘forming’ and ‘storming’ stages. Another factor which enhanced the team’s performance and thus, team score was the alterations in group structure. By assigning roles to each team member, a defined structure was associated with a distinct change in direction. In addition, changing from directive decision-making to analytic as well as collaborating instead of forcing and accommodating to resolve conflict revealed improved team dynamics leading to an overall better result. ...
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...Bachelor2 Literary Analysis of Riders to the Sea The chosen work for this literary analysis is Riders to the Sea, by J.M. Synge (1903). This piece is written as a classical drama. This form of writing is written with direction for setting creation and stage direction for characters included as its form is to be set into action. What is so delightful about this type of writing is that when reading, your imagination is taken to the scene enfolding before you. The characters need not speak every word to portray their emotion to you. Their subtle movements and changes in set symbolically convey visual meaning. After reading the play, it is just as interesting to see it performed. You will want to see if the director of the play has picked up on the subtleties that the playwright has included that have already captured your own mind or emphasized symbolism that you did not absorb. There are several portions of this play that stood out to me as saying more than what most would glean important. The first is a soliloquy made by the two daughters concerning the death of Michael. They are clearly worried how the impact of the news of Michael’s death will impact their mother. They are worried most about her and not of their own loss of their brother. This leads to dramatic irony, as now the audience knows more than the protagonist about what is the sisters believe has happened. The dramatic irony is further proven when the daughters inspect the stitching and fabric of...
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...Dissertation on Analysis of Competitor Games Name Institution Contents 1.0 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….5 1.1 Aims and Objectives of the Study....... 6 2.0 Project Approach 7 2.2 Background…………………………………………………………………………….9 2.3 Current Problem 9 2.4 Solution 10 2.5 Why Educational game fails? 11 2.6 Why are arcade games so popular 11 Arcade games 11 2.7 Why games on a computer are better? 12 2.8 Tables 13 2.9 Figures 14 3.0 Approach or Methodology………………………………………………………………15 3.2 Why is methodology important 15 3.3 Software Methodology 16 3.4 Chosen Methodology (the Waterfall Methodology) 17 3.5 Summary 19 4.0 Analysis……………………………………………………………………………….19 4.1 Survey 19 4.2 Data 20 4.3 Unity 5 Game Engine 25 5.0 Implementation………………………………………………………………………..25 5.1 Design 25 List of Tables and Figures Table 2.8 A risk analysis table 12 Figure 2.9 A generic model of the Final Year Project 13 Introduction The main purpose of this project is to implement an educational game where children would enjoy learning mathematics without having the pressure of being in a controlled environment. An article by Dr. Brent Conrad on teaching addiction stated that “children consume just over three hours of media and two thirds is spent on screen media e.g. TV...
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...people do when they are in the presence of one another. Roles are sets of expectations, rights, and duties that are associated with a given status. The dramaturgical analysis provided by Erving Goffman analyzes everyday life in terms of the stage. Socialization prepares people for learning to perform on the stage of everyday life. Core of this approach is the analysis of the impressions we attempt to make on others by using sign-vehicles like setting, appearance, and manner, teamwork, and face-saving behavior. Human actions are dependent on time, place, and audience and the favorable presentation of self by an individual via the use of impression management. An example for this is even if a couple is not in terms; they still act intimate and conceal their anger in the presence of others in order to save face. In a structural functionalist perspective, the family system regulates sexual activity, provides socialization processes, and transmits culture and the members of the family act their roles as father, mother and child. In dramaturgical analysis humans are like actors on a stage in which there are roles (scripts) and statuses (parts of the play) to carry out. Defining the social situation states that the perception of reality by humans is largely influenced by the subjective meaning they give to an experience. It focuses on the definition of the situation as being determined by what individuals want or expect to see. It also depends on what is in people's best interest in...
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...the community theatres, to ensure that Memphis is a place the best and the brightest will come to work and live. Young professionals are the audiences of today and the board members and supporters of tomorrow. We determined to target the young professionals with needs of networking in the artistic world in the greater Memphis area. Our intention is to direct a greater share of the Memphis professionals' entertainment dollars and time towards community theatre. To fit the needs and wants of our target audiences, the theatres have to position and project themselves at a unique level compared to other commercial forms of live entertainment. Community theatre cannot compete if all it offers to its audience is the stage. A theatre experience has to be much more than watching a play. We need to combine the theatre ambience, audience, actors and directors to create a unique mix of...
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...transformative and emancipatory learning. Introduction As teachers we are always looking for ways to improve our classes and motivate our students. Yet, teaching conditions may not be as ideal as we would like them to be. Sometimes we get too many students; often they have di¤erent proficiency levels; sometimes both problems arise in the same class. This was my situation: I had to teach a conversation class where the level of proficiency of the 37 students ranged from basic to advanced. Knowing that a traditional format would not work, the experiences of interactionists like Di Pietro (1987) and the actor/teacher Via (1976) helped me decide to bring drama and play production into my classroom. For students’ individual development, I drew from Mezirow (1990) and Schön (1991), who claim that reflection can change traditional learning into a transformative and emancipatory experience. Thus, the class objectives set out a learning experience where drama was used and reflection was encouraged. This paper describes the results of an investigation into the...
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...Introduction Palliative care (PC) provides a better comprehensive health care for patients with cancer and their families. Supportive care, pain management and symptom control at the end of life are valuable and common services provided by the PC team (World Health Organization [WHO], 2002). However, there are many challenges and barriers for PC in developing countries such as: health care and public literacy about PC, opioid phobia, policies and regulations to access and prescribe opioid, limited resources and adequate education and training (Bingley & Clark, 2009). The presence of these problems plays a major role in providing suitable and accessible symptom management for many oncology patients. In Saudi Arabia, between 2007 and 2011,...
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...daunting concept of Mise en Scène. True enough, I went home that night with many questions floating in my head. The following report nonetheless describes my interpretation as a first time audience. Experiences of the Performance It was a bit tense going into the performance as a role of a student as certain expectations were already instilled beforehand. I was expected to take note of not only the space and the staging of the play, but also the aesthetics of the building itself. It was as if I had to make sure I had every aspect and element of the theatre covered. As scary as it might have sound, it turned out to be rather fruitful as I had my eyes glued onto the surroundings, seeing and experiencing what other audiences might not have even thought about- the design of the stage, the lighting, the layout of the theatre, the configuration of the seats etc. The Blue Boy is a co-production with Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. The publicity of the Dublin Theatre Festival is quite prominent with advertisement posters decorating the streets of Dublin city centre. However, the Blue Boy production is not explicitly advertised. Perhaps, it was due to the nature of it being a small scale production. As such, I went into the performance with hardly any knowledge of the play itself. This directly creates an area of...
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...Case Study – Introduction The topic of our case study centers on the stage of emerging adulthood, a stage our classmates are currently experiencing. The focus of the study is centered on college students and the relationships they may develop in relations to alcohol consumption. Our participant is a 23 year old woman (KH) . She has attended three colleges in her academic college career, which includes one year at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, one year at the University of Wisconsin Madison and two years and current attendance at Edgewood College. She currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin and is pursuing a career in nursing. KH grew up in New Berlin, Wisconsin in a middle class family. We decided in further researching this topic because it’s something that we are currently experiencing and feel it is important to illustrate to younger generations that aging is a natural and unavoidable part of our journey through life that we need to accept and embrace with grace and respect. It is true that many undesirable changes take place as we get older, especially in late adulthood, but as I will share through my study, it can also be the most satisfying and content stage of a person’s life. The way the world perceives aging adults varies from society to society. In many parts of the world the older a person becomes the more important their role becomes in their family as well as in society. In the United States we seem to associate old age with negative feelings...
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...An analysis of the most significant factors which influence online purchasing decision Introduction With the development of digital technology, online shopping tends to be wildly accepted as a new convenient and efficient method to purchase. This trend may contribute to a dramatically growth in online sales. For example, online grocery has created £15 billion in the UK in 2015 and this figure is probably predicted to almost double by 2020 (Anon., 2015). Hence, analysis of consumer behaviour is quite useful for online vendors to expand their online business. In the previous researches, price is often considered as the most important intention of shopping online. For instance, (Reibstein, 2002) claims that price plays the most essential role in shoppers’ choosing a site; Lu (2009) states that customers often get the same product with a lower price online than in store. Although the importance of price has been accepted by most people, it is also probable to argue that other core factors, such as convenience, quality of product and service, website assortment and satisfaction of shopping experience may reduce the potential impact of price, as well as play the most initial role in online purchasing decision. In order to analyse the most important factors, this argument will take the following steps: (1) Firstly mention the motivations of online shopping; (2) Then provide a normal model of online purchasing decision progress and analyse core factors of each stage; (3) Lastly...
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...fossil fuel as the energy source for the industrial sector, which contributes a significant release of greenhouse gasses (GHG) into the atmosphere. Another striking fact is that the food choice and lifestyle, such as a high consumption of meat, also plays a role in the production of GHG. Food production, especially livestock production, is responsible for 70% of all agricultural land use and 18% of global GHG. [2, 3]. Is it fair that the most vulnerable group in the poor countries have to bear the consequences of the other group’s actions? This concern makes me reflect and wonders of what action I can do. It would be unrealistic to think that I can do the...
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...in order to gain a better understanding of a certain aspect. However, relying on emotions too much could also cloud our judgment, for it is a very subjective way of knowing. This essay will discuss how reliable our emotion is in the pursuit of knowledge in two areas of knowledge; history and the arts. To start with, emotion plays a big part in judging historical figures and events that were immortalized through history books. The question is, would it be accurate enough to judge them solely based on our emotions? Take Richard III for example. He is known as an evil deformed hunchback in history. Shakespeare had popularized Richard III’s ‘deformed hunchback’ image by his famous historical tragedy titled “Richard III” where he was portrayed as a king who ruthlessly lies, murders, and manipulates, so many people had viewed Richard III like that. Shakespeare’s “Richard III” was one of the plays I had to study in my Literature and Performance class, so I knew the character of Richard well enough to judge him. From the play, I perceived Richard III as a heartless evil monster which has greatly affected my judgment to his figure as a king. I learned from the play that he had done countless evil misconducts during his reign, which made me feel pity for the people who were...
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