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Trial Essay- "The Club"
Within the study of "Experince through Language: Dialogue", the portrayal of human interaction has been effectively shown through the usage of dialogue. Dialogue can tell a lot about a person's personality, moods and viewpoints on a particular matter.
In "The Club", there is a lot of disrespect between the characters. This is shown through the use of insults, manipulative language, sarcasm, threats and commands. For example, Gerry is portrayed a very manipulative "oily little weael." He tends to act two - faced and manipulates people into doing his will through their actions. He is very sly, and he convinces people that he is on their side, when, really, the only person Gerry is interested in is himself. For examply, when Ted suggests at the begining of the play that they accept Laurie's resignation, Gerry is supportive of this idea, admitting that is is very "tempting". However, when it comes to his interation with Laurie, Gerry 'crawls' to hime by saying "We'd find it very hard to replace you, Laurie."
Ted Parker is a man who considers himself avove everyone else, because of his presidency of the club. Thus, he tends to use overruling language such as "Shut up", and he is confident that he can battle through anything. An examply of this would be when Ted is being sued for assault. Gerry, like many of the other characters, believe that Ted should quit, mainly because most of them (except Laurie) can only think about the damage it will do to the club's reputation. Gerry tries to coax Ted into resigning, and this is displayed in the quote "I'm sure the committee will support you if you want to battle this through..." Gerry says this in a manipulative way, to try to convince Ted to do the very opposite of what he is aying, because Gerry is certain that Ted does not stand a chance of 'standing up tall', should he decide to battle the lawsuit through to the end.
Insults are very common in this text, and this again shows the lack of respect between the characters. However, these verbal violations do not appear to have an impact on the characters. Examples of this are the insults which are thrown between Ted and Laurie. This helps create the feeling of intense dislike between the characters. For example, Laurie calls Ted a "clown" and "that little cretin", while Ted calls Laurie a "bastard" and a "dead duck".
Jock is portrayed as a gullible, sarcastic and threatening character who is always 'quick to rise to the occasion'. This can be seen when Ted informs him at the begining of the play that the players on the football team are threatening to strike if the committee accepts Laurie's resignation, "Strike? I'll give the bastards strike!"
Women appear very little within this play. Yet when they do, most of the characters show very little respect for them. For example, when the play opens, Ted comes in and asks Gerry how his wife is. "Sick" replies Gerry. "That's great. Still sick?" This response by Ted displays lack of respect for Gerry, in that he asks a question, but could not be bothered to listen for the response. However, when Laurie comes in and asks Gerry howhis wife is, and when Gerry answers "Sick", Laurie is portrayed as geniune when he says "Give her my love".
In an interview with 'B' magazine, the sexy and successful Hollywood movie star, Johnny Depp, is portrayed as a loving, compassionate and caring father. This can be detected by the quote "...because I don't want to take anything away from my kids..." when he is replying to a question to the effect of "How did you not get mobbed?"
In "The Lord of the Rings", the traditions and culture of two different races is noticed between Aragorn, a man, and Pippin, a hobbit. "Gentleman, we do not stop till nightfall" this is what Aragorn's reaction is when the hobbits stop to eat some food. "What about breakfast?" asks Pippin incrediously, knowing very well that they have already had one, which Aragorn confirms for the audience, "We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast?" When Aragorn gives Pippin an odd look, and turns away, Pippin is bewildered, because Hobbits love to eat, and tend to have at least seven meals a day. Merry, a companion, tells Pippin that he is very doubful that Aragorn would know about second breakfast. "What about Elevenses? Luncheons? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?" Pippin still refuses to believe that Aragorn is oblivious to a hobbit's love for food. "I wouldn't count on it" replies Merry. At the end of this scene, Aragorn replies to Pippin's inquiries by throwing an apple back to him. This piece of dialogue is very humorous to an audience.
In the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", Captain Jack Sparrow is portrayed as a humourous character. He approaches serious situations with a humorous viewpoint. For example, when Jack asks Will how far he would go to save Elizabeth, and Will says "I would die for her", Jack replies "Oh, good" in a care - free, humorous tone. This displays that Jack is a very carefree character, and in his interaction with other characters, this is displayed as he is rarely serious. This can be seen when Jack threatens Elizabeth, and demands for his belongings. He requests Elizabeth to get them and dress him. "Easy on the goods, Darling" is his reaction when Elizabeth ties Jack's belt around his waist. This remark indicates a sexual content, but it also helps to ease the situation and distract the soldiers from their tacsk, which is to capture Jack and hang him in the Gallows.
In conclusion, it can thus be seen that "The Club" and the two related materials have effectively represented human interaction through the use of dialogue, displaying the effects these have on the audience, and on other characters.
