Shoe-Horn Sonata Essays! Help! (1 Viewer)

[Scanorama]

Hi everyone, I really need help on how to write Shoe-Horn Sonata essay. I know that dramatic techniques are essential, as well as charaters, themes, stage settings. But my problem is how does the essay layout? I don't know how to link those techniques together. Thanks in advance

 

[_manda_87_]

Link SHS as you would any other

You link those techniques together just as u would in any other essay.
eg. In the shoe horn sonata various techniques are used to dramatise the experiences faced by the two women. These include music, lighting and images.John Misto is "shaping the meaning" so we understand certain things.Misto is also influencing the way the audience respond by including a particular picture, song or sound.

Music is used in the very first scene, it reflects the the period when Bridie and shiela were in camp.The audience is taken back.....etc

The use of lighting is also used in the first scene when the spotlight focuses on Bridie on the stage. By using this technique our attention is brought to the stage and we then realise that the stage is set up as a tv studio....etc

Images are used by the play right to stir our emotions and to give a better understanding of what the prisoners looked like before and after their imprisonment......etc

The layout for this essay is the same as any other:
Introduction
Tech 1
tech 2
tech 3
conclusion

i hope that helps
manda

 

[Wild Dan Hibiki]

i already knew that but after u posted it, it made a lot more sense. LOL thanks

 

[_manda_87_]

i already knew that but after u posted it, it made a lot more sense. LOL thanks

Not a prob glad i could help!!
Good luck

 

[Wild Dan Hibiki]

can somebody post some practice q's?

 

[1800-gumby]

What dramatic techniques does Misto use to present the shoe-horn sonata as more than a tale of violence and dispair?
2001 cssa trial

 

[trekkie]

he uses symbolism, when Bridie recounts the concert the Japanese held for the prisoners she recounts how all the women realized they were going to live and how they all "looked at the SKY the CLOUDS and the BIRDS", The Sky and birds represent the freedom and unity the women gained through the music, shows how they survived ( links with the choir and sonata) while clouds shows the light and happy feeling
also uses stage directions , when Sheila recounts the liberation from Belalau it says that "Bridie takes sheila's hand", its the physical manifestation of their friendship and how it supported them and helped them to survive.
There are more but i really have to go sleep now
GOOD LUCK!