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amy keung
Mar 28, 2011, 2:21:37 AM3/28/11
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How and to what effect have dramatists made use of time in two or
three plays you have studied?
Introduction:
Ibsen and Wilder each structure their respective plays, A Doll's House
and Our Town, through the use of time to convey thematic meaning.
Ibsen presents all events in the play within the short period of
Christmastime. In contrast, Wilder selects scenes from the entire
lifetime of an individual. The reason for this difference is that
Ibsen intends to overwhelm the audience with the theme of Nora's
pursuit of freedom by creating great dramatic tension, while Wilder
attempts to mimic human life, and hence communicate to the audience
its transience. Ibsen's chronological depiction of events occurring
within close succession to another creates flow in the plot as well as
a suspension of disbelief. Conversely, Wilder's manipulation of time
in a play that primarily follows a chronological pattern gives the
audience a panoramic view of human life through Wilder's perspective.
Topic sentence 1:
Ibsen's use of the Christmas tree as a recurring motif in the opening
scenes of each act of A Doll's House alerts the audience to the
changes in Nora and Helmer's marriage throughout the short timespan
covered in the play.
T/S 2:
Wilder presents three acts in Our Town in which the events occur years
apart to contrast the many changes that occur in individuals
throughout their life, with the relative stability of the routines of
society.
T/S 3:
On the contrary, Ibsen draws the audience's focus to the tumultuous
changes in character that Nora experiences by use of indirect
characterization through the presentation of her dialogue with other
characters.
T/S 4:
Wilder highlights the rare moments of significance in one's life
through the use of flashbacks, facilitated by the Stage Manager's role.
three plays you have studied?
Introduction:
Ibsen and Wilder each structure their respective plays, A Doll's House
and Our Town, through the use of time to convey thematic meaning.
Ibsen presents all events in the play within the short period of
Christmastime. In contrast, Wilder selects scenes from the entire
lifetime of an individual. The reason for this difference is that
Ibsen intends to overwhelm the audience with the theme of Nora's
pursuit of freedom by creating great dramatic tension, while Wilder
attempts to mimic human life, and hence communicate to the audience
its transience. Ibsen's chronological depiction of events occurring
within close succession to another creates flow in the plot as well as
a suspension of disbelief. Conversely, Wilder's manipulation of time
in a play that primarily follows a chronological pattern gives the
audience a panoramic view of human life through Wilder's perspective.
Topic sentence 1:
Ibsen's use of the Christmas tree as a recurring motif in the opening
scenes of each act of A Doll's House alerts the audience to the
changes in Nora and Helmer's marriage throughout the short timespan
covered in the play.
T/S 2:
Wilder presents three acts in Our Town in which the events occur years
apart to contrast the many changes that occur in individuals
throughout their life, with the relative stability of the routines of
society.
T/S 3:
On the contrary, Ibsen draws the audience's focus to the tumultuous
changes in character that Nora experiences by use of indirect
characterization through the presentation of her dialogue with other
characters.
T/S 4:
Wilder highlights the rare moments of significance in one's life
through the use of flashbacks, facilitated by the Stage Manager's role.
wong alex
Mar 28, 2011, 6:10:32 AM3/28/11
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Introduction:
Throughout the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “Our Town” by
Thornton Wilder, time is crucial since it not only helps to develop
the theme of play, but I also contributes to the character
development. In “A Doll’s house”, Ibsen uses scene changes, motifs and
symbols extensively to portray and foreshadow the build up as well as
the break of relationship between the protagonists. On the contrary,
in “Our Town”, Wilder uses flashback, time manipulation and symbols
extremely which not only allow the protagonists to reflect upon their
lives but is also reveals the theme of life and death. These literary
devices not only help to develop the theme and characters, but also
provide a strong emotional impact to the audiences.
Topic Sentence:
1)Both Wilder and Ibsen use symbolism throughout the play in order to
portray the experiences of the protagonists throughout short time span
covered in the play.
2)Wilder’s employment of time manipulation as well as the use of
flashbacks allows protagonists to realize and reflect the worth of
each details of life.
3)On the contrary, Ibsen’s use of letter as a motif in “A Doll’s
house” signifies the development of Nora’s character as well as
foreshadowing her relationship breakdown with her husband.
Throughout the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “Our Town” by
Thornton Wilder, time is crucial since it not only helps to develop
the theme of play, but I also contributes to the character
development. In “A Doll’s house”, Ibsen uses scene changes, motifs and
symbols extensively to portray and foreshadow the build up as well as
the break of relationship between the protagonists. On the contrary,
in “Our Town”, Wilder uses flashback, time manipulation and symbols
extremely which not only allow the protagonists to reflect upon their
lives but is also reveals the theme of life and death. These literary
devices not only help to develop the theme and characters, but also
provide a strong emotional impact to the audiences.
Topic Sentence:
1)Both Wilder and Ibsen use symbolism throughout the play in order to
portray the experiences of the protagonists throughout short time span
covered in the play.
2)Wilder’s employment of time manipulation as well as the use of
flashbacks allows protagonists to realize and reflect the worth of
each details of life.
3)On the contrary, Ibsen’s use of letter as a motif in “A Doll’s
house” signifies the development of Nora’s character as well as
foreshadowing her relationship breakdown with her husband.
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Ho Lok Sze
Mar 28, 2011, 10:07:27 AM3/28/11
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How and to what effect have dramatists made use of time in two or
three plays you have studied?
Introduction:
In “A doll’s house” and “Our town”, Ibsen and Wilder use different
three plays you have studied?
Introduction:
technique to make use of time in order to make the themes significant.
Ibsen makes use of Christmas eve and after Christmas chronologically
to present the transformation of Nora, from an intimate housewife to
one who desires for freedom. The chronological uses of time with the
aid of three acts not only create tension, this also brings impact to
audiences. While Ibsen uses time chronologically, Wilder uses stage
manager as a structural device, who can manipulate time to present the
idea of the importance for cherishing life. With the utilization of
time shift in addition with the boundless setting of the play,
audience can then situate themselves in the play and own their life.
Topic sentence 1:
Ibsen's use of three acts establishes dramatic tension gradually which
juxtaposes with the transformation of the protectionist Nora.
Topic sentence 2:
In contrast, Wilder presents the three acts play with the use of stage
manager as a structural device and portray the awareness of life
through the changes of Emily.
Topic sentence 3:
Ibsen uses ordinary set-up with props for the stage, audiences can
then visualize the progression of the play as well as the character
development and feel sympathy for the distortion of the Helmer’s
family.
Topic sentence 4:
To intensify the impact to the audience, Wilder depicts “Our town”
without curtain and scenery, this assists the audience to own the
sense of belonging to the town and share the awaken which
protectionist experience.
ingrid chung
Mar 28, 2011, 10:57:14 AM3/28/11
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How and to what effect have dramatists made use of time in two or
three plays you have studied?
Introduction:
In "Our Town" and "Death of A Salesman", time is manipulated
three plays you have studied?
Introduction:
significantly by Wilder and Miller. While Wilder intends to portray
the chorus of life and man's relation in time and space, Miller
highlights man's achievement in 'American's Dream' and the failure of
self-realization. In delivering the theme in both of the play, Wilder
utilizes flashback to emphasize the preciousness of life to the
audience whereas Miller applies the contrast between dreams and
reality to present the audience the insignificance of life.
Topic sentence 1:
Wilder manipulates flashback of Emily in her marriage to introduce the
charm stage of childhood.
Topic sentence 2:
Conversely, Miller employs Willy's confusion with illusion and reality
to depict the unreliability of the psychological state of mind.
Topic sentence 3:
The flashback in Emily's death is illustrated by Wilder to reflect on
the lack of compassion on the superfluous edtails in life.
Topic sentence 4:
The requiem of Willy is indicated contradictorily by Miller as the
insignificance of death is emphasized.
lorraine!
Mar 28, 2011, 11:03:16 AM3/28/11
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How and to what effect have dramatists made use of time in two or
three plays you have studied?
Throughout Our Town and Death of a Salesman, Wilder and Miller
three plays you have studied?
deliberately distort their storyline in order to structures their play
in a non-linear plot. In Our Town, Wilder employs the stage manager
as a structural device to reveal flashback scenes of major characters,
this provides more plot details to the audience, while, in Death of a
Salesman, the structure of the play emphasize the difference between
illusion and reality which helps to develop the character of Willy.
Miller and Wilder both employs time manipulation as a unifying device
to reveal flashback scenes, emphasize on the illusion and reality and
ultimately to portray the downfalls of major characters.
A: In Our Town, flashback scenes is often portray in the middle of the
acts to interrupt the plot and reveal more background information of
the major character to the audience
B: While in Death of a Salesman, Miller employs stream of
consciousness as a time manipulation technique to reveal the state of
mind of the protagonist, Willy and ultimately to allow the audience to
get a better understanding of the entire play.
A: Moreover, the misjudgment of time of the Stage Manager in Our Town
serves as a thematic device to convey the transience of life.
B: In Death of a Salesman, Miller deliberately shortens the last scene
of Requiem to portray Willy as an insignificant and tragic figure in
the play.
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L Chan
Mar 28, 2011, 11:07:46 AM3/28/11
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How and to what effect have dramatists made use of time in two or
three plays you have studied?
Time manipulation is used in both “Death of a Salesman” by Miller
three plays you have studied?
and “Our Town” by Wilder to reveal character flaws, communicate
universal themes and remind audiences the significances of time.
However, despite the fact that time manipulation can be seen in both
plays, Miller intends to illustrate the importance of being able to
distinguish between past and present, whereas Wilder wants the
audiences to evaluate upon their current lifestyles and remind the
audiences to cherish their limited time in life. Through the use of
flashbacks and point of view, both dramatists presents the failures of
protagonists in hopes of conveying archetypal theme such as importance
of interactions, reinforcing the consequences if the audiences fails
to do so, like examples presented in both plays.
The repetitive use of flashbacks in “Death of a Salesman” allows
Miller to portray and reveal Willie as an character who dwells on the
past and unable to confront the reality, resulting in his own demise,
a tragic hero who fails to become “well-liked.”
In “Our Town,” Emily’s retrospective view of her memories during Act
III exposes her and others’ failings in “realising time when they live
it” as Emily states, demonstrating to audiences how such flaws could
lead to only regret or remorse later.
On the other hand, Miller emphasizes how Willy’s failures has create
torment to his family by focusing on specific events only throughout
Willy’s life, each with varying length to communicate underlying
meaning.
Although the stage manager in “Our Town” serves as an structural
device and authority figure who is allowed to manipulate time and
place freely, the fact that he misjudges the time in the play
signifies the limited power that human holds over time.
Christopher Chow
Mar 28, 2011, 11:14:53 AM3/28/11
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Introduction: Use of time often links to the chronological order of
the play. In Our Town,
Wilder's deliberate inclusion of the structural character, the stage
manager, primarily serves to manipulate the time in order to interact
and portray the transient of life to the audience. Conversely, in A
Doll's House, Ibsen's orthodox structure of the play is in a
chronological order in which makes the play more artificial rather
than the expressionist style as WIlder does. Although both playwrights
structure the play in three acts, Wilder's stage manager dynamically
serves as the time capsule taking the audience to different scenes
while Ibsen conduts scene changes by the use of motif the letters,
characters' movement.
T/S 1 Throughout Our Town, 2ILE34'W W5QT3 MQNQT34 DON5INOUWL6 EIW4UP
the play whih significantly portray the ignorance and transient of
life to the audience
Example : the introduction and presentation given by Professor Willard
and Mr. Webb interacting question with the as part of the play.
Takin/Showing Emily and implicitly the audience what Emily upon her
death and epiphany.
T/S 2 Ibsen exemplifies time manipulation in the an of cene changes
through the use of motif, the blackmailing letters from Mr. Krogsted
which increases the degree of artificiality of the play.
-the blackmailing letter in Act II. asp. Act III which triggers a huge
argumentative dialogue between Torvald and Nora in th end a Nora's
leaving the family.
the play. In Our Town,
Wilder's deliberate inclusion of the structural character, the stage
manager, primarily serves to manipulate the time in order to interact
and portray the transient of life to the audience. Conversely, in A
Doll's House, Ibsen's orthodox structure of the play is in a
chronological order in which makes the play more artificial rather
than the expressionist style as WIlder does. Although both playwrights
structure the play in three acts, Wilder's stage manager dynamically
serves as the time capsule taking the audience to different scenes
while Ibsen conduts scene changes by the use of motif the letters,
characters' movement.
T/S 1 Throughout Our Town, 2ILE34'W W5QT3 MQNQT34 DON5INOUWL6 EIW4UP
the play whih significantly portray the ignorance and transient of
life to the audience
Example : the introduction and presentation given by Professor Willard
and Mr. Webb interacting question with the as part of the play.
Takin/Showing Emily and implicitly the audience what Emily upon her
death and epiphany.
T/S 2 Ibsen exemplifies time manipulation in the an of cene changes
through the use of motif, the blackmailing letters from Mr. Krogsted
which increases the degree of artificiality of the play.
-the blackmailing letter in Act II. asp. Act III which triggers a huge
argumentative dialogue between Torvald and Nora in th end a Nora's
leaving the family.
Jason Kwan
Mar 28, 2011, 12:03:14 PM3/28/11
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How and to what effect have dramatists made use of time in two or
three plays you have studied?
The manipulation of time in “Our Town” is significance throughout the
three plays you have studied?
play for depicting the character’s development and their relationship.
Similarly, the shifts of time in “Death of a Salesman” portrays
Willy’s failure and his mental deterioration as Miller frequently
employs the use of flashbacks all over the play. In “Our Town”, Wilder
creates the Stage Manager as a structural device to unfold character’s
transformation. He has the ability to manipulate the time back and
fore to explain some of the character’s backgrounds to the audience
directly to foreshadow the upcoming transformation. Conversely, Miller
does not provide the ability of manipulating the time to any
character. Instead, he makes use of time by showing Willy’s flashbacks
throughout the whole play. The shifting between the present and the
past days highlights Willy’s psychological state of mind and his own
character’s development. Both Wilder and Miller employ the technique
of shifting time in “Our Town” and “Death of a salesman”, to portray
the character’s development and their internal conflicts as Wilder
employs the stage manager as structural device to manipulate time
while Miller uses flashbacks in signifying Willy’s psychological state
of mind.
Topic Sentences:
1) The use of manipulation of time in Our Town portrays the
character’s to be regretful of the ephemeral nature of life and leads
to their tragic misunderstanding of life’s true values.
2) The content of the flashbacks provide the audiences with crucial
background knowledge for understanding why the present-day problems
are occurring in the Loman family.
3) Wilder employs the Stage Manager in Our Town to serve as the
transition of scene through his monologue to foreshadow the
development of the characters and the manipulation of time further
unfolds the relationship between characters.
4) Miller roughly describes Willy’s death and quickly shifts the time
to the Requiem to depict his insignificant figure which further proves
his futility.
kwok lun Chow
Mar 28, 2011, 12:50:10 PM3/28/11
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Though out "Our Town" and "Death of a salesman", both writers Wilder
and Miller manipulates time as a tool to creat the stage setting and
also to ease development of their protagonist in their plays. The
flashbacks and inner thoughts both the plays are great examples of
time controlment of the writer. With the help of stagemovements, tones
of dialogue between characters together with the shift in dramatic
tension reveals the effect of time manipulation on both the play and
the sudiances' reaction towards the theme of the play.
#1 Flashback presented by Wilder in our town after the death of emily
allows audiance to experience the supernatual ability of traveling
though time and reinforces that theme of enjoy life while there is
still time left.
#2 The use of day dreaming and also point of view of character willy
is portraied by Miller to demonstrate the past of Willy and allow
audiance to compare it with the present willy.
#3 The Climax and dramatic tensions of the plays were brought out
thought the emotional struggle of emily deciding to forget and leave
her pass life in our town durning the shifting in time setting on
stage.
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and Miller manipulates time as a tool to creat the stage setting and
also to ease development of their protagonist in their plays. The
flashbacks and inner thoughts both the plays are great examples of
time controlment of the writer. With the help of stagemovements, tones
of dialogue between characters together with the shift in dramatic
tension reveals the effect of time manipulation on both the play and
the sudiances' reaction towards the theme of the play.
#1 Flashback presented by Wilder in our town after the death of emily
allows audiance to experience the supernatual ability of traveling
though time and reinforces that theme of enjoy life while there is
still time left.
#2 The use of day dreaming and also point of view of character willy
is portraied by Miller to demonstrate the past of Willy and allow
audiance to compare it with the present willy.
#3 The Climax and dramatic tensions of the plays were brought out
thought the emotional struggle of emily deciding to forget and leave
her pass life in our town durning the shifting in time setting on
stage.
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> - Show quoted text -
Michael
Mar 28, 2011, 1:46:19 PM3/28/11
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How and to what effect have dramatist made use of time in two of three
plays you have studied?
Time is often used by playwrights as a structural device to make
circumstances in plays predictable. Wilder’s use of the Stage Manager
in manipulating the timeframe of Our Town has a significant effect on
plot and character development, and drives dramatic tension in the
play. Henrik Ibsen on the other hand does not significantly manipulate
the timeframe in A Doll’s House, but time is still important as it
determines the fate of the marriage between Nora and Torvald. Such
effect is achieved by Wilder’s deployment of the Stage Manager, whose
superior status can dominates the reaction of audience. Ibsen on the
other hand drives dramatic tension and develops his characters as
time progresses in the play.
- Wilder’s deployment of the Stage Manager has made a non-linear
storyline possible in creating a contrast between the constantly
changing time and the constantly unchanging events on the town,
evoking the lack of compassion within the town to the audience.
- Ibsen’s use of a linear timeframe with a climax placed at the end of
the play creates dramatic tension and suspense towards the audience.
- Ibsen’s manipulation of time on how Torvald may be able to access
Krogstad’s blackmail as the plot progresses also drives the dramatic
tension towards the audience.
plays you have studied?
Time is often used by playwrights as a structural device to make
circumstances in plays predictable. Wilder’s use of the Stage Manager
in manipulating the timeframe of Our Town has a significant effect on
plot and character development, and drives dramatic tension in the
play. Henrik Ibsen on the other hand does not significantly manipulate
the timeframe in A Doll’s House, but time is still important as it
determines the fate of the marriage between Nora and Torvald. Such
effect is achieved by Wilder’s deployment of the Stage Manager, whose
superior status can dominates the reaction of audience. Ibsen on the
other hand drives dramatic tension and develops his characters as
time progresses in the play.
- Wilder’s deployment of the Stage Manager has made a non-linear
storyline possible in creating a contrast between the constantly
changing time and the constantly unchanging events on the town,
evoking the lack of compassion within the town to the audience.
- Ibsen’s use of a linear timeframe with a climax placed at the end of
the play creates dramatic tension and suspense towards the audience.
- Ibsen’s manipulation of time on how Torvald may be able to access
Krogstad’s blackmail as the plot progresses also drives the dramatic
tension towards the audience.
playboy
Mar 28, 2011, 11:35:29 PM3/28/11
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INTRODUCTION:
Time is often used as a structural device to create flashbacks,
foreshadows, and confusion among characters, which may develop plot
events, portray characters’ internal thoughts, and conveying thematic
meaning. Both Ibsen and Wilder made use of time in “A Doll’s House”
and “Our Town” deliberately not only to develop essential details of
plot and characters in both plays, but also to portray the main themes
of “society/cultural expectations and roles of women” and “the
transience of human lives.” Ibsen presents all major conflicts in the
play through a relatively short span, while Wilder presents a whole
human lifecycle in the play. Consequently, “A Doll’s House” is a tight
play that is packed with suspension, tension, and rapid plot and
character development, while “Our Town” gives an overview of what
human lives are about. Both Ibsen and Wilder manipulate time through
the use of characters and settings to develop their respective play’s
plot, character, and theme.
TOPIC SENTENCES (1):
Ibsen made use of time by the use of Nora’s flashbacks in order to
develop the plot of “A Doll’s House” and herself, as a “loving
husband, experience” character, contrasting the way which Torvald
treats her.
TOPIC SENTENCES (2):
Similarly, Wilder manipulates time to introduce characters and events
in “Our Town” to the audience, while developing the theme of
transience of human life at the background by the deliberate use of
the stage manger’s manipulation of time.
TOPIC SENTENCES (3):
Ibsen uses a relatively short span to craft “A Doll’s House” to
intensifies the flow of the play. The use of Christmas tree on the
beginning of each act acts as a motif that signifies the underlying
changes between Nora and Torvald.
TOPIC SENTENCES (4):
Wilder on the other hand presents “Our Town” with events that is
within the span of 30 years, which represents the whole of human lives
in general, linking to the audiences.
Time is often used as a structural device to create flashbacks,
foreshadows, and confusion among characters, which may develop plot
events, portray characters’ internal thoughts, and conveying thematic
meaning. Both Ibsen and Wilder made use of time in “A Doll’s House”
and “Our Town” deliberately not only to develop essential details of
plot and characters in both plays, but also to portray the main themes
of “society/cultural expectations and roles of women” and “the
transience of human lives.” Ibsen presents all major conflicts in the
play through a relatively short span, while Wilder presents a whole
human lifecycle in the play. Consequently, “A Doll’s House” is a tight
play that is packed with suspension, tension, and rapid plot and
character development, while “Our Town” gives an overview of what
human lives are about. Both Ibsen and Wilder manipulate time through
the use of characters and settings to develop their respective play’s
plot, character, and theme.
TOPIC SENTENCES (1):
Ibsen made use of time by the use of Nora’s flashbacks in order to
develop the plot of “A Doll’s House” and herself, as a “loving
husband, experience” character, contrasting the way which Torvald
treats her.
TOPIC SENTENCES (2):
Similarly, Wilder manipulates time to introduce characters and events
in “Our Town” to the audience, while developing the theme of
transience of human life at the background by the deliberate use of
the stage manger’s manipulation of time.
TOPIC SENTENCES (3):
Ibsen uses a relatively short span to craft “A Doll’s House” to
intensifies the flow of the play. The use of Christmas tree on the
beginning of each act acts as a motif that signifies the underlying
changes between Nora and Torvald.
TOPIC SENTENCES (4):
Wilder on the other hand presents “Our Town” with events that is
within the span of 30 years, which represents the whole of human lives
in general, linking to the audiences.
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