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\nIn this second lesson, we’ll dominate the essential techniques in theatrical drama. Our main focus will be on how playwrights create characterisation, use staging and the conventions of genre. The lesson includes quick revision of basic...\nIn this second lesson, we’ll dominate the essential techniques in theatrical drama. Our main focus will be on how playwrights create characterisation, use staging and the conventions of genre. The lesson includes quick revision of basic knowledge before we explore more sophisticated techniques. Along with some handy PEEL paragraph practice, you’ll enjoy our examples from Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire.
Language forms/features: characterisation, staging, genre, dramatis personae, eponymous characters, antagonist, protagonist, complex characters, primary text, secondary text, stage directions, scene descriptions, dialogue, interrogatives, PEEL paragraph, set design, imagery, colour, symbolism, contrast, metre, iambic pentameter, rhythmic structure, formal register, proscenium stage, apron stage, blackouts, verbal imagery, verbal scene descriptions, setting, pathetic fallacy, tragedy, comedy, Southern Gothic, tragicomedy\n
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22:46
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2019
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English
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arthur miller, iambic pentameter, main characters, king lear, stage directions, characters, prose, essay writing
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analysing skills, writing skills, analysing, techniques, drama analysis, dramatic analysis, scene description, earlier lessons, dramatis personae, fit neatly, set design, white frame, weathered grey, gracefully attenuates, older dramas, verbal imagery, pathetic fallacy, duties back, secondary text, primary text, main point, major characters, text, scene, directions, cordelia, stage, important, blue
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