Acting Without Words

The Breakfast Club is such an interesting movie to use with this topic. The wide range of characters allows for a variety of different interactions. The way we are going to approach this, is to look at each character and examine the different interactions between.

People around the world say “Actions are more powerful than words” I agree with this statement a hundred percent because I truly believe people can say they have done extraordinary achievements in their life. But no one really has any belief what’s so ever.

Keith H. Basso’s ethnographic research titled, To Give up on Words: Silence in Western Apache Culture is an investigation of situations when members of a certain Apache community in the western United States assume the state of silence as a form of social interaction. In this paper, I will first note details of the society under consideration and Basso’s interests in regards to the questions he is trying to answer. I will introduce some anthropological concepts that are suitable to the discussion, followed by Basso’s observations regarding silence in the Apache community, including his methods, arguments, and conclusion. Finally, I will evaluate Basso’s findings and deduce if the evidence supports the conclusion made; I will

Actions are more powerful than words because when you act on something you are doing something instead of speaking. Actions are powerful because they can injure or damage someone or something. Speaking many words may not do as much damage as acting upon an object. Actions are making physical contact and words are sayings out of a person’s mouth. Actions can be taken upon somebody and they do more affect than speaking. Actions are more powerful because it’s better to see it than hear it. Everybody would like to see someone do something tremendous right in front of them. It would be better to see it than to hear it or say it. In addition, people would like to see

In the novel Speak, the author uses the protagonist, Melinda, to teach the reader the importance of verbal expression. Melinda refuses to speak up about an event that occurred in her life; therefore her classmates cannot show empathy towards her. Melinda never spoke up about why she did what she had done during an event in her life, so people judge and bully Melinda for her decisions. Melinda’s silence slowly erodes her self esteem and leaves her alone to handle her depressive behavior and decisions.

On stage, speech and language are two of an actor’s primary tools for communicating a character’s specific intentions. Coming from an acting background, this initial artistic interest was my gateway into appreciating the power of speech and language. By studying vocal anatomy and effective onstage use of one’s voice, I began to value the daily uses of speech and language in new ways. When a close friend suffered a traumatic brain injury, I was shown what it meant to recover after a person’s communication capacity is compromised. Because of his therapy, he relearned a basic speaking vocabulary. His communication was limited, but it was present. My roots in theater and this personal experience have led me to speech pathology.

My mime group consisted of Camryn, Aubreigh, Kerstin, and myself. Our act was about a dog, played by Aubreigh, and a mom and daughter duo, played by Camryn and Kerstin. Once we heard the news, we were eccentric.

Actions speak louder than words. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet , Hamlet’s proclamation: “If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all” (Shakespeare) is the most significant line in Hamlet’sdevelopment as a character. Before Hamlet says this, he is unable to act in order to resolve the conflict at hand; avenging his father’s death. After Hamlet’s proclamation, he realizes that he is ready to accept his fate. Prior to Hamlet’s epiphany, he hesitates murdering Claudius; always coming up with an excuse to delay his actions.

Sometimes people do not pay attention when someone is talking, unless he or she does not have a good impression to them. Why would something like this happen? Actions can be more powerful than words because it represents its rightness clearly more than words, and it relates respectability.

6. How are power tactics, power speech, and power nonverbals used in the movie? Give one example of each from the movie

Any communication interaction involves two major components in terms of how people are perceived: verbal, or what words are spoken and nonverbal, the cues such as facial expressions, posture, verbal intonations, and other body gestures. Many people believe it is their words that convey the primary messages but it is really their nonverbal cues. The hypothesis for this research paper was: facial expressions directly impact how a person is perceived. A brief literature search confirmed this hypothesis.

ESSAY QUESTION: Which communication theories that you have researched and applied, provide most insight into understanding the dynamics of the observed event?

Thornton Wilder utilises the elements of breaking the fourth wall and mime to engage his audience and provoke thought in the minds of the individual audience members. His 1938 play, Our Town tells its story using only mime, as Wilder believed that the theatre of the time was ‘inadequate’ and ‘evasive’. In doing this, Wilder pushes the boundaries of what would have been considered the norm. His breaking of the fourth wall and including the set director in the play demonstrates his ability to engage with the audience and create an empathetic connection with them. The use of mime creates a point of interest with the audience, as the play itself is set almost as realism, however with minimal set and mime being used instead of props. For example,

In a romantic relationship, it is easy to have miscommunication between a man and a woman. “Most researchers agree that 70% or more of the meaning of any message is communicated through nonverbal channels like eye contact, facial expressions, posture, hand gestures, etc.” (Stinnett, 2015). Verbal and nonverbal messages are like a relationship, they work well together that way the message is sent and delivered appropriately and that there is no miscommunication. Women have their way of expressing themselves to their boyfriend, fiancé, and or husband and vice versa for men. This paper will focus on the varying behavior of gender in expressing the different type of emotions using nonverbal communication in a romantic relationship. Following

“Systematic research on the role of nonverbal behavior in social interaction has been common only in the past 20 to 25 years.”(Edinger and Patterson, 1983, p. 30).because that statement was published in 1983, it is apparent that the study of nonverbal behavior has been around for roughly 50 to 55 years. However, that is still a relatively recent amount of time compared to research in other science fields such as chemistry or biology. Despite the fact that this field is relatively recent there are many theories about our interaction with others. This paper will discuss the nonverbal expectancy theory along with two other theories, and describe how these theories can work together.