Superstition In Willy Russell's Blood Brothers

The narrators symbolised fate and fate is always portrayed as dark, mysterious and slightly evil, with the sense of the unknown and the future. This use of colour symbolism was highly effective. This simplistic but powerful attire certainly made the narrator’s image intimidating at times, and accentuated the characters. The narrator helped create the atmosphere when they told us about superstitions, and foreshadows certain events including the twin’s death. The narrators sang the song ‘Shoes upon the table’, which is all about superstition. Like the chorus and the caricatures, the narrators are omnipresent as they appear at anytime,

In this scene Mrs Lyons is very desperate to get her own way, she is

This is a very clever idea as it is really effective in helping the audience to remember the story because they can link it to something they already know. This tale is about a father who wanted a son but had a daughter, Maggie, instead. Sadly, when his wife finally fell pregnant with a boy, the baby died during birth so, trying to cheer the mum up, Maggie wandered into the bush to find flowers. However, she went too far and became lost only to be found five days later, dead in a hollowed out tree. Again, they release the child’s spirit from the orphanage by flinging a sheet into the air. The nursery rhyme used in this section of the play is ‘Ring a Ring a Rosie’ and it is a clever use of intertextuality as it creates a foreboding mood through the use of foreshadowing since Maggie sings it at the start of the section. This is the third story told so at this point the audience will recognise a sort of episodic plot. The orphans go through their daily duties, chores and horrific encounters with The Black Skirt, then at night time find themselves awoken by the storms and the restless spirits trapped within the orphanage walls. Space is used well within the set and location of the play as the actors find themselves on a relatively small stage that is quite full with few, but large props. They move around with what can only be described as perfect choreography that allows them to flow from each action to their next position on stage. It is interesting to note that this performance of ‘Children of The Black Skirt’ took place in an empty church, a clever use of symbolism that aided in the audience’s recognition of the spiritual elements that were key in the play’s

is trying to earn a living as a cleaner which is a poor job and she is

Throughout the play we follow the fortunes and misfortunes of the two boys who's lives eventually intertwine and they become the best of friends much to their mothers' disapproval.

Throughout the play there are many themes leading up to and causing the chief event.

This play could actually have two themes. Living life to the fullest, and appreciate the small things in life. I believe the author wrote this play to show that no matter what the time is or where you live your going to have a routine and the cycle of life. The theme is really developed when Rebecca is at the grave yard and goes back for her day of life. She realizes that she never appreciated things that mattered. The value of this play today is great because it relates to us as it will continue to do so for some time.

The book “The Visit” is a play which is composed by literary devices. All of the messages and ideas that this play contains are expressed through literary devices, thus giving life to the major themes. Literary devices give meaning to “The Visit” because they construct the main theme, which is money can corrupt anything.

Willy Russell successfully expresses the unfair treatment and inequality of social class by using the families in “Blood Brothers” as a microcosm of the 1980’s British working class. Russell uses a variety of linguistic techniques and dramatic devices such as: dramatic irony, Greek chorus, the foreshadowing of events and much more to establish

Personally, the audio play lived up to my expectations more so than the visual play. While the visual play was excellent and followed the play well, the setting seemed undone. For example, the kitchen appliances were white, which didn’t seem appropriate for an old farm house. Also, the attire was underdone as well. The Sheriff didn’t have an official uniform on and the attire didn’t appear period correct. On the other hand, the audio play provided the voiceover, which allows the reader to visualize the play on their own. Secondly, I feel the visual played provided more emotional appeal. Mainly, the emotional appeal came from the actors facial expressions and body language. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to obtain the same effect through an audio recording. Third of all, the audio recording provided sound effects as opposed to a physical setting. For example, instead the rocking chair being shown, the audio provided the sound of a rocking chair. Another example, instead of showing the dishes like the visual play, the audio recording provided sounds of dishes being moved around in a sink. Overall, the audio recording captured the author’s intent the

   The Shakespearean tragedy Othello contains a number of themes; their relative importance and priority is debated by literary critics. In this essay let us examine the various themes and determine which are dominant and which subordinate.

reoccur throughout the play. The time period which this piece was written, was know as

Symbolism is used a lot within in the play and is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature (What is Symbolism in Literature?). Majority of “A Doll House” is filled with symbolism that creates an intense emotion for the reader. The setting of the play is around Christmas Day and is approaching New Year's Day. This holds a lot of symbolism

Becoming a good actor was not easy. Since there were no microphones during this era, actors had to

Ibsen also employs the use of many smaller themes within his play, A Doll House. Respect and reputation, love, lies and deceit, and money are just a few of these smaller themes. Respect and reputation are something that the men of this play are obsessed with. Some of the men have good standing in society and would do anything to keep it. While other men have lost their good name and would go to great lengths to get it back. Even though the play is set in a private home, the reader knows that the public eye is constantly peeking in. Another important theme that Ibsen puts in to this play is love. He uses the