The Mother Form and Structure.

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The Mother Form and Structure

By Mark Costa

 The form and structure for the Mother was very different to that of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, as we used many forms of Epic theatre to produce a feeling of alienation, not allowing the audience to empathize with the play. The scenes were placed episodically, whereas each scene stands for itself yet follows a narrative line. The scene titles were done so that the audience knew what would happen before the scene began, causing a feeling of alienation and describing to the audience what will happen will allow them to focus on how it will happen.

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        Tension and suspense was used in the realistic scenes, where the communist workers were risking their lives for what they believed, what they should receive from work such as the gherkin scene where Pelagea is handing out gherkins wrapped around with leaflets advertising the revolution. Humour was used for the prison scene where the communist workers were trying to obtain information from each other without the guard realising.

        Chorus singing was used to produce alienation towards the audience, which is one of the main aims of epic theatre. Many of the songs in the play were originally used as ...

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