The play Cosi, written by Louis Nowra, supports the assumption that certain members of society find it hard to deal with mentally ill people
‘Cosi demonstrates that most of our attitudes to mental illness are based in ignorance.’ Do you agree? The play Cosi, written by Louis Nowra, supports the assumption that certain members of society find it hard to deal with mentally ill people . Through Cosi, Nowra criticise the members of society who believe that institutions are the best place for people who have developed or have been born with some form of mental illness. The play explores the lack of understanding people had on mental illness during the “anti – psychiatry” movement that occurred in the same period as the war. The play also makes it clear to audience that some considered there to be a division in society, as certain members had developed an “us and them “mentality between the “sane” and the supposedly “insane”. On the other hand, Cosi also aims to demonstrate the knowledge that can be gained when people approach the illness with an open mind and take the time to get to know the patients. As this could would give them a clearly understanding of the mentally ill and be more accepting of them, to recognise that we are all human. Cosi portrays the sense he confusion and lack of knowledge people had towards mentally ill patients. This is clearly shown through the character Justin. As a social worker it was his job to care for the mentally ill. However, even he was unsure on what
The Presentation of the Legal Establishment in "Murmuring Judges" by David Hare.
The Presentation of the Legal Establishment in Murmuring Judges Becky Barlow In the play Murmuring Judges, written by David Hare and published in 1991, the legal establishment is presented as many things; traditional, well-educated, conceited, sexist, haughty and exclusive, among much more in which I am about to discuss during this essay. The legal establishment is presented as ‘out of touch’, where the professionals think that because they are more qualified and more experienced, they are automatically better than any lower class of people. They talk about their clients as if they’re basically worthless, like when Sir Peter and the Judge are discussing the recent case Sir Peter lost (Act One, Scene Two, p.3.) and Sir Peter says ‘It was a very trivial affair’, ‘It turned out to be a silly sort of warehouse robbery’. We can clearly see that he is very snobby about this, thinks himself better than to give legal aid, as it was a type of charity case because Gerard McKinnon couldn’t afford an attorney. They are also shown to be out of touch when Sir Peter says nonchalantly, ‘Everyone listens to Desert Island discs.’ When in reality, this is just as he knows, as Desert Island discs was on BBC Radio 4, which is a radio station with a target audience of middle-class white adults with the dry, typically ‘British’ sense of humour. This is reflected in the
Scene by scene analysis of "Equus"
Romany Watkins (Act 01 – Scene 01) This scene indicates us a first overview about the psychiatrist Dysart. The scene is a monologue of Dysart, in what he thinks about the boy and the horse. Here you can understand that Dysart wants to find the problem of the horse, or what Sun 12:12 Romany Watkins (Act 01 – Scene 01) This scene indicates us a first overview about the psychiatrist Dysart. The scene is a monologue of Dysart, in what he thinks about the boy and the horse. Here you can understand that Dysart wants to find the problem of the horse, or what is wrong in the horse, that Alan did the crime. But Dysart's main problem is he cannot understand the horse's head - "a horse's head is finally unknowable to me". He only handled children's heads. Scene 1 delivers insight into the whole story and about the exercise that Dysart has to do. (Act 01 – Scene 02) In scene 2 Hesther is coming to Dysart because of an urgent concern. Entering the room Dysart welcomes her with a kiss on her cheek. So what kind of relationship do they have, is not clear but it seems that they have a strong and close relation. Hesther tells him the problem with the boy Alan Strang. He would be going to prison if nobody helped him. Dysart is not interested in this case and tells her that he has enough patients. Hester goes on telling him the story of this boy and what the boy is about and
The Representation of Post-war Britain in "Look Back in Anger".
Yasmin Imani The Representation of Post-War Society in Look Back in Anger The years after WWII had ended brought about an era of complacency in Britain and meant the end of rationing and restrictions, due to the introduction of the Beveridge Report in 1941, created by William Beveridge. The “Five Giant Evils” discussed in this report were: want, idleness, squalor, disease and ignorance, which Beveridge aimed to eradicate. The document served as the heart of Britain until it was eventually abandoned in the 1980s, by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in favour of individuals and families. A group of working or middle-class individuals, known as the Angry Young Men fought against this attitude of consensus in post-war Britain. One such individual was named John Osborne, who penned Look Back in Anger in 1956. The opening scene uses stereotypical gender references to define the characters. Jimmy is smoking a pipe and reading a paper while Alison is ironing. These represent the way in which both of the characters have attempted to fit into societal roles and expectations that have both made them miserable and angry. “[Alison] is turned in a different key, a key of well-bred malaise that is often drowned in the robust orchestration of the other two.” By using the word ‘malaise’, Osborne suggests that Alison’s life did not turn out the way she
Westside story, Use of language
Use of language- Westside Story When reading Westside Story, the words and sentences are not long and complex. They are short, quick, sharp and straight to the point. Action: Chung chung! A-Rab: Crako, jacko! Snowboy: Riga diga dum! Baby John: Pam pam! These show what the play is trying to show, like why there is rivalry between the two gangs. The song fits in well with the play. The songs enhance the meaning and issue. Each song is different and provides certain beats and these fit in well with the particular song. The song is different; one might be to do with love, another with hatred, action or an emotional song. Each one is different, so the beat is always different. They can create tension or deepen the plot of the play. For example, when the Puerto Ricans sing, 'America'. It fits in and shows their feelings, the words slip into one another to keep it running smoothly with no gaps. The gang members use colloquial language, common language to them at that particular period in time. The Jets use a more type of language towards the other Jets, compared to the Sharks who use more of a serious tone. The Jest use phrases like, 'Daddy-o', 'Buddy boy', and when Tony and Riff talk and greet one another they both use the phrase, 'Sperm to worm, Womb to tomb'. Whereas the Sharks use Spanish dialogue and use words like, 'Un-poca', 'Querdia' and 'Buenos nochas'. The
Pygmalion - the significance of accents and the characters of Eliza and Henry.
Pre -reading The significance of dialect and accents in how we view citizens When we think about the manners of speaking when it comes to people, often times we judge them based on not only their accents but the words they use. We often times use manner of speaking to categorize people. It is often said that we judge a person as soon as we see them, whether we intend to or not as it is simply the inner need to categorize and manners of speaking are often times taken into account in this categorizing process. Accents are often used to identify the roots of a person. For example a British accent for British citizens, and a Southern Accent for those located in the South of North America. We also associate class with accents of people. Those with a southern accent or drawl often times are not regarded with the same respect as those for example with a British accent. A southern drawl is associated with "Hillbillies" and therefore those with this type of accent are not regarded with the same respect. In the same way those with a British are regarded to be intelligent and knowledgeable due to the class given by their accent. Accents are used to judge people due to the connotations they hold, a British accent is seen as cultured and their words are enunciated showing class while a southern drawl uses much slang and words are not clipped precisely. Through identifying the roots we
How is Stanhope Represented in the First Two Acts of 'Journey's End'?
How is Stanhope presented in the first two acts of the play? Stanhope is the captain in command of an infantry company on the front line. Although he is a highly ranked officer, Stanhope is still only a boy. He has been out in the trenches for nearly three years, (having come straight form school at he age of eighteen) and has commanded his company for a year. The character of Stanhope is fundamental to the play as a whole; we learn this almost straight away as he is spoken about before he appears on stage. The play begins with a conversation between two officers - Osborne and Hardy - and it is from them that the reader gains a first impression of Stanhope. His drink problem is immediately addressed as Hardy asks, 'Drinking like a fish, as usual?' This presents him in a fairly negative light however; this feeling is soon displaced as Osborne begins to defend him and offers some reasoning as to why Stanhope seeks solace in alcohol. We learn that he is in fact an extremely competent and well respected commander - 'He's a long way the best company commander we've got' and this point is emphasised in Act two as Raleigh writes in his letter, 'He's the finest officer in the battalion, and the men simply love him.' Sherriff presents Stanhope as hard working, and this is mentioned various times throughout the two acts. Osborne says (when defending him against Hardy) - 'He's
Mrs. Kingshaw Monologue
Mrs. Kingshaw Monologue Introduction This is a monologue from Mrs. Kingshaw. This monologue has been written to express Mrs. Kingshaws feelings about her son, Charles, in comparison to her feelings about her stepson Edmund Hooper. This monologue has bee written under the inspiration of a poem named, 'My Last Dutches' by Robert Browning. I will try to use some of the skills applied by 'Robert Browning' in this monologue. This monologue is a representation of Mrs. Hooper, after the wedding, which is held two days after the death of her son. Mrs. Kingshaw in this monologue will be talking to Mrs. Fielding who is the mother of Anthony fielding. Anthony was a friend of both Charles Kingshaw and Edmund Hooper. The monologue is written to reflect Mrs. Kingshaw's personality, her views and her attitude towards other characters. The monologue begins with a fast paced environment where Mrs. Kinghshaw welcomes the party guests. The use of short sentences in Mrs. Kingshaw's speech suggest her happiness and joyfulness. It gives the monologue a busy but joyful mood to begin with. In the second paragraph Mrs. Kingshaw mentions a key word, "security". This word reflects her ambitions which run through the entire book, I'm the king of the castle'. The drive for "Security" is what drove her to Warings. The drive for "Security" is what drove her to a relationship with Joseph Hooper. And the
How are feelings about love revealed in Mrs Dalloway
How are feelings about love revealed in 'Mrs Dalloway' 'Mrs Dalloway' was written by Virginia Woolf, first published in 1925 and falls into the modernist style of literature. 'Mrs Dalloway' was written in post World War One England. Within the novel the narrator uses discontinuous narrative to travel back and forth through time and multiple narrative viewpoints to move in and out of the characters' minds to construct an image of Clarissa's life and of the inter-war social structure, typical for a modernist piece. The extract on which I am focusing on also has several thematic characteristics of modernist criteria - frustration, as seen when Mr. Dalloway thinks things like "but it did make his blood boil..." and also the First World War's affect on humanity in general and this shows Richard Dalloway's unique characteristics and his love for his wife. Because of the structural and stylistic choices many believe 'Mrs Dalloway' to be a response to James Joyce's 'Ulysses', an example of intertextuality. 'Mrs Dalloway' is focused on one day in June, and is an example of stream of consciousness storytelling: every scene tracks the momentary thoughts of a particular character. Woolf uses omniscient description and interior monologue for different characters but in this extract we see the viewpoint of Richard Dalloway and his concern for the love of his wife. The form and structure
What view of human relationships is found in in Synge's Playboy of the Western World and how is this expressed?
What view of human relationships is found in in Synge's Playboy of the Western World and how is this expressed? In The Playboy of the Western World, several aspects of human relationships can be identified and these aspects can be studied according to the factors tha influence human relationships. The influencing factors predominant in this play are the perception of self and others; whether the relationship is built up on honesty and reality or deception, fantasy and story telling; and if a person allows a second party to develop their character without influencing it with their expectations of the person's personality and their own personal ideas of what the relationship ought to be. Let us firstly look at how perceptions of oneself and other people affect human relationships and examples of how this is expressed. If we look, in particular at Christy's character, we can see how the perception of others influences his perception of himself, and therefore, we observe that the relationship he has with Old Mahon, his father, is very different to that he has with the people of Mayo. This is because Old Mahon perceived Christy as "the fool of men" with everyone mocking him and making fun of him and Christy unable to handle tobacco and alcohol. As Christy was perceived as "the fool of men" he acted the character the people there thought him to be. Also, in his interactions with