Suzzane Udoette
Mrs. Robertson
English 7-8
May 12 2017
Dramatic Techniques
Dramatic techniques are used to help readers have a greater understanding of work; it is also used to convey idea and beliefs to the readers. Dramatic techniques are used by play writers to help readers appreciate a written work, for example dramatic irony, paradox, soliloquy, haramtic, this are some of the used to develop skills, creativity and enhance meaning and understanding of the story. These techniques can be seen in play such as The Broken Calabash, The Crucible and Othello, without dramatic devices plays would be boring and lifeless. They are also used to strengthen argument and to develop theme and present stories in a dramatic and surprising way The crucible written by Arthur Miller in 19953 is a dramatic and semi-fictional representation of the salaam witch trials. The crucible is about a young girl who falls in love with an older, married man, after they had an affair, she wants to be with him but he has a wife and he loves her. When she gets caught dancing to a spell she starts accusing people of being witches because she had an idea to accuse his wife as a witch and once she is killed she can be with him. In the end her plans doesn’t work out someone else’s accuses him of being a witch, he is killed and she leaves to become a prostitute. Dramatic irony is when the audience / readers know what is going on, but the characters don’t, a and in some cases this is the causes of their downfall, it is also used to highlighter tension in plays. Dramatic irony is also used to highlighter tension .In the crucible, we know that Abigail is lying about seeing witches, but they other character don’t, that is what causes the death of al the people she and her friends accused. Another example is in Othello 1. Othello is a play about a moor, Othello and his friend Iago. Iago feels cheated by Othello after Othello give the second in position to Cassio instead of giving it to him. He plans to destroy Othello because of this, he uses Othello ability to trust easily and Othello’s loves for his wife to destroy him, because he knows what effect it will have on him. The readers and the audience know what Iago is up to but Othello and the other characters don’t, even his wife Emilia is not sure what he is up to when he asked her to steal Desdemona handkerchief. The readers know that Desdemona is innocent and we hope Othello sees through Iago ‘s manipulation. Foreshadowing is an another device used in Plays, Foreshadowing is when the author gives the readers a hint of what is going to happen, without sawing it. …show more content…
In the crucible we know John proctor is going to try to expose Abigail Williams for her lie and that is about the only hint given to us in the play. In Othello we are given a lot of hint of what is going to happen. For example we know Desdemona is going die, for a crime didn’t commit, and Iago is going to exposes and Othello is going to be destroy himself after he finds out what happens. The author proves hints or clues to the reader, which allowing predictions to be made about what will happen later in the story. Foreshadowing is uses to build suspense and how let the reader know and prepare the reader what is going to happen. Foreshadowing also gives the reader chances to make perdition on when and how things are going to happen.
Soliloquy is a speech given by a character so the audience can know what he is thinking or give information about what his actions are in the play. There really isn’t any soliloquy in the crucible, but in Othello there are a lot of soloiquy given mostly by Iago as he talking about how he is going to destroy Othello. Soliloquy gives the reader an inside of the characters motive behind their actions. Without soliloquys plays would be really difficult to understand. Hamartia is the flaw in character, which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy, Hamartia." American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 13 May. 2017 Othello hamartia is his
Mrs. Robertson
English 7-8
May 12 2017
Dramatic Techniques
Dramatic techniques are used to help readers have a greater understanding of work; it is also used to convey idea and beliefs to the readers. Dramatic techniques are used by play writers to help readers appreciate a written work, for example dramatic irony, paradox, soliloquy, haramtic, this are some of the used to develop skills, creativity and enhance meaning and understanding of the story. These techniques can be seen in play such as The Broken Calabash, The Crucible and Othello, without dramatic devices plays would be boring and lifeless. They are also used to strengthen argument and to develop theme and present stories in a dramatic and surprising way The crucible written by Arthur Miller in 19953 is a dramatic and semi-fictional representation of the salaam witch trials. The crucible is about a young girl who falls in love with an older, married man, after they had an affair, she wants to be with him but he has a wife and he loves her. When she gets caught dancing to a spell she starts accusing people of being witches because she had an idea to accuse his wife as a witch and once she is killed she can be with him. In the end her plans doesn’t work out someone else’s accuses him of being a witch, he is killed and she leaves to become a prostitute. Dramatic irony is when the audience / readers know what is going on, but the characters don’t, a and in some cases this is the causes of their downfall, it is also used to highlighter tension in plays. Dramatic irony is also used to highlighter tension .In the crucible, we know that Abigail is lying about seeing witches, but they other character don’t, that is what causes the death of al the people she and her friends accused. Another example is in Othello 1. Othello is a play about a moor, Othello and his friend Iago. Iago feels cheated by Othello after Othello give the second in position to Cassio instead of giving it to him. He plans to destroy Othello because of this, he uses Othello ability to trust easily and Othello’s loves for his wife to destroy him, because he knows what effect it will have on him. The readers and the audience know what Iago is up to but Othello and the other characters don’t, even his wife Emilia is not sure what he is up to when he asked her to steal Desdemona handkerchief. The readers know that Desdemona is innocent and we hope Othello sees through Iago ‘s manipulation. Foreshadowing is an another device used in Plays, Foreshadowing is when the author gives the readers a hint of what is going to happen, without sawing it. …show more content…
In the crucible we know John proctor is going to try to expose Abigail Williams for her lie and that is about the only hint given to us in the play. In Othello we are given a lot of hint of what is going to happen. For example we know Desdemona is going die, for a crime didn’t commit, and Iago is going to exposes and Othello is going to be destroy himself after he finds out what happens. The author proves hints or clues to the reader, which allowing predictions to be made about what will happen later in the story. Foreshadowing is uses to build suspense and how let the reader know and prepare the reader what is going to happen. Foreshadowing also gives the reader chances to make perdition on when and how things are going to happen.
Soliloquy is a speech given by a character so the audience can know what he is thinking or give information about what his actions are in the play. There really isn’t any soliloquy in the crucible, but in Othello there are a lot of soloiquy given mostly by Iago as he talking about how he is going to destroy Othello. Soliloquy gives the reader an inside of the characters motive behind their actions. Without soliloquys plays would be really difficult to understand. Hamartia is the flaw in character, which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy, Hamartia." American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 13 May. 2017 Othello hamartia is his