How Are the Elements of Realism Used to Present Believable

How be the elements of pragmatism used to present believable characters to the listening? If you know your characters thoughts, the proper vocal and bodily expressions will by nature follow said by the creator of realist theatre Constantine Stanislavski, is used hard in the assistance to the portrayal and understanding of the characters in Ray Lawlers Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. Actors and actresses can achieve coarse senior high school with the depiction of the characters with Lawlers use of dramatic elements and a invariant realist setting and symbolic props. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a hoyden set in Australia during the 1950s which was a crucial period in the development of the Australian identity. It was a time of post-war reconstruction and immigration, of materialism, a woolen boom, of suburban comfort and conservatism- the first decade since early in the degree Celsius in which the ordinary Australian had not been hounded by war, depression and drought. It was in like manner a time period in which the sugar chide industry was booming and many track downers made their way up to the sugar cane fields in Queensland to harvest the sugar cane and earn a living.This was the occupation of Barney and Roo as they are coming choke off from their seventeenth course of instruction working in the fields as the play begins. Like wholly realist and naturalist plays, the characters portrayed in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll are in a constant state of flux, reflecting human actions within the cultural milieu of 1950s Australia, attempting to present perspectives on rightfulness in such(prenominal) a way that the Australian culture can digest that truth as they desperately struggle to hold on to the adopted traditions that on a regular basis take place within the lay-off normalize.Lawler effectively uses symbolism to distinctly high spot the characters ongoing futile attempts to hold on to their various illusions, through the inadverte nt smashing of the vase containing the seventeenth doll, and as the play progresses their flaws unfold. chromatic and her perception of the lay-off season becomes her flaw as she considers this a time in which she can thoroughly enjoy her self in the company of men without the fear of commitment and the pressures of a family. She made a mistake is replied by olive after bead had said, Didnt seem to stop her from getting married, as chromatic shows her unwillingness to be within wedlock. Compared to whole the marriages I know, what i got is is tailfin months of heaven every year as olive further reinforces her stable views of marriage. Also the men have their flaws through their reserve and masculinity distraint a severe beating. Roo, the silly cow, strains his backrest is told by Barney to chromatic of Roos horrid year in the fields then continues on to reckon Instead of mentionin out he had a bad back, he puts himself to work by this Dowd gonna show him up, see furt her accentuating his grip on his pride and masculinity. However Roo and Barney engage into a heated argument which eventuates into the smashing of the vase which contained the seventeenth doll. The big man rips it from his hands and throws it away into the centre of the room, smashing the vase and aspersion the dolls.At this high point of tension the audience feels shocked as the vase and the dolls had symbolised the great joy that the lay-off season is supposed to bring. There is a sudden silence. Olive sinks to her knees and picks up the seventeenth doll, hold it close the absence of dialogue is highly effective as the audience can feel the raw emotions of Olive as the smashed vase symbolises her hopes of the lay-off season being shattered into pieces. Through purblind and accentuated movements the audiences can easily understand the significance of the doll to Olive then deeply sympathise with her character.Furthermore the shattering of the vase is again symbolic for Roo as h onest before the vase was smashed it was revea guide that his back wasnt sore and that it was jealousy that led him to lie about his back. He neer had a bad back was exclaimed by Barney moments before the smashing of the vase. This again was highly symbolic of the smashing as the realisation of his fleeting masculinity and the inevitability of his ageing wit and body are finally beginning to sink in, and his true self is break danceed to the audience.Also, considering the play was set in the 1950s of Australia, the people of Australia had their own quaint way of the pronunciation of words and had adopted a very colloquial styled language. Lawler had taken this firmly into account as he consolidated this geek of language into the play. the regularsd stand aside to let em through, just as if they was a a coupla kings was said by Olive as she described Barney and Roo. Again, Olive says these are a coupla sugarcane cutters.This exemplifies an ordinary, raw and realistic represen tation of Australian culture and life in the 1950s which is especially evident through the word coupla. In pairs we worked to together to workshop a scene among Olive and gather which involved us changing our tone of give tongue to to suite the 1950s Australian language. Well I dunno what its gunna be like livin here was a line that I said as I had played Pearl and using the words dunno, gunna and livin really assisted me in believing in my role and my character.When we performed or dramatic meter reading in front of the contour the authenticity of a 1950s Australian was shown through the alterations in our tone of piece as it became laid back in the not climactic beat of the scene and our accents deepened and again our tone of voice altered in the high points of tension, Here, sit down and shut up if you cant talk sense. In contour we worked together to create a scene through our dramatic reading that lead me play Roo in the scene where Barney smashes the vase containing the seventeenth doll.The lines that were read were as follows Roo No, I think thats up to you he charges across at Barney, move Olive out of the way. He savagely whips Barneys beef up buttocks his back, and forces him to his knees, facing the women Its your lie you tellem Barney his face contorted with offendAah cut it out. Roo increasing the pressure tellem Barney gasping he never had a bad back. At the high point in tension where I (Roo) charged over at Barney and grabbed his arm and whipped it behind his back I used fast explosive movements to remove to the audience the frustration and anger felt by Roo.I forced Barney to his knees in order to show the levels between the characters so that Roo was the more dominant figure, and when Barney was to reveal the secret to the women, he wouldve had to comprehend extreme guilt whilst feeling degrade and belittled towards everyone else. His face contorted with pain, the person playing Barney reacted to the arm walloping feeling v ery subdued with dynamic facial expressions to compliment the pain he must have felt.As I increased the pressure and forcefully exclaimed tellem, all of my movements were extremely tense as I created this enticing moment for the audience and the characters. The person playing Barney gasped and revealed the enticing situation and said he never had a bad back. The characters and audience were left stunned at this divine revelation and, the tone, movements and facial expressions used within those beats and units had created strong dramatic meat as the audience was gripped onto hat would happen next. The concept of dramatic realism operates within Summer of the Seventeenth Doll through aspects such as the use of slang, language, set, costume approximates real life, natural language rhythms, relevance to ordination of that era, etc. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is set in the 1950s, Olive and her black dresses and when she changes it for that night symbolising change and at the end wh en she changes back to black and symbolising nothing has changed