‘’What Is Drama but Life with the Dull Bits Cut Out?’’ to What Extent Do You Find This Statement Applicable in at Least Two Plays You Have Studied?
‘’What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?’’ To what extent do you find this statement applicable in at least two plays you have studied?
Drama is created to entertain; entertainment has always been it’s main purpose of course sometimes the purpose of drama is to release a message. To keep the interest of viewers, all scenes shown within a play must be interesting and yet still follow the storyline without going to far off from it. Plays often do not show characters going through life’s basic needs such a going to the bathroom, feeling hungry or thirsty, walking from one room to another, or a character asleep unless there is value of it towards the story. These basic needs are known as the dull bits in life and are usually never shown during a play, hence the quote ‘‘what is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?’’ These dull bits leave the audience feeling bored and that ruins the experience as they are not meant to become bored, they are meant to stay entertained and interested throughout the drama piece.
The plays ‘’A Streetcar named Desire’’ by Tennessee Williams and ‘’Hedda Gabbler’’ by Henrik Ibsen are two works that can be used to relate towards the statement. In A Streetcar Named Desire the audience never sees the characters going through any of lives normal yet dull moments. The audience is able to see when the characters go off to bed, however the scenes do not show them asleep for the 8 hours, the play skips these parts and goes straight into the next scene where all of them are awake or are awakening.
Blanche, one of the main characters from the play is often seen or heard taking her bath. Usually most plays would not show this, however the baths Blanche takes have a significant meaning for her character. They are a place where she always listens to a particular song and a place where she sings and relaxes, yet reminisces over her past. He baths represent her cleansing away her past in which she has done many devious things with
Drama is created to entertain; entertainment has always been it’s main purpose of course sometimes the purpose of drama is to release a message. To keep the interest of viewers, all scenes shown within a play must be interesting and yet still follow the storyline without going to far off from it. Plays often do not show characters going through life’s basic needs such a going to the bathroom, feeling hungry or thirsty, walking from one room to another, or a character asleep unless there is value of it towards the story. These basic needs are known as the dull bits in life and are usually never shown during a play, hence the quote ‘‘what is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?’’ These dull bits leave the audience feeling bored and that ruins the experience as they are not meant to become bored, they are meant to stay entertained and interested throughout the drama piece.
The plays ‘’A Streetcar named Desire’’ by Tennessee Williams and ‘’Hedda Gabbler’’ by Henrik Ibsen are two works that can be used to relate towards the statement. In A Streetcar Named Desire the audience never sees the characters going through any of lives normal yet dull moments. The audience is able to see when the characters go off to bed, however the scenes do not show them asleep for the 8 hours, the play skips these parts and goes straight into the next scene where all of them are awake or are awakening.
Blanche, one of the main characters from the play is often seen or heard taking her bath. Usually most plays would not show this, however the baths Blanche takes have a significant meaning for her character. They are a place where she always listens to a particular song and a place where she sings and relaxes, yet reminisces over her past. He baths represent her cleansing away her past in which she has done many devious things with