Diving for pearls essay
In the play Diving for Pearls by Katherine Thomson, the audience or reader are subjected to a play that not only addresses the issues of restructuring and redundancy in the working class towns, and the effect on the lives of the people involved, but they also see a world of the main characters, den's, social life, which I believe Thompson uses as a symbol for the future of the town. As both seem to be making changes not necessarily for the best. To make these issues more 'convincing', Thompson uses many techniques' to make the world she created more realistic. Thompson does this by use of a 'filmic' style of scene fusion. Another way in which Thompson makes the play more real, and therefor more convincing is by the use of Australian language, including swearing, and a "grit
When you walk into the theatre or open the play, the first thing you would notice is the setting. Thompson uses this to her advantage, as she describes her play's setting as the following. "[It is] set in a gritty, realistic work environment". Thompson does this because 'use of naturalistic style helps audiences to feel what they are seeing-'witnessing'-is real'. But why is a realistic setting more convincing to the audience. The answer to this question lies in the fact that a realistic setting puts the issues raised in a more realist light. Thus making it more convincing to the audience. As you can see, in Diving for Pearls Katherine Thompson has used many dramatic techniques to create a convincing world with convincing characters and issues. She uses techniques such as a very realistic stage se
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Approximate Word count = 541
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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