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Plan Crucible

How does Miller present ideas about witch-hunts in The Crucible? Plan Intro In the Crucible, Arthur Miller writes using the allegory to the events and actions of ex-American senator Joseph Mcarthy. The ‘house of un-american activities committee’ was established in… Continue Reading →

Drama in the Making – Presentations

Hawk Roosting – Analysis

Working Record – Drama in the Making

The first thing we did, before knowing what the stimulus was was talk about the various ways we can begin any improvisation. Ideas such as finding symbolic meaning, crafting a story, characterization and researching the context came up. I decided… Continue Reading →

Final Performance: Oh! What a Lovely War!

Drama Video Journal

Mapping Hale

Rebecca Nurse – ‘Let us rather blame ourselves and-‘ with the entrance of Hale, she tells is ‘I fear it.’  These quotations make the readers feel like Hale is a corrupt man that brings corruption wherever he goes. It would… Continue Reading →

Performance Deferred

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to defer the external performance of your “Oh What a Lovely War!” piece until Tuesday 19th of June (a one week deferral). You will now be timetabled in lessons as normal… Continue Reading →

Research Notes – Oh What a Lovely War

My initial response to the script stimulus is that there is a lot of political satire. Satire is a tool that can be used to criticise people through the use of irony, comedy or exaggeration.  While reading the script I… Continue Reading →

Paragraph

The themes of love and hate are presented in act 3 scene 1. Ceasar is assassinated in the Capitol. Love is presented when when the last word that comes out of Caesar’s mouth is “Ceasar!”. The love that Caesar has… Continue Reading →

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